This time we're going to look at STEEM supply, the top 10 VESTS holders, exchanges and power downs:

# Total supply
https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/01/SteemIttotalsupply35524.jpg
Currently only about 3% of all STEEM that are created are available. The other 97%+ is locked up in STEEM POWER.

# Impact of top 10 VESTS (STEEM POWER) holders 
https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/01/SteemIttop10VESTSholdersdbbe5.jpg
The top 10 VESTS holders own almost 70% of all STEEM POWER and almost 60% of all STEEM! The top 10 alone are also responsible for almost 700,000 STEEM in power downs every week, which currently is 17% increase in STEEM supply this week.

# Exchanges
https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/01/SteemItexchangesstats5601d.jpg
 

# Conclusion
Currently the top 10 richest have a major impact on the economy as expected. The top 10 richest have about 58% of all available STEEM in possession and the exchanges have about 31% in possession. This leaves about 11% of STEEM in possession of the other 42,000+ users.
 

This is a follow up on [The SteemIt statistics you have all been waiting for - PART 1](https://steemit.com/steemit/@calamus056/the-steemit-trending-posts-statistics-you-have-all-been-waiting-for).