The numbers are updated daily, as I see. When I posted my shout-out, that number was 6, at the moment of writing is 40 and eSteem has moved up 15 places which is great!
Now about your probleme regarding posting. Are you on Discord? You'll find an invite link on my footer, please join us so we can help. If you are not using Discord, let me know here in a comment what kind of problems, error messages do you get so I can get you help.
RE: Calling eSteem Users To Action!