Hey guys, newbie author and still trying to get a grip on things here. 8 days into the webnovel writing world. I have 14k views and 75 collections. I am not sure if it is an abysmal ratio in the romance genre. But it is amazing to read thoughts, comments from everyone on this forum. Makes me feel less lonely in my jittery journey!!
Also, a stupid question coming your way. Please don't lynch me for it.
What is the number of ratings/reviews required before it stops saying not enough ratings:(
SMK08
I think you need more than 10 if i'm not mistaken
PinkCotton Thanks much! Hope I manage to entice enough people to write a review to at least reach that number.
SMK08 There are many forums like this where we swap novels with each other and review. That way we help each other and in turn help ourselves.
So, a month ago my collection to views ratio was about 1:226. I couldn't update my novel for a month due to my exams and now my ratio changed to 1:302 ( the collections remained the exact same but the views increased drastically) T_T lesson learned
niharikabhol This is something normal in the beginning, I've been through it, like having only 10 or 20 collections and more than 50k views for several days. But only with hard work will you be able to increase those numbers.
If I compare your novel to mine by the time you're writing, yours is in a better position than mine in a month of release.
I had to write for a year to get the amount of readers I have today, so getting more readers requires a lot of dedication. But there are exceptions that I will not comment on.
Another thing that can help to get readers is to go for trends or appear in daily updates. But this will need to send a message to Edgarry in the discord.
But the most important thing for a writer is dedication and hard work, because it is really difficult to succeed in a short time, unless you are really very good.
_chomps Thanks for explaining and understanding my concerns and for your solidarity.
This might sound stupid but what do you mean by -> go for trends or appear in daily updates?
niharikabhol this thread may explain better
https://forum.webnovel.com/d/9970-trending-and-daily-updates-novels
niharikabhol your novel is in the trends of the first page
_chomps Really? How to check that?
niharikabhol In webnovel site, main page, Just down
_chomps Got it. Thanks a lot :)
Please Do check out my entry in Contest 58
DreamX Please stop spamming your novel in a thread that is not for it. It is already the second time, check the countless other threads dedicated to this purpose (namely the Shameless One, arguably the best).
110k views, 159 collections -> 1:691
Apparently, Satan was useless. Does someone know the number of C'thulu?
Went through the first 100 posts or so but couldn't figure out if a high ratio was good or not lol.
Anyone care to digress?
My ratio is 399.5 (1,426,000 vierws / 3569 collections).
I feel like a lower ratio would be better yes?
And I'm sure someone pointed this out already, but for novels with more chapters (mine has over 180 as of today), the views would be higher than usual.
shinigami8671 Well, <200 and it's an excellent ratio. Between 200 and 300, a good ratio and >400 is a bad ratio. You are at the limit. And well, even if views are higher for a novel with more chapters, it doesn't really matter. The ratio is still relevant, because yes you have more people that just browse your front page, but you should still be able to gain some new readers from this.
Also, the ratio depends on your type of novel. If it is BL or some gore stuff, well fewer people will follow. I am certain that "Super Harem in Trash Anime Sect with Instant Mastery System Cheat" will have a high views/collection mainly because people that are disgusted by this will never even bother to look and those that love it will instantly follow. (yes, I belong to the first group).
