Do completed stories or ongoing stories do better on SH?

[Deleted member 189621]

I've got a finished entry in a series and I'm wondering how best to utilize SH's system. Any advice?

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

I have heard completed does well, but don't upload all your chapters all at once. The spam filter will hide you. Like 3 chapters spaced over a day is how it's done.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Uploading daily or every other day with a completed work can almost always generate more views and readers but the cover, title, and synopsys all play into it as well.

 

[LilRora]

If you continue uploading chapters, then ongoing stories will obviously do way better than completed stories - this has to be spread over time though, like two chapters a week or whatever would fit you better.

Once you finish a story and stop uploading chapters, I'm not entirely sure whether there will be a significant difference shortly after you finish uploading, since some people prefer to look for ongoing stories. However, once some time passes after your last upload (probably ~2 months), stories tagged with "completed" get significantly more views, and I know that from experience.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

If you continue uploading chapters, then ongoing stories will obviously do way better than completed stories - this has to be spread over time though, like two chapters a week or whatever would fit you better.

Once you finish a story and stop uploading chapters, I'm not entirely sure whether there will be a significant difference shortly after you finish uploading, since some people prefer to look for ongoing stories. However, once some time passes after your last upload (probably ~2 months), stories tagged with "completed" will get significantly more views, and I know that from experience.

Once it finishes, most stories fall off unless if there was an already steady readership.

 

[LilRora]

Once it finishes, most stories fall off unless if there was an already steady readership.

I may have worded that badly.

By this:

Once you finish a story and stop uploading chapters, I'm not entirely sure whether there will be a significant difference shortly after you finish uploading, since some people prefer to look for ongoing stories.

I meant I'm not sure whether tagging the story as "completed" will cause a significant difference in views than neglecting to use the tag. In both cases it will be significantly less views than an ongoing story would have gotten, yep.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I may have worded that badly.

By this:

I meant I'm not sure whether tagging the story as "completed" will cause a significant difference in views than neglecting to use the tag. In both cases it will be significantly less views than an ongoing story would have gotten, yep.

Ah, I see. That is my mistake in misreading what you had said. I agree 100%

 

[Spacerunner357]

I've got a finished entry in a series and I'm wondering how best to utilize SH's system. Any advice?

Hi, if it's already done completely I would try releasing a tractor every day or so and maybe have some fun polls.

If you continue uploading chapters, then ongoing stories will obviously do way better than completed stories - this has to be spread over time though, like two chapters a week or whatever would fit you better.

Once you finish a story and stop uploading chapters, I'm not entirely sure whether there will be a significant difference shortly after you finish uploading, since some people prefer to look for ongoing stories. However, once some time passes after your last upload (probably ~2 months), stories tagged with "completed" get significantly more views, and I know that from experience.

Oh Good to know

 

[Daitengu]

Looking at view and life of shows on streaming services, you'll find spaced out releases always have a better tail, viewership, word of mouth, and fan discussion.

I don't have reader metrics, but I assume a similar reaction when it comes to web novels.

Think of media as a crab trap, and time as the bait being slowly dispensed or dumped all at once. The latter loses "freshness" faster, as well as consumed too quick to the point it didn't fill the trap with crab.