What the numbers say: publishing alone vs. publishing with a community
What the numbers say: publishing alone vs. publishing with a community
I have been posting on Hive for a month, and now I have the numbers to say it without hype: on Hive, the winner is not the one who writes the most — it is the one who publishes where an organized community stands behind the post. I measured it. This is not an opinion.
On October 31 I reviewed more than 200 posts, community by community. This is the median total pay of one post, depending on where you publish it:
| 📍 Where you publish | 💰 Median pay per post | |
|---|---|---|
| HIVE CN (Chinese community) | $2.45 | ██████████ |
| Hive Learners | $1.55 | ██████ |
| Hive Book Club | $1.13 | █████ |
| Aliento | $0.36 | █ |
The author keeps about half; the rest is shared among the curators. Same writer, same week, same effort: the difference between the weakest community and the strongest is almost 7×. Do the Chinese write better than everyone else? No. They are 38 authors who are organized: they read each other, comment on each other, and curate each other — every single day.
And the number that made it crystal clear for me was my own post. My introduction in Hive Book Club got 7 votes and added up to $0.144. Sounds small… until you take it apart:
| 🗳️ Where it came from | 💵 How much |
|---|---|
| 1 single vote (an account with ~200,000 HP) | $0.095 — 66% of the total |
| The other 6 votes together | $0.049 |
One vote with HP behind it is worth more than six votes without strength. My own vote today, with my ~20 HP, is not even worth a cent. Alone, that is my ceiling.
That is why Hive con Datos exists. It is the group where we are building that same organization in Spanish: you publish, you announce it in the group, the community actually reads you, comments with data — no empty "great post" — and curates what is worth curating. And we all power up: I am staking 100% of what I earn until I reach 500 HP. The math is simple, and it is serious:
- Today the group adds up to little — we are just starting.
- If we become 20 members with 500 HP each, the group moves 10,000 HP: a combined support ~500× stronger than my vote today.
- And curating also pays the curator: half of what each supported post earns is shared among its curators.
Nobody will hand you anything for joining: this is about building, together, the vote we do not have today.
If you post on Hive — or you want to start — come and build it with us: Hive con Datos 👉 https://t.me/HiveConDatos
And the number I need from you to start: how much HP do you have today? Leave it in the comments. With that number I will build the group's first table: where we stand, and how far we are from our first 10,000 HP together.
Data: my own measurement of October 31, 2026 (200+ posts, through the public Hive API) and the real votes on my October 31 post in Hive Book Club. HIVE price on November 1: ~$0.047.