[CHARTS] Brief monthly overview of the local boards activity

[bitmover]

I am on vacations and I wont be able to post the animated chart now .

I will post it here next week  

So you are one of those that don't bring laptops on your holidays? Every year I say I won't bring mine because I barely touch it when I am at holiday, but then at the last minute I pack it anyway.

Anyway, enjoy your holiday.  

Funny, during holidays I have more time to post on the forum.
And posting on the forum actually relaxes my mind.
So yes, I am the kind of person that bring laptop (and other gadgetry) on holiday.
And if you look in the forum, you'll see a few pictures that testify to that.

Depends on the holliday.

If I have a small travel just to take a break and I will have plenty of free time, I do take my laptop.

This last trip was quite busy. Hikings, trains, bikes, many different hotels, etc. No way I could bring a laptop and would not have time to use it


But I am back now! Updated race:



https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/12312077/

[dkbit98]

Thank you OP for another monthly overview of the local boards.
One small suggestion is to tweak and change color for Spanish local board, it is almost identical with background color (at least on my screen).
More intense yellow color would be more visible.

[Rikafip]

One small suggestion is to tweak and change color for Spanish local board, it is almost identical with background color (at least on my screen).

Hm, it looks very different from the background on my screen. Does anyone else has the same issue?

But yeah, I guess I could make it more visible in the next overview.

[DYING_S0UL]

One small suggestion is to tweak and change color for Spanish local board, it is almost identical with background color (at least on my screen).

Hm, it looks very different from the background on my screen. Does anyone else has the same issue?

But yeah, I guess I could make it more visible in the next overview.

Everything looks normal from my end. I'm using the default white BTT theme right now, and the color for Spanish is very bright yellow here. And for local board racing it's like close to a dark green shade.

but i must say, that bright yellow is absolutely blinding, it's (i don't know how to describe it) very bright and hurts if you look at it for a while..it's feels like when you look at a yellow bulb for a while and cannot see anything, that feeling.. (i'm bad with words, but i hope you understood the reference)

[Rikafip]

but i must say, that bright yellow is absolutely blinding, it's (i don't know how to describe it) very bright and hurts if you look at it for a while..it's feels like when you look at a yellow bulb for a while and cannot see anything, that feeling.. (i'm bad with words, but i hope you understood the reference)

So dkbit98 says its not noticeable enough, then you say that its too bright, while for me it looks completely normal. What to make of that lol.

Btw, I am using default yellow in Google spreadsheets. 

 

[dkbit98]

So dkbit98 says its not noticeable enough, then you say that its too bright, while for me it looks completely normal. What to make of that lol.

All screens are different, but I have warmer settings on my screen to reduce blue light emission and issues with my eyes.
You should just use yellow color from Spanish national flag, or any other color not used for other countries.

[Rikafip]

You should just use yellow color from Spanish national flag, or any other color not used for other countries.

In that case, I would have to manually add the Spanish flag's yellow color (as google doesn't offer it as one to chose from) code,  which would only delay the publication of these overviews.

Anyway, I might give it a go, but problem is that that shade of yellow is similar to orange that I am using for Indian local. At least on my screen.

[fillippone]

You should just use yellow color from Spanish national flag, or any other color not used for other countries.

In that case, I would have to manually add the Spanish flag's yellow color (as google doesn't offer it as one to chose from) code,  which would only delay the publication of these overviews.

Anyway, I might give it a go, but problem is that that shade of yellow is similar to orange that I am using for Indian local. At least on my screen.

A long time ago, I was taught to avoid, during work presentations, more than 3 or 4 colours per graph.
You would be amazed by the number of people who have some form of colour blindness and can tell the difference between the inevitable shades of the same colour when you have more lines on the same graph.
Not saying this is the case, but actually resonates a lot.

[Rikafip]

A long time ago, I was taught to avoid, during work presentations, more than 3 or 4 colours per graph.
You would be amazed by the number of people who have some form of colour blindness and can tell the difference between the inevitable shades of the same colour when you have more lines on the same graph.
Not saying this is the case, but actually resonates a lot.

Since I have to use 18 different colors/shades, I think some issues with visibility or similarities between certain colors are unavoidable.

The only alternative would be to use a single color for everything, but I don't think that would be an overall improvement.

[fillippone]

Here you go:



You should use colour bling colours for the main boards, then use different brightness of the same colours for the smaller bars.
You can use the Okabe-Ito/Tol hues to keep the colours similar to the old ones.

[Rikafip]

You should use colour bling colours for the main boards, then use different brightness of the same colours for the smaller bars.

Thnx for the effort, but I am not fan of that solution, I just don't like how it looks like.  

@dkbit98 you suggested to use yellow from spanish flag (Hex F1BF00, RBG 241, 191, 0) so this is how it looks like. Is it any better?

[Daniel91]

Rikafip, today is the last day of the month and I already miss your great ''Brief monthly overview of the local boards activity'' with new data on our activities on the local forum sections.
I don't want to put pressure on you, I assume you may be on vacation but when do you think your new report will be ready?
It seems that there have been some changes on our Croatian part of the forum as well so I'm waiting for your confirmation. 
Thank you for preparing these great and very interesting reports for many years.

[Rikafip]

Rikafip, today is the last day of the month and I already miss your great ''Brief monthly overview of the local boards activity'' with new data on our activities on the local forum sections.
I don't want to put pressure on you, I assume you may be on vacation but when do you think your new report will be ready?

Since I live in a coastal city and love the sea, I'm basically on a permanent vacation during the summer.

Anyway, I'm working on the overview as we speak. I just have to finish the table and write the comments, and it will be good to go. You can expect it in a matter of hours.

[Rikafip]

As promised to my fellow local board member few hours ago, here is the brief overview of local boards for May 2026. All charts and table are made using data from @DdmrDdmr Merit Dashboard and Bitlist.

Communities marked with * (Pakistan, Bengali) don't have their own local boards yet, but are part of this overview nevertheless.


Post activity per local board during May 2026

During May, 13781 posts were made across local boards which is an increase compared to April's numbers (13283). This increase has been spread among the most active boards, and one that had biggest increase was Nigerian that is again back at over 4k posts. Summer is coming, so let's see how situation develops and whether that affects activity.

Active members per local board during May 2026

1322 members wrote at least 1 post in one of the local boards during May, that makes an increase compared to month before, during which 1276 members were active. Nigerian board remained at the top, and thanks mainly to them we have this increase. Unfortunately, French continues its descent towards the bottom.

Local board members per amount of posts during May 2026

When it comes to the percentage of members who wrote only 1 post in their board during last month, leader is Polish with 70%, while at the same time Pakistan is at the bottom with 17% of such members.

At the 2-9 posts bracket leader is Greek board with 60% (probably because they have no one who wrote 10+ posts), while Polish has only 20%.

Regarding the 10+ posts bracket, Croatian local board is the leader with 52%, while before mentioned Greek is at the bottom of this bracket as they didn't have s single member who wrote 10+ posts during May in their local board.

Merit shared per local board during May 2026

During May, 6655 merit was sent across 18 local boards that are part of this overview, and is a big drop compared to April's 7452. Majority of this drop happened on German board (1146-489), which is somewhat known for big fluctuations in merit distribution so its probably not s cause for concern.

It is also good to see French board back on this chart, even if with only 2 merits sent.

Merit/Post ratio per local board during May 2026

In May, an average merit per post across local boards was 0.48, which is an decrease compared to April's 0.56. Still a very good merit per post ratio I would say.

Romanian board is back at the top with a very high 1.75 merit per post, Italian is 2nd with also very high 1.37 ratio, while last month's top board, Spanish, is at the 3rd spot while having 1.08 merit per post ratio. At the bottom is once again Greek board, and French is right next to them with not much better ratio.

Merit senders and receivers per local board during May 2026

536 member sent while 586 members received merit in one of the local boards, which is not that big differnece compared to April (530 senders, 601 receiver) when you take into consideration the drop in the number of merit shared. Needless to say Nigerian is once again at the top, leaving every other board far behind.

Percentage of merited posts across local boards during May 2026

No surprise here-Romanian board is once again at the top, this time while having 72% of posts merited, but Italian is also not too far behind with 54%, especially when you consider how much more active Italian board is.

Merit per transaction across local boards during May 2026

And for the end of this series of charts, the one that shows meriting habit of local boards.

The most active members per local board during May 2026 2026

The last but not the least, the list of the most active local board members. Numeral (137) and jokers10 (1310 from Russian local board were the two most active memebrs in local board, while last month's top poster joker_josue has (125) to satisfy with the 3rd spot

Russian	|	German	|	Turkish	|	Italian	|	Portuguese	|	Spanish	|
_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|
1. Numeral [137]	|	1. MaxMueller [84]	|	1. mandown [121]	|	1. fillippone [40]	|	1. joker_josue [125]	|	1. Porfirii [54]	|
2. jokers10 [131]	|	2. Soonandwaite [60]	|	2. yenerbatmaz [73]	|	2. Ale88 [38]	|	2. sabotag3x [67]	|	2. famososMuertos [35]	|
3. klarki [117]	|	3. MinoRaiola [52]	|	3. RaltcoinsB [69]	|	3. babo [33]	|	3. TryNinja [57]	|	3. Don Pedro Dinero [19]	|
4. safar1980 [115]	|	4. mole0815 [52]	|	4. Phoenix Anka [61]	|	4. Plutosky [30]	|	4. alegotardo [48]	|	4. Hispo [17]	|
5. Julien_Olynpic [112]	|	5. cygan [47]	|	5. kriminall [58]	|	5. Italian Panic [27]	|	5. bitmover [44]	|	5. Filicius [14]	|
6. zasad@ [95]	|	6. Lakai01 [47]	|	6. Hvdv [57]	|	6. Cassius55 [22]	|	6. Forsyth Jones [40]	|	6. darxiaomi [14]	|
7. Alex077 [93]	|	7. Unknown01 [41]	|	7. Balmain [55]	|	7. Paolo.Demidov [15]	|	7. criptoevangelista [39]	|	7. danadc [13]	|
8. internetional [86]	|	8. Koal-84 [37]	|	8. Mustang Shelby [55]	|	8. alexrossi [13]	|	8. mikel_012 [31]	|	8. Allo-obmen [13]	|
9. tvplus006 [86]	|	9. Real-Duke [35]	|	9. Silence Scream [51]	|	9. *Ace* [12]	|	9. Paredao [29]	|	9. darbitmobilerecovery [11]	|
10. xandry [73]	|	10. mv1986 [31]	|	10. Xyloo [51]	|	10. bitcoiner180 [11]	|	10. rdluffy [25]	|	10. Marmeladka.cc [11]	|

Indonesian	|	French	|	Pilipinas	|	Croatian	|	Nigerian	|	Arabic	|
_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|
1. Chikito [95]	|	1. winspiral [10]	|	1. Peanutswar [43]	|	1. Daniel91 [44]	|	1. Floxynice [100]	|	1. khaled0111 [36]	|
2. Luzin [45]	|	2. TryNinja [5]	|	2. cryptoaddictchie [36]	|	2. ovcijisir [42]	|	2. Lenubari [58]	|	2. Kavelj22 [27]	|
3. AakZaki [35]	|	3. gaelium [5]	|	3. tech30338 [34]	|	3. katanic97 [41]	|	3. Africolo [56]	|	3. yhiaali3 [26]	|
4. Husna QA [35]	|	4. HashRate Hero [4]	|	4. arwin100 [32]	|	4. SirJohnVonSlotty [39]	|	4. Mr Reporter [51]	|	4. Ochan_yazo_tochant [13]	|
5. masulum [28]	|	5. graphtek [3]	|	5. PX-Z [30]	|	5. slackovic [35]	|	5. Karl_3000 [49]	|	5. OmegaStarScream [7]	|
6. kawetsriyanto [26]	|	6. oscar2000 [2]	|	6. julerz12 [26]	|	6. Rikafip [32]	|	6. Agbamoni [48]	|	6. GxSTxV [7]	|
7. mu_enrico [25]	|	7. ETZ-Swap [2]	|	7. GreatArkansas [23]	|	7. dkbit98 [23]	|	7. Charles-Tim [46]	|	7. hugeblack [6]	|
8. joniboini [23]	|	8. DenisDenis [1]	|	8. SatsPH [23]	|	8. Pmalek [19]	|	8. PremiumcryptoHub [45]	|	8. RedFlix [3]	|
9. taufik123 [21]	|	9. patrickus [1]	|	9. bhadz [22]	|	9. examplens [18]	|	9. Exitoral [41]	|	9. mikeywith [2]	|
10. dansus021 [20]	|	10. Halab [1]	|	10. coin-investor [22]	|	10. Trofo [13]	|	10. Sammye3 [40]	|	10. syriano [1]	|

Polish	|	Indian	|	Greek	|	Romanian	|	Pakistan*	|	Bengali*	|
_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|
1. cygan [16]	|	1. Cointikka [50]	|	1. BlackHatCoiner [9]	|	1. GazetaBitcoin [20]	|	1. qurbanshah02 [75]	|	1. Bd officer [24]	|
2. TryNinja [5]	|	2. JSRAW [48]	|	2. cryptosize [8]	|	2. NeuroticFish [6]	|	2. JunaidAzizi [43]	|	2. DYING_S0UL [20]	|
3. inspace [2]	|	3. Bitcoin Smith [27]	|	3. alani123 [2]	|	3. TryNinja [5]	|	3. Ab de villiers [36]	|	3. Crypto Library [12]	|
4. pawel7777 [1]	|	4. vivekdhyani1 [23]	|	4. Ultegra134 [2]	|	4. gigica viteazu` [1]	|	4. snowpega [32]	|	4. Z_MBFM [7]	|
5. EXMON [1]	|	5. pawanjain [22]	|	5. Dimitris [2]	|	5. othell_rogue [1]	|	5. HustleZ [32]	|	5. Shishir99 [5]	|
6. icopress [1]	|	6. eaLiTy [16]	|	6. BitcoinsGreece [2]	|	6. IonCreanga [1]	|	6. Rustam Meraj [30]	|	6. Review Master [4]	|
7. CryptoCrookz [1]	|	7. M47AK16 [9]	|	7. xProe [1]	|	7. b1ack [1]	|	7. Jaweria parveen [30]	|	7. Nothingtodo [4]	|
8. hexan123 [1]	|	8. TheUltraElite [6]	|	8. BetByRent [1]	|	8. BetByRent [1]	|	8. Abdul Sami786 [30]	|	8. Royal Cap [3]	|
9. StefanTaylor [1]	|	9. Jimmymoriarty [6]	|	9. manos555555 [1]	|		|	9. CryptoYar [29]	|	9. malekbaba [2]	|
10. vid3 [1]	|	10. Lostbtc05 [5]	|	10. katsman [1]	|		|	10. Junii [29]	|	10. shasan [2]	|

[SirJohnVonSlotty]

And once again I have won against the notorious @slackovic for the second time in the history of the Croatian board.

The people cheer

The voices scream

SirJohn SirJohn SirJohn

[bitmover]

Here is the updated chart!


https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/12312077/

I am impressed with the Nigeria board. What people talk so much about? lol

[Pmalek]

During May, 6655 merit was sent across 18 local boards that are part of this overview...

That's the smallest amount of merits shared in a month in the whole of 2026. Perhaps if I looked throughout 2025, I wouldn't find such a low number there either.
Back in January the monthly merit count was almost 10,000. We are pretty far from that right now.

And once again I have won against the notorious @slackovic for the second time in the history of the Croatian board.

The people cheer

The voices scream

SirJohn SirJohn SirJohn

I want to use this opportunity to congratulate you from the bottom of my heart!
All the women want to be with you. All the men want to be in you.

[Shishir99]

Thanks, Rikafip,

Well done as always. But I am checking the stats for the first time in a long time. Just by looking at the graph, I can imagine what I have done to the local Bangladeshi people. I have exposed an entire alt farm, and now all of them have disappeared. This is why the performance of our local community dropped drastically over the last few months. I know these people have already created new accounts and are probably contributing to other local boards, or have decided not to engage with any local community anymore. It is disappointing that our local community is dying slowly.

[knowngunman]

I am impressed with the Nigeria board. What people talk so much about? lol

Lol! Over 4k posts in a month is actually astonishing 

I think it's due to conversational style because most of us are comfortable using pidgin to communicate. The local board is like a home for us and we treat it as a local hub to share experience.

Most posts are short and not all deep technical analysis. Most threads are relatable and our people find it easy to understand and contribute. 

[dkbit98]

Thank you for another informative report Rikafip.
Summer months are always special and we usually have lower activity in forum, but surprisingly we increased number of posts compared to previous month.
It's probably going to go down when more people go on vacation, but I think our local board is still holding on and doing good.

And once again I have won against the notorious @slackovic for the second time in the history of the Croatian board.

Epic result
Old king is writing posts from dungeon of new king.