DanOkeffie
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Is Literotica as active today as it was back in 2001 to 2014?
In today's porn fueled world ... is it possible to publish a story here and earn 1,000,000 reads?
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Britva415
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If you're looking at stories from 2001-2014 and seeing that they've gotten a million reads, keep in mind that they have had 11-24 years to accumulate those reads. It didn't happen overnight.
As such, I don't see why yours couldn't achieve the same, given the same amount of time.
I also don't really think that today is any more porn fueled than at least the latter part of that time frame was.
As such, I don't see why yours couldn't achieve the same, given the same amount of time.
I also don't really think that today is any more porn fueled than at least the latter part of that time frame was.
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ronde
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I still get reads every month on almost every story I've ever published here.
BobbyBrandt
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I have published 29 stories here since 2014, and while the majority have been received well and score high enough for the coveted red H, cumulatively, they have garnered less than a million views (~950,000).
I have never put a lot of stock into the view count, since all it indicates is someone clicked on a story and not whether or not they actually read it. The story's title, description, and tags can draw people to click into it, generating a view, but if the votes and comments ratio to views aren't there, then what is the point?
Here is an example of what I mean:
The votes and comments compared to the number of views indicate that most who click on the story, read it. I will take readers over "click bait" every time. But, that's just me.
I have never put a lot of stock into the view count, since all it indicates is someone clicked on a story and not whether or not they actually read it. The story's title, description, and tags can draw people to click into it, generating a view, but if the votes and comments ratio to views aren't there, then what is the point?
Here is an example of what I mean:
The votes and comments compared to the number of views indicate that most who click on the story, read it. I will take readers over "click bait" every time. But, that's just me.
NoTalentHack
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It's entirely possible, but some of it is going to be down to what category you post in. I have a story less than 3 years old with almost 350K views, and another at 191K that's less than a year old, both in LW. I imagine that if they stay on the site for, say, 10 years, they've got a good chance of hitting 1M views. On the other hand, I've got a couple of reasonably highly rated (4.6+) in SF/F that haven't even cracked 12K yet; they're probably never even going to get close.
Rob_Royale
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It depends on the categories and the work itself. Are you planning on posting some stories?
ShelbyDawn57
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My 'best' story by a few metrics was published three years ago and has just over 222K views. It's in Transgender which is a less travelled category. From the evidence, though, I don't see why I can't hit a million over time. I'm not holding my breath.
gunhilltrain
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Probably it is busier today than it was in the earlier years, but that also means there are more readers. The stop read stories list has have views over 1,000,000, but they're mostly quite old and often in the Incest Category - the mom stilling in the back seat with her son trope, for example. Do you actually aspire to get a million views?
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SimonDoom
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187 new stories were posted today. I believe the number of stories has gone up from the past, so even though traffic probably also is up attention is getting divided among a huge number of stories. This means that new stories get pushed down the new stories lists faster, so it's harder to get readers' attention, especially if your story doesn't get up on a toplist right away. The top stories are doing as well as ever, but it's possible that in the lower ranks stories are seeing fewer views because there's so much more competition.
DanOkeffie
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you do have a valid point. I didn't mean to accumulate through those years,
Why thank you for asking. I am working on some stories but had a challenge blocking time off to write. Between work and than an unexpected visit from a family member. And then had to fly off to save an account.
Planning on flying home on Saturday. Hopefully Sunday can sneak off to my office to put the final touches to a new story.
lovecraft68
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I have a story that debuted in June of 2023 that has 2003929 views,
So, yes, it can be done.
So, yes, it can be done.
ShelbyDawn57
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But in so many ways, you. are. not. normal.
gunhilltrain
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I have heard that the number of new submissions has gone up, but that is more than I expected. Imagine reading one day's total output (it would take more than a day to do that for sure). I wonder what one's state of mind would be like after that.
OddLove
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I have no idea how active the site is. But personally, when I assume (or hope) for eat individual rating on a story represents an individual that read the entire thing. Cause I most of the views are people who read a couple paragraphs and moved on.
But even if the views are just people who clicked, read a few lines, and left, That's still showing the overall traffic. So when I story gets like 50k views that must mean the sites very active.
But even if the views are just people who clicked, read a few lines, and left, That's still showing the overall traffic. So when I story gets like 50k views that must mean the sites very active.
RejectReality
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It's twice as hard now than it was when most of those million+ stories got their gold ring. There have been ( at least ) 2 major upgrades to the bot and spider filtering over the years since about 2011 that have cut the accumulated views by about half compared to what they were prior. Higher percentage of human vs. bot now, but in raw numbers, it takes much longer to climb.
lovecraft68
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My mom always said I was special....very special.But in so many ways, you. are. not. normal.
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TiberiusPrime
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If you want to consider a 12-part story as one story, then yes, I've reached a million. If it's each individual submission, then no, but I am more than a third of the way there with part 1 of that 12-parter.
WittyUserName
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It's possible to eventually reach 1,000,000 views, I'd think. A story published in 2001 has had 24 years to accumulate views. Chapter 1 of my first series was published in 2022 and is up to 265k views, and I'm far from a popular author on here. So, yeah, it can happen. It just takes time. Keep posting, and if you have a long series, your Chapter 1 will probably get a lot of views. People rereading, people checking chapter 1 when they see a new chapter to decide if it's for them, etc...
gunhilltrain
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It could be used as a form of brain washing. The subject in his cell listens to an AI voice reading each story from the newest on the site and working backwards. Twenty-four hours per day. It might rival MKUltra, or the Manchurian Candidate techniques supposedly used by the North Koreans.
HeyAll
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Way more difficult because A) there are tons of new stories and B) readers are more spread out
Ten years ago, a mom/son story (me and a few others) could potentially get 50-70 thousand views in 24 hours!
I haven't seen that in many years, those kinds of numbers.
That's because everyone went to the New List, the Hubs with new stories didn't exist back then.
Now, I think, people go to Hubs to read exactly what they link.
People also use the search function more.
Ten years ago, a mom/son story (me and a few others) could potentially get 50-70 thousand views in 24 hours!
I haven't seen that in many years, those kinds of numbers.
That's because everyone went to the New List, the Hubs with new stories didn't exist back then.
Now, I think, people go to Hubs to read exactly what they link.
People also use the search function more.
Areala-chan
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Was that while you were sharing the back seat that one time?
RejectReality
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But, do you get any fewer votes, favorites, or comments than you did back then? I actually hit 100k views and 1k votes in 24 hours on my first M/S. What's changed from what I've seen is not the activity on the story, but rather how many views are recorded. All the other numbers come in just as they did back then. I can still pull down around 1k votes in 24 hours, but only about half the views. It happened more or less overnight on two different occasions a couple of years apart, which each cut out about 25% of the old 2010-2011 views.
Smells like improved bot/spider filtering to me. Matches my observations closer than any other explanation.
