Do you believe if more influencers started using the platform numbers would spike up?
Yes...look up Metcalfe's Law....while it was applied to communication systems, I think it is applicable to cryptocurrencies. More users will inevitably lead STEEM higher. There is no way is cannot since bandwidth is required and that is purchased with STEEM. Also, the more activity on here means the entire ecosystem is bigger which has the Google bot slamming into it at every turn.
If the numbers are correct, with 30K authors yesterday, that means there were at least 30K pages added to this site (most like more since many post duplicate times). Do that on a daily basis and the site grows by leaps and bounds from a search standpoint.
Now imagine that with 100K daily authors....the growth actually accelerates.