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[LacyO]

Hi,

Sorry if this question is in the wrong place or has been asked before (I searched but couldn't find anything).

I can see which story genres are the most written for, but I was wondering if there are stats anywhere regarding which ones are the most read? Just curious...

Top 10 by # of stories posted:
40828 Erotic Couplings
30196 Incest/Taboo
24542 BDSM
22889 Loving Wives
17323 Group Sex
15587 NonConsent/Reluctance
13652 Exhibitionist & Voyeur
12912 Romance
11934 Gay Male
11450 Lesbian Sex
(information provided by the department for redundant and repeated information)

Thx,
LacyO

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hi,

Sorry if this question is in the wrong place or has been asked before (I searched but couldn't find anything).

I can see which story genres are the most written for, but I was wondering if there are stats anywhere regarding which ones are the most read? Just curious...

Top 10 by # of stories posted:
40828 Erotic Couplings
30196 Incest/Taboo
24542 BDSM
22889 Loving Wives
17323 Group Sex
15587 NonConsent/Reluctance
13652 Exhibitionist & Voyeur
12912 Romance
11934 Gay Male
11450 Lesbian Sex
(information provided by the department for redundant and repeated information)

Thx,
LacyO

You will get the most reads in Incest/Taboo and Loving Wives. After those, I'm not quite sure.

As you can see, the top story in Incest/Taboo has 1,706,169 views, 1,000 comments and 1,400 favorites.

While the sixth place LW story had 1,002,093 views, far surpassing the top story. It also has 232 comments and 241 favorites.

Welcome to the AH. Happy hunting.

 

[HeyAll]

Here are the lists:

http://www.literotica.com/top/

Go to most Most Read stories. Then you can click the top buttons to see which stories were most read in the past 30 days, and the past 12 months.

You can also scroll down and look at the amount of votes for the past 30 days or 12 months.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Here are the lists:

http://www.literotica.com/top/

Go to most Most Read stories. Then you can click the top buttons to see which stories were most read in the past 30 days, and the past 12 months.

You can also scroll down and look at the amount of votes for the past 30 days or 12 months.

Yeah, but if you look at the top read stories you would get the notion that Incest / Taboo are all anyone reads.

Yet, if you look at the top voted stories, it would be Sci-Fi everyone votes for.

Too bad each category doesn't have a most read / highest rated list, but then you would need a most commented on and most favorited.

 

[49greg]

I did a CD/TV story, and while that doesn't rate high on the list of stories posted, it got a LOT of views and encouraging posts and emails requesting I continue. As many as my LW posts.

So my take is that while that's a category with comparatively few stories posted, but readership sure are enthusiastic.

The downside was that the wife in my story was feminizing her hubby and I also got a lot of LW type comments, emails, and apparently, votes.

 

[lovecraft68]

In general Incest has the highest numbers across the board even down to how many people will favorite a story

Next up is loving wives, but keep something in mind (if you are doing this to see where to write stories) it is not good attention for the most part. Incest is a pretty friendly category(as are most if you give the people their "fix") but LW you will get a lot of abuse.

After that although I did not see it in your list, mature seems to do pretty well.

 

[loquere]

Hi,

Sorry if this question is in the wrong place or has been asked before (I searched but couldn't find anything).

I can see which story genres are the most written for, but I was wondering if there are stats anywhere regarding which ones are the most read? Just curious...

Top 10 by # of stories posted:
40828 Erotic Couplings
30196 Incest/Taboo
24542 BDSM
22889 Loving Wives
17323 Group Sex
15587 NonConsent/Reluctance
13652 Exhibitionist & Voyeur
12912 Romance
11934 Gay Male
11450 Lesbian Sex
(information provided by the department for redundant and repeated information)

Thx,
LacyO

The 2 categories I was planning on writing next aren't even on here.
scifi & Anal

 

[geronimo_appleby]

The 2 categories I was planning on writing next aren't even on here.
scifi & Anal

anal can be fun.

...uhm, what i mean is...

 

[loquere]

anal can be fun.

...uhm, what i mean is...

I'll try & fuse the story to the bum hole.

 

[loquere]

Her bum hole......

 

[Darkniciad]

If Mature isn't #3, it's damn close.

After that, it's almost not worth trying to rank many of the categories, as the disparity between the size of the readerships isn't that big. That includes Gay Male, Lesbian Sex, Romance, Anal, Group Sex, Erotic Couplings, etc. There are differences in the popularity, but not giant ones.

Then, you have the low-read categories like Sci-Fi&Fantasy, NonHuman, TS&CD, etc.

Then you have the really low-read categories like Letters&Transcripts, How-To, Reviews&Essays.

 

[loquere]

If Mature isn't #3, it's damn close.

After that, it's almost not worth trying to rank many of the categories, as the disparity between the size of the readerships isn't that big. That includes Gay Male, Lesbian Sex, Romance, Anal, Group Sex, Erotic Couplings, etc. There are differences in the popularity, but not giant ones.

Then, you have the low-read categories like Sci-Fi&Fantasy, NonHuman, TS&CD, etc.

Then you have the really low-read categories like Letters&Transcripts, How-To, Reviews&Essays.

-MATURE is probably last. I read a story once that had 90 + year olds. There needs to be a line.
-I bet scifi is read more than mature.

 

[loquere]

NO DOUBT MATURE is dead last.

 

[loquere]

Your right, Scifi is low. But I like writing it because it's the most freeing. Build your own world & what not.

 

[RejectReality]

-MATURE is probably last. I read a story once that had 90 + year olds. There needs to be a line.
-I bet scifi is read more than mature.

Afraid the numbers don't agree with you. 100k views and over 1k votes are nothing unusual in the category.

I get more reads on a mature story in fifteen minutes than I do in Sci-Fi&Fantasy in a day, and I have a fairly significant following in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. ( as Dark )

 

[LacyO]

Thanks for all the great insights, everyone!

There seem to be a lot of intriguing dynamics at work when it comes to evaluating genre popularity. Gauging the pure numbers in relation to the 'culture' of a particular readership wasn't something I had considered. I suspect it would be more gratifying as a writer to work in a category that draws a smaller audience but has a higher percentage of readers who are engaged through active voting and commenting.

Of course, I also have to imagine it's a big turn on to know that your story has been read by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people (many of whom aren't wearing pants!). But, no matter what the numbers say, I suppose at the end of the day you have to write something that gets you excited in order to produce work that will connect with readers in an 'intimate' way.

 

[TxRad]

Thanks for all the great insights, everyone!

There seem to be a lot of intriguing dynamics at work when it comes to evaluating genre popularity. Gauging the pure numbers in relation to the 'culture' of a particular readership wasn't something I had considered. I suspect it would be more gratifying as a writer to work in a category that draws a smaller audience but has a higher percentage of readers who are engaged through active voting and commenting.

Of course, I also have to imagine it's a big turn on to know that your story has been read by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people (many of whom aren't wearing pants!). But, no matter what the numbers say, I suppose at the end of the day you have to write something that gets you excited in order to produce work that will connect with readers in an 'intimate' way.

Write for yourself. That is until someone offers to pay you to write, then write what they want as long as they pay.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Afraid the numbers don't agree with you. 100k views and over 1k votes are nothing unusual in the category.

I get more reads on a mature story in fifteen minutes than I do in Sci-Fi&Fantasy in a day, and I have a fairly significant following in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. ( as Dark )

It took me a painfully long time to realize that you were Darkniclad.

Glad you're still here.

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As for the OP, I do find it gratifying to be in a smaller group with higher comments and votes. I write almost exclusively in GM for that reason. I love GM because it's basically a microcosm of Literotica (excluding lesbians)

You have your scifi stories about twinks in space, nonhuman stories about hunky gay werewolves, Fantasy stories about elven hotties, anal 'cuz CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, etc.

I have stories about zombies, anthromorphs, werewolves, mermen, modern twenty-somethings, dystopian futures, prostitutes, demons, aliens, slaves, old men, young men, men who aren't quite men, etc.

And other than that, I have one noncon story, two-part nonhuman story, a shitty nonerotic poem, and two how-to essays.

I stay in the gay for a reason.

 

[loquere]

I'm planning a scifi story about burning rotting flesh and war.

 

[loquere]

It took me a painfully long time to realize that you were Darkniclad.

Glad you're still here.

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As for the OP, I do find it gratifying to be in a smaller group with higher comments and votes. I write almost exclusively in GM for that reason. I love GM because it's basically a microcosm of Literotica (excluding lesbians)

You have your scifi stories about twinks in space, nonhuman stories about hunky gay werewolves, Fantasy stories about elven hotties, anal 'cuz CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, etc.

I have stories about zombies, anthromorphs, werewolves, mermen, modern twenty-somethings, dystopian futures, prostitutes, demons, aliens, slaves, old men, young men, men who aren't quite men, etc.

And other than that, I have one noncon story, two-part nonhuman story, a shitty nonerotic poem, and two how-to essays.

I stay in the gay for a reason.

In the gay?

 

[lovecraft68]

NO DOUBT MATURE is dead last.

.um.....no.

I have s 3k plus vote story there and another pushing 2k.

The great thing about mature is the category works for both stroke stories and romances

 

[Hypoxia]

Write for yourself. That is until someone offers to pay you to write, then write what they want as long as they pay.

I think it was Samuel Johnson who said that only a fool writes, if not for money. Are many fools around here then. Or are really really cheap . A beggar holding the sign WILL WRITE FOR PRAISE will soon starve. Tsk.

 

[TxRad]

I think it was Samuel Johnson who said that only a fool writes, if not for money. Are many fools around here then. Or are really really cheap . A beggar holding the sign WILL WRITE FOR PRAISE will soon starve. Tsk.

Funny thing about Lit, most people come here to read the stories and the writers come to write the stories because they are easy to write. But, and it is always a big old butt, they learn the craft of writing along the way. The good ones anyway.

 

[Hypoxia]

Funny thing about Lit, most people come here to read the stories and the writers come to write the stories because they are easy to write. But, and it is always a big old butt, they learn the craft of writing along the way. The good ones anyway.

'Tis my trajectory so far. I hope. 'Tis also my way, to plumb my depths of taste and trouble, and write 'challenging' stories -- those are the ones rejected, or gaining low votes if accepted. Yes, I've also learned how to pander, but prickly stories are more fun.

 

[TxRad]

'Tis my trajectory so far. I hope. 'Tis also my way, to plumb my depths of taste and trouble, and write 'challenging' stories -- those are the ones rejected, or gaining low votes if accepted. Yes, I've also learned how to pander, but prickly stories are more fun.

To each, their own, as the saying goes.