Celebrating 2023's Best of the Best on the online community 💙

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There are lots of ways to measure impact from the past year. In addition to our quarterly Leaders of the Pack (coming soon), we wanted to slice and dice the data a little more and shout out the very best of the best in 2024. If you’ve made it onto any of these lists, a Best of the Best badge is coming your way to thank you for all your efforts in 2023!

Our platform measures “Top Active Members” and here is who made the list for 2023:

1. @Trudy Claspill 
2. @Bill Sheboy*
3. @Marc - Devoteam*
4. @Ste Wright 
5. @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- 
6. @Joseph Chung Yin 
7. @Jack Brickey 
8. @Mikael Sandberg 
9. @Brant Schroeder 
10. @Sanjen Bariki* 

*Rising Stars! Here's a link for you 😉 (and if you have issues with the form, email communitymanagers@atlassian.com and we'll get you sorted out) 

Did you know we have a secret community Leaderboard?  Here were the top answerers of the year:

1. Trudy Claspill
2. Nic Brough
3. Bill Sheboy
4. @Alex Koxaras _Relational_ 
5. @John Funk 
6. Stephen Wright
7. Mikael Sandberg
8. Jack Brickey
9. Brant Schroeder
10. @Walter Buggenhout 

 And top 10 based on likes: 

1. Trudy Claspill (yes, she's 3 for 3...)
2. @Andy Gladstone 
3. Nic Brough
4. @Jimmy Seddon 
5. John Funk
6. @Dave Mathijs 
7. Bill Sheboy
8. @Summer Hogan 
9. @Kristján Geir Mathiesen 
10. @Amanda Barber 

What about our Kudos program? who earned the most points this year?

1. Brant Schroeder, of course!
2. Trudy Claspill
3. @Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_ 
4. Nic Brough
5. Alex Koxares
6. Bill Sheboy
7. John Funk
8. @Dan Breyen* 
9. Mikael Sandberg
10. Joseph Chung Yin

*Rising Star! Here's a link for you too Dan 😉

Our highest Kudos level used to be 50,000 points, and it's still a huge milestone! Many users have reached 50,000 points this year and they also deserve a special shoutout:

Congratulations to Stephen Wright, @Kian Stack Mumo Systems, @Florian Bonniec, @Benjamin , Marc Koppelaar, @David Fischer, @Carlos Garcia Navarro, @Max Foerster - K15t , Kristján Geir Mathiesen, @Vikrant Yadav, @Darryl Lee, @Dreamsuite Mike, Summer Hogan, @Radek Dostál*, @Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_, @Valerie Knapp, Matthias Gaiser, @Sayed Bares _ServiceRocket_, @Laurie Sciutti*, @Hannes Obweger, @Yuliia_Borivets__SaaSJet_ , @Sanjog Sigdel, @Suvradip Paul*, @Robert Wen_Cprime_, @Mohamed Benziane, Dan Breyen, @Peter-Dave Sheehan, @Ivan Lima, Amanda Barber, @Aron Gombas _Midori_ , @Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_*, @Tomislav Tobijas _Koios_* and @Omar Mohamed Fathi *! 

*Rising Stars know the drill by now, right? 

Going through these lists was such an amazing reminder of all of your contributions - although these lists have numbers and data behind them, the actual impact is unquantifiable. 

So whether you ran a weekly or monthly feature, answered dozens of questions, clicked Like on thousands of trees (s/o @Craig Nodwell), or even became a Community Leader this year, we can't thank you enough.  Here's to doing it all over again in 2024! 

     

[Jack Brickey]

Thanks for the reflection on 2023 achievements @Monique vdB

Another great year. I love seeing new names showing up in these lists as it speaks to the quality and on going viability of the Community. 

way to go Trudy!

[Vikrant Yadav]

@Monique vdB  Thanks a lot for sharing the most active members list. It's great motivation for us who reached 50,000 points. Hope in 2024 i'll reach 100000 points

Happy New Year 2024 to all my community members! 

Atlassian Community is the best community website, in terms of UI, easy to use, response and queries solved faster than Atlassian support hahaha! 

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

Catch you around in 2024!

[Hana Kučerová]

Great work everyone! Happy new year!

[Craig Nodwell]

A Tree should be planted for this LOL
What an amazing community.
Happy New Year everyone.

[Craig Nodwell]

I was really hoping / trying to hit 150,000 before year end.  I fell just short.

But at least it'll give me a special moment in Jan. 2024.

[Andy Gladstone]

What an amazing year 2023 was, can't wait for even more in 2024! Congrats to all of the leaders - every moment, answer, like and contribution was an act of selflessness and altruism that has made the Atlassian Community the best online community in the universe.

[Ivan Lima]

Great job, everyone. Happy New Year!

[Trudy Claspill]

What an amazing community this is!

I'm stunned to see my own name at the top of three lists. I'm just doing what I enjoy doing.

I do have to point out that there are community members out there who add to existing Answer threads rather than starting a separate Answer thread, and they end up providing the real answer without getting credit for it,. So I have to share the accolades with other community members and leaders, especially @Bill Sheboy who routinely adds to my Answers on Jira Automation question. Bill is an Automation rock-star in my opinion!

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Oh wow! 147k Kudos, @Craig Nodwell  That is so awesome

Thanks @Monique vdB for putting this together.

Congrats everyone!

[Joseph Chung Yin]

Happy new year to the community leaders family.

Special thanks to @Monique vdB  on this posting.

Best, Joseph

[Summer Hogan]

Happy New Year everyone! Great job @Monique vdB for putting this together and thanks for the shout outs! Great job everyone who contributed to making this the best online community I've ever been part of! 

[John Funk]

Thanks @Monique vdB !  Looking forward to another great year!!

[Ste Wright]

Thanks for the review @Monique vdB - congrats everyone, especially @Trudy Claspill for taking out the triple!!

Ste

[Sanjen Bariki]

Thanks for the review @Monique vdB .

Will try my best in the 2024.

Glad to listed in the Top Active Members @Monique vdB .

Once again congrats to everyone. 😊

[Nikki Zavadska _Appfire_]

So impressive! Congratulations everyone ✨ Here is to 2024!