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Top Stackers - Sats Per Write & More Metrics

12.4k sats \ 52 comments \ @davidw 29 Mar meta

Unofficial Stacker Awards 🏆

Last month a post was shared looking at the data to help you become a better Stacker ⚡. Reviewing variables like time of day, day of the week & link domains posted to examine their effects on the number of comments & sats. Spoiler alert - the differences are minimal but inside are some tricks to learn from how people are benefiting from Stacker News.

With this post we're looking specifically at authors of posts, to acknowledge some of the top creators. To shine a light on stackers who may / may not be active to rank for Million Sat Madness or the usual top ranking pages.

By having a list like this, we can more easily find awesome people worth subscribing to or encouraging to post some more. You might not know you could even subscribe & get notifications when certain people post. If you haven't done that yet and wish to, tap the 3 dots against someone's name and tap subscribe to posts.

Top Stackers can be viewed from the menu at any time, however some stackers perform better in metrics & categories than others, so let's see who ranks better in each area for post data running up to Tuesday 27th March 2024. Finding who we can give a 'pat on the back' to...

1. Sats Per Write ✍️

People with the most amount of sats per post. For anyone with 4+ >1k sat posts.

Username	Posts	Avg Comments	Avg Sats
@dergigi	9	22.8	37,620 🥇
@benthecarman	19	25.8	17,653 🥈
@themadnessking	20	37.5	17,066 🥉
@davidw	48	20.1	17,027
@mallardshead	32	29.0	15,689
@supertestnet	21	24.5	14,448
@Natalia	22	49.4	13,911
@roy	14	14.6	12,643
@ODELL	11	16.0	11,890
@0xB10C	14	7.2	11,109
@super_testnet	14	20.3	11,108
@tip_nz	9	22.3	11,079
@niftynei	30	12.3	10,566
@petertodd	14	18.8	10,514
@WeAreAllSatoshi	20	18.1	10,404
@DiracDelta	16	21.3	10,310
@elvismercury	89	25.3	10,048
@hynek	23	23.1	9,812
@bitcoinplebdev	23	18.8	9,352
@TonyGiorgio	37	21.1	8,666
@andy	6	17.0	7,700

The above are people who have had 2 or more posts that achieved >1k sats total.

2. Most Zaps Per Post ⚡

Creators with the most amount of stackers zapping their posts on average. (e.g. Natalia gets on average 51 stackers zapping a >1k sat post). Filtered for those with 4+ 1k sat posts ever.

Username	>1k Posts	Zaps Per Post
@Natalia	22	51.0 🥇
@benthecarman	19	39.0 🥈
@supertestnet	21	38.0 🥉
@davidw	48	34.2
@pycan	8	31.4
@TonyGiorgio	37	31.3
@tip_nz	9	30.8
@hodlpleb	14	29.9
@bitcoinplebdev	23	29.8
@Atreus	11	29.2
@pako	5	29.0
@k00b	303	28.0
@bitcoin_rationalist	14	27.1
@super_testnet	14	27.1
@elvismercury	89	26.8
@roy	14	26.6
@dergigi	9	26.4
@C_Otto	15	26.2
@Signal312	13	25.9
@DarthCoin	95	25.8
@expatriotic	12	25.8

3. Conversation Starters 🗯️

Those who receive the most amount of comments against each of their posts on average (with 4+ qualifying posts).

Username	>1k Posts	Avg Comments
@Natalia	22	49.4 🥇
@sn	227	44.2 🥈
@mattcrv	12	43.1 🥉
@Voldemort	6	38.6
@Public_N_M_E	23	37.8
@themadnessking	20	37.5
@Michelson_Morley	13	36.6
@Fabs	39	35.6
@birdeye21	224	35.2
@jk_14	8	34.9
@Stacksats	9	34.6
@cryptofolyo	8	34.5
@gandlaf21	5	34.2
@pako	5	32.8
@piecover	17	31.3
@iguano	10	30.5
@OriginalSize	4	29.5
@Relight_Motion	9	29.4
@kenn_b	7	29.4
@josh	7	29.1
@mallardshead	32	29.0

4. Value for Value ♻️

People who have seen the most sats from comments on their posts on average, mostly thanks to bounties.

Username	>1k Posts	Avg Sats from Comments
@phaedrus	11	47,594 🥇
@soggycakes	30	36,797 🥈
@Michelson_Morley	13	19,119 🥉
@k00b	303	18,606
@BlokchainB	10	16,299
@sn	227	16,149
@OneOneSeven	4	13,238
@Turnspit_Dog	8	10,455
@OriginalSize	4	8,040
@TonyGiorgio	37	7,288
@blockdyor	4	6,341
@Natalia	22	5,933
@needcreations_	23	5,913
@elvismercury	89	5,763
@benthecarman	19	5,671
@Stacktoshi42	3	5,444
@super_testnet	14	5,330
@andy	6	5,251
@foundationdvcs	6	5,156
@handsome_latino	6	5,091

5. Consistent Kilo Cowboys 🤠

Creators who consistently churn-out great content, with the most number of posts with over 1k sats total.

Username	>21k	>10k	>1k
@kr	1	4	357🥇
@Rsync25	1	10	321 🥈
@k00b	6	39	303 🥉
@sn	3	5	227
@birdeye21	1	7	224
@siggy47	6	18	191
@TomK	0	0	177
@grayruby	1	2	153
@ek	3	9	144
@AR0w	0	1	121
@Undisciplined	0	5	112
@cryotosensei	0	2	106
@jimmysong	2	11	104
@kepford	0	4	102
@BitcoinIsTheFuture	0	0	97
@thebitcoinbugle	0	2	97
@DarthCoin	4	9	95
@elvismercury	5	17	89
@hn	0	1	71
@Car	1	3	70
@Bitman	1	4	69

6. Stampede Stackers 🐃

Plebs with the most number of posts with >10k sats total, packing more dense information inside.

Username	>100k	>21k	>10k
@k00b	0	6	39 🥇
@siggy47	2	6	18 🥈
@elvismercury	4	5	17 🥉
@davidw	3	7	14
@TonyGiorgio	0	4	12
@jimmysong	0	2	11
@Rsync25	0	1	10
@DarthCoin	1	4	9
@ek	1	3	9
@Natalia	0	7	9
@plebpoet	0	0	8
@supertestnet	1	4	8
@birdeye21	0	1	7
@super_testnet	0	2	7
@themadnessking	1	4	7
@benthecarman	1	3	7
@Murch	0	2	6
@mallardshead	2	4	6
@hynek	1	1	5
@0xB10C	0	2	5
@Undisciplined	0	0	5

7. Sleeping Shooters 🔫

People who may not have posted for 6+ months, who have the most sats to date from posting.

Username	>1k Posts	Total Sats
@dergigi	9	338,579 🥇
@CarlBMenger	21	144,673 🥈
@ODELL	11	130,785 🥉
@nobsbitcoin	15	92,599
@shadowymartian	23	66,949
@ThrillerX_	19	60,897
@astronaut	11	56,048
@edblock	16	49,048
@andy	6	46,200
@l0k18	14	42,744
@2minutebitcoin	6	38,877
@slatheredloss	10	31,644
@Majjin	7	28,083
@gandlaf21	5	24,612
@mudbloodvonfrei	11	23,480
@drfred	5	23,051
@sarah1	4	22,422
@User21000000	8	18,538
@a68dd96af9	6	18,511
@BTCMiner	12	18,370
@unofficial	10	17,914

8. AMAzing AMAs❓

Stackers who have hosted the most popular AMA sessions on Stacker News to date, landing over 20k sats total.

Username	AMAs	Total Sats
@OpenSats	#63555	451,200 🥇
@niftynei	#14023, #370826	140,284 🥈
@JohnCantrell97	#47346	112,700 🥉
@calle	#109473	110,500
@lynaldencontact	#64293	101,800
@dergigi	#3908	100,500
@gladstein	#47002	93,100
@roy	#29808	77,000
@ODELL	#9696	75,700
@jimmysong	#232440, #4928	75,100
@benthecarman	#17251	64,400
@fiatjaf	#13038	63,400
@paul	#25644	62,600
@jonatack	#98644	60,900
@jb55	#56366	54,500
@BTC_LN	#51274	54,100
@dannydeezy	#461801, #75746	53,600
@JV	#6469	51,900
@BTCsessions	#23093	50,000
@JeremyRubin	#11162	47,400
@softsimon	#48270	47,300
@Murch	#141846, #348349	45,900
@dickerson_des	#21365	44,800
@stick	#37956	43,700
@bernard_parah	#40018	43,100
@boltfun_btc	#76668	43,100
@nicolasburtey	#14608	42,700
@petertodd	#84108	40,500
@gkrizek	#64688	40,100
@moneyball	#69901	39,700
@andreneves	#28072	39,100
@MerryOscar	#185392, #39079	37,505
@dooowta	#16037	37,400
@evankaloudis	#43585	31,700
@BitcoinErrorLog	#17771	31,600
@brqgoo	#192040	30,700
@ctramount	#95867	30,200
@MaxAWebster	#36377	27,900
@hong	#454701	27,700
@MaxFangX	#275379	27,100
@robin_linus	#316211	27,000
@ZEBEDEE	#109955, #63017	26,200
@TonyGiorgio	#70382	26,100
@allen	#53950	25,800
@dusty	#60859	25,800
@boltz	#339204	25,000
@BitcoinPierre	#53259	24,900
@bhd	#60320	24,200
@zerofeerouting	#33562	23,900
@tip_nz	#87857	23,700
@michael	#96930	23,000
@pavlenex	#475925	22,600
@WhyBitcoinOnly	#344025	22,500
@ziggamon	#38232	20,900
@ank	#57767	20,300
@justinmoon	#82990	20,200

9. Recent Riders 🏇

People who have the most amount of sats from 2024 per post.

Username	2024 >1k Posts	Avg Sats Per Post
@oracle	4	41,073 🥇
@mallardshead	5	29,145 🥈
@benthecarman	4	17,812 🥉
@supertestnet	8	17,713
@davidw	22	16,921
@BITC0IN	2	16,618
@Undergotten	1	15,400
@kangu	1	13,500
@moneyball	1	13,300
@roy	4	12,166
@DarthCoin	13	11,462
@hberkoe	3	11,015
@Natalia	8	10,171
@themadnessking	5	9,914
@Tristan	1	9,668
@0xB10C	2	9,384
@runningbitcoin	2	8,976
@TonyGiorgio	12	8,543
@BlueSlime	2	8,078
@lightcoin	3	6,627
@bitcoinplebdev	19	6,621

10. Boost Bandits 🔼

Stackers who have boosted their posts and contributed to the rewards pool the most.

Username	>1k Posts	Sats Boosted
@blockstream_official	24	1,050,000🥇
@joko	12	250,000 🥈
@MerryOscar	23	202,000 🥉
@PlebLab	15	175,000
@k00b	303	160,028
@roy	14	150,000
@evanbaer	7	125,000
@bitcoinplebdev	23	100,000
@niftynei	30	85,000
@MaxAWebster	13	80,000
@BITC0IN	20	80,000
@TonyGiorgio	37	75,000
@sethforprivacy	18	71,000
@jarednxx	8	65,000
@cascdr	6	60,000
@phaedrus	11	59,001
@BlueSlime	7	55,000
@DiracDelta	16	51,000
@moneyball	7	50,000
@mattcrv	12	50,000
@foundationdvcs	6	50,000

11. Best Stackers By Month 🗓️

Below are those for each given month who achieved the most:

sats total for posts
average sats per post
average comments per post

Month	Most Sats	Avg Sats Per Post	Avg Comments Per Post
`2024-02`	@fabs	@jeff	@theariard
`2024-01`	@kr	@anita	@617a7a
`2023-12`	@ek	@ramosh	@030e0dca83
`2023-11`	@elvismercury	@davidw	@Nuttall
`2023-10`	@mallardshead	@mallardshead	@jk_14
`2023-09`	@sn	@supertestnet	@TSW
`2023-08`	@birdeye21	@WeAreAllSatoshi	@Michelson_Morley
`2023-07`	@birdeye21	@runningbitcorn	@hynek
`2023-06`	@DiracDelta	@DiracDelta	@purpurato
`2023-05`	@Rsync25	@0295c86965	@Darkbulb
`2023-04`	@Rsync25	@btc_remnant	@btc_remnant
`2023-03`	@Rsync25	@0xB10C	@chris42
`2023-02`	@nym	@nym	@equilibriumbtc
`2023-01`	@k00b	@03f89df6be	@LibertyLuminary
`2022-12`	@calle	@dergigi	@Gregor
`2022-11`	@dergigi	@jonatack	@jonatack
`2022-10`	@kale	@kale	@nvk
`2022-09`	@moneyball	@moneyball	@TonyGiorgio
`2022-08`	@lynaldencontact	@OpenSats	@OpenSats
`2022-07`	@JohnCantrell97	@hynek	@allark
`2022-06`	@stick	@stick	@ziggamon
`2022-05`	@roy	@paul	@andreneves
`2022-04`	@justsmile	@justsmile	@dickerson_des
`2022-03`	@niftynei	@niftynei	@fiatjaf
`2022-02`	@ODELL	@ODELL	@ODELL
`2022-01`	@MaxAWebster	@MaxAWebster	@k00b

🤔 Methodoloy

Disclaimer: The snapshot to generate this data was taken on Tuesday 27th March at 22:00 ET. Data from all SN posts with >1k satoshis total - 9,503 posts. Sat totals were pulled from front-end labels, not an API so data is not 100% accurate. Take these numbers with a pinch of saltiness.

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70 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 29 Mar

Thanks for this! This shows that I still have a long way to go. You have given me a new goal: to write a post that garners at least 21k sats. I don't quite like that zero in that category haha.

How were you able to determine the number of Stackers who zapped a post? That's the statistic I'm most interested in. If you reveal your methodology, is it something that we can do ourselves haha?

I would like to suggest a Top Zapper category. I wrote about it here. I think the zapping culture here can be improved.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

That’s the plan with the post. Make those numbers go up. Look forward to seeing what you draft for us.

On desktop, hover over the sat total for any post/comment and you will see how many stackers zapped you or the author for it 😉

146 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 29 Mar

Hah! Made it.

Must've been one hell of a shit-show looking up all that info and typing it out into a readable post.

Thanks, it's neat!

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

Glad to see you did! You’ve got some great posts with a bunch of comments, that have pulled us all in. My favourite was #433828.

I’ve been having way less fun with my analysis into territories and charts. So switched gears to focus on individual stackers and table-data only. Wasn’t too bad this one!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 29 Mar

Yeah, I certainly hit a nerve with that one... If you're happy, we're happy.🥳

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 29 Mar freebie

Very interesting stuff!

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @CarlBMenger 31 Mar

I am back, baby. Let‘s go!

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw OP 31 Mar

Great post about the halving… #487510

Coming back in style!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @CarlBMenger 31 Mar

Like the phoenix. Thx Mate, truly appreciate it.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 30 Mar

Great post! Just so I am clear, @davidw you were able to pull these stats not from the API, but by scraping this site? A bit more on methodology would be great.

New metric idea: Top new stackers (Stacker Newbies). Find the top zapped posts by stackers who joined within the last 90 days. Give some love to the new kids on the block. 😇

92 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 29 Mar

another long wait post! and wow. 👀

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

You have 30% more zaps per post on average than anyone else. Crazy stat that! And more comments per post than even the sn account. Now that’s wow-pow.

Just goes to show how rich content is best, like yesterday's post on nomad'ing #484127 for those that somehow missed it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 29 Mar

I can't believe I haven't read any of Natália's work yet! Do you take a break from posting on weekends?

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @shadowymartian 30 Mar

Great Post!

maybe it's time for me to come back..

It sure feels nice to get mentioned lol

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 30 Mar

That's the spirit 👏

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 29 Mar

Had know idea @blockstream_official boosted so much.

Woo doggie!

Also @davidw legendary post brother!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

🫡 Cheers! Surprised me too.

Bet it didn't shock you to see @benthecarman as sat-for-sat, one of the best keyboard-bashers in the world.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @030e0dca83 29 Mar

It's great to get notifications when you're mentioned in someone else's post

You made a great job, mate

8 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

Cheers! You nailed the festive holidays with #364806 so keep it up also!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 29 Mar

Yeap, that was fun

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @TonyGiorgio 29 Mar

This is wild! Amazing work.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 29 Mar

This is great. @themadnessking is just my admin account for the various pools we run in the sports territory. It gets so many sats zapped to it due to people entering pools.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

I spotted that, thanks for clarifying. You've definitely found your niche - and it's great to see people using the site for untapped use cases like that.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 29 Mar

Thanks, Appreciate that. Just working out how I can use my niche to SN and orange pill others. Hoping these new sats loaded invite links will help with that.

108 sats \ 2 replies \ @handsome_latino 2 Apr

Read this post and found it so interesting... only to find out that I'm on the list mom! Woooo

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Apr

I have been missing you, buddy! Haha

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 2 Apr

😃 so handsome and yet so generous with the bounties

42 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 29 Mar

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30 sats \ 3 replies \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

Maybe one day, I might request API access to generate more insights like these inside a live dashboard. Would make much more sense.

For now however, I’m happy to just do this once per lifetime 😋

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 29 Mar

None of this data requires authentication, so no need to request API access!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

Running a query using the official SN API versus pulling this data manually, is not only morally better, it is also drastically faster to generate and keep updated over the long-term.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 29 Mar

No doubt. Automate all the things!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 29 Mar

Some ? A lot!

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 29 Mar

Incredible write up!

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @amaurel 30 Mar

congrats to the winners! or is the competition still live?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 30 Mar

still time to go… https://stacker.news/rewards

This post was just a simple pat on the back. The real rewards are still to be distributed on April 1st.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @blockdyor 4 Apr

Really loved this. Thanks @davidw!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 4 Apr

My pleasure

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko 30 Mar

Sat totals were pulled from front-end labels, not an API so data is not 100% accurate.

Like, parsing the html?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 30 Mar

Pretty much. It’s fairly easy to run again in future.

I’m just lazy and had it all in a spreadsheet. Updating pívot tables & charts one by one is no fun. A tableau dashboard would be way more cool.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @runningbitcoin 29 Mar

Great post and really interesting stats. Well done @davidw

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 29 Mar

⚡🧡🔥

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 29 Mar

Damn son.

That's some serious leg work. Great job 👊

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 29 Mar

There must be some mistake, I should be on these rankings :) jokes aside, you did an amazing job compiling this data. It must have been a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 29 Mar

Great write up!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 29 Mar

Great information here! Thanks for taking the time to tabulate this data.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 29 Mar

I'm sure it took you a long time to collect all this information, good job!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 29 Mar

Very interesting stats ! Thank you for putting these together. I may say that I could do it better, but I do not want. Soon I will retire from online presence, so I am slowing down, until my posts will be sporadically.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 30 Mar

retire well @Darthcoin, its been a fun ride

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 29 Mar

Wow what a great list, thanks! It’s been super exciting to see all the great content and growth here. Let’s go! Referral metric?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

Correction: snapshot was taken on Tuesday 26th March 2024 ~22:00 ET.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 29 Mar

I'd love to see a new AMA with ALL_CAPS ODELL. Last one was Feb '22 when the party was just getting started at Stacker News. The only time someone did a clean sweep of the monthly metrics.