314 boards publish something readable. Between them they report $191,307. The largest single board takes 65.9% of that. The top tenth of boards — 31 of them — take 94.9%. The bottom half, 157 boards, report $922 between them, which is less than the top board reports taking in a rounding error.
The distribution
- $0 exactly
- 29 boards
- under $10
- 87 boards
- $10 – $100
- 142 boards
- $100 – $1,000
- 42 boards
- $1,000 – $10,000
- 12 boards
- over $10,000
- 2 boards
136 further boards publish nothing readable at all. They are excluded here rather than counted as zero — treating an unmeasured board as having taken nothing would both understate the wave and misrepresent the board. Why null is never zero.
What it means for anyone thinking of building one
The median board in this census has reported $19. Not per month — in total, across its entire existence. Any plan that assumes a pay-to-rank board is a revenue stream should be tested against that number before it is tested against the top of the table.