The Brit List: May 2025

Introduction

I started compiling these lists in December 2020 to continue something Hive account@pennsif used to do as I think it helps bring the community together. Since then I have found lots more people to include. @HiveSQL has been really useful for this. I was using beem to generate this post, but that is not in active development and I found HiveSQL could do it much quicker. I use Python for most things. Some of the post is manual as I like to include some commentary and I will keep tweaking it. I am open to suggestions for improvements. I aim to do a fresh list on the first Saturday of each month.

Logo by @barge

I also rely on the community to let me know of more people to include who may not have obvious account metadata. You can find me in the Hive account@teamuksupport Discord to discuss it or drop me a comment.

The #teamuk tag has been used to show you are in the UK and was earning extra votes from a bot, but that has not been active lately. Using the tag may still help me to find you, but please contact me if you think you should be on the list.

The list will include anyone living in the UK as well as Brits who have moved abroad. Inclusion on this list does not mean I recommend people, but I will remove accounts if they are known to be abusing Hive or are falsely reporting their location. I can also remove anyone who asks me to. If you have lost control of your account through phishing or other means then let me know so that I can update your entry. There is the option to be counted without being tagged on these posts if you want that.

The code to produce this post is on Github. People are welcome to use it for their own regional version. I can help you with that if necessary.

Previous editions

What it means

The numbers above are for those who had posted or commented in the previous month. In the lists below I break each region into three lists:

Active as above.
Just voting. I will guess that a lot of these use automatic votes, e.g. HiveVote. Previously there were some that appear to have been compromised as they vote for known abusers. Those are now excluded until I hear that they have recovered control.
Inactive in the last month, but most have done something since Hive started. We can hope to bring them back.

I want to count people rather than accounts as some have several. I can include those in brackets if you want. Let me know if you want me to update your listing. You can be as specific as you like about your location. Otherwise I will use what is on your profile or what I am told or can deduce from your posts.

Other Countries

I have produced similar lists for the following countries. Active numbers are from the last time I ran them. These have used simpler queries than what I use for the UK, so they are likely to miss people. What it needs is for local communities to take up this work. The data and scripts are all on my Github for anyone to make use of. I can do other lists on demand.

Australia
Brazil
Ghana
Germany
India
Indonesia
Ireland (2022)
Italy. Hive account@bencwarmer has done a more comprehensive list.
Japan
Netherlands by Hive account@michelmake
Nigeria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Scandinavia
South Africa
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine (2022)
UK latest on #BritList

Commentary

After seeing a small increase last month we have dropped back again. User retention is a serious issue on Hive. It can be hard to know exactly why as you cannot reach the people who have left, but I am interested in opinions on this. I do have friends who gave up for various reasons. Often it was just lack of time when they might see more activity on other platforms. I find plenty to like on Hive, but it will depend on your interests.

What we need is more pioneers who are prepared to take a chance on something new. The earnings are an attraction, but the $HIVE price is not doing much exciting lately. Of course it helps that if we have a more active community, but then people leave if the price is low, so we cannot easily win.

There are some discussions going on about what Hive can do for musicians and that is an interest for me. I have always said that it could be a good place for smaller acts with just hundreds of fans who will not earn elsewhere. If they bring their fans over then both sides can win. The problem may be in creating enough accounts, but some of us could help with that if we can claim accounts. We need to get a buzz going about Hive (pun intended) so that people tell their friends about it. Each of us can help with that. We can sell it as an alternative to corporate platforms that exploit users.

If you do recruit someone then you may have to put in effort getting them through their early days as Hive is different to other platforms. You have to build a following yourself.

If you want Hive to grow then you have to be part of the marketing team. We all benefit if you succeed.