There’s a list of the top 1,000 plugin authors at https://www.daveligthart.com. Every week or so he updates the list and I have been dripping down on the list every time. I may be reaching my point of natural buoyancy. Each week I advance a little less. I may never break 500. This is because I add new users at the same rate as those around me. Young turks with sexy plugins pass me while old, once useful plugins slide when they get few new users.
I think that I might appear on more lists if I can pass 500. I have 15 plugins (and more on the way). This is more than 95% of the people on the list. At the current rate I’ll break 500 some time around Christmas.