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SweetsTomato ??? (About which one? This Rabbink loves the business side of everything, I check business side of KPop band when I get into KPop. I see the difference between SMEntertainment, etc compared with Japanese AKB system for example.)
You could check the statistics of Wattpad author. Where there are many amateur authors, how many made it above the 1 million view threshold.
Other example Qidian itself. There is millions of authors in China, but only few could make it big. Qidian only promote the Top 10 highest earning author. What about the bottom 20%?
At this time, WN/QD hadn't fully completed the monetization system. So as an author it is not profitable to publish here. Everyone who published here now, came from loving the web novel in the first place.
This Rabbink didn't agree with WN future system (I prefer something like Netflix/Spotify), yet I believe WN had better statistic than me. They are the biggest Chinese novel platform for a reason. This Rabbink is only a small businessman.
Meanwhile, as a readers, this is our heyday. Quickly read those translations before it become paid novels!