This time i will be gathering data for December in hourly basis.This is to check if there had been changes recently at the start of month in December.

We all know that December is a busy month and probably crypto traders will also busy that time too , there might be a remarkable changes in the market prices for all cyrpto currencies which includes Steem and Steem Dollar.

We did see the growth of Steem Dollar at the start of December and probably traders now are having less sleep because of the sudden change in there market values. Steemit users have also gives more time now , creating their articles and blogs more frequent.

Now i will be generate graph based on the data that i had gathered.

**Legend :**
*CST = Central Standard Time*

*0 = Range between 0:00 to 0:59 CST or 12:00 am to 12:59 am CST (midnight)
1 = Range between 1:00 to 1:59 CST or 1:00 am to 1:59 am CST
2 = Range between 2:00 to 2:59 CST or 2:00 am to 2:59 am CST
3 = Range between 3:00 to 3:59 CST or 3:00 am to 3:59 am CST
4 = Range between 4:00 to 4:59 CST or 4:00 am to 4:59 am CST
5 = Range between 5:00 to 5:59 CST or 5:00 am to 5:59 am CST
6 = Range between 6:00 to 6:59 CST or 6:00 am to 6:59 am CST
7 = Range between 7:00 to 7:59 CST or 7:00 am to 7:59 am CST
8 = Range between 8:00 to 8:59 CST or 8:00 am to 8:59 am CST
9 = Range between 9:00 to 9:59 CST or 9:00 am to 9:59 am CST
10= Range between 10:00 to 10:59 CST or 10:00 am to 10:59 am CST
11 = Range between 11:00 to 11:59 CST or 11:00 am to 11:59 am CST
12 = Range between 12:00 to 12:59 CST or 12:00 pm to 12:59 pm CST (noon)
13 = Range between 13:00 to 13:59 CST or 1:00 pm to 1:59 pm CST
14 = Range between 14:00 to 14:59 CST or 2:00 pm to 2:59 pm CST
1 5= Range between 15:00 to 15:59 CST or 3:00 pm to 3:59 pm CST
16 = Range between 16:00 to 16:59 CST or 4:00 pm to 4:59 pm CST
17 = Range between 17:00 to 17:59 CST or 5:00 pm to 5:59 pm CST
18 = Range between 18:00 to 18:59 CST or 6:00 pm to 6:59 pm CST
19 = Range between 19:00 to 19:59 CST or 7:00 pm to 7:59 pm CST
20 = Range between 20:00 to 20:59 CST or 8:00 pm to 8:59 pm CST
21 = Range between 21:00 to 21:59 CST or 9:00 pm to 9:59 pm CST
22 = Range between 22:00 to 22:59 CST or 10:00 pm to 10:59 pm CST
23= Range between 23:00 to 23:59 CST or 11:00 to 11:59 pm CST*

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A. Scope of Data Gathered
Data extracted December 11 6:24 AM UTC Time
Extracted from steemsql by @arcange
Check for hourly activity on the month of December
Covered date 12/01/2017 to until the day that i have gathered the data

## B. Accounts Related
*(Note : Time is based on CST . Please see legend)*

On the graph we have seen that there are about lesser than 18,000 new account registrations from 0:00 CST to 9:00 CST. For 10:00 CST it has average amount of new registration and then increased more towards 22,000 new registrations for 15:00 CST until 20 CST.

![image.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1512979676/odr9cqcl8tzwxcsoij0w.png)

## C. UpVotes Statistics
*(Note : Time is based on CST . Please see legend)*

As we look into the graph , we see some low activity around 0:00 CST to 9:00 CST. But around 10:00 CST, we have seen high activity around 14:00 CST to 18:00 CST. This following hours should be noted so you know exactly when will the best time to create and post your blogs.

If you want to have your article to have more audience , just make sure to create a unique and quality post or article during peak hours, surely you will not get dissapointed.

![image.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1512981043/w0mpydkmgsnhuvlvgope.png)

## D. DownVotes Statistics
*(Note : Time is based on CST . Please see legend)*

On the downvote graph, we have seen high upvote activities around 4:30 CST . It has been the most downvotes hour for the month of December with 46,000 downvotes. There might be possibility that schedule checking for bots are enable on this hour , to check contents for spamming and plagiarism. 

![image.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1512981660/y2rahypkakhyfr5wap2l.png)


## E. Resteem Statistics
*(Note : Time is based on CST . Please see legend)*

Based on the graph we have seen not so good performance of members in terms resteems around 0:00 CST to 10:00 CST. Around 14:00 CST to 18:00 CST we have seen most of resteeming activities by members, so if you want to your article or blogs to be resteemed , you have high chances by creating your post around 14:00 CST to 18:00 CST.

![image.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1512981997/y0rx2uidvmzieet4isa7.png)

## F. Post and Comment Created Statistics
*(Note : Time is based on CST . Please see legend)*

As we can see on the post and comment created by users around December still 0:00 CST to 8:00 CST have minimal activities. We only see some good effort around 10:00 CST until 18:00 CST.

![image.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1512983150/fipmsrr60g1flottmsy8.png)

## G. Rewards Statistics
*(Note : Time is based on CST . Please see legend)*

In the graph around 0:00 CST it has generated almost 650,000 total rewards which is good. We have seen low rewards also for 5:00 CST with only 450,000 total rewards only.

For this month the best time that have generated a lot of rewards is around 14:00 CST to 17:00 CST which has set as record high for month of December.

![image.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1512983932/j8gkwzpbdnycspge3683.png)

## Final Analysis
- Still we have seen slow activity around 0:00 CST to 8:00 CST which means that most of the member base are belong to US.
- To have a good activity on 0:00 CST to 8:00 CST , we need more Asians to register to Steemit to bring balance.
- Rewards may increase more and might be doubled.

<br /><hr/><em>Posted on <a href="https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@robin-ho/hourly-evaluation-for-month-of-december-steemit-data-and-analysis">Utopian.io -  Rewarding Open Source Contributors</a></em><hr/>