One of the big mil+ books was up on trending somewhere in last year, and when I checked, it was after coming out of a big hiatus. The daily stats and weekly/monthly avarages were probably reseted by then, or diminished enough and the algo only saw that it was overshooting its previous month's...
I don't mind not appearing on trending anymore because I already have the audience, and I don't want to hog a spot from newcomers. It helped me get out there and get readers, so others should also be helped the same way. Hells, there was a time when I hogged 3 spots of the 9 in one day.
Also, I...
It needs around 10k views to show up, I think. Which is understandable, because then the algorithm has enough data to work from, including tags, clicks, read time, etc.