@paulag , thank you so much for this excellent analysis. This is quite informative.

In Nov 645 posts had a payout value of more that $100 compared to 748 in October. This is a 13% decrease.

I wonder if this has something to do with the Steem Dollar value going up and people are more stingy :)
I know I have been counting money. Once again, thank you for this analysis. I will look forward to it next month as well.