Question: The amount of your stories vs. how many followers

[Imstillfun]

I'm not sure what "good" or "average" is. I've published 51 stories in almost six years, over a variety of categories. As of today, my view:vote ratio is 92:1. My view:favorite ratio is 667:1. My view:follower ratio is 1912:1.

When you say view/favorites ratio. Do count reading lists and in reading lists?

 

[SimonDoom]

Wow, those seem like crazy ratio’s. Can I ask what your total number views is?

As of yesterday morning I had a total of 8,275,692 views.

I count chapters as separate stories for numbers totals. It would be way too much work to do otherwise.

I derive "Favorites" from the "In Reading" list I get on the daily numbers download. I believe the "Reading" list is a combination of Favorites and Reading Lists.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

As of yesterday morning I had a total of 8,275,692 views.

I count chapters as separate stories for numbers totals. It would be way too much work to do otherwise.

I derive "Favorites" from the "In Reading" list I get on the daily numbers download. I believe the "Reading" list is a combination of Favorites and Reading Lists.

Where followers are concerned, they can only follow you once, so a more accurate ratio would be to count chapter stores only once. For my ratio, 20:937 is truer than 68:937 since it was likely the story that motivated the following, not an individual chapter. You can do what works best for you.

Yes, if you compare the "In Reading List" column in the downloaded CSV file to the number of "followers" on your "Works" page, those are the same. I'm not sure what the "Reading list" column represents.

 

[SimonDoom]

Where followers are concerned, they can only follow you once, so a more accurate ratio would be to count chapter stores only once. For my ratio, 20:937 is truer than 68:937 since it was likely the story that motivated the following, not an individual chapter. You can do what works best for you.

Yes, if you compare the "In Reading List" column in the downloaded CSV file to the number of "followers" on your "Works" page, those are the same. I'm not sure what the "Reading list" column represents.

The "reading list" in the far right column is, I believe, the combination of those that have favorited your story and those that have added it to their "to be read later" list.

I prefer to treat chapters as separate stories because, number 1, it's a whole lot easier, and number 2, I think for purposes of getting new numbers they act like separate stories. Each chapter is separately favorited, and some readers will favorite one chapter but not another. Likewise, with the publication of each new chapter I'll pick up new followers. It doesn't really matter what ratio you choose to focus on, but picking one and sticking with it can give you information to compare results over time.

 

[sweetdreamssss]

Ive 15 stories and 215 followers..

I would advice not to chase behind these metrics but write what you wish to write..

In indian context, cheating housewives get the most views..

I started my story about the adventures of a young woman with a one night stand in a hotel, flight etc ..also with her landlord which i wrote as a joke but it ended up becoming a series as people wanted more..

Instead of doing more episodes, i started 2 series on cheating wives and both are in limbo..now I'm having no time to write any updates..

I wish I had concentrated on the "Madiha and Neha" series instead of moving to New stories..

 

[Imstillfun]

The "reading list" in the far right column is, I believe, the combination of those that have favorited your story and those that have added it to their "to be read later" list.

I prefer to treat chapters as separate stories because, number 1, it's a whole lot easier, and number 2, I think for purposes of getting new numbers they act like separate stories. Each chapter is separately favorited, and some readers will favorite one chapter but not another. Likewise, with the publication of each new chapter I'll pick up new followers. It doesn't really matter what ratio you choose to focus on, but picking one and sticking with it can give you information to compare results over time.

I agree with you on chapters especially since numbers change as the story gets read. In fact readership drops, so it’s a more realistic view on favorites and it can’t increase followers, they can follow only once

 

[Imstillfun]

I'm not sure what "good" or "average" is. I've published 51 stories in almost six years, over a variety of categories. As of today, my view:vote ratio is 92:1. My view:favorite ratio is 667:1. My view:follower ratio is 1912:1.

Now that Simon assigned me a math problem. I, of course, compulsively did it.
I was in marketing analytics for years, so of course I went overboard and created a pivot table. The sad part is I like doing analytics so this was a fun exercise for me.

Writing since 2015
Published 87
Avg. 4.568
Views 14,650,387
Followers 8462
View to follower 1696/1
View to vote 86.2/1
View to favorite 478.85
Followers to story 97.6/1
Views to story. 164,950/1

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I agree with you on chapters especially since numbers change as the story gets read. In fact readership drops, so it’s a more realistic view on favorites and it can’t increase followers, they can follow only once

I also agree with counting chapters for most metrics, but simply question the value of doing so where followers are concerned. Even if someone waits until the third or fourth chapter to start following you, they still can only do it one time, and that one time could be for any of your submissions.

If someone had published a single ten-chapter story and derived ten followers from it, they could have a 1:1 follower-to-story ratio if they counted every chapter as a separate story or they would have a 10:1 ratio if they counted it as a single story with ten chapters. The number of followers doesn't change.

 

[FifthEstate]

As of yesterday morning I had a total of 8,275,692 views.

I count chapters as separate stories for numbers totals. It would be way too much work to do otherwise.

I derive "Favorites" from the "In Reading" list I get on the daily numbers download. I believe the "Reading" list is a combination of Favorites and Reading Lists.

I’m glad my algebraic skills haven’t fully degraded after all these years. I looked at your number of followers and ratio of followers to views and had calculated that 8.275M views number. It was just hard for me to wrap my head around it…all of the ratio’s are impressive, but the votes/reads really stands out. I usually get a very high number of votes on my stories compared to other stories I see in the categories I publish in, but my ratio of 128:1 pales.

 

[FifthEstate]

Now that Simon assigned me a math problem. I, of course, compulsively did it.
I was in marketing analytics for years, so of course I went overboard and created a pivot table. The sad part is I like doing analytics so this was a fun exercise for me.

Writing since 2015
Published 87
Avg. 4.568
Views 14,650,387
Followers 8462
View to follower 1696/1
View to vote 86.2/1
View to favorite 478.85
Followers to story 97.6/1
Views to story. 164,950/1

I’m starting to wish I hadn’t raised this question…I’m getting depressed looking at my numbers now…

 

[SimonDoom]

I’m glad my algebraic skills haven’t fully degraded after all these years. I looked at your number of followers and ratio of followers to views and had calculated that 8.275M views number. It was just hard for me to wrap my head around it…all of the ratio’s are impressive, but the votes/reads really stands out. I usually get a very high number of votes on my stories compared to other stories I see in the categories I publish in, but my ratio of 128:1 pales.

Keep in mind, we don't know votes:reads. We know votes:views. A view occurs every single time somebody clicks on your story. But they may not read it. I probably read fewer than 25% of the stories I click on. I read a paragraph or two and figure out I'm not interested. There are so many factors to consider that it's very difficult to compare one author's numbers with another's. Almost half my stories are incest stories, and they get about 3.5 times the views, on average, that my other stories do.

 

[Imstillfun]

I’m starting to wish I hadn’t raised this question…I’m getting depressed looking at my numbers now…

I write LW stories. They attract a lot of haters who vote it down and view it often.

 

[FifthEstate]

Keep in mind, we don't know votes:reads. We know votes:views. A view occurs every single time somebody clicks on your story. But they may not read it. I probably read fewer than 25% of the stories I click on. I read a paragraph or two and figure out I'm not interested. There are so many factors to consider that it's very difficult to compare one author's numbers with another's. Almost half my stories are incest stories, and they get about 3.5 times the views, on average, that my other stories do.

Yes I agree…I meant votes:views