Insights into the Most Delegators

Hi fellow Hivers. Hope all's going well for you. Today I wanted to talk about some of the tables I figured out. Fasten your belts! There are some interesting things.

I had some questions about delegations on Hive to myself. Purposely, I checked the accounts that received the most delegations and the accounts that made the most delegations based on HP. If you have been spending time on Hive for a while, you have probably seen these accounts. There is no concern here. However, the other question that came to my mind was which accounts received the most delegations and made the most delegations based on the number of accounts, regardless of the HP amount? When I queried the results, I came across interesting tables.

I will not share the most delegators and receiver accounts based on HP here. In the table below, I ranked the accounts based on the number of accounts they delegated to, regardless of the amount of Hive Power delegated. It appears that many accounts are not actively being used. What could be the purpose of delegating 10 HP to many accounts? Most of these accounts seem to have delegated to newly created bot accounts.

Let's take a look at these accounts...

#	Delegator Account	Delegations (count)
1	s101	2742
2	karaknorn	1343
3	steem.leo	1205
4	ngocphicr	1134
5	alexko-steemit	809
6	vttn	704
7	myfriend	526
8	jleoshao1	470
9	leo.voter	323
10	denmatsibu	321
11	mathfortress	269
12	wolfdoge	255
13	gravis	221
14	talan37	221
15	sci-populi	202
16	litrbooh	201
17	paydice	200
18	timalik	200
19	abacam	193
20	deegramofficial	189
21	hiveslotgames-c	186
22	warren.buffett	179
23	lorag	164
24	iceone	149
25	vastrewin	139
26	vcdragon	125
27	blocktrades.com	123
28	grootwr	122
29	blackics	121
30	mashic	114
31	crypt0gnome	109
32	dylanhobalart	104
33	monsterbank	102
34	teammonsters	100
35	wedik	100
36	aft00	99
37	anonsteem	96
38	wonsama	90
39	brianoflondon	89
40	gamer00	86
41	nghiahanh	85
42	vangthudo	84
43	guiltyparties	83
44	elena-singer	82
45	foxon	80
46	nashy	80
47	zacra	80
48	exodegame	77
49	gogreenbuddy	77
50	nutbos	76
51	gandalfthedark	75
52	gritata	70
53	roger.remix	70
54	trostparadox	69
55	pionerbank	67
56	aboutcoolscience	65
57	marcocasario	62
58	lhp.app	61
59	flaxz	60
60	kurator-polski	60
61	csy	59
62	hivebuzz	59
63	davel22	58
64	hipsterhunter	58
65	tobetada	58
66	educateddropout	57
67	igel2017	57
68	mihrk	56
69	pfunk	56
70	robotq	54
71	macaw	52
72	gerber	51
73	synergized	50
74	sprintermaster	49
75	someeoracle	48
76	bamlolx1	47
77	steempress-io	47
78	thecryptodrive	45
79	aggroed	43
80	taskmaster4450	43
81	brooklyn-nets	40
82	chungtlll	40
83	glein	40
84	promote.helper	40
85	cqf	39
86	gigale	39
87	gunter00	39
88	jarvie	39
89	jeanlucsr	39
90	yangyanje	39
91	bartosz546	38
92	academialibertad	36
93	dusuno	36
94	abcor	35
95	axiebuzz	35
96	milca	35
97	moonraker	35
98	hatoto	34
99	idea-make-rich	34
100	leofinance	34

Let's also take a look at the accounts that received the most delegations in terms of quantity. As you might have guessed, when we look at the accounts that received the most delegations in terms of quantity, many of them are likely curation accounts. However, for those who are curious, I am sharing the table below.

#	Delegatee Account	Received Delegations (count)
1	minnowbooster	1012
2	ecency	988
3	tipu	871
4	leo.voter	686
5	actifit	547
6	ocdb	542
7	smartsteem	438
8	qurator	361
9	curangel	319
10	minnowsupport	313
11	steembasicincome	238
12	wrestorgonline	213
13	dmania	193
14	justyy	188
15	indiaunited	185
16	brofi	181
17	bitebi	157
18	thealliance	153
19	cnbuddy	153
20	hive.pizza	145
21	steem-ua	143
22	hk-curation	135
23	appreciator	133
24	poshtoken	133
25	pgm-curator	127
26	psyberx	125
27	hiveupme	119
28	diyhub	114
29	helios.voter	113
30	entropia	108
31	curie	106
32	spaghettiscience	103
33	hivephilippines	100
34	stickupcurator	98
35	asean.hive	97
36	fulltimegeek	97
37	dustbunny	96
38	ua-promoter	96
39	discovery-it	95
40	aliento	92
41	hodlcommunity	92
42	thisisawesome	89
43	tokenpimp	89
44	jerrybanfield	86
45	therising	83
46	upmewhale	81
47	splinterboost	79
48	share2steem	78
49	swisswatcher	78
50	boomerang	78
51	hispapro	77
52	laruche	76
53	es-literatos	69
54	vimm	69
55	youarealive	69
56	bdvoter	66
57	msp-shanehug	66
58	pixresteemer	64
59	naturalmedicine	63
60	ctpsb	62
61	rima11	61
62	liotes.voter	60
63	cards4rent	59
64	marcocasario	58
65	dhedge	57
66	magicdice	54
67	steemhunt	54
68	dustsweeper	53
69	curamax	52
70	hivehustlers	50
71	cervantes	50
72	canna-curate	50
73	ssg-community	49
74	hivecuba	49
75	postpromoter	49
76	informationwar	49
77	team-cn	49
78	bdvoter.cur	48
79	enlace	47
80	lolzbot	44
81	visualblock	44
82	dclick	44
83	alphacore	43
84	musicvoter	43
85	dlux-io	43
86	whalestrail	43
87	apeminingclub	42
88	dsound	42
89	adol	41
90	self-driving	41
91	talentclub	40
92	lmac	40
93	curatorwhale	40
94	skizoweza	39
95	hive-106316	39
96	spydo	39
97	hive-117778	38
98	themothership	37
99	pinmapple	37
100	cribbio	37

It is easier to understand the second table that I shared. However, there are some interesting things in the first table. From what I understand, some users have automated the process of creating bot accounts. This was the first conclusion I drew when I examined some of the accounts in the table. So, what can be the purpose of such an operation?

One possible reason could be to increase the voting power of a main account by having the bot accounts vote for it. Another reason could be to use the bot accounts for other purposes, such as commenting or reblogging content. I did not look at the comment activities of these accounts. Additionally, some userrs may have created these bot accounts as part of their development or testing process. Sure, all of these are different options.

What would be your comment about these issue? Especially when you look at the accounts in the first table, what conclusions do you draw?

"Analysis of Hive Delegations" by fellow Hiver @kedi

In this article, the author @kedi analyzes the delegations on Hive and presents tables showing the accounts that received and made the most delegations based on the number of accounts, regardless of the amount of Hive Power delegated. Here are some key points from the article:

Purpose

The author queried the delegations on Hive to answer their own questions about delegations to themselves.
They wanted to find out which accounts received and made the most delegations based on the number of accounts, regardless of the amount of Hive Power delegated.

Findings

The tables provided by the author show that many accounts are not actively being used, and most of them have delegated to newly created bot accounts.
The author ranked the accounts based on the number of accounts they delegated to, regardless of the amount of Hive Power delegated.
The author also provided a table of the accounts that received the most delegations based on the number of accounts.

Conclusion

The author concludes that there are many accounts on Hive that are not actively being used, and most of them have delegated to newly created bot accounts.
These findings suggest that the Hive community needs to be cautious about delegating to newly created accounts and should carefully investigate the purpose of these accounts before delegating to them.

Thank you for sharing @kedi, interesting finding, keep up the good work! :)

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reko (70) 2 years ago

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flaxz (75) 2 years ago

Interesting to see me mentioned in the first table, as to why I delegate to so many, some are to have HP on accounts for the We Are Alive Tribe as I am the tribe owner, others where given to new Hivers as we work on onboarding, and then I also provide the daily prizes of two 50 HP delegations for 4 weeks in @alive.chat every day, plus I have some delegations that pay out rewards too.

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kedi (65) 2 years ago

Of course there are logical reasons. I was just curious as I was looking at the tables. It is normal these delegations in small amounts are about different purposes.

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cryptothesis (68) 2 years ago

Table 2 is pretty handy. I can check out the benefits of delegating to them after knowing who they are. !PIZZA

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