Rejection rate?

[darwin1859]

Coming from an academic background where journal rejection rates are well-known, I’m curious about the metrics for LE (which, I know are very different from an academic journal).

Manu has mentioned ~400 submissions on a peak day, so maybe 300 or 350 are typical? And my own observation is about ~180 new stories posted daily (I counted stories on 10/4, 10/5 and 10/6, the average was about 180).

So, the rejection rate appears to sit somewhere between 40% (300 submitted, 180 published) and 55% (400 submitted, 180 published). I have no idea about the cumulative effect of poor writing, violations of the content guidelines, AI use, perceived AI use, etc. but those seem like very high rejection rates.

Or could the actual submissions be much closer to ~180 on a consistent daily basis, suggesting a much lower rejection rate?

Do we have any idea what percent of stories submitted are eventually approved?

BTW, one thing I don't explicitly see in many posts here is how amazing Literotica is: It's free. And hundreds of new stories are posted every day? Implying there are many hundreds of active authors? I'm amazed that this is possible! And maybe even more amazed that LE has not become thoroughly enshittified.

 

[StillStunned]

Manu has mentioned ~400 submissions on a peak day, so maybe 300 or 350 are typical? And my own observation is about ~180 new stories posted daily (I counted stories on 10/4, 10/5 and 10/6, the average was about 180).
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Do we have any idea what percent of stories submitted are eventually approved?

Somewhere in the FAQ it says the average in 2024 was 250 submissions a day. Sorry, I can't find the exact quote. Anyway, I assume that this number has gone up with AI making it easy for people to churn out non-human writing.

BTW, one thing I don't explicitly see in many posts here is how amazing Literotica is: It's free. And hundreds of new stories are posted every day? Implying there are many hundreds of active authors? I'm amazed that this is possible! And maybe even more amazed that LE has not become thoroughly enshittified.

There are a few. I started one last Thanksgiving, and there's What do you appreciate in this site? Why is this community valuable? But I agree, it deserves to be said more often. As a place to write and publish an almost infinite range of stories, styles and genres, and as a community to help each other and share our triumphs and frustrations, it's absolutely incredible. So a big thank you again to @Laurel and @Manu (may they live forever)!

 

[TheLobster]

Manu has mentioned ~400 submissions on a peak day, so maybe 300 or 350 are typical?

What's the date for these numbers? If they are older than like 2023, when LLMs became capable enough to churn what looks like short stories, then I doubt these stats reflect the current number of daily submissions to Lit.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

And maybe even more amazed that LE has not become thoroughly enshittified.

I attribute that to the two original pilots still being in the seat.

The crap comes in after changes at the helm.

 

[VerbalAbuse]

Coming from an academic background where journal rejection rates are well-known, I’m curious about the metrics for LE (which, I know are very different from an academic journal).

Manu has mentioned ~400 submissions on a peak day, so maybe 300 or 350 are typical? And my own observation is about ~180 new stories posted daily (I counted stories on 10/4, 10/5 and 10/6, the average was about 180).

So, the rejection rate appears to sit somewhere between 40% (300 submitted, 180 published) and 55% (400 submitted, 180 published). I have no idea about the cumulative effect of poor writing, violations of the content guidelines, AI use, perceived AI use, etc. but those seem like very high rejection rates.

Or could the actual submissions be much closer to ~180 on a consistent daily basis, suggesting a much lower rejection rate?

Do we have any idea what percent of stories submitted are eventually approved?

BTW, one thing I don't explicitly see in many posts here is how amazing Literotica is: It's free. And hundreds of new stories are posted every day? Implying there are many hundreds of active authors? I'm amazed that this is possible! And maybe even more amazed that LE has not become thoroughly enshittified.

why, I always get hard when reading numbers. but don't know why.