RE: How was Hive doing over the last year?

Well, I don't know them. They're probably some kind of whales. But they make their money from delegation and automatic upvotes anyway.
I only know people like you and me who are doing something with posts, comments, and something in savings.
Well, maybe we could also comment on "normal Hive inflation". It's based on some calculations, surely, just like HBD savings...