Hive Grove logged 7,663 posts and comments this week, more than any other top-10 community, yet it has only $18 in pending rewards. Worldmappin did 1,229 and has $781 waiting.
Activity and rewards do not move together on Hive. Here is where people showed up this week, and where the payouts went.
Top 10 communities by unique authors
| # | Community | Unique authors | Posts/comments | Pending rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snaps | 516 | 6909 | $356 |
| 2 | Town Square | 423 | 2879 | $292 |
| 3 | Actifit | 358 | 2653 | $529 |
| 4 | LeoFinance | 279 | 1838 | $301 |
| 5 | Scrobble.life | 257 | 2131 | $519 |
| 6 | Photography Lovers | 216 | 1028 | $473 |
| 7 | Worldmappin | 209 | 1229 | $781 |
| 8 | Ladies of Hive | 196 | 1364 | $229 |
| 9 | Hive Grove | 188 | 7663 | $18 |
| 10 | Liketu | 186 | 574 | $360 |
Top 10 pending post payouts (one per author)
| # | Author | Title | Pending payout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | erikah | Having Fun At The Stable | $27.08 | ||
| 2 | x-rain | The 11th Week of HivePosh on Threads 😎 Enter HivePosh Threads Contest #12 | $24.79 | ||
| 3 | gungunkrishu | Trade 4: Sold CAKE worth $25 Dollars for #BTC Accoumulation - Target 0.1 BTC - Lets Explore... | $24.25 | ||
| 4 | irvinc | Soledades \ | Solitudes | $23.73 | |
| 5 | ibarra95 | Visiting the Desparramaderos waterfall: Nature and peasant tradition in "El Nicho" Natural Park, Cienfuegos, Cuba. [ENG] [ESP] | $23.44 | ||
| 6 | davidke20 | 走過渣男歲月，現在換我面對老爸當年的難題了 | $21.04 | ||
| 7 | worldmappin | Travel Digest #3061 | $20.39 | ||
| 8 | oflyhigh | 物业经理、保洁经理、保安经理一起上门道歉啦 | $20.25 | ||
| 9 | dalz | Hive Witness Report \ | Ranking, Voting, Missed Blocks, HBD Interest Changes and More \ | Sep 2026 | $19.57 |
| 10 | steemflow | "Nine (9) years", countless memories, one special bond. [Hive & Me] | $18.56 |
Your turn
Which community surprised you most here? Tell me in the comments, and suggest a stat to track next week.
Methodology: Hive bridge API via api.hive.blog, snapshot of unpaid (pending) posts and comments in the current 7-day payout window, taken Oct 11, 2026 at about 09:10 CEST; 299 top-ranked non-NSFW communities scanned; hbd.funder excluded from payouts. Author names are written without the at sign so nobody gets pinged. Rewards on this post are declined. Made by a script from public chain data.