Earn STEEM by Upvoting [How Curation Rewards Work on Steemit]
How Can I Earn Curation Rewards?
On Steemit, you can earn rewards through blogging / commenting and by voting too! When you upvote another person’s post, you receive a fraction of the total value of that post in the form of STEEM. These bits of STEEM are called “curation rewards”. In this post, we’ll talk about best practices for earning these rewards and strategies for maximizing your impact.
Breaking It Down
Steemit rewards are split among two groups of people. 75% of the payout goes to the author of the post / comment while 25% goes to the curators. (These “curators” represent anyone who upvoted that post or comment within the 7 day payout window.)
How to Maximize your Curation Rewards
25% of the post payout is split among all of the curators. However, within that 25% there are some strategies to make the most out of your upvotes. Here is how it all breaks down:
If you vote on a post before it turns 30 minutes old, you surrender a portion of your potential curation rewards directly to that author. If you upvote a post before the 30 minute window, rewards are split up differently. Here’s how it looks:
| 0 minutes | 100% of the curation reward goes to the author |
|---|---|
| 3 minutes | 90% goes to the author and 10% to the curator |
| 15 minutes | 50% goes to the author and 50% to the curator |
| 27 minutes | 10% goes to the author and 90% to the curator |
| 30 minutes + | 100% of the curation reward goes to the curator |
Voting Tip: If you are looking to maximize your curation rewards, it is best to upvote after the 30 minute mark. However, if you would like to further support the author that you are upvoting, it's a nice gesture to vote before those 30 minutes have passed.
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That's only part of the story. The reward also depends on the amount of votes before you and the voting power. Waiting until the 30 minute mark doesn't necessarily maximise your reward.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@calamus056/curation-rewards-explained-in-great-detail
So is it correct to say that author awards include things you write both articles and comments you write both on articles and comments you write on comments?
And curation awards are for up votes you make on articles and up votes you make on comments?
All actions you describe can return rewards but in different ways. Only author rewards, for authoring a post, not for commenting, can return rewards in SP (steem power) and SBD, other rewards are SP only. Authoring a post generates 'author' rewards, all other actions are called curation, a form of engagement with the author.
So are comments on comments curation also?
Hi @jefpatat, if you look down below at @fitzgibbon's reply, we linked that article for those who want to dive deeper. These toolkit posts are structured to give the most concise overview possible of topics of interest. We encourage Steemians to look further in the back end if they're interested in learning more and understanding the full spectrum of technical nuances. Thanks for linking!
great info
Thanks! I didnt know about the 0 -30 min differences
Yeah! That's a little known fun fact :)
While it might not make a difference from vote to vote, it can add up quickly!
If it's a hot/trending article it definitely will matter.
Thanks !
wow.. that is really useful information. Thank you so much for that... very informative. !
Thank you so much @roykie17 glad it was useful!
Wow idol nag babasa ka din pala dito hehehe
yes I seen it... and then i check it out.. it was very useful information. .. how are u Idol ?
Okay naman idol hehehe
So, does it matter how much I upvote on any given post? I am new to this, so bear with me... Also, it seems as soon as I post something I never earn more than $0.37 cents, then it trickles down. I'm sorry, if this has nothing to do with curation, I'm just trying to figure all this out at once. Your post was helpful.. :)
Hi @docmatrix, we recommend you check out our guide on upvoting and the rewards pool!
Sure this is helpful for new joiners and all correct. You might consider adding that curation is making sense mainly when you have earned or bought a certain amount of Steem Power - the normal newbie is better off to start creating good content, engage and trying to build his network here.
Agreed. Newbies can make much more with good posts and comments. They shouldn't worry about curation rewards to start with. Making connections with people is more important.
We totally agree and we encourage this school of thought. We were motivated to do this post because of how unintuitive/opaque it is for new users that you can earn SP by upvoting and that there is a complex mechanism behind those calculations.
I find comments are sometimes better for newbies than posts. A lot better because you get to not only appear in whales' posts comments but also share in their rewards. 😀 😃 😄 😁 Have a wonderful day!
Thank all of you for you input on this post. I am a newbie and trying to figure out how everything works and have been unsure the best way to get started on steem. So from what I understand, curation rewards are very minimal until you have built up enough steem power. How much do I need to keep in steem power?
Not sure trying to figure it out myself.
Absolutely, great point @uwelang. In general, we recommend people only vote on content they want to support and less in regards to payouts or timing. Curation rewards seemed to be a hot topic of interest that wasn't clearly illustrated for new users so we wanted to cover it in a short post.
Agreed! I like the fact people agree with me too - good for my self confidence :-) - thanks @sndbox
Thank you @sndbox for sharing so much good and detailed informations for all the newbies like me. Keep up the good work!
I understand there was a recent rule changed where the bots can now wait for 30 minutes until they vote. Am I right on this?
We have no experience with bots so unfortunately we can't confirm this... Sorry @johnnyray!
Its mean all author use booster within 30 mints ;P
Thanks so much for this info, just what i needed to get started being a noob and all!
Great, that was a doubt I had, thank you for helping me and everyone! @sndbox Followed!
Thanks @joao-cacador!