Like I did for 2022, I've decided to publish the overview for the last year as well. In the majority of charts I added 2022 data as well so we can get a better idea how boards progressed/regressed compared to year before.
All charts and tables were made using data from @DdmrDdmr Merit Dashboard and @TryNinja Ninjastic.space. Communities marked with * don't have their own local board as of yet but I hope that by the time I make the next overview they will get their own (well deserved I might add) local boards so they can develop their communities further.
Post activity per local board during 2023During the last year 214527 posts were made across 18 local boards/communities, which is decent increase compared to the previous year's numbers (193837). Like the last year, Russian board has been by far the most active one, followed once again by Turkish and German local boards.
While majority of boards had decreased amount of posts last year, several boards managed to grow substantially, name Nigerian with almost 400% growth and Bangladesh with 270% increase. With the bull market coming, hopefully 2024 numbers will be much bigger than the last year's one.
Active members per local board during 2023During above mentioned period 5780 members wrote at least one post in one of the local boards which is a slight decrease compared to 2022 numbers (5960). Once again, Russian board had the most active members, followed by German and Nigerian local boards. Like with the post chart, majority of boards had the decreased amount of active members and the only sticking out is Nigerian board with ~230% increase.
And to get a little bit better overview of the situation, here is the chart with members divided by the amount of posts they wrote. As expected, in all local boards group 1-9 posts bracket dominates meaning majority of members are not reall regulars which is how it usually goes on other forums too.
Merit shared per local board during 2023Even though number of posts decreased, that didn't happen with merit; during last year 93118 merit was shared across local boards which is a noticeable increase compared to 2022 numbers (71009). Naturally, many local boards had the increase of the amount of merit shared (especially the less active ones), but Indonesian had by far the biggest increase, from 4029 to 13237 which is 230% increase.
Merit/Post ratio per local board for 2023Despite the drop of the post number and increase of the merits shared, merit/post ratio didn't go up as much as you would think. Once again Arabic had the highest ratio, followed by Romanian and Spanish local boards. While during last year's overview Indonesian board ended in in the bottom half, this time they managed to end up with the 4th highest ratio, while few other local boards had a big increase as well ((Indian, Bangladesh).
Merit senders and receivers per local board during 2023During above mentioned period 1363 members sent merit while 1838 received, which is an increase compared to 2022 ( 1098 members sent merit, 1963 members received). Once again Pakistan and Bangladesh are missing from this chart as I only have the info for those who have local board status.
The most active members per local board during 2023Last but not the least, the list of the most active members across local boards during 2023. Like in 2022, the most active one was joker_josue from Portuguese local board with 3310 posts followed by two members from Russian local board, Smartprofit (2921) and Julien_Olynpic (1919). Gj guys, keep it up!
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