The Yapper Leaderboard was Kaito’s public ranking of creators by their earned Yaps, used by projects to identify and reward top contributors during the yap-to-earn era.
Being public is what gave it function beyond scorekeeping. Creators could see their standing and judge whether continued effort moved it, and projects could survey contributors without running their own measurement.
The board ranked on scored posting activity, which is the characteristic that ties it to its era. Kaito announced the sunset of the Yaps program in January 2026 and subsequently repositioned its creator rewards around Katalyst’s attribution model. For authoritative detail, refer to Kaito’s documentation.
It is worth reading in the past tense. The board ranked creators during a program that has since ended, so current references to it are almost always describing the 2024 to 2025 period rather than an active ranking.
