Analyzing My Lobsters Submissions

I have been a Lobsters member since June 2018. In the eight years since, I have submitted 220 stories to the site. I downloaded my entire submission history via the Lobsters API, and here’s what I found when I analyzed it. ContentsGrowth over YearsYearly OverviewMost Upvoted StoriesMost Discussed StoriesScore DistributionComment DistributionScore vs Comment CountStory TagsAuthored vs Shared StoriesFlagged StoriesSubmission Times Growth over Years# My first submission was on June 29, 2018. For the first six years, I submitted very few stories. Then around mid-2025, I got much more active. The cumulative count makes it obvious. Cumulative number of stories submitted over time Same data month-by-month now. My busiest month was December 2025 with 19 submissions. Stories submitted per month My 220 submissions have earned me a total of 4472 karma points. The cumulative score has a big ramp starting in mid-2025, mirroring the submission count above. Cumulative stories karma over time Yearly…