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 post covers the previous 3 weeks of Analysis contributions to @utopian-io

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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, 17-18, 19.

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Analysis contributions summary

Week 20: May 16th - 22nd inclusive

• 2 contributions, 2 scored, 2 different authors
• A staff pick
• An average score for the week of 80
• An average of 15 comments per contribution

Week 21: May 23rd - 29th inclusive

• No contributions

Week 22: May 30th - 5th June inclusive

• 3 contributions, 3 scored, 3 different authors
• An average score for the week of 80
• An average of 13 comments per contribution

Contributions

Contributor	URL	Score	Comments
miniature-tiger	Mass adoption and retention	100	21
dalz	dtube - first quarter 2019	60	10
jayplayco	Steemhunt numbers	74	9
miniature-tiger	utopian-io vote - May 2019	96	6
paulag	Steem new users	71	26

A quiet period and the decision to hold back the weekly report until there were a group of contributions to present and discuss - the empty week in the middle being the driver for this.

The stand-out piece over the past three weeks is the analyses that was staff picked and is named above as 'Mass adoption and retention'.

Looking at the following chart from the aforementioned post, it can be argued that for as 'little' as 1 STEEM on a payout, the retention rates can jump over 20/30%.

source

The author was keen to state that:

I found this surprising too. And quite encouraging. However it does require more study to try and understand the cause-effect relationship. The low earnings could be due to people leaving, rather than the other way around.

And had this to say regarding communities/SMT in the comments:

The more I think about communities, the more I think that this (together with SMTs) could be the game changer for Steem. It would be great to see more info on what is planned so that devs / communities / marketers can start planning for this too and we can all start discussing whether there are other elements we would like to see included.

The analysts are keen to know what is planned, and I feel that 'we' could provide a useful input once we see how communities and the marketing strategy - there is a marketing strategy right? :)

The remaining analyses were similar to previous contributions and whilst there is no problem with this as far as review and scoring, the text provided here would be a little on repeat from previous reports.

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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 33 weeks.

Weekly Average Score and number of Contributions

The average contribution score across the 36 weeks of data gathering is 74.5% which is an excellent overall average. An average of 3.12 submissions over the 36 weeks, this number is steadily falling which is a touch disappointing.

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Contributor Totals and Average Score

Four contributors have now submitted 15 or more analyses to utopian-io in the past 9 months, and and 9 of these contributors have averaged a score over 75 during this period. Good going!

_{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 99 contributions that received a score in the past 36 weeks. 'crokkon' has reviewed over two-thirds of all contributions to the category. Six contributions have not been scored during this period.

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Other items

Nothing of note this week, and so another chance to thank the recent contributors to the Analysis category. Thank you!

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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