Thanks for the "tip" Asher, and congratulations to The Amazing @janton! At this rate he's going to reach 50,000 posts in just a year and that would make him the posting-est HUMAN on the site... and that's a bit mind blowing, right there...
So, a "secret" new field, huh? Well, the metric is secret, anyway... number 1 and 2 offer an interesting contrast; @janton having very long "conversations" with fewer people; @veryspider getting close to the same points total by visiting lots of different people. Two different strategies... no idea what it will do for participation. I seem to pretty much end up in about the same spot every week... but I take pride in my "zero self-votes" record!
So is your list of league participants growing? Well, of course it's growing, but are you adding significant numbers, or just a handful a week?
The reason I am asking is that this is such a great initiative it could really serve a greater slice of Steemit as a retention/engagement device. So I was thinking about a special challenge for the top 100 to each create a post on their accounts for "How @abh12345's Curation and Engagement Leagues Changed my Steemit Experience" also serving as a device to encourage more people from their followers to join the leagues and thus grow the base.
The gamification of the Steemit experience definitely works as a retention device, AND it encourages people to be more active. Which also matters. Just rolling that idea around in my head. Maybe I'm overly optimistic here, but even 30-40 already active Steemians making a post about their experience might add 100-200 new people to the leagues. Word of mouth. It's how communities are built. And if everybody was willing to chip in 1 or 2 Steem, there could be a pretty nice prize fund to distribute. Sure, more work for you, but you could (a) gain some engaging followers and (b) pick up some votes for the @steemcommunity witness.
Just thinking out loud, for the moment...
I've noticed you in a similar position each week - consistency is good!
I'm adding around 5 or so each week, and I think (without promoting the post with bots) that's pretty good in the current environment.
That sounds like a grand idea :D A few people have written on the subject of the Leagues in the past which was really good of them, but there hasn't been a focused drive like your suggestion. I'm wondering if it might be better to wait until the hoards return - I'll likely have more funds to issue as prizes then too.
Thanks for the suggestion, and well done on your prize last week!