I'm a "top-100" author (???)

[TinaMigarlo]

When you first start out in one of the bigger genre tags... it seems daunting.
"Mystery" tag for instance. 945 stories as of now.
When you start out at #945... its a little disheartening. LOL.

Coming up through that big list, I remember saying it.
(I talk to my cat. sue me.)
"I hope I can hit the top 100..."

I just realized, I hit #98 out of 945 in "mystery" (page 4)
and moving up though slow. I should be #96 in no time.
I know that's not "success", but when you grew used to "no readers", its something.
My theory... better to be almost nothing, than just plain nothing.

HUMOR:
When I do covers, you see things like "from the New York Times best-selling author" above the author's name?
Yeah, I delete that shit and just roll with my author's name, lol.
I have seen "from award winning author..." tag (but that's not me either. *sigh*)
But would I technically be lying, to say...

"From the top 100 Mystery author,
Tina Migarlo"

I mean, as I ratchet up a couple more spots, I'll be "top 10%" in my mystery genre.
which, just like wanting to crack the 100 list,
I thought top ten percent sounded like I did almost nothing, instead of just nothing.

*shrugs*
I take what i can get.
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I feel my "important" if only to me tags are...
Mystery and Investigation.
Investigation, is 11 pages, and I cracked page 2. (#43)
I know, not enough for "discoverability" yet.
and no, I don't see page one in my crystal ball.

I only started looking at this stuff,
when the story page one day announced by itself "number so and so in "Nightmares".
I'm #31 in Nightmares (page 2 near the top), but I don't really see page one material in my future there.
But that's the one the system always decides to auto-advertise, so whatever.

Watching this stuff is turning me into a complete numbers-whore, LMAO

 

[Kurayami]

I am a top 10 author.

 

[TinaMigarlo]

I am a top 10 author.

Bitch !
(kidding)

 

[Kurayami]

Bitch !
(kidding)

 

[NotProudofmySmut]

I'm a Top 100 author in racism - and it feels absolutely wrong to brag about that

 

[Representing_Tromba]

That's awesome! Currently sitting at a top 5 spot myself. Enjoy it and use it to push yourself further!

 

[Eldoria]

I love family.
Rank #9 Parent Complex and #15 Single Parent tags.

 

[TASTYLEADPAINT]

Vice ceo of cannibalism

 

[TheKillingAlice]

I mean, they don't sort by how big the categories are here, so it depends, but technically, it should give you some visibility, so congratz.
What I mean with the "not sorting" thing is that, as far as I remember, Wattpad used to sort them - basically, the Ranking shown up top would not necessarily be higher than any other you got, but higher in rank by comparison. For example, being Rank #51 seems high at a glance, but being Rank #51 in category with only 51 entries doesn't look so good anymore. So they basically factored that in. In general, that also means it's not a well-known category and people will likely not look for it a lot - on the other hand, that would give you even more visibility when someone does look for it.
Btw I didn't check or anything, I just mention it because it can be fun to look into that and compare.

 

[Anonjohn20]

When you first start out in one of the bigger genre tags... it seems daunting.
"Mystery" tag for instance. 945 stories as of now.
When you start out at #945... its a little disheartening. LOL.

Coming up through that big list, I remember saying it.
(I talk to my cat. sue me.)
"I hope I can hit the top 100..."

I just realized, I hit #98 out of 945 in "mystery" (page 4)
and moving up though slow. I should be #96 in no time.
I know that's not "success", but when you grew used to "no readers", its something.
My theory... better to be almost nothing, than just plain nothing.

HUMOR:
When I do covers, you see things like "from the New York Times best-selling author" above the author's name?
Yeah, I delete that shit and just roll with my author's name, lol.
I have seen "from award winning author..." tag (but that's not me either. *sigh*)
But would I technically be lying, to say...

"From the top 100 Mystery author,
Tina Migarlo"

I mean, as I ratchet up a couple more spots, I'll be "top 10%" in my mystery genre.
which, just like wanting to crack the 100 list,
I thought top ten percent sounded like I did almost nothing, instead of just nothing.

*shrugs*
I take what i can get.
------------------------------------------
I feel my "important" if only to me tags are...
Mystery and Investigation.
Investigation, is 11 pages, and I cracked page 2. (#43)
I know, not enough for "discoverability" yet.
and no, I don't see page one in my crystal ball.

I only started looking at this stuff,
when the story page one day announced by itself "number so and so in "Nightmares".
I'm #31 in Nightmares (page 2 near the top), but I don't really see page one material in my future there.
But that's the one the system always decides to auto-advertise, so whatever.

Watching this stuff is turning me into a complete numbers-whore, LMAO

Congratulations!

 

[TinaMigarlo]

I love family.
Rank #9 Parent Complex and #15 Single Parent tags.

*sigh*
Strawberry season will get here eventually (wink)

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Funniest for me is rank 18 in Delusions, a tag I accidentally included but ... it seems to work.
Also have stories at 122 and 444 in Superheroes

 

[TinaMigarlo]

I mean, they don't sort by how big the categories are here, so it depends, but technically, it should give you some visibility, so congratz.
What I mean with the "not sorting" thing is that, as far as I remember, Wattpad used to sort them - basically, the Ranking shown up top would not necessarily be higher than any other you got, but higher in rank by comparison. For example, being Rank #51 seems high at a glance, but being Rank #51 in category with only 51 entries doesn't look so good anymore. So they basically factored that in. In general, that also means it's not a well-known category and people will likely not look for it a lot - on the other hand, that would give you even more visibility when someone does look for it.
Btw I didn't check or anything, I just mention it because it can be fun to look into that and compare.

yeah.
that's why anytime I talk about any ranking, always relate...
page # (my screen always shows 25 per page)
# of pages
ranking #
total number in the tag ranking

I always lean towards a mathematical way of looking a things.
for rankings? The only way I can compare, say a sparse tag and a busy tag...
percentage!
for instance, out of 945 total hitting #94 or #95 would be 'top ten percent"

my "nightmare" tag for instance, the one the system selected to list on the story page.
It just sees #31 or whatnot, which is getting close to page #1.
but as a percentage? its not nearly as impressive.

I like my "mystery" tag, just because its such a big field to play and get ranked in.
a rounded off percentage, would be an easy site feature to implement for any tag ranking, I would believe.
ranking number divided by total number of ranks multiplied by 100.
Add 0.5 and drop the decimal portion to do rounding automatically.

that's why my mystery ranking means more to me than the nightmares tag rank the system showcases.

 

[melchi]

I am a top 10 author.

Flexing?

 

[TinaMigarlo]

Flexing?

not if that tag only has ten stories in it, LMAO
(sorry, I couldn't resist)

Funniest for me is rank 18 in Delusions, a tag I accidentally included but ... it seems to work.
Also have stories at 122 and 444 in Superheroes

okay.
"nightmares" came about like that for me. (the one the system selected)
I mean what do i know about tags anyways.
I dread going through *that* list, trust me.
Must be a million entries.
is this one me? no.
how abut this one. no.
maybe this one... maybe. But I'm not sure.
what the *&^% is this tag meaning, anyways. Best to go with no then.

lol.

then, when you hit 25 tags, you;re done and the list is ongoing.
so you now have to decide not only yes or no.
now you need to *weigh* any yes.maybe... against importance of the others.
(big sigh)
like I said, I dread deciding tags.

and yeah, nightmares came about as an afterthought.
"my one main character? Really does live a nightmare. Yeah..."

 

[JayMark]

I'm number one in bullshit.

Actually that might be #2...

 

[Bimbanana]

I'm number one in bullshit.

Actually that might be #2...

And the #1 is not even a bull?
*pat pat pat*

 

[AliceMoonvale]

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Vice ceo of cannibalism

Damn, jealous. Maybe one day I'll work myself up into the top 100 of cannibalism.
For now, only 84 in thriller.

 

[c37]

When you first start out in one of the bigger genre tags... it seems daunting.
"Mystery" tag for instance. 945 stories as of now.
When you start out at #945... its a little disheartening. LOL.

Coming up through that big list, I remember saying it.
(I talk to my cat. sue me.)
"I hope I can hit the top 100..."

I just realized, I hit #98 out of 945 in "mystery" (page 4)
and moving up though slow. I should be #96 in no time.
I know that's not "success", but when you grew used to "no readers", its something.
My theory... better to be almost nothing, than just plain nothing.

HUMOR:
When I do covers, you see things like "from the New York Times best-selling author" above the author's name?
Yeah, I delete that shit and just roll with my author's name, lol.
I have seen "from award winning author..." tag (but that's not me either. *sigh*)
But would I technically be lying, to say...

"From the top 100 Mystery author,
Tina Migarlo"

I mean, as I ratchet up a couple more spots, I'll be "top 10%" in my mystery genre.
which, just like wanting to crack the 100 list,
I thought top ten percent sounded like I did almost nothing, instead of just nothing.

*shrugs*
I take what i can get.
------------------------------------------
I feel my "important" if only to me tags are...
Mystery and Investigation.
Investigation, is 11 pages, and I cracked page 2. (#43)
I know, not enough for "discoverability" yet.
and no, I don't see page one in my crystal ball.

I only started looking at this stuff,
when the story page one day announced by itself "number so and so in "Nightmares".
I'm #31 in Nightmares (page 2 near the top), but I don't really see page one material in my future there.
But that's the one the system always decides to auto-advertise, so whatever.

Watching this stuff is turning me into a complete numbers-whore, LMAO

I am top 79th author... In racism.

 

[NotProudofmySmut]

I am top 79th author... In racism.

Woah! Don’t worry buddy, on my way to dethrone you!