It may be helpful to show a minimum-population phase, and to sort the results by the minimum population.
It may be helpful to have some way of searching by displacement (ignoring the period), or possibly searching by the slope (including all displacements with that slope).
For example, I was looking for smallest known knightships in nonstrobing Life-like cellular automata, I'm not sure if I missed any:
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#C 240P4H2V1
#C Discovered by: May13, 2021
x = 65, y = 28, rule = B256/S4568
36bo$36bobo$35bo$37b2obo$37b2o$37bobo22bo$37bobo17bo5b2o$19bo11bo6bo
22bo2bo$34bo3b2ob2o21bo$25b5ob3obo2bo3bobo13bo4b2o$21b6ob7o6bobo16bo$
14bo8b8o8bobo2bo6bo7bobo2bo$17bo2bob5o8bo6b10obo2bo3bo3bo$19bo4b3o9bo
6b5ob3o2b3o$15b2o4bo10bo2bo8b3ob3ob5o$17bo6b2o5bo3bo5bob8obobo2bo3bo2b
o$18bo3bo3bo10bo3bob4o3bobobo5bobo$16bobo4bo5bobobo11bob2o7bo$5bobo19b
o3bobo9bobo3bob2o4bo$8bo2bobo38b2ob2ob2o$5b2o7bo31b3o3bo2bobobo$bobo4b
o5bo27b2ob2o$bob2obo3bobo35bo$bob3o38b2o8bo$2o4bo38bo6bo$2b2o2bo40bob
2o$4bo41bobo$2bo45bo!
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#C 49P5H2V1
#C Discovered by: Josh Ball, 2013
x = 17, y = 10, rule = B3578/S235
2b2obo$bo4bo$3bobo$2o2bo2bo3b2obo$7b2o2b2ob2o$9bobob3o$4bo2b2o2b4obo$
4bo3bo3bob3o$6b2obobob3o$11b2obo!
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#C 79P6H2V1
#C Discovered by: Josh Ball, 2013
x = 23, y = 12, rule = B3/S345
7bo$7bo2bo3bo2b3o$7bobo2b2obo2b3o$8bo2bo2b4o2bo$7bo3b3o2b4obo$15bo4b2o
$3bo5bobo2b3o4b2o$bobobob3ob2o3bo4bo$bo2b2o2bob3o3b2o2bo$5o4b2o9bo$3b
3o10b3o$16b3o!
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#C 15P11H2V1
x = 7, y = 5, rule = B356/S02456
5bo$2o$7o$o3b2o$bo2bo!
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#C 98P10H4V2
#C Discovered by: LaundryPizza03, 2021
x = 25, y = 28, rule = B35/S34
2bo$b2o$3bo$b3o$ob2o$2b2o$2b4o$2b2o2b2o$2o2bob2o$2b2o2bob2o$b2o8bo$4b
2o2b4o$10bo$6bo2bob3o$7bobob2o$7bo4bob3o$6b2ob3o3b2o$9b2ob2o2bo3b2o$
13bo3b2o$15bobo2b2o$16b3o3b2o$18bo4b2o$20b5o$23bo$20bobo$19bo2bo$21b2o
$20b3o!
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#C 100P10H4V2
#C Discovered by: May13, 2021
x = 27, y = 23, rule = B3/S03467
2b3o$2b3o$bo$3b3o$2obo$5bo$2b5o$4bobo$2b2o2bo$4bo2bobobo$6b3obob2obo5b
2obo$7b2ob4obo6b3o$9bo3bobobo6bo$9b2o3bo9bo$12b2o3b3o$13bo3bobo4b2o$
18bo6b2o$17bo2bo2bob2o$12bo2bobobo3bobo$10bo3bo5b2ob2o$11b2obo2bo2b3o$
12bo2bob2obo$17bo!