The general sentiment I've been witnessing on Steemit has been very poor. It seemed there was some optimism after Steemfest, but that has seemed to have died down. Now I might have some data to back up the anecdotal poor sentiment I've been seeing. According to Google trends searching the terms "Steemit" and "Steem" we are some of the lowest levels ever. Ouch!
Source Google Trends, searching "Steemit"
Source Google Trends searching term "Steem"