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It's hard to believe that only a month ago the top earning post on Steemit earned a whopping $4,356.42! [Top Ten Posts - One Month Ago](https://steemit.com/money/@r4fken/the-top-10-highest-paid-posts-of-steemit-learn-from-the-best)

Although I am not an engineer, I have reverse engineered many successful businesses and created my own by testing and trying to improve upon their winning attributes.  So as part of my research in reverse-engineering what is succeeding on Steemit, I've decided to share my findings on the 33 top earning posts on Steemit. 

I also took the time to include a screen capture of the way each of the 33 posts look in the listings with pictures and engagement figures. This was all done by hand and not scraped by any software.

If you're a "Steemer" then you owe it to yourself to look at each of these posts and pay close attention to the "lowest common denominator" (note: one of the only "valuable" lessons I took from public school) to create your own winning formula. 

<h1>THE 33 TOP EARNING POSTS</h1>
$44,529.11 [piston.web] [First Open Source Steem GUI - Searching for alpha testers](https://steemit.com/piston/@xeroc/piston-web-first-open-source-steem-gui---searching-for-alpha-testers) 
Tags: piston
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/44529.png


$26,660.04 [THE FIRST STEEMIT MAKEUP TUTORIAL- bringing Youtubers to Steemit!! Tara is back!](https://steemit.com/beauty/@guerrint/the-first-steemit-makeup-turtorial-bringing-youtubers-to-steemit)
Tags: beauty steemwatch girlpower makeup
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/26660.png


$24,818.93 [steemit.chat] – [FOSS Alternative to SLACK deployed with RocketChat](https://steemit.com/steemit/@cass/steemit-chat-foss-alternative-to-slack-deployed-with-rocketchat)
Tags: steemit steemit-community steem chat
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/24818.png


$20,680.83 [SA’s City of Durban to be engulfed by STEEM! The world to follow!](https://steemit.com/money/@steemdrive/sa-s-city-of-durban-to-be-engulfed-by-steem-the-world-to-follow)
Tags: money cryptotrading business crypto fintech politics upvoting disruptive social-media steemenomics financial interest steem great venture-capital steemit-adoption beyondbitcoin crowdfunding cryptocurrencies cryptocurrency investment blockchain cryptonews venturecapital steemit thecryptodrive daily introduction thoughts travel finance market steemitsocool blogging introduceyourself bitcoin introduceemyself economics steemdrive crypto-news competition
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/20680.png


$17,349.65 [How Steemit Has Changed My Life: From living on $1/day and 3 hours of electricity to Having over $41,319](https://steemit.com/steem/@infovore/how-steemit-has-changed-my-life-from-living-on-usd1-day-and-3-hours-of-electricity-to-having-over-usd41-319)
Tags: steem introduceyourself steemit bitcoin life steem-ideas
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/17349.png


$17,093.16 [Hello Steemit! My name is Alla, I am a Youtuber and private chef with my own show... Let's do this!!](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@allasyummyfood/7dek2o-hello-steemit-my-name-is-alla-i-am-a-youtuber-and-private-chef-with-my-own-show-let-s-do-this) 
Tags: introduceyourself
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$15,415.41 [THE FIRST Steemit Professional Photoshooting - Backstage photos included!!! - Whale - Dolphin shoot too!!](https://steemit.com/photography/@manthostsakirid/the-first-steemit-professional-photoshooting-backstage-photos-included-whale-dolphin-shoot-too)
Tags: photography steemit girls fashion
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/15415.png


$14,540.57 [The Dollar Vigilante Is Now On Steemit!](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@dollarvigilante/the-dollar-vigilante-is-now-on-steemit)
Tags: introduceyourself helloworld
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$14,370.91 [Steemit in the Streets! Tara gets interviews and reactions from people who've never seen Steemit!](https://steemit.com/steemit/@guerrint/steemit-in-the-streets-tara-gets-interviews-and-reactions-from-people-who-ve-never-seen-steemit)
Tags: steemit
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$14,061.40 [Where does the money come from? A look into the economics of Steem.](https://steemit.com/steem/@arhag/where-does-the-money-come-from-a-look-into-the-economics-of-steem)
Tags: steem steemit
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$13,498.62 [STEEM iOS APP] [Announcement: First Native iOS App Released (Approved by Apple) – beta download available](https://steemit.com/steemit/@riensen/steem-ios-app-announcement-first-native-ios-app-released-approved-by-apple-beta-download-available)
Tags: steemit steem
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$13,124.54 [HUGE NEWS: Famous VC Investor FRED WILSON is ROOTING FOR STEEMIT!!](https://steemit.com/news/@kevinpham20/huge-news-famous-vc-investor-fred-wilson-is-rooting-for-steemit)
Tags: news steemit steem investing
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$12,388.49 [The founder of the Pirate Party joins to share liberty ideas with Steem](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@falkvinge/the-founder-of-the-pirate-party-brings-liberty-ideas-to-steem)
Tags: introduceyourself helloworld
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$12,149.83 [Don't follow me, I'm lost](https://steemit.com/anarchism/@edgeland/don-t-follow-me-i-m-lost)
Tags: anarchism cryptocurrency mathematics steemit writing introduceyourself bitcoin career blockchains
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/12149.png


$12,047.44 [Hello Steemers! My name is Fede, I'm an author (WIRED, New Scientist, BBC), Singularity University/NASA graduate, activist, researcher and public speaker, excited to be on Steemit!](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@federicopistono/hello-steemers-my-name-is-fede-i-m-an-author-wired-new-scientist-bbc-singularity-university-nasa-graduate-activist-researcher)
Tags: introduceyourself federicopistono elonmusk xprize singularityuniversity robotswillstealyourjob SteemTubeExperiment
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$11,565.12 [Steemit Facebook Page Insights From the Guy Who is Managing it... 7/17/2016](https://steemit.com/marketing/@cryptoctopus/steemit-facebook-page-insights-from-the-guy-who-is-managing-it-7-17-2016)
Tags: marketing
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/11565.png


$11,423.34 [Hi! I am the first Playmate with more than a million followers to blog on Steemit!](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@brendazambrano/hi-i-am-the-first-playmate-with-more-than-a-million-followers-to-blog-on-steemit)
Tags: introduceyourself steem
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/11423.png



$11,281.65 [Let's Get Uncomfortable](https://steemit.com/travel/@heiditravels/let-s-get-uncomfortable)
Tags: travel photography writing steemit
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/11281.png


$10,580.50 [The Corbett Report is here. Here's how I introduced Steemit to my 150,000 YouTube subscribers](https://steemit.com/steemit/@corbettreport/the-corbett-report-is-here-here-s-how-i-introduced-steemit-to-my-150-000-youtube-subscribers)
Tags: steemit journalism
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/10580.png


$10,474.65 [The Blockchain Girl has joined Steemit!](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@blockchaingirl/the-blockchain-girl-has-joined-steemit)
Tags: introduceyourself blockchain immortality model blockchaingirl
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/10474.png


$10,318.27 [Hi, I'm Kyle. I've been a full-time Bitcoin writer for the past 2+ years. Now I'm trying out Steemit!](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@kyletorpey/hi-i-m-kyle-i-ve-been-a-full-time-bitcoin-writer-for-the-past-2-years-now-i-m-trying-out-steemit)
Tags: introduceyourself steemit writing
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$10,149.10 [The Missing Link: Has Steemit Revolutionized Micropayments or Made Them Obsolete?](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemship/the-missing-link-has-steemit-revolutionized-micropayments-or-made-them-obsolete)
Tags: steemit
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$9,641.69 [The Goose And The Golden Steem - A Tale By Cryptogee](https://steemit.com/steem/@cryptogee/the-goose-and-the-golden-steem-a-tale-by-cryptogee)
Tags: steem steemfairytales steemhack steemplagarism
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$9,444.01 [Steem Passed Ethereum's Number of Transaction and Will Pass Bitcoin Soon](https://steemit.com/steemit/@clayop/steem-passed-ethereum-s-number-of-transaction-and-will-pass-bitcoin-soon)
Tags: steemit
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$9,270.60 [How Steem Changes the Game for Open Source Software](https://steemit.com/github/@benslayton/how-steem-changes-the-game-for-open-source-software)
Tags: github opensource software developers steem oss bitbucket steemit programming
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/9270.png


$9,142.95 [Celebrating 40.000 Steemit Users with SteemStory.com - What's Your Story?](https://steemit.com/steem/@roelandp/celebrating-40-000-steemit-users-with-steemstory-com-what-s-your-story)
Tags: steem
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$8,930.17 [Trespassing, Waterfalls & Giant Centipedes](https://steemit.com/travel/@heiditravels/trespassing-waterfalls-and-giant-centipedes)
Tags: travel photography adventure writing girls
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/8930.png


$8,926.22 [SteemStats.com - steem account monitoring & statistics](https://steemit.com/steemstats/@jesta/steemstats-com-steem-account-monitoring-and-statistics)
Tags: steemstats steem steemit technology
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/8926.png


$8,855.54 [Steemit Releases Groundbreaking Account Recovery Solution](https://steemit.com/blockchain/@dan/steemit-releases-groundbreaking-account-recovery-solution)
Tags: blockchain security steem steemit hack
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/8855.png


$8,705.59 [THE FIRST STEEMIT MALE MAKEUP TUTORIAL- bringing Youtubers to Steemit!! Roelandp is back!](https://steemit.com/beauty/@roelandp/the-first-steemit-male-makeup-tutorial-bringing-youtubers-to-steemit-roelandp-is-back)
Tags: beauty steemwatch humor marketing makeup steem taraisback roelandpisback mac teemit boypower video impersonation tara roelandp tutorial fun
https://survivalist.com/steemit-images/8705.png


$8,156.44 [Steemit Surpasses Reddit In User Engagement!!! - Closing In On Top 10,000 in US Traffic Ranking!](https://steemit.com/steem/@steemrollin/steemit-surpasses-reddit-in-user-engagement-closing-in-on-top-10-000-in-us-traffic-ranking)
Tags: steem steemit
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$8,021.21 [I'm homeless but not forgotten](https://steemit.com/homeless/@brookdemar/i-m-homeless-but-not-forgotten)
Tags: homeless
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$8,010.84 [How I Made $15,000 in 12 Hours on the New Blockchain Based Social Media Site Steemit](https://steemit.com/steemit/@dollarvigilante/how-i-made-usd15-000-in-12-hours-on-the-new-blockchain-based-social-media-site-steemit)
Tags: steemit bitcoin ethereum cryptocurrency anarcho-capitalism
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