Over the past couple months I have been here it has been a pretty steady stream of new users.
I haven't really noticed any massive spikes or any big dips in the number of users signing up, it just seemed to be, well constant.
That all seemed to change over the last couple days as I keep seeing name after name that I have never seen before.
I went over to take a look at the introduceyourself tag to see if my suspicions were correct. Sure enough that tag is exploding right now.
In order to really confirm my suspicions I took a look at the steemit statistics post that 
Check out his blog by the way for daily steemit stats!
It looks like there was some sort of backlog over the past couple days that has just been released and the floodgates are opened.
I would imagine these new users are also partly responsible for the recent spike in steem prices a well.
Welcome new users!
Steemit.com can have a steep learning curve, so make sure you ask around if you have any questions. There are many here that are willing to help, all you have to do is ask!
Oh, and if you really want to enjoy your time here on Steemit, it is much more fun if you have some SP to play with. Purchase a couple steems, you will be glad you did!
Picture and graph:
https://news.bitcoin.com/steemit-awards-1-3-m-users/
https://steemit.com/statistics/@arcange/steemit-statistics-2017-06-03
