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The previous dates on which the Top Writers were announced were:Top Writers 2013 - October 29, 2012Top Writers 2014 - December 20, 2013Top Writers 2015 - November 6, 2014Top Writers 2016 - January 8, 2016Top Writers 2017 - January 12, 2017Top Writers 2018 - February 23, 2018Those dates indicate that they worked towards having Top Writers announced at the beginning of the year. With 2019 being one quarter over and there being no mention of a 2019 Top Writer program, and no announcement of delay, it may well mean the program is discontinued.That would be a shame. Quora writers aren’t compensated for the content they produce, so the biggest motivation to continue producing content is the sense of community. Quora does appear to have been stepping back from the strong community they established during Quora’s early days. Tatiana Estévez had to discontinue her Quora blog where Quora writers could vent to each other about Quora frustrations. And when Marc Bodnick left, it felt like the line of communication between Quora and its contributors disappeared. Marc was omnipresent and would jump into every thread if he sensed a Quora contributor was unhappy. He was constantly asking us for ideas on how to improve the site. That made us feel not just contributors, but partners in an effort to build something cool.I recently realized that I haven’t followed anyone new, in quite a while. The Quora Top Writer program was a great way for me to be alerted about good writers. I could go through the list of people that had been selected and follow the ones that wrote content that appealed to me. Without that mechanism, I don’t know how I would find more good writers to follow.

Having provided analysis on the most followed Quora topics in previous years 2014 and 2013, I guess it's my lot to continue the series with a look at the results as at 30 December 2015)There were no major changes in the top 10 most followed topics when compared to 2014 although Books, Health and Education all moved up one place and Business, Visiting and Travel and Food moved down one place..Here is my summary of the biggest changes relative to 2014:New to the top 50 list:Mobile Phones,Computer Programming,Small Businesses,Money,Current Events in Technology,Silicon Valley,Writers and Authors andNovels.Biggest movers up the top 50 list:India (+11),Software Engineering (+9),Healthy Eating (+8) andInvesting (+4)Moving off the top 50 list:YouTube,Barack Obama,Love,Book Recommendations,Web Design,Philosophy of Everyday Life,Facebook, andTechnology Trends.Biggest movers down the top 50 list:Dating and Relationships (-22),Business Strategy (-13)Here is the full Top 50 list as at 30 December 2015:Technology - 7.1 million followers: no change on 2014Science - 6.0 million followers: no change on 2014Books - 5.2 million followers: +1 on 2014Business - 5.1 million followers: -1 on 2014Movies - 4.9 million followers: no change on 2014Health - 4.6 million followers: no change on 2014Visiting and Travel - 2.7 million followers: +1 on 2014Music - 4.5 million followers : no change on 2014Education - 4.5 million followers: +1 on 2014Food - 4.4 million followers : -1 on 2014Psychology -3.8 million followers: +3 on 2014Design - 3.6 million followers: -1 on 2014History - 3.3 million followers: +2 on 2014Economics - 3.2 million followers: -2 on 2014Cooking - 3.1 million followers: -2 on 2014Entertainment - 2.9 million followers: no change on 2014Writing - 2.9 million followers: no change on 2014Sports - 2.8 million followers: no change on 2014Photography 2.8 million followers: no change on 2014Philosophy - 2.5 million followers: -2 on 2014Marketing -2.3 million followers: no change on 2014Finance - 2.3 million followers: no change on 2014Mathematics - 2.2 million followers: +1 position on 2014Fashion and Style - 2.1 million followers: +2 positions on 2014Politics - 2.0 million followers: +2 position on 2014Literature - 1.8 million : -1 on 2014Computer Science - 1.8 million followers: +2 on 2014Television Series - 1.7 million followers: no change on 2014Startups - 1.6 million followers: +2 positions on 2014Fine Art - 1.5 million followers: no change on 2014Physics - 1.4 million followers: +3 positions on 2014Entrepreneurship - 1.2 million followers: no change on 2014Google (company) - 1.2 million followers: no change on 2014Journalism - 1.2 million followers: +3 on 2014Investing - 1.1 million followers: +4 position on 2014Healthy Eating - 1.1 million followers: +8 position on 2014Software Engineering - 1.1 million followers: +9 positions on 2014India - 1.1 million followers: +11 positions on 2014Mobile Phones - 1.1 million followers - new to 2015Computer Programming: 1.1 million followers - new to 2015Medicine and Healthcare - 1.0 million followers: -1 position on 2014Nutrition - 1.0 million followers: -1 position on 2014Money - 1.0 million followers - new to 2015Current Events in Technology - 1.0 million followers - new to 2015Dating and Relationships - 0.9 million followers: -22 positions on 2014Silicon Valley - 0.9 million followers - new to 2015Writers and Authors - 0.9 million followers - new to 2015Business Strategy - 0.9 million followers: -13 positions on 2014Novels: 0.9 million followers - new to 2015Small Businesses - 0.9 million followers - new to 2015