I didn't want to go to far with my work I was doing off to the side all involving crawling the DeviantArt site looking for weaknesses, so I've decided to stop where I'm at and make the information I've collected useful and public. None of the following information was gathered illegally, it's all public information, easily accessible via the DeviantArt website. Enjoy!

The information gathered allowed me to do a few things I've actually wanted to do for a while with the DeviantArt site, first of which being a list of the most popular artists (no matter how long you stay on DeviantArt, there's always artists in this list you never run upon surprisingly), so without further hesitation, I present the top 30 watched DA artists:

01. [link] - pu-sama (I'm a big Hellsing fan as well)
02. [link] - enayla
03. [link] - bleedman
04. [link] - kurot
05. [link] - suzi9mm (also DA staff)
06. [link] - bri-chan
07. [link] - celesse
08. [link] - messa
09. [link] - sebychu
10. [link] - larafairie
11. [link] - arcipello
12. [link] - Wen-M
13. [link] - kittynn
14. [link] - jennadelle
15. [link] - noah-kh
16. [link] - nyanko
17. [link] - ferus
18. [link] - MincedNiku
19. [link] - Artgerm
20. [link] - ursulav
21. [link] - maui
22. [link] - SeaFairy
23. [link] - namami-yuki
24. [link] - lithiumpicnic
25. [link] - giovannag
26. [link] - Michelle84
27. [link] - ssilence
28. [link] - ukitakumuki
29. [link] - bara-chan
30. [link] - bionic7

I've noticed running through the results (a good portion of these artists have made my personal DevWatch list now as well) that the results seems to be bias not just on good art, but also tend to favor users who submit a lot more art, and not necessarily good art. So keep that in mind.

I was curious to find who else has administrator rights to DeviantArt that isn't listed as staff on the About page. In the process of doing so, I also found a status symbol not mentioned in the FAQ ( [link] ), # - supposedly meaning "Art Group Member". Not sure why DA needs a special status symbol for it, but whatever. Well, let's continue with the admin results:

All users minus subscribed (*), free (~), banned (!), and senior member (`):

# - Art Group Member

[link] #dirtbag
[link] #fariquzeli
[link] #weadah
[link] #ratspike
[link] #ruv
[link] #scree
[link] #lethium
[link] #collision
[link] #wacomsamurai
[link] #subgeek

$ - Core Administrator

[link] $fluffy
[link] $spot
[link] $spyed
[link] $lllo0o0olll
[link] $chris
[link] $dj-designs
[link] $kevin
[link] $realitysquared
[link] $dygel
[link] $skittleboi
[link] $micahgoulart
[link] $liquisoft
[link] $phae
[link] $Heidi
[link] $jark
[link] $jsenn
[link] $pachunka
[link] $MikeyLove
[link] $fella1 (interesting account to say the least)
[link] $jeanpat (not listed)
[link] $mccann
[link] $melodymaker (not listed, note subscription expiration)
[link] $JasonLee (not listed, also note subscription)

% - deviantART Prints Staff

[link] %achfoo
[link] %fangedfem
[link] %hexentanz
[link] %godofodd
Somehow my database missed a few of the prints staff here. Here's the ones it missed that are listed:
[link] %insaneone
[link] %spinegrinder

+ - General Staff

[link] +statichavoc
[link] +alphakx
[link] +silvein
[link] +zeruch
[link] +mooboy
[link] +dinyctis
[link] +ekud
[link] +jasonvelocity
[link] +zerocomplex
[link] +radioPooh
[link] +chezza-t18
[link] +blackice
[link] +bananasontoast
[link] +ninjabrick
[link] +kronix
[link] +keiross
[link] +damphyr
[link] +cafezero (listed under @oedalis)
[link] +crazyleafhead
[link] +lady-blue
[link] +brazensix
[link] +tobyf
[link] +mirrorkills
[link] +mkinne
[link] +starvingartist
[link] +flummox
[link] +suzi9mm
[link] +hypermind
[link] +schemata-69
[link] +apartialfragment
[link] +omniomi
[link] +jackdaws
[link] +amolerouth
[link] +qrunchmonkey
[link] +grafikdzine

: - Premium Content Staff

[link] :deepbluenothing (not listed anywhere, not sure what his job is, possibly Daily Deviation)

@ - Shoutbox/dAmn Moderators

[link] @adam1975
[link] @oedalis

^ - Gallery Directors

[link] ^mick-mick
[link] ^alphaosiris
[link] ^silentkitty
[link] ^frail
[link] ^mangapunksai
[link] ^sycho
[link] ^Moonbeam13
[link] ^voodoo-prophet
[link] ^hesitation
[link] ^alchemism
[link] ^firelite-photo
[link] ^serpentinekiss
[link] ^twosilverstars
[link] ^Astrophel
[link] ^halfliquid
[link] ^yathosho
[link] ^ndifference
[link] ^fusionrock
[link] ^superkev
[link] ^inennui (not listed)

As for inennui, I found out she/he left DA due to a fight this last week, ironic, no? The account was set back to a "Senior Member". See this for further info: [link] - inennui's Journal

All of the above information was taken from a database of 333,000+ DA users that has information about user status including subscription, admin status, banned users, etc. It also follows popularity trends through the count of users with any given user in their DevWatch. Since I didn't have full access to DA's databases, mine is incomplete. The method of information gathering though ensured I didn't miss _any_ active users. There may still be as many as another 200,000+ users not included in the stats, but they should all be people who signed up for an account, but never used it (those people most likely did not pay for a subscription, so I won't include them in those stats).

The incomplete database I've collected shows about 16,988 users who are paying for a subscription to DA. At yearly rates, a subscription costs $30/yr, at every 3 months, it's $32/yr, at monthly rates, it's $60/yr. With the price break being so big at every 3 months, I'm going to guess the average user pays $35/yr for a DA subscription. With 16,988 users paying $35/yr, DA makes about $600,000 per year on subscriptions alone. This does not include DA merchandise, prints, or donations (none of which I can find out about, but am guessing it's at least another $500,000 per year).

That database is freely available here in SQL format with structure, compressed using gzip compression:
[link] (3.30MB) (right-click, save as...)