Hello,

I am hoping to get some help with understanding how to read the poll results. I am confused about what the y-axis represents since it is not labelled. This month, the value of the y-axis ranges from 0 to about 115, and the data we submitted for this poll is dollars earned per stock agency. I am having difficulty understanding the graph and would appreciate any help in explaining it.

Thank you,
Daniel

I guess that's the average of all the people who participated in the poll.

Quote from: Ambu on March 02, 2024, 04:07

I guess that's the average of all the people who participated in the poll.

Do you mean the average dollars earned? If so, then according to the information provided, Stocksy should be ranked higher than Adobe stock on the graph since it's the best earner per contributor.

Additionally, we should see Storyblocks ranked below Adobe stock. However, neither Stocksy nor Storyblocks are included in the graph.

Only the sites that Leaf chooses to include are added. I'll guess that Storybooks and Stocksy are not Microstock and most people don't belong or participate, means he decided not to include them.

Yes it's  moving average based on recent data, entered by people. Roughly the poll numbers are $/5 looking right now, Adobe is 40 people and 231 which means the average was $1,155  A month. 123RF is 3.6 which is $18 a month, which seems a appropriate number. It used to be that the highest was 100 and everyone else was based off that. So the new system is an average based on the factor of $5. I find the 231 for Adobe to be unusual and high. (personal opinion)

Even if a place doesn't show a number, because of not having the needed 50 votes, they are in order of earnings.

Being that the poll is voluntary and there's no way to verify any of the numbers, take it as advisory, not authentic and verified. Someone who doesn't have an account and has a grudge, could be giving some site, a $0 every month. The same way, someone who likes some other site, or a paid stooge, could be putting high numbers on that site, to make it look better.

I won't say witch one, but when it started, they had amazing high numbers for the first year. Then it dropped down to where it has stabilized at now. Just odd that a new site, with new people had such a great early success. 

Thanks for the explanation.

It�s a shame that not more people participate in this poll and that the results cannot be verified. The information could be beneficial to forum members.