A030547 Number of terms in sequence of successive applications of 196-algorithm needed to reach a palindrome (a very large number-infinity?-for each of A006960).

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 7, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 1, 25, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 25