All lists and chart displayed on the
first page of this thread have been updated.
The detection algorithm has
spotted new merit sources:
1)
kryptqnick2)
pawel7777I also published monthly statistics for January 2020. Quite a lot of sMerits (28281) were sent in the previous month.
suchmoon is the leader of this TOP-200.

There are some factors:
- They earned more by themselves.
- Their merit giving-away behaviour changed.
- Their monthly sMerit allocation increased
Of course, a user who has become a merit source usually changes his/her merit-giving behavior in order to distribute all allocated sMerits within a month. In my opinion, this is also an important indicator for detecting new merit sources.