Decred SM metrics 2021-05
Welcome to the 4th monthly recap of Decred’s social media metrics! Here I go through ~95 accounts and report any interesting activity. This time we’re testing a table format. The changes are between May-1 and Jun-1 snapshots.
Main
| platform |
account |
metric |
May 1 |
Jun 1 |
diff |
% |
comment |
| Discord |
decred |
users |
1,566 |
1,787 |
+221 |
+14.1% |
|
| Matrix |
decred |
users-general |
434 |
467 |
+33 |
+7.6% |
|
| Medium |
decred |
followers |
1,334 |
1,349 |
+15 |
+1.1% |
|
| Reddit |
decred |
subscribers |
10,987 |
11,190 |
+203 |
+1.8% |
|
| Telegram |
Decred |
users |
2,645 |
2,705 |
+60 |
+2.3% |
|
| Twitter |
decredproject |
followers |
44,391 |
45,724 |
+1,333 |
+3.0% |
Feb’s massive +1,121 beaten, now only second behind +1,818 in Nov 2018 (tracking since May 2018) |
| YouTube |
decredchannel |
subscribers |
4,500 |
4,540 |
+40 |
+0.9% |
YouTube game is hard |
| YouTube |
decredchannel |
views |
182,488 |
185,678 |
+3,190 |
+1.7% |
|
General and less active
| platform |
account |
metric |
May 1 |
Jun 1 |
diff |
% |
comment |
| CoinGecko |
decred |
likes |
10,273 |
10,969 |
+696 |
+6.8% |
|
| CoinMarketCap |
decred |
watchers |
34,076 |
37,681 |
+3,605 |
+10.6% |
CMC is an entry point for many people, growth here is good |
| Facebook |
decredproject |
followers |
3,816 |
3,909 |
+93 |
+2.4% |
unusual gain given no posts since Oct 2020 |
| Facebook |
decredproject |
likes |
3,457 |
3,548 |
+91 |
+2.6% |
|
| Gab |
decredproject |
followers |
8 |
8 |
+0 |
+0.0% |
17 posts but only 8 followers. Gab users, you can help to bring more awareness! |
| Instagram |
decredproject |
followers |
682 |
704 |
+22 |
+3.2% |
nice, considering no new posts since Feb |
Specialized
| platform |
account |
metric |
May 1 |
Jun 1 |
diff |
% |
comment |
| Telegram |
DCRAnn |
users |
115 |
134 |
+19 |
+16.5% |
subscriber count reflects how many keep an eye on important announcements |
| Telegram |
DecredSupport |
users |
118 |
161 |
+43 |
+36.4% |
support activity is a good proxy of how much the software is getting used, which is our main goal in the end |
| Telegram |
DecredTrading |
users |
245 |
257 |
+12 |
+4.9% |
|
| Twitter |
ConsensusRough |
followers |
655 |
700 |
+45 |
+6.9% |
|
| Twitter |
pi_crumbs |
followers |
185 |
179 |
-6 |
-3.2% |
slightly unexpected given how useful it is to get notified of new and voting proposals |
| Twitter |
planetdecred |
followers |
144 |
148 |
+4 |
+2.8% |
|
| Twitter |
planetdecred |
tweets |
29 |
29 |
+0 |
+0.0% |
most shy account ever, considering the amount of BUIDL going on |
| Twitter |
withdecred |
followers |
604 |
623 |
+19 |
+3.1% |
|
| Twitter |
withdecred |
tweets |
750 |
786 |
+36 |
+4.8% |
good to see this still active, even though the proposal is over |
Personal
| platform |
account |
metric |
May 1 |
Jun 1 |
diff |
% |
comment |
| Twitter |
DecredSociety |
followers |
427 |
453 |
+26 |
+6.1% |
|
| Twitter |
PermabullNino |
followers |
3,970 |
4,408 |
+438 |
+11.0% |
|
| Twitter |
PermabullNino |
tweets |
2,526 |
2,712 |
+186 |
+7.4% |
|
| Twitter |
_Checkmatey_ |
followers |
9,510 |
11,568 |
+2,058 |
+21.6% |
how is he doing it? |
| Twitter |
_Checkmatey_ |
tweets |
17,487 |
17,864 |
+377 |
+2.2% |
“only” ~12 tweets/day this time |
| Twitter |
behindtext |
followers |
2,148 |
2,254 |
+106 |
+4.9% |
Decred Lead Developer (c) ramping up the Twitter game |
| Twitter |
behindtext |
tweets |
4,294 |
4,601 |
+307 |
+7.1% |
@Checkmate you’ve got company |
| Twitter |
exitusdcr |
followers |
575 |
604 |
+29 |
+5.0% |
|
| Twitter |
michae2xl |
tweets |
14,655 |
15,010 |
+355 |
+2.4% |
|
Non-English and regional
| platform |
account |
metric |
May 1 |
Jun 1 |
diff |
% |
comment |
| Facebook |
decredbrasil |
followers |
5,652 |
5,645 |
-7 |
-0.1% |
|
| Facebook |
decredbrasil |
posts_30d |
34 |
35 |
+1 |
+2.9% |
no new members but still 35 posts in May |
| Instagram |
decred_es |
followers |
523 |
545 |
+22 |
+4.2% |
not bad, given no new posts in May |
| Instagram |
decredbr |
followers |
892 |
901 |
+9 |
+1.0% |
as a comparison to decred_es, also no May posts |
| Telegram |
decredbr |
users |
398 |
428 |
+30 |
+7.5% |
quite different from BR Facebook… or is Telegram is simply better than Facebook? ;) |
| Telegram |
DecredES |
users |
285 |
279 |
-6 |
-2.1% |
the dynamic of ES accounts is interesting in context of 3rd Spanish proposal that got rejected, e.g. will the community fade without funded operations? |
| Twitter |
DecredAustralia |
followers |
545 |
569 |
+24 |
+4.4% |
|
| Twitter |
Decred_ES |
followers |
1,392 |
1,404 |
+12 |
+0.9% |
|
| Twitter |
Decred_ES |
tweets |
2,139 |
2,141 |
+2 |
+0.1% |
|
Updated charts
All-time charts of important accounts have been tweaked, updated, and moved to a new location here. There are 20+ charts now, here’s an example for YouTube:
That’s all for now. I’m still evaluating if these reports worth the effort to produce, so any feedback is welcome on Reddit or #research:decred.org (guide how to join our chats is here).