In July 2021 total sent 26411 merits (in 13235 txns to 2037 users):
- 3% to Newbies: 810 merits (to 517 users)
- 4% to Jr. Members: 1068 merits (to 296 users)
- 9% to Members: 2479 merits (to 306 users)
- 8% to Full Members: 2010 merits (to 216 users)
- 11% to Sr. Members: 2808 merits (to 246 users)
- 15% to Hero Members: 4044 merits (to 246 users)
- 50% to Legendaries: 13192 merits (to 423 users)
Although, I'm not one for taking into consideration the rank of the user I'm meriting. I would like to see the distribution a little better than this personally. 50% of the merit circulation going to legendaries makes sense, however I do believe that might be because there's some bias creeping in. I feel like some users are less willing to reward newbies with high amounts, because there's not enough data available to determine whether they would be a contributing user in the long term.