I am on Hive forever and i have noticed that during 2025 the engagement and activity levels are getting lower and lower. Based on the accounts that were created this year we are on the lower end again but not the lowest, as we have some months ahead of us. In general though, it's a fact that not so many accounts were created this year.
We are currently at around 45k accounts for 2025, while last year we had 64k new accounts and in 2023 which was one of our worst years or maybe the worst, at 48k. In my opinion, we will reach at least 50k before the year ends.
What i would be curious to see and discover which i don't know how to do, so if you know let me know. Out of let's say 50k accounts for 2025, how many are active and how many are bots. In general, if we take every year and count this, i believe we will be amazed. In total so far we exceed 1 million accounts but my guess is that only a couple of thousands are actually active.
Ofc this means less engagement and activity which is something i have noticed. It's not like i don't understand the reasons, though. A lot of people are disappointed with Hive's growth and have either let's say vanished until the price increases or simply they have delegated some HP and earn rewards, delegation or curation rewards.
Others simply moved on to something else as they don't want to bother with posting and manually curating/engaging as the earnings are insignificant for them, which i respect. Furthermore, there are a lot of people, including me, who have limited time nowadays.
For instance, while i was posting, curating and commenting on a daily basis, i can now only make a post per 2-3 days and maybe read and comment on 2-3 posts per week. Ofc i will try to change that, i don't know to what extent but i will try to at least make more comments as i know the value creators can feel when someone makes a meaningful comment on their posts.
Last but not least, i have witnessed multiple times that a lot of people who let's say engage, decide to 90% engage with accounts that hold a lot of HP, ofc in order to get a 50 cents to 5$ worth of an upvote and maybe a chance to attract a whale to their profile and posts and earn more.
In my opinion, we all need to step up our game in terms of engagement, based on our life responsibilities and schedule, and at least create an environment around here where everyone who makes some decent posts can feel appreciated and motivated.
At the same time, something must be done with Hive as whole, as honestly we currently simply exist in an endless universe. We don't do anything as a whole to shine, only some small attempts from people and small teams that in the vast "universe" or "cryptoverse" are going unnoticed, to be honest, no matter if we say to ourselves otherwise.
We may believe that we are doing something to increase the value of Hive and we may actually do so, but it's not how "big" we consider it to be and it can easily be validated by the number of new accounts for 2025, the price of Hive, the tokenomics of Hive (marketcap, volume etc etc) and the engagement levels.
I love Hive and i really want for Hive and people that are here, old and new to thrive!
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October looks grim, because it is has just started but you are correct, there has been a decline in the number of unique authors posting on hive over time.
Creativity is not necessarily linked with monetary gain. Artists, authors, writers, musicians and others often create (And do create) on platforms where there is no monetary incentive at all. The act of authorship and creativity is a therapy that many engage in, and so many will never find viable as a source of income. Hive is not a solution to those creative's money problems and inability to gain financial independence from their craft.
If Hive becomes a part of the "dead Internet" then there is no value in it. The Internet is now a timeline, as opposed to a library. It is a news tabloid that is discarded the following day. We have a rich library of content on HIVE, but people are mainly concerned with the now, the current, as opposed to timeless content that can be enjoyed again and again.
On the topic of engagement - it isn't hard to do, but what is hard to do is to find content that resonates with your own interests and fits your own sensibilities.
The thing I loathe the most on hive (and in reality as well) is shallow, "Fake" engagement "Nice post dear", "Thanks", "You're Welcome", "have a lovely day"; as opposed to a comment about how the content made the person feel, or how the reader had a similar experience to the writer.
It doesn't all have to be a philosophical treatise - because honestly, who reads those? But human generated content, with compelling stories, not shit about hive is what will make the platform succeed.
People don't go to reddit or tiktok or facebook or whatever they use with the hopes that they'll learn about the new way the databasing system works. They go there to connect and engage and (unfortunately) be fed ads. In order to be engaged, you have to be engaging, and we do not have a high qty of authors on hive who are engaging in a genuine manner.
Content and engagement will bring value. Nothing else matters.
I agree with this but we can't exclude those that don't bother with Hive simply because of the monetary aspect. If someone has limited free time and wants to share something creative, chances are that he/she will do it somewhere where 1) can have some monetary possibilities 2) a lot of people will see it. Hive lacks on both. Ofc that doesn't mean that nobody will focus on Hive just a tiny fraction.
Also, even though Hive is not the solution to the majority of people (except for those who earn like 20$-50$ net per post and based on where they live), Hive could have been that solution or could have contributed a lot. The problem lies in Hive current state and value.
completely agree with that
I think one of the main reasons engagement lacks a bit aside the activity, it's not really how hard is to find content relevant to you. The communities solved that in my opinion, as i can look for specific content easily and to tell you the truth, sometimes when i dig in Hive i may find something completely different from the things i usually like and get hooked (the same applies for everyone to mainstream social media).
I think that lack of time also plays a huge role in that. As someone who used to be quite active and was actually in the top 10 in terms of meaningful comments on LEO for months, i always found amazing post but i dedicated a lot of hours to actually read the post and write a comment. Ofc there were a lot that made the "nice post" kind of comment and those that looked to receive an upvote from a whale but if basically someone has limited time, the format of Hive doesn't really help that much. That's the reason tik-tok became huge. People can easily see 10 sec videos and make a comment/like in secs rather than reading 400+ words posts.
That's just the data cut off, in burn posts I cut it off so it is only full months, but this one I just pulled 1 year of data, I'll adjust it when I get a chance to be a full month.