I have updated the list and chart on the
front page of this thread.
This month, the total sent merit has decreased by 4075, or about
-15%.
I have also posted the statistics for November 2021.
El duderino_ is the leader of this TOP-200.
ETFbitcoin took 2nd position.
Ratimov kept the third place.

Coin-1, every time you publish this monthly list I get more motivated to hand out merits. Some days I feel kinda bleh about posts or just don't see good ones because I'm not doing a lot of reading, but having some semblance of a scorecard like this thread just makes me want to do better as a merit source.
I'm glad to hear my thread is
motivating merit sources to empty their sMerit banks. The system should work as intended.
Thanks again for keeping this updated, and I'm going to do my best to improve upon October's statistics (though I think I'm off to a worse start than I was last month).
Yes, you have improved upon the stats of the previous month by moving up two positions. In November, you took 8th place in this TOP-200.
Overcoming the milestone of a million merits is certainly good, but I see one villain who, for all his generosity, encourages only the guys from his gang. In general, I like this gang
[the list below], even despite this favoritism, but still I will remain a fan of the clan whose name should not be called.

I can only make conjectures
which "clan" you are talking about. Perhaps its name is "
WO". In my opinion, there are many decent posts in that thread, so the merit sources award users by sending them merits.
By the way, I really like all the logos, tables and other artwork you create.
