On each graph, points are on the Y-axis, and squadron position on the leaderboard is on the X-axis. Both scales are logarithmic. The light grey line (diamond marker) is the numbers for the previous measured season. As in previous seasons, the approximate power-law distribution continues allowing estimates of total activity to be made without spending too long reading the boards. Results are based on late measures of the current season boards due to known bugs with the "last season" boards, and so may not reflect final outcomes exactly.
(Political is excluded, because there are well-known exploits to allow very high scores, and because it's not clear even without the exploits what it's supposed to be measuring: the in-game description of "large and happy faction" is clearly wrong - possibly this will change if they ever implement BGS happiness properly)
Anti Xeno (286 pages)
Winners: The Order of Dripnificence (4% of all points), Union Cosmos, Anti-Xeno Initiative
The final assault on Taranis and Leigong, and increased activity pushing back the Thargoids elsewhere with spire assaults regaining strategic value and plenty of Invasions to fight, leads to a record-breaking AX score, and also a substantial increase in participant count. Two new winners take Gold and Silver.
Combat (826 pages)
Winners: The Order of Dripnificence (3% of all points), Stellanebula Project, Lavigny's Legion
Combat also sees a notable rise in totals and participant count, with the Order taking a second Gold in their first trophy season, and two other more regular names in second and third.
CQC (28 pages)
Winners: We Rock You Roll (33% of all points), Low-Stamina Exploration, Black Swans
CQC is back to slightly healthier scores as well, with a new entrant at Silver, and Black Swans getting their fifth trophy. As can be seen by the increased participant count and the slightly reduced percentage of points held by WRYR, this is an increase across the board, not just at the top.
Exploration (866 pages)
Winners: Intergalactic Astronomical Union (2% of all points), The Stellar Cartographers Guild, Close Encounters Corps
Exploration participation counts are up to an annual high, with Season 29 the last season to beat this one - and at the top, everything is very close.
As a result, the winners are very subject to change: at time of writing all three of Canonn, Close Encounters Corps and Intergalactic Astronomical Union are within a million points for places 2-4, with Stellanebula Project not that far behind in 5th. The order could easily change - and even the current lead that the Stellar Cartographers Guild hold isn't completely insurmountable - so we'll need to come back to this one on Thursday morning to find out who won (remembering, of course, to compensate for the bugs in the "last season" boards)
Powerplay (28 pages)
Winners: Lavigny's Legion (14% of all points), Federal Liberal Command, Federal Republic Command
Powerplay gets a slight difference from the other boards - while participating squadron count is up, total activity is slightly down. Clearly there either hasn't been a big push to "win Powerplay 1" before it's too late, or more likely the byzantine nature of Powerplay 1 means that the best approach to win involves not doing Powerplay activity. With more news coming tonight, this board might be subject to a big shakeup in the near future. In the meantime: three regular winners, with Gold and Silver swapped from last time.
Trade (711 pages)
Winners: Pilots Community Network Squad (3% of all points), Winged Hussars, Pilots Booze Network Squadron
As with the other generalist boards, both participant counts and activity levels are generally up, with Trade board regulars taking all three trophies
Other comments
Participation levels rise significantly over the previous season and activity levels generally rise similarly as the assault on the Titans brings a lot of people back into AX. AX participation counts haven't quite reached the same heights as at the start of the war, but are still much higher than recent seasons.
There aren't any big direct changes expected in the next season - even an early summer release for Powerplay 2 would be safely into Season 37, and more likely 38 - but there may be more to come in the Thargoid war (a full season of Titan-attacking might even lead to a new record, though a slight fall back feels more likely) and of course there is the possibility for a popular CG to give almost any leaderboard an extra boost.
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Guess I will after this titan falls 