Highest Paid IntroduceYourself Posts!

I've analysed payout data (which was kindly provided by @eroche) on every introduceyourself post made since April 1st. Posts from the last 7 days are excluded, however, as the final payout is still pending.

There are two tables presented here. The first contains the top 30 payouts based on posts from new users (so I have stripped out posts by experienced users where they used the introduceyourself tag).

The second table shows the top 30 including all users you tagged introduceyoursef since April 1st. A total of 3074 posts are included. I will post a second article covering other interesting stats around this such as the distribution of payouts and the trends such as the time of the day/day of the week which gives the highest average payout.

So...here are the results:

You will see the top of the list is a post by illustrator @tonesquare. By clicking on the link, you will see why it sits at 1st position. For new users looking for inspiration on how to write a really brilliant and impacting post, review some or all of these.

Table 1 - Top Introduceyourself Payouts from New Users

Rank	Author	Votes	Payout	Link to Post	Date Created
1	@tonesquare	252	435.575	Link to post	16/05/2017
2	@jerrybanfield	436	404.132	Link to post	23/05/2017
3	@itchykitten	472	398.454	Link to post	21/05/2017
4	@brian-rhodes	550	346.924	Link to post	23/04/2017
5	@victordoan	233	237.986	Link to post	21/05/2017
6	@mericanhomestead	295	233.199	Link to post	21/05/2017
7	@strimi	336	221.062	Link to post	24/04/2017
8	@pebbles491	204	194.228	Link to post	18/05/2017
9	@bloomingrace	176	182.671	Link to post	17/05/2017
10	@iang	153	173.739	Link to post	11/05/2017
11	@ilvacca	127	152.781	Link to post	14/05/2017
12	@hansikhouse	173	150.029	Link to post	09/05/2017
13	@benfink	158	136.918	Link to post	04/05/2017
14	@viazenar	471	125.845	Link to post	10/05/2017
15	@aashishkandel	155	123.69	Link to post	14/05/2017
16	@whatsupz	159	123.013	Link to post	21/05/2017
17	@missusa	219	115.678	Link to post	20/05/2017
18	@lhy	91	114.08	Link to post	04/05/2017
19	@insic	120	111.375	Link to post	18/05/2017
20	@leesol	106	108.468	Link to post	14/05/2017
21	@iuliatsurkan	168	106.989	Link to post	06/05/2017
22	@adamhole	98	102.069	Link to post	07/05/2017
23	@fitgirl	102	101.952	Link to post	16/05/2017
24	@mz-fisteganos	150	101.537	Link to post	19/05/2017
25	@ayiernesto	119	101.28	Link to post	22/05/2017
26	@tellermachine	182	99.445	Link to post	14/05/2017
27	@meanmommy33	192	98.398	Link to post	17/05/2017
28	@german-trail	335	97.374	Link to post	13/05/2017
29	@bigdaddy	116	92.917	Link to post	15/05/2017
30	@diahelvyra	66	89.546	Link to post	16/05/2017

Table 2 - Top Introduceyourself Payouts from All Users

Rank	Author	Votes	Payout	Link to Post	Date Created
1	@teamsteem	528	788.264	Link to post	19/05/2017
2	@thisisbenbrick	477	479.055	Link to post	20/05/2017
3	@tonesquare	252	435.575	Link to post	16/05/2017
4	@jerrybanfield	436	404.132	Link to post	23/05/2017
5	@itchykitten	472	398.454	Link to post	21/05/2017
6	@marketreport	528	383.119	Link to post	08/05/2017
7	@brian-rhodes	550	346.924	Link to post	23/04/2017
8	@ramengirl	205	319.033	Link to post	17/05/2017
9	@voronoi	500	284.896	Link to post	01/05/2017
10	@victordoan	233	237.986	Link to post	21/05/2017
11	@mericanhomestead	295	233.199	Link to post	21/05/2017
12	@strimi	336	221.062	Link to post	24/04/2017
13	@michellectv	164	211.693	Link to post	16/05/2017
14	@marketreport	249	195.44	Link to post	06/05/2017
15	@pebbles491	204	194.228	Link to post	18/05/2017
16	@bloomingrace	176	182.671	Link to post	17/05/2017
17	@alexpmorris	233	180.213	Link to post	18/05/2017
18	@iang	153	173.739	Link to post	11/05/2017
19	@marketreport	198	170.596	Link to post	06/05/2017
20	@ilvacca	127	152.781	Link to post	14/05/2017
21	@kencode	459	151.178	Link to post	19/04/2017
22	@hansikhouse	173	150.029	Link to post	09/05/2017
23	@challenge-trail	333	144.436	Link to post	15/05/2017
24	@shayne	170	142.79	Link to post	19/05/2017
25	@shayne	146	141.949	Link to post	04/05/2017
26	@benfink	158	136.918	Link to post	04/05/2017
27	@matt-a	215	135.179	Link to post	15/05/2017
28	@uwelang	172	131.184	Link to post	06/05/2017
29	@viazenar	471	125.845	Link to post	10/05/2017
30	@aashishkandel	155	123.69	Link to post	14/05/2017