Astute observation. I think the price of Steem and SBD has a huge impact on growth rates. When I was a minnow, steem was sitting at $1 and SBD was $10. So when I got a post payout, I could sell my SBD for ten times the steem. That resulted in huge growth rate. But now that it is the other way around, I predict much slower rates. So now our jobs get harder. :)