I am on Hive forever and i have noticed that during 2025 the engagement and activity levels are getting lower and lower. Based on the accounts that were created this year we are on the lower end again but not the lowest, as we have some months ahead of us. In general though, it's a fact that not so many accounts were created this year.
We are currently at around 45k accounts for 2025, while last year we had 64k new accounts and in 2023 which was one of our worst years or maybe the worst, at 48k. In my opinion, we will reach at least 50k before the year ends.
What i would be curious to see and discover which i don't know how to do, so if you know let me know. Out of let's say 50k accounts for 2025, how many are active and how many are bots. In general, if we take every year and count this, i believe we will be amazed. In total so far we exceed 1 million accounts but my guess is that only a couple of thousands are actually active.
Ofc this means less engagement and activity which is something i have noticed. It's not like i don't understand the reasons, though. A lot of people are disappointed with Hive's growth and have either let's say vanished until the price increases or simply they have delegated some HP and earn rewards, delegation or curation rewards.
Others simply moved on to something else as they don't want to bother with posting and manually curating/engaging as the earnings are insignificant for them, which i respect. Furthermore, there are a lot of people, including me, who have limited time nowadays.
For instance, while i was posting, curating and commenting on a daily basis, i can now only make a post per 2-3 days and maybe read and comment on 2-3 posts per week. Ofc i will try to change that, i don't know to what extent but i will try to at least make more comments as i know the value creators can feel when someone makes a meaningful comment on their posts.
Last but not least, i have witnessed multiple times that a lot of people who let's say engage, decide to 90% engage with accounts that hold a lot of HP, ofc in order to get a 50 cents to 5$ worth of an upvote and maybe a chance to attract a whale to their profile and posts and earn more.
In my opinion, we all need to step up our game in terms of engagement, based on our life responsibilities and schedule, and at least create an environment around here where everyone who makes some decent posts can feel appreciated and motivated.
At the same time, something must be done with Hive as whole, as honestly we currently simply exist in an endless universe. We don't do anything as a whole to shine, only some small attempts from people and small teams that in the vast "universe" or "cryptoverse" are going unnoticed, to be honest, no matter if we say to ourselves otherwise.
We may believe that we are doing something to increase the value of Hive and we may actually do so, but it's not how "big" we consider it to be and it can easily be validated by the number of new accounts for 2025, the price of Hive, the tokenomics of Hive (marketcap, volume etc etc) and the engagement levels.
I love Hive and i really want for Hive and people that are here, old and new to thrive!
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