While the Trending Topics lists the total number of posts and the total money received per category it does not show which category receives the most 'average payout per post'.
So I did what I do best and wrote some bash awk voodoo and calculated the "Average Payout per Post per Category" by dividing the number of posts by the total payout per each category which gave the following results in a nice clickable table:
| Position | Tag | # Posts | $Payout | $Payout/#Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | creative | 77 | $95791 | $1244 |
| 2 | market | 62 | $73759 | $1190 |
| 3 | beyondbitcoin | 649 | $540627 | $833 |
| 4 | economics | 158 | $127920 | $810 |
| 5 | painting | 165 | $130005 | $788 |
| 6 | government | 83 | $65327 | $787 |
| 7 | finance | 82 | $64131 | $782 |
| 8 | anarchism | 233 | $170488 | $732 |
| 9 | recipes | 179 | $126809 | $708 |
| 10 | minnowsunite | 379 | $264137 | $697 |
| 11 | stats | 212 | $130828 | $617 |
| 12 | community | 393 | $239498 | $609 |
| 13 | blockchain | 1141 | $686713 | $602 |
| 14 | review | 127 | $75814 | $597 |
| 15 | beach | 51 | $30003 | $588 |
| 16 | family | 269 | $154958 | $576 |
| 17 | marketing | 296 | $168165 | $568 |
| 18 | success | 78 | $43866 | $562 |
| 19 | security | 345 | $190730 | $553 |
| 20 | girls | 125 | $66649 | $533 |
| 21 | beauty | 253 | $130789 | $517 |
| 22 | creativity | 527 | $266828 | $506 |
| 23 | freedom | 511 | $247117 | $484 |
| 24 | lifestyle | 150 | $65201 | $435 |
| 25 | cooking | 150 | $64751 | $432 |
| 26 | adventure | 369 | $156814 | $425 |
| 27 | investment | 91 | $37456 | $412 |
| 28 | japan | 126 | $51400 | $408 |
| 29 | crypto-news | 819 | $328571 | $401 |
| 30 | work | 149 | $58664 | $394 |
| 31 | programming | 228 | $87825 | $385 |
| 32 | anarchy | 710 | $271677 | $383 |
| 33 | steem | 7338 | $2790414 | $380 |
| 34 | recipe | 281 | $105284 | $375 |
| 35 | books | 179 | $67007 | $374 |
| 36 | business | 635 | $237099 | $373 |
| 37 | psychology | 891 | $332191 | $373 |
| 38 | story | 3083 | $1135176 | $368 |
| 39 | blog | 3828 | $1406003 | $367 |
| 40 | challenge | 132 | $47930 | $363 |
| 41 | help | 297 | $107537 | $362 |
| 42 | economy | 175 | $60995 | $349 |
| 43 | investing | 248 | $85847 | $346 |
| 44 | live | 69 | $23535 | $341 |
| 45 | fun | 405 | $132919 | $328 |
| 46 | lol | 19 | $6216 | $327 |
| 47 | fashion | 151 | $47087 | $312 |
| 48 | howto | 479 | $148865 | $311 |
| 49 | usa | 59 | $17940 | $304 |
| 50 | writing | 4157 | $1247101 | $300 |
| 51 | picture | 32 | $9541 | $298 |
| 52 | marijuana | 471 | $137587 | $292 |
| 53 | culture | 268 | $77975 | $291 |
| 54 | drawing | 852 | $247678 | $291 |
| 55 | humor | 256 | $73766 | $288 |
| 56 | russia | 44 | $12472 | $283 |
| 57 | india | 160 | $44918 | $281 |
| 58 | spirituality | 184 | $51448 | $280 |
| 59 | ethereum | 1051 | $285190 | $271 |
| 60 | poloniex | 368 | $98874 | $269 |
| 61 | coinkorea | 680 | $182136 | $268 |
| 62 | china | 120 | $31244 | $260 |
| 63 | games | 239 | $61758 | $258 |
| 64 | youtube | 272 | $69908 | $257 |
| 65 | flowers | 262 | $67063 | $256 |
| 66 | fiction | 1285 | $325933 | $254 |
| 67 | ksi | 41 | $10408 | $254 |
| 68 | tutorial | 273 | $68575 | $251 |
| 69 | comic | 120 | $29947 | $250 |
| 70 | curation | 629 | $155554 | $247 |
| 71 | design | 409 | $98289 | $240 |
| 72 | people | 73 | $17237 | $236 |
| 73 | bitshares | 1476 | $338718 | $229 |
| 74 | garden | 224 | $51406 | $229 |
| 75 | newbie | 137 | $31386 | $229 |
| 76 | space | 216 | $49296 | $228 |
| 77 | entertainment | 217 | $49136 | $226 |
| 78 | inspiration | 374 | $84187 | $225 |
| 79 | sex | 148 | $32315 | $218 |
| 80 | history | 833 | $179971 | $216 |
| 81 | coffee | 242 | $51524 | $213 |
| 82 | philosophy | 1996 | $425805 | $213 |
| 83 | money | 4095 | $863445 | $211 |
| 84 | film | 289 | $60452 | $209 |
| 85 | trading | 848 | $177240 | $209 |
| 86 | cryptocurrencies | 112 | $23305 | $208 |
| 87 | comedy | 152 | $31458 | $207 |
| 88 | world | 80 | $16568 | $207 |
| 89 | crypto | 1021 | $204338 | $200 |
| 90 | game | 299 | $59861 | $200 |
| 91 | movie | 238 | $46480 | $195 |
| 92 | teamaustralia | 258 | $49146 | $190 |
| 93 | education | 826 | $156186 | $189 |
| 94 | science | 2469 | $465145 | $188 |
| 95 | war | 217 | $40855 | $188 |
| 96 | nature | 3365 | $611666 | $182 |
| 97 | kr-newbie | 1267 | $229819 | $181 |
| 98 | life | 25620 | $4501381 | $176 |
| 99 | happy | 75 | $12940 | $173 |
| 100 | esteem | 420 | $72030 | $172 |
| 101 | mining | 357 | $60321 | $169 |
| 102 | ico | 286 | $45948 | $161 |
| 103 | news | 4435 | $713773 | $161 |
| 104 | politics | 2067 | $330575 | $160 |
| 105 | technology | 1828 | $292461 | $160 |
| 106 | diy | 195 | $31039 | $159 |
| 107 | witness-category | 660 | $103259 | $156 |
| 108 | meetup | 514 | $79435 | $155 |
| 109 | love | 1186 | $181567 | $153 |
| 110 | trending | 69 | $10416 | $151 |
| 111 | venezuela | 176 | $26053 | $148 |
| 112 | conspiracy | 192 | $27741 | $144 |
| 113 | newslink | 78 | $11223 | $144 |
| 114 | tech | 70 | $10050 | $144 |
| 115 | tr | 412 | $59284 | $144 |
| 116 | vlog | 292 | $40723 | $139 |
| 117 | steem-help | 748 | $101495 | $136 |
| 118 | macro | 243 | $32870 | $135 |
| 119 | memes | 88 | $11821 | $134 |
| 120 | video | 2187 | $292195 | $134 |
| 121 | kr-writing | 248 | $33089 | $133 |
| 122 | new | 379 | $50367 | $133 |
| 123 | photos | 244 | $32321 | $132 |
| 124 | poem | 341 | $44930 | $132 |
| 125 | ru | 722 | $94711 | $131 |
| 126 | sport | 291 | $38167 | $131 |
| 127 | health | 3818 | $497054 | $130 |
| 128 | introduce | 368 | $46844 | $127 |
| 129 | eos | 835 | $102091 | $122 |
| 130 | gaming | 1675 | $204454 | $122 |
| 131 | trump | 245 | $29783 | $122 |
| 132 | aceh | 547 | $65810 | $120 |
| 133 | altcoin | 179 | $21358 | $119 |
| 134 | joke | 61 | $7206 | $118 |
| 135 | africa | 346 | $40289 | $116 |
| 136 | cervantes | 321 | $36767 | $115 |
| 137 | movies | 395 | $44455 | $113 |
| 138 | funny | 4884 | $548949 | $112 |
| 139 | steemit | 38081 | $4278397 | $112 |
| 140 | animals | 1172 | $130078 | $111 |
| 141 | comics | 207 | $23001 | $111 |
| 142 | dog | 94 | $10355 | $110 |
| 143 | introduction | 1083 | $117975 | $109 |
| 144 | animal | 229 | $24822 | $108 |
| 145 | motivation | 909 | $97414 | $107 |
| 146 | cryptocurrency | 8953 | $907978 | $101 |
| 147 | cannabis | 568 | $56543 | $100 |
| 148 | steepshot | 194 | $19147 | $99 |
| 149 | beautiful | 85 | $8355 | $98 |
| 150 | gold | 424 | $40257 | $95 |
| 151 | minnowsupportproject | 553 | $52631 | $95 |
| 152 | cat | 151 | $14116 | $93 |
| 153 | music | 4424 | $412268 | $93 |
| 154 | sports | 1440 | $133289 | $93 |
| 155 | travel | 14945 | $1371281 | $92 |
| 156 | anime | 157 | $14109 | $90 |
| 157 | sunset | 180 | $16194 | $90 |
| 158 | english | 81 | $7117 | $88 |
| 159 | photo | 750 | $65825 | $88 |
| 160 | meme | 870 | $75198 | $86 |
| 161 | art | 17588 | $1494846 | $85 |
| 162 | btc | 178 | $14954 | $84 |
| 163 | philippines | 222 | $17773 | $80 |
| 164 | nsfw | 676 | $53449 | $79 |
| 165 | flower | 218 | $16915 | $78 |
| 166 | litecoin | 323 | $24973 | $77 |
| 167 | whalepower | 835 | $63291 | $76 |
| 168 | bitcoin | 16762 | $1223135 | $73 |
| 169 | dogs | 248 | $18152 | $73 |
| 170 | free | 274 | $19412 | $71 |
| 171 | deutsch | 2675 | $186937 | $70 |
| 172 | natural | 142 | $9946 | $70 |
| 173 | poetry | 3513 | $245498 | $70 |
| 174 | fitness | 602 | $40847 | $68 |
| 175 | photography | 32721 | $2212989 | $68 |
| 176 | cars | 410 | $27611 | $67 |
| 177 | charity | 416 | $27910 | $67 |
| 178 | cn | 7184 | $475430 | $66 |
| 179 | gardening | 1649 | $108039 | $66 |
| 180 | hot | 126 | $8354 | $66 |
| 181 | beer | 532 | $34341 | $65 |
| 182 | food | 12806 | $815088 | $64 |
| 183 | introduceyourself | 21880 | $1396523 | $64 |
| 184 | religion | 999 | $63330 | $63 |
| 185 | 236 | $14461 | $61 | |
| 186 | cats | 334 | $19168 | $57 |
| 187 | jokes | 52 | $2940 | $57 |
| 188 | vegan | 427 | $24250 | $57 |
| 189 | football | 336 | $18902 | $56 |
| 190 | chainbb-general | 626 | $34460 | $55 |
| 191 | tv | 170 | $9020 | $53 |
| 192 | contest | 3357 | $174270 | $52 |
| 193 | truth | 397 | $20459 | $52 |
| 194 | minnowsupport | 989 | $50922 | $51 |
| 195 | silver | 412 | $20460 | $50 |
| 196 | gridcoin | 568 | $27355 | $48 |
| 197 | christianity | 447 | $20718 | $46 |
| 198 | pictures | 171 | $7700 | $45 |
| 199 | giveaway | 913 | $39457 | $43 |
| 200 | introducemyself | 2415 | $101719 | $42 |
| 201 | norway | 1066 | $45243 | $42 |
| 202 | trevonjb | 631 | $24904 | $39 |
| 203 | kr-market | 537 | $19298 | $36 |
| 204 | steemitphotochallenge | 2160 | $78057 | $36 |
| 205 | kr-join | 531 | $18659 | $35 |
| 206 | upvote | 264 | $8396 | $32 |
| 207 | memechallenge | 848 | $24346 | $29 |
| 208 | kr | 32141 | $895034 | $28 |
| 209 | openmic | 1922 | $54134 | $28 |
| 210 | amazing | 127 | $3241 | $26 |
| 211 | car | 242 | $6313 | $26 |
| 212 | teamphilippines | 290 | $7529 | $26 |
| 213 | nigeria | 712 | $17472 | $25 |
| 214 | spanish | 11836 | $280357 | $24 |
| 215 | indonesia | 3389 | $75541 | $22 |
| 216 | ua | 143 | $3189 | $22 |
| 217 | japanese | 2259 | $48540 | $21 |
| 218 | steem-pocalypse | 856 | $17891 | $21 |
| 219 | quote | 204 | $3892 | $19 |
| 220 | christian-trail | 930 | $16823 | $18 |
| 221 | kr-event | 400 | $7358 | $18 |
| 222 | kr-travel | 735 | $12942 | $18 |
| 223 | homesteading | 1741 | $30081 | $17 |
| 224 | polish | 1023 | $17189 | $17 |
| 225 | treetuesday | 453 | $7565 | $17 |
| 226 | muksteem | 1266 | $20873 | $16 |
| 227 | beachwednesday | 475 | $6972 | $15 |
| 228 | spam | 622 | $9621 | $15 |
| 229 | kr-daily | 929 | $12158 | $13 |
| 230 | fr | 1001 | $11890 | $12 |
| 231 | test | 493 | $5770 | $12 |
| 232 | bwphotocontest | 1364 | $15672 | $11 |
| 233 | comment | 538 | $5812 | $11 |
| 234 | charlesfuchs | 614 | $4665 | $8 |
| 235 | colorchallenge | 8729 | $69122 | $8 |
| 236 | steemit-health | 2705 | $20503 | $8 |
| 237 | bitconnect | 332 | $2388 | $7 |
| 238 | days | 16 | $64 | $4 |
| 239 | myanmar | 1264 | $3975 | $3 |
| 240 | neo | 522 | $831 | $2 |
| 241 | steemiteducation | 873 | $1991 | $2 |
| 242 | steemsilvergold | 2624 | $4352 | $2 |
| 243 | monomad | 838 | $1051 | $1 |
| 244 | dtube | 2119 | $4 | $0 |
| 245 | helenamaywinbot | 1093 | $26 | $0 |
| 246 | juanitathebot | 728 | $22 | $0 |
| 247 | lemona | 90 | $0 | $0 |
| 248 | minnowsfaucet | 634 | $53 | $0 |
| 249 | miso | 123 | $56 | $0 |