I think its not that far away. A big factor has been the rise of the different apps which spread the votes around to so many different accounts. Before them all of the vp was in the hands of a few people and they kept it to themselves for the most part. Now even the smallest account cam start to earn from day 1 through actifit or steemhunt.
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That is a very good point. You have some large accounts delegations which upvite individual accounts and do hundreds of upvotes a day.