Hive stats 2025: The Floor is In, But The Walls Are Higher
The data for 2025 is in. On the surface, it looks like "stabilization"—the massive drops from 2023 have slowed down. But when you look closer at who is left and where the money is going, a different picture emerges.
We aren't dying, but we might be becoming a closed fortress.
📝 YEARLY GROWTH & ENGAGEMENT REPORT
| year | Posts | Daily Avg Posts | Posters | Interactions | Users | Curators (Silent) | New Accts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,410,724 | 3,864 | 42,037 | 5,724,127 | 50,702 | 8,665 | 910,098 |
| 2022 | 1,351,925 | 3,703 | 38,356 | 8,229,731 | 46,064 | 7,708 | 97,468 |
| 2023 | 1,074,812 | 2,944 | 27,138 | 8,944,548 | 32,956 | 5,818 | 47,666 |
| 2024 | 916,673 | 2,511 | 31,169 | 8,149,741 | 38,919 | 7,750 | 63,974 |
| 2025 | 842,548 | 2,308 | 25,575 | 7,256,485 | 40,053 | 14,478 | 57,556 |
"The numbers for 2025 tell a story of stabilization. After the brutal drops of 2023 (-20%) and 2024 (-15%), the decline in posting volume has slowed significantly to just -8%. But the most interesting anomaly is the user count: despite fewer posts, we actually saw a 2.9% increase in active users.
This suggests we have reached a 'hard floor.' The casual tourists and reward-farmers who fled during the bear market are gone. What remains is a smaller, but far more stubborn ecosystem. The quantity is lower, but the network itself isn't shrinking anymore—it’s hardening."
📝 🧲 RETENTION: YEAR-OVER-YEAR LOYALTY
| year | Total Posters | Retained from Prev Year | Retention Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38,356 | 15,720 | 37.40% |
| 2023 | 27,138 | 13,179 | 34.36% |
| 2024 | 31,169 | 10,252 | 37.78% |
| 2025 | 25,575 | 10,413 | 33.41% |
"Retention has remained remarkably consistent over the last three years. The data shows a '1-in-3 Rule': roughly 33-37% of people who posted last year are still posting this year.
In the volatile world of crypto, where apps rise and fall in months, this is our strongest metric. It means that once someone survives their first year on Hive, they tend to stick around. The churn is happening almost entirely at the onboarding phase (new accounts), not among the established core."
📝 📅 DAILY EXTREMES (BEST & WORST DAYS)
| yearr | Best Date | Max Posts | Worst Date | Min Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021-04-05 | 5,947 | 2021-01-01 | 2,488 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-17 | 6,702 | 2022-12-25 | 2,364 |
| 2023 | 2023-02-24 | 3,872 | 2023-12-25 | 2,375 |
| 2024 | 2024-03-12 | 3,070 | 2024-11-10 | 1,923 |
| 2025 | 2025-12-04 | 3,287 | 2025-12-24 | 1,393 |
"The daily activity extremes for 2025 confirm that Hive is still very much a human network, subject to real-world calendars.
The Worst Day: December 24th (1,393 posts). As expected, people log off for the holidays.
The Best Day: December 4th (3,287 posts).
This 50% drop-off during holidays is actually a healthy sign—it proves our traffic isn't dominated by automated scripts that run 24/7 regardless of the season. Real people take breaks."
📝 👥 USER HABITS: POST FREQUENCY (COUNT & %)
| yr | 1 Post | 2-5 Posts | 6-10 Posts | 11-25 Posts | 26-50 Posts | 51-100 Posts | 100+ Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10,842 (25.8%) | 12,277 (29.2%) | 4,810 (11.4%) | 5,081 (12.1%) | 2,962 (7.0%) | 2,434 (5.8%) | 3,631 (8.6%) |
| 2022 | 10,493 (27.4%) | 10,312 (26.9%) | 4,038 (10.5%) | 4,653 (12.1%) | 2,981 (7.8%) | 2,288 (6.0%) | 3,591 (9.4%) |
| 2023 | 6,522 (24.0%) | 7,378 (27.2%) | 2,910 (10.7%) | 3,676 (13.5%) | 2,017 (7.4%) | 1,753 (6.5%) | 2,882 (10.6%) |
| 2024 | 10,685 (34.3%) | 9,451 (30.3%) | 2,529 (8.1%) | 2,781 (8.9%) | 1,733 (5.6%) | 1,508 (4.8%) | 2,482 (8.0%) |
| 2025 | 7,710 (30.1%) | 6,623 (25.9%) | 2,546 (10.0%) | 3,308 (12.9%) | 1,627 (6.4%) | 1,388 (5.4%) | 2,373 (9.3%) |
We see two diverging trends here.
Less Spam: The percentage of 'One-Hit Wonders' (users who post once and leave) dropped from 34% in 2024 to 30% in 2025.
Higher Intensity: The dedicated users are working harder. The share of users posting 100+ times a year rose to 9.3%.
Basically, the casual middle ground is thinning out. You are either here to post almost daily, or you aren't posting at all. This polarization of activity is what drives the 'exclusive' feel of the current chain. Let's consider the hard core user, the ones who do post at least once a week, so an average, 52 posts or more. That group only cover 14.7% of the user base. This is way too low.
We are speaking here about a little bit over 4000 users. Way too low.
And still there are post which are under rewarded, meaning that the biggest part of those 4K users don't look outside their upvote circle. Which is slowly choking Hive.
📝 💰 ECONOMICS: PAYOUTS & ZERO VALUE POSTS
| year | avg_payout | median_payout | Zero_Payout_Posts | Zero Payout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $7.35 | $1.12 | 255,581 | 18.12% |
| 2022 | $7.03 | $1.37 | 233,512 | 17.27% |
| 2023 | $5.07 | $1.18 | 191,248 | 17.79% |
| 2024 | $4.89 | $1.27 | 166,330 | 18.14% |
| 2025 | $4.35 | $1.27 | 168,879 | 20.04% |
This is the most concerning dataset in the report. In 2025, 20.04% of all posts received $0.00 payout. That is up from 18% in 2024 and 17% in 2023.
While the average payout dropped to $4.35 (driven by HIVE price action), the increase in zero-payout posts suggests the reward pool is becoming a closed fortress. New users or casual bloggers are finding it harder to get that first upvote. If 1 in 5 posts earns nothing, we risk becoming an ecosystem where only the established 'whales' and their friends can afford to play. This isn't just 'quality control'—it's a barrier to entry. I could run metrics which do prove that the bug curating accounts are feeding this behavour. But that is for another post.
So, 50% of the posts do earn more than 1.27 and 50% earn less.
📉 TREND ANALYSIS: 2024 vs 2025
| METRIC | PREV | CURR | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Users | 38,919 | 40,053 | +2.91% |
| 🔴 Posters | 31,169 | 25,575 | -17.95% |
| 🔴 Posts | 916,673 | 842,548 | -8.09% |
| 🔴 New Accts | 63,974 | 57,556 | -10.03% |
| 🟢 Curators | 7,750 | 14,478 | +86.81% |
| 🔴 Avg Payout | 5 | 4 | -10.93% |
As we all know, you can almost use all stats to prove everything. I do see some things which are less worse then expected, but I also see some things which more or less prove that we are choking Hive. It starts to look more and more like an exclusive club of people taking about Hive, photography and starting more and more to look like a cooking book. If you don't use any of these 3 tags, you are almost doomed. One thing which can help you is if you do translate your post into multiple languages, no idea why this is helps, but it does pull the attention of curators.
And yes, if you don't earn more than 1.27, just be assured that there are automated posts explaining the translation of a Spanish word in English, which would kill your motivation. But hey that is the route the community want to give a share of the reward pool to.
Feel free to interprete the stats how you want. And feel free to let me know what your opinion is.
Cheers,
Peter
Posted Using INLEO
Interesting stats even if they are not all positive. We have to be realistic about where we stand and that we could do better. Personally I do okay, but I want everyone to have a chance on Hive as long as they are not abusing it. There are plenty of scammy accounts being created, but most get dealt with. I know there are various efforts to help new users. I think people need to find their communities where they can get some support.
I've been tracking the UK users and we have seen a drop in active users there. The price will be a factor in that, but I hope it can improve as I know a lot of people who are just busy elsewhere. I think we need to tempt them away from the corporate platforms.
!BEER
Your friends just killed Hive by censoring the truth
@steevc Your friend @jacobtothe is still downvoting me but just remember you got all these people involved and you was the one who said you wanted to speak on chain so you basically set me up
Hello everyone I hope you are all good and well today 🙏🏾
Just for the record find the truth they call spam👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
So I've dealt with people like this before it's nothing new
But what they are doing is bad Very badi joined steemit like everyone else thinking it offers freedom but I must say steemit offered much more freedom than Hive does
Everyone already knows I only post my own original content I have no need to steal anything from anyone
I've been labelled a lot of things on Hive 😂 by the biggest farmers scammers and downvoters
Actions speak louder than any words do especially when them words are coming from a compolsive liars
I will keep updating this post when I get time
https://hive.blog/hive/@ureka.stats/the-untrending-report-hive-downvote-analysis-16-09-2025-20250916181314
https://hive.blog/hivedev/@makerhacks/please-peakd-allow-me-to-completely-block-spammers-would-you-ever-vote-for-this
https://hive.blog/hive-167547/@dlmmqb/re-kgakakillerg-t34wy6
https://hive.blog/hive-170475/@acidyo/re-kgakakillerg-t32sw1
https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@themarkymark/re-kgakakillerg-t30ziu
https://hive.blog/hive/@ureka.stats/the-untrending-report-hive-downvote-analysis-29-09-2025-20250929172045
No downvotes for this racist person 🧐
https://hive.blog/hive-196387/@acidyo/re-kgakakillerg-t41yr6
https://hive.blog/dvs/@dhedge/re-kgakakillerg-t3clz3
https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@kgakakillerg/t3a8fu
https://hive.blog/musical/@steevc/re-kgakakillerg-t2kz1m
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Please understand how stupid it looks you acting like you care 😂😂😂😂😂
You can keep downvoting my posts hope it makes you feel better 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Please bring out your other alt accounts 😂😂😂😂😂
Keep doing your masters work 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Please understand you are being used
You are a puppet
You can't hide on a Blockchain 😂😂😂😂😂
Everyone can see what's going on but some are afraid to say anything 😂😂😂😂
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All you are doing is showing that Hive is not decentralised 😂😂😂😂⭕👀💯😂🤣🤣🤣
Keep making that honey for your master
Just understand more people will see and more people will speak up 😂😂😂😂😂
i know my way around Hive very well I see everything and so do others
So you can keep playing your game 🎮
But just remember you are playing games with people's lives
I don't really give a fuck if you downvote me but you are messing with a lot of dangerous people
Downvote me as much as you like it changes nothing I've showed you what's going on and if you think it's ok crack on just remember karma is always around the corner
I believe in God 🙏🏾 do you ?
I don't know how people like you look at yourself in the mirror knowing what you are doing everyday
Can I ask you seriously what do you think downvoting people is going to archive?
What has it archived so far
I really hope you downvoters get the help you need and it's clear you all need to get outside more 🙏🏾
The evidence speaks for it's self
Please read and view
Hello everyone good morning good afternoon good evening where ever you are around the world 🌎 🌍 🌍 🌍 🌍
As many of you know I was downvoted on Hive by the biggest farmers on Hive 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
They think I care about rep on Hive when it means nothing in the real world 😂😂😂😂😂
It's mad how the ones doing the downvoting are farming Hive with armies of alt accounts 😂 😂
They selfvote there own shit post's and projects 😂😂😂
They like to talk a whole lot of shit 💩
But they can't Face the truth so in this post you can find the truth
This is part 3 Hive is done please do check out the previous parts
I make one big post soon I think I need to do a few more parts first
The thing is I've been called a spammer and all sorts of things but words mean nothing 😂😂😂😂
Especially when they are coming from scammers farmers downvoting racist people 😂😂😂😂
It's still so hard to believe that blocktrades is behind buildawhale usainvote and other accounts that are actively destroying Hive 😂 😂
Hive has the tech but not the brain's at the top
It's crazy that acidyo tells people about selfvoting whilst selfvoting his shit projects 💩 everyday 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Themarkymark is running the buildawhale comment farm for his master Blocktrades 😂 😂 😂
It's so funny how themarkymark account has a free pass the same as acidyo 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's not hard to tell who is running Hive 😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you so much for reading and viewing this post
Now I got a question for you all do you think I'm a scammer or spammer 😂😂😂😂😂
Please be honest it won't offend me 😎👍🏾
I would highly recommend you checking out the previous parts
Hive is done
Hive is Done part 2
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Indeed, the price will also had an impact but that doesn't explain all numbers. We do have a hard core base and we are falling back to that. The problem is that the hard core base mostly writes about Hive, food and photography and only curate posts about those. This is a real danger. The diverse the posts are, the more interesting it is for other users to join.
But the new users do need to understand that hard work and interaction is needed to build a reputation. The first weeks/months on Hive can be pretty dark and lonesome.
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BEER.People not getting noticed is certainly a problem. Part of it is that it's time-consuming for curators to manually curate, so their search is constrained by time. Perhaps helping newer users realize they need to focus on a handful of communities and get connected is a more realistic approach than expecting curators to branch out more. That's not to say they shouldn't, but it's easier to help newer users adapt early.
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User retention is indeed hard. It all starts with commenting on other posts. Try to get some attention.
But if you do see that post about a dictionary does earn more than 2$, there are also other problems.
I don’t think that I did earn on my first 20 posts or so. I did earn back in the days more with comments than writing posts. Sometimes this still is the case.
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The numbers don't like. I think it paints a pretty accurate picture of what those of us that have been around here for a while have seen.
While not as bad as I did think, it is hard to see those hard figures.
Your friends just killed Hive by censoring the truth
@steevc Your friend @jacobtothe is still downvoting me but just remember you got all these people involved and you was the one who said you wanted to speak on chain so you basically set me up
Hello everyone I hope you are all good and well today 🙏🏾
Just for the record find the truth they call spam👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
So I've dealt with people like this before it's nothing new
But what they are doing is bad Very badi joined steemit like everyone else thinking it offers freedom but I must say steemit offered much more freedom than Hive does
Everyone already knows I only post my own original content I have no need to steal anything from anyone
I've been labelled a lot of things on Hive 😂 by the biggest farmers scammers and downvoters
Actions speak louder than any words do especially when them words are coming from a compolsive liars
I will keep updating this post when I get time
https://hive.blog/hive/@ureka.stats/the-untrending-report-hive-downvote-analysis-16-09-2025-20250916181314
https://hive.blog/hivedev/@makerhacks/please-peakd-allow-me-to-completely-block-spammers-would-you-ever-vote-for-this
https://hive.blog/hive-167547/@dlmmqb/re-kgakakillerg-t34wy6
https://hive.blog/hive-170475/@acidyo/re-kgakakillerg-t32sw1
https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@themarkymark/re-kgakakillerg-t30ziu
https://hive.blog/hive/@ureka.stats/the-untrending-report-hive-downvote-analysis-29-09-2025-20250929172045
No downvotes for this racist person 🧐
https://hive.blog/hive-196387/@acidyo/re-kgakakillerg-t41yr6
https://hive.blog/dvs/@dhedge/re-kgakakillerg-t3clz3
https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@kgakakillerg/t3a8fu
https://hive.blog/musical/@steevc/re-kgakakillerg-t2kz1m
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Please understand how stupid it looks you acting like you care 😂😂😂😂😂
You can keep downvoting my posts hope it makes you feel better 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Please bring out your other alt accounts 😂😂😂😂😂
Keep doing your masters work 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Please understand you are being used
You are a puppet
You can't hide on a Blockchain 😂😂😂😂😂
Everyone can see what's going on but some are afraid to say anything 😂😂😂😂
🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑😂😂😂😂😂😂
All you are doing is showing that Hive is not decentralised 😂😂😂😂⭕👀💯😂🤣🤣🤣
Keep making that honey for your master
Just understand more people will see and more people will speak up 😂😂😂😂😂
i know my way around Hive very well I see everything and so do others
So you can keep playing your game 🎮
But just remember you are playing games with people's lives
I don't really give a fuck if you downvote me but you are messing with a lot of dangerous people
Downvote me as much as you like it changes nothing I've showed you what's going on and if you think it's ok crack on just remember karma is always around the corner
I believe in God 🙏🏾 do you ?
I don't know how people like you look at yourself in the mirror knowing what you are doing everyday
Can I ask you seriously what do you think downvoting people is going to archive?
What has it archived so far
I really hope you downvoters get the help you need and it's clear you all need to get outside more 🙏🏾
The evidence speaks for it's self
Please read and view
Hello everyone good morning good afternoon good evening where ever you are around the world 🌎 🌍 🌍 🌍 🌍
As many of you know I was downvoted on Hive by the biggest farmers on Hive 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
They think I care about rep on Hive when it means nothing in the real world 😂😂😂😂😂
It's mad how the ones doing the downvoting are farming Hive with armies of alt accounts 😂 😂
They selfvote there own shit post's and projects 😂😂😂
They like to talk a whole lot of shit 💩
But they can't Face the truth so in this post you can find the truth
This is part 3 Hive is done please do check out the previous parts
I make one big post soon I think I need to do a few more parts first
The thing is I've been called a spammer and all sorts of things but words mean nothing 😂😂😂😂
Especially when they are coming from scammers farmers downvoting racist people 😂😂😂😂
It's still so hard to believe that blocktrades is behind buildawhale usainvote and other accounts that are actively destroying Hive 😂 😂
Hive has the tech but not the brain's at the top
It's crazy that acidyo tells people about selfvoting whilst selfvoting his shit projects 💩 everyday 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Themarkymark is running the buildawhale comment farm for his master Blocktrades 😂 😂 😂
It's so funny how themarkymark account has a free pass the same as acidyo 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's not hard to tell who is running Hive 😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you so much for reading and viewing this post
Now I got a question for you all do you think I'm a scammer or spammer 😂😂😂😂😂
Please be honest it won't offend me 😎👍🏾
I would highly recommend you checking out the previous parts
Hive is done
Hive is Done part 2
👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾
May be because of the increase in word count ? Surprising to see 14,478 Curators (Silent) for 25,575 Posters - literally more than half. Don't know whey so many posts still do not get rewards - isn't that interesting ?
Yes and no. I do think there are a lot of spam posts within that number. Some posts where the values have been reset to 0 due to downvotes. And so on.
I am not surprised at that number. There are some who do post 10 posts per day.