Becoming a Whale on Steemit. Let's look at Some Whales and See How They Got Big!

How long do you think it takes to get big on steemit? Six months? One year? Let's look at some whales I've listed below. This is only a small handful, but these guys are who we all inspired to be like on Steemit!

@bayrene @donkeypong @surfyogi @trevonjb @craigrant @jerrybanfield @gavvet @analisa @nanzo-scoop @kevinwong @trafalgar @pharesim @ vortac @toxic @jrcornel @hanshotfirst @ vcelier @greenman @thecryptofiend @skt @deanliu @oflyhigh @inv @kpine @acidyo @steempower @gotoperson @wacko @teamsteem @klye @exyle @slowwalker

These guys have made life changing money here on steemit. How did they get so big? we all might ask.

Let's start with the time it takes a lot of whales to get big on steemit. Most of these guys have been on steemit for at least six months if not longer. The majority of them have a large following and have over a thousand post that they have made. To grow a large following like these whales have, you either have to have some really great content that catches the eyes of a large audience or in some cases you've brought over a following from somewhere else because you have great content there as well. In both cases these whales have contributed to their growth by providing great content.

Most of these whales above have also not only invested a lot of time and content on Steemit, but they have made large financial contributions into the platform as well, buying Steem and powering it up into Steempower! Essentially investing into the future of Steemit. In some cases, you see some of these large whales have no post at all, but they have a lot of Steempower. That means they've made a seriously large investment into Steemit and its future. Either way powering up for the long term is their objective.

Just like in nature you rarely see one whale all alone by itself. Whales typically comment and upvote each other's posts because it benefits them the most to "hang out" with other whales. Now, occasionally they will see a minnows post and upvote it as well, which really does help out the growth of steemit. This gives incentive to those minnows to stay on the platform and continue to invite others to join as well.

So what does it take to grow from a Minnow to a whale? To become a bigger fish on Steemit, one must follow the footsteps of those whales! By putting in time creating extremely good content and also making an investment into Steem and powering it up for the long term. If a minnow invites enough minnows and those minnows become bigger fish, that one minnow now has a lot of bigger fish friends, and over time will also become a bigger fish. This will take time but it is the process of becoming a whale on Steemit.

Keep posting great content and investing in Steemit, it will pay off.

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