SN Territory metrics analysisSN Territory metrics analysis
Been pulling monthly stats from the GraphQL API for all 56 territories and threw together some charts. The thing I didn't expect: territory founder take rates range from 14% to 57%.
Turns out the main driver is how much of a territory's spending is zaps vs posting fees. bitcoin_Mining is almost entirely fees, 87% of sats spent go to the founder, barely any zapping happens. On the other end, Stacker_Sports and Animal_World have 60%+ stacked to OPs through zaps.
~meta has the highest average stacked per post at ~395sats, which makes sense given the audience. ~the_stacker_muse and ~BooksAndArticles are also high but for different reasons, fewer posts, more concentrated attention. Meanwhile ~bitcoin and ~econ win on raw volume, big surprise.
The scatter plot (middle left) is probably the most useful: each dot is a territory, size is stacker count, color is the founder revenue ratio. Tells you at a glance which territories have actual engaged communities vs ones that are mostly fee sinks.
Well done! Is this from last month only or an average of past months? Can you provide the interactive charts somehow? Curious to see where ~AGORA sits
Thanks! This is from last month only.
Here's where ~AGORA sits:
Sorry, no interactive charts for now, but will look into improvements in the future if there's enough interest.
Thank you, an interactive chart would be great. Otherwise, I'll be happy to bother you every month.
Do it lol
IIRC:
70% of posting fees go to the territory operator, 30% goes to rewards.
70% of zaps goes to the poster, 21% goes to the territory operator, 9% goes to rewards.
Keep in mind that founders can also post in their own territories, which can shift your metrics a bit if you're just taking raw averages.
where is my 87 percent?
Very cool.
Cool beans.
Interesting to note how some territories (such as Stacker_Sports) flourish as a thriving third space within the larger ecosystem of SN itself
What is fee of Stacker News in the operation?