HIVE is certainly has quite a bit of "stickiness" as compared to the other tokens thanks to it's community aspects. I've made quite a few acquaintances here which I don't think I would have had I just been looking at buying some other cryptocurrency. 😁
I think that's what makes hive stand a part. At hive fest there was also this notion that hive is a blockchain of real people and I think this social component makes helps to achieve this "stickiness" as you say ;-)