dMania is a “9GAG on Steem”. This application uses Steem blockchain and allows users to post memes and some other funny staff. It was introduced in October 2017 by
. Despite the fact that the application is only 3,5 months old it is interesting to look at some results it has reached in 2017.
Outline
- Scope of Analysis;
- Tools;
- Posts and comments summary;
- Payouts distribution;
- Authors with most posts, comments and payouts;
- Applications used to posts
- Short summary
- Сonclusion
1. Scope of Analysis
- Date of the analysis: 20.01.2018
- Timeframe of the analysed data: from 01.10.2017 to 31.12.2017 (three months)
2. Tools
- Valentina Studio to get data from SteemSQL;
- Google Sheets to organize and sum up data;
- Google Data Studio to make graphs.
3. Posts and comments summary
In 2017 users created 24240 posts and 21847 comments.
Here is the distribution by month:
The graph clearly demonstrates the growing interest in the category (posts quantity growing +65% in November and +129% in December).
According to
daily reports (from October to December) usually on average 1 steemit post has more than 2 comments. As we can see posts under dmania category have fewer comments (0.9 per post) - this is the specialty of dMania as an app for mainly posting images and GIFs without any text. That doesn’t provoke any discussion as a rule.
4. Payouts distribution
In 2017 authors and curators got:
- $13043.92 as author rewards (in SBD and STEEM POWER)
- $4244.59 as curation rewards (in STEEM POWER)
Here is the distribution of post payouts by month:
Here is a chart to to see payouts distribution among posts:
56.2% of alldmaniaposts got 0$ in payouts. 37.2% of posts got something between $0.01 and $0.99. Only 2.5% earned more than $5 in payouts.
5. Authors with most posts, comments and payouts
1156 authors created at least 1 post in dmania category. 854 (74%) of them earned at least $0.01 from all of their posts. создавали посты в категории dmaina.
5.1 Top authors by number of posts
The most productive user is
who has created 3635 posts (15% of total number of posts)! His nearest closest pursuer 
authored “only” 541 posts.Here is a table with top 10 users by number of posts in
dmania category:
| Author | Number of posts | % of all posts |
|---|---|---|
| 3635 | 15.00% |
| 541 | 2.23% |
 | 521 | 2.15% |
 | 488 | 2.01% |
 | 393 | 1.62% |
 | 372 | 1.53% |
 | 371 | 1.53% |
 | 346 | 1.43% |
 | 341 | 1.41% |
 | 298 | 1.23% |
5.2 Top authors by posts payouts
Here is a table with top 10 users by summary posts payouts in dmania category:
| Author | Number of posts | Post payouts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | $1,394.79 |
 | 76 | $829.67 |
 | 32 | $623.09 |
| 371 | $619.22 |
| 488 | $601.86 |
| 3635 | $458.76 |
 | 30 | $445.05 |
 | 48 | $379.89 |
 | 35 | $318.14 |
 | 85 | $270.86 |
5.3 Top authors by average post payout per post
The next point to examine: what authors had the biggest average payout per post?
Here is a table with top 10 users by average posts payout per post in dmania category:
| Author | Number of posts | Payout per post |
|---|---|---|
 | 1 | $69.76 |
 | 1 | $58.29 |
 | 1 | $57.75 |
 | 1 | $50.58 |
 | 1 | $50.02 |
| 31 | $44.99 |
 | 1 | $40.48 |
 | 4 | $29.13 |
 | 1 | $28.89 |
 | 1 | $26.90 |
In that list most users has only 1 post in dmania category. dMania’s founder
5.4 Top authors by number of upvotes
Here is a table with top 10 users by average posts payout per post in dmania category:
| Author | Number of posts | Total number of upvotes | Upvotes per post |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3635 | 16337 | 4.5 |
| 48 | 8179 | 170.4 |
 | 16 | 7060 | 441.3 |
| 371 | 4466 | 12.0 |
| 541 | 3216 | 5.9 |
| 521 | 3019 | 5.8 |
| 488 | 2771 | 5.7 |
| 346 | 2560 | 7.4 |
 | 133 | 2300 | 17.3 |
 | 17 | 2274 | 133.8 |
That TOP is shared by users that have some realistic numbers like 5-12 upvotes per post and users that have some cruel numbers like 133.8, 170.4 and 441.3 votes per post.
5.5 Top authors by comments under their posts
The last one index to explore is: TOP 10 authors by comments under their posts. Here is the table:
| Author | Number of posts | Total number of comments | Comments per post |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3635 | 1608 | 0.44 |
| 31 | 655 | 21.13 |
 | 92 | 599 | 6.51 |
| 76 | 598 | 7.87 |
| 32 | 538 | 16.81 |
| 371 | 503 | 1.36 |
| 488 | 395 | 0.81 |
 | 140 | 380 | 2.71 |
 | 100 | 340 | 3.40 |
| 346 | 312 | 0.90 |
6. Applications used to posts
It was interesting for me to see what apps do authors use for posting under dmania category. Here is the result of my research:
| Application | Number of posts | % of posts created with an app |
|---|---|---|
| dMania | 23332 | 96.25% |
| Steemit | 865 | 3.57% |
| eSteem | 29 | 0.12% |
| Busy | 6 | 0.02% |
| Steepshot | 4 | 0.02% |
| Steemauto | 2 | 0.01% |
| Streemian | 1 | 0.004% |
| Zappl | 1 | 0.004% |
dMania application is the King with more than 96% posts published using it. Steemit is on the second place with 3,57% share. All other applications have inconspicuous share.
7. Short summary
Here is a brief summary for dMania in 2017:
- Total number of posts created under
dmaniacategory: 24240 - Total number of upvotes for
dmaniacategory: 171082 - Total number of comments for
dmaniacategory: 21847 - Total unique authors posted under
dmaniacategory: 1156 - Total payout for posts made under
dmaniacategory: $17288.51 ($13043.92 author rewards paid in SBD and STEEM POWER and $4244.59 curation rewards paid in STEEM POWER)
8. Сonclusion
dMania is at the very beginning of its life but already got growing interest by the community. Every months the number of posts/comments and payouts increases. And with the latest news from dMania’s founder