This is a weekly overview post of the Analysis category at @utopian-io. The report aims to provide insight into the topics covered, the scores provided, staff picks (if any), and a look at how the current week has fared against recent weeks gone by.

Any other work taking place and my personal thoughts in relation to the category will also be included.

If you have any suggestions for additional information that could be included in this report, please comment below.

This report covers the previous 2 weeks of contributions to the Analysis category.

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Previous reports

2018

43, 44,45-46, 47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53.

2019

1, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16.

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Analysis contributions summary

Week 17: April 25th - 1st May inclusive

• 2 contributions, 2 scored, 2 authors
• 1 Staff Pick
• An average score for the week of 85
• An average of 34 comments per contribution

Week 18: May 2nd - 8th inclusive

• 1 scored contribution
• a score of 94
• 6 comments

Contributions

Week 17

Contributor	URL	Score	Comments
dalz	Actifit Q1	70	25
miniature-tiger	Curation Earnings Analysis	100	43

Week 18

Contributor	URL	Score	Comments
miniature-tiger	utopian-io vote - April 2019	94	6

Three contributions of an excellent standard to report for weeks 17 and 18 of 2019. From 'dalz' @actifit q1 report, it is clear to see the steady growth taking place in this project with both the delegation amount and the number of unique users rising consistently over time.

The other contributions this past week were from the same contributor, and 'miniature-tiger' has provided two excellent pieces of worth within this time period. The monthly @utopian-io voting analysis is important for the project as managers and developers can see at a glance the areas that are losing/gaining traction. The analysis provides information that could be used to adjust the vote weights, and gives reviewers feedback on the turnaround time for review-to-vote.

The second contributor by the above author received a staff pick. Not only is the analysis technical and requiring a solid understanding of Steem and the rewards structure, it also contains an in-depth review of proposed changes to the rewards structure, and some more ideas on how the structure could be set out in future. The analysis sparked a healthy discussion with over 40 comments, a really positive sign of an solid piece of work.

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Analysis and visual reporting

The aim of this section is to represent the current weeks activity along with a recent set of data. The current data span covers the previous 30 weeks.

Weekly Average Score and number of Contributions

The decline in submission numbers is noticeable of late, but the quality of what is submitted is excellent. We are just below 3 contributions on average for the data range, with a score just short of 70 on average.

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Contributor Totals and Average Score

Ten contributors hold average contribution scores above 70 over the past 32 weeks of data analysis, and almost 60% of all 17 contributors average scores over 70.

_{Contributions that did not receive a score are not included in the charts above.}

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Review Totals by Reviewer (Scored/ Not scored)

Two reviewers assessed all 97 contributions that received a score in the past 32 weeks.

Six contributions have not been scored during this period.

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Other items

Just a short point on observing this quick-view table included in 'miniature-tigers's recent report. Although the Analysis category is going through a quiet period, the percentage decline in contribution numbers is holding up against the likes of Translations, Development, and Graphics, which have all seen declines larger than 50% since November/December last year.

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I am hopeful for a rise in contributions across the board, and expect this to follow a rise in the price of the rewarded token.

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The Analysis team is available for contact in the utopian-io discord, and also via our blogs. We would like to be able to give every contribution the opportunity to be scored and welcome conversation from potential, or existing contributors that have an idea of a piece of work they are thinking about submitting.

utopian-io Discord: https://discord.gg/6T97um
Analysis team: 'crokkon', 'abh12345'

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That's all for this week, thank you for your time.

Asher