The biggest whale on Steem, 
Hive account@steemit owned by Steemit Inc., is powering down. The account withdrew 11,254.980M VESTS as 5,496,512.513 STEEM yesterday. See my chart #7 below.
After transfering the liquid STEEM to 
Hive account@steemit2, they vested 3,500,000 STEEM again on their account 
Hive account@misterdelegation (power UP).
It seems they use most of this Steem Power to mitigate spam on the network as they have delegated most of it to 
Hive account@spaminator, an account used to downvote spam posts.
Besides, Hive account@misterdelegation has also delegated half a million STEEM to both 
Hive account@dmania and 
Hive account@busy.pay.
Hive account@steemit has not cancelled the "power down" (yet) so we can probably expect another huge amount of STEEM next week. Shouldn't Steemit Inc. be a bit more transparant to the community about their plans with so much STEEM? Let me know your thoughts...
Welcome to my Steem Stats Report for Wednesday, January 17, 2018. All data comes directly from the Steem blockchain and is based on UTC time.
1. Daily number of Posts (including comments)
| Date | Posts |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 230,345 |
| 2018-01-15 | 239,732 |
| 2018-01-14 | 232,973 |
| 2018-01-13 | 222,784 |
| 2018-01-12 | 237,905 |
| 2018-01-11 | 251,753 |
| 2018-01-10 | 250,337 |
2. Daily number of votes
| Date | Votes |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 619,279 |
| 2018-01-15 | 741,533 |
| 2018-01-14 | 630,202 |
| 2018-01-13 | 576,072 |
| 2018-01-12 | 607,370 |
| 2018-01-11 | 683,200 |
| 2018-01-10 | 619,125 |
3. Daily active users
| Date | Active users |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 53,477 |
| 2018-01-15 | 54,487 |
| 2018-01-14 | 50,906 |
| 2018-01-13 | 45,165 |
| 2018-01-12 | 46,724 |
| 2018-01-11 | 48,361 |
| 2018-01-10 | 47,735 |
4. Posts + Comments per post
| Date | Average # comments | Posts |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 2.39 | 68,008 |
| 2018-01-15 | 2.38 | 70,824 |
| 2018-01-14 | 2.39 | 68,794 |
| 2018-01-13 | 2.37 | 66,135 |
| 2018-01-12 | 2.46 | 68,761 |
| 2018-01-11 | 2.47 | 72,462 |
| 2018-01-10 | 2.40 | 73,704 |
5. New accounts created
| Date | New Accounts |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 777 |
| 2018-01-15 | 1,041 |
| 2018-01-14 | 1,223 |
| 2018-01-13 | 1,075 |
| 2018-01-12 | 1,767 |
| 2018-01-11 | 5,340 |
| 2018-01-10 | 5,122 |
6. Daily Amount of SBD converted to Steem
| Date | Amount in SBD |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 1 SBD |
| 2018-01-15 | 39 SBD |
| 2018-01-14 | 2 SBD |
| 2018-01-13 | 1 SBD |
| 2018-01-12 | 1 SBD |
| 2018-01-11 | 3 SBD |
| 2018-01-10 | 6 SBD |
7. Daily Amount of Steem Powered UP & DOWN
| Date | Powered UP | Powered DOWN | Difference |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 3,706,397 STEEM | 5,755,436 STEEM | -2,049,039 STEEM |
| 2018-01-15 | 301,700 STEEM | 164,391 STEEM | 137,309 STEEM |
| 2018-01-14 | 110,933 STEEM | 113,750 STEEM | -2,817 STEEM |
| 2018-01-13 | 211,616 STEEM | 125,168 STEEM | 86,448 STEEM |
| 2018-01-12 | 260,337 STEEM | 96,812 STEEM | 163,525 STEEM |
| 2018-01-11 | 433,980 STEEM | 229,131 STEEM | 204,849 STEEM |
| 2018-01-10 | 588,687 STEEM | 119,852 STEEM | 468,835 STEEM |
| Average p/d | 231,376 STEEM | 235,476 STEEM | -4,101 STEEM |
Largest 'Power ups' yesterday
| Date & Time | From | To | STEEM |
|---|
| Jan 16, 19:09 | Hive account@steemit2 | Hive account@misterdelegation | 3,500,000.000 |
| Jan 16, 22:34 |  Hive account@pharesim | Hive account@pharesim | 39,000.000 |
| Jan 16, 11:42 |  Hive account@hr1 | Hive account@hr1 | 15,441.719 |
| Jan 16, 03:34 |  Hive account@centering | Hive account@centering | 13,068.122 |
| Jan 16, 00:38 |  Hive account@freemoceanisnow | Hive account@freemoceanisnow | 9,880.000 |
| Jan 16, 18:09 |  Hive account@manfoundstanding | Hive account@manfoundstanding | 9,019.573 |
| Jan 16, 22:00 |  Hive account@mmmmkkkk311 | Hive account@mmmmkkkk311 | 8,752.895 |
| Jan 16, 23:24 |  Hive account@albensilverberg | Hive account@albensilverberg | 6,233.001 |
| Jan 16, 15:17 |  Hive account@socky | Hive account@socky | 6,201.590 |
8. Daily Steem Transfers from and to exchanges
| Date | From Bittrex | From Poloniex | To Bittrex | To Poloniex |
|---|
| 2018-01-16 | 227,613 STEEM | 148,239 STEEM | 200,106 STEEM | 125,357 STEEM |
| 2018-01-15 | 114,998 STEEM | 137,738 STEEM | 202,823 STEEM | 44,857 STEEM |
| 2018-01-14 | 205,553 STEEM | 92,617 STEEM | 191,303 STEEM | 60,813 STEEM |
| 2018-01-13 | 204,414 STEEM | 241,196 STEEM | 359,695 STEEM | 147,939 STEEM |
| 2018-01-12 | 165,004 STEEM | 158,415 STEEM | 215,157 STEEM | 122,981 STEEM |
| 2018-01-11 | 330,498 STEEM | 168,662 STEEM | 275,596 STEEM | 260,377 STEEM |
| 2018-01-10 | 266,403 STEEM | 131,982 STEEM | 320,591 STEEM | 215,971 STEEM |
Largest transfers yesterday
| Date & Time | From | To | Amount |
|---|
| Jan 16, 14:52 | Hive account@steemit | Hive account@steemit2 | 5,496,512.514 STEEM |
| Jan 16, 19:37 | Hive account@steemit2 |  Hive account@alpha | 200,000.000 STEEM |
| Jan 16, 18:20 |  Hive account@jejujinfarm |  Hive account@bittrex | 22,321.899 STEEM |
| Jan 16, 03:33 | Hive account@bittrex | Hive account@centering | 13,068.122 STEEM |
| Jan 16, 03:43 |  Hive account@dongu | Hive account@bittrex | 10,783.129 STEEM |
| Jan 16, 08:50 |  Hive account@poloniex | Hive account@bittrex | 10,448.271 STEEM |
9. Steem Price Update
¯\___(ツ)____/¯ Follow me 
Hive account@penguinpablo for daily Steem statistics.
