Steemit has been hugely successful since it's launch in July 2016. We recently passed 600,000 user accounts and the buzz surrounding Steemit has never been higher.
For Steemit users this isn't a surprise because Steemit can provide another source of income for doing what they would anyways, social networking and there's no other website executing this business model better right now. But is the average user enjoying Steemit?
Compared to Reddit:
Looking at these stats, there's definately some usability issues and room for improvement. Steemit is getting more first time visitors than ever but the site needs to grab people's attention and give them more reasons to come back other than the prospects of making a quick buck, which isn't as easy as it sounds anyways.
I'm very optimistic about the platform.
We are starting to see some big name content creators migrate to Steemit and bring their massive following with them. Comparing to Reddit isn't really fair at this point when you consider Reddit has been building it's business for almost 13 years and 2018 is looking like it's going to be Steemit's chance to break into the social media space in a big way as long as the team can execute. And that's the big "IF". We need hardfork 20, which has been in the works for 6 months plus continuing evolution of the platform usability to retain users. We all want to see this platform succeed and it's in a good position to do so but I'd hate to see Steemit squander it's first mover advantage.
G'day
sources: Alexa