What's the ScribbleHub Meta in 2026?

[TinaMigarlo]

Views don't matter, he means readers. But yes, anything under 40 readers is probably a bit of a failure in the first chapter.

where are your books. damn it, I'm still kinda new here. I thought if I clicked on the member name, then on the avatar... i could go to the profile to find their books. am I screwing up? the hell.

 

[SouthernMaiden]

I've only been publishing online for 67 days, but I've tracked my stats across platforms and SH is kind of... abysmal. For my works that weren't 404'd without explanation, traction seems incredibly low. Is there a certain genre that does better here? I don't do R4R or anything, since I want genuine stats, but perhaps it's a certain word count, chapter count, or release frequency that boosts your story a bit?

For the record, I'm not complaining. It is what it is. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something obvious.

Do you post on literotica, how is that?

 

[Kitsuna]

where are your books. damn it, I'm still kinda new here. I thought if I clicked on the member name, then on the avatar... i could go to the profile to find their books. am I screwing up? the hell.

In the profiles...? This is the forum, you have to search names in the main site (You can just click home in the forum) for stories/main site. Then, search for author names or books

 

[TinaMigarlo]

oh. only on the main site...
ah. not the forum this forum
DUH!
okay...

Do you post on literotica, how is that?

what's posting on literotica like? I wondered that myself...
I read a few things there, you know, to spot check the competition on smut writing?
never posted anything.
I do have a *seriously* explicit gooner-text I should toss on there I guess, ain't like it has any other place it can go.
@Kitsuna :
oh. okay.
yes, I clicked on the gigantic boobies picture, and...

*sigh*
like, 69 *thousand* views... lmao

okay, I could now see where, anything less than 40 *readers* on chapter one, day one? Is a failure to you.

I used to have ZERO readers. i am (now) approaching 100 readers.
I aspire to become what I call "top ten percent"
which by that I mean... I divide my "ranking number" by total number of novels in the ranking...
that's my percentage.
(my best, and in a big ranking category too... is about 12 percent)
and no, I don't see "page one" on *any* ranking in my immediate future, LMAO
(I snuck onto page two on one tag, though! honorable mention!)

still, as successful as you are? you're very sweet about it.
I need to read your first chapter or two, no matter the genre.
see how the professionals do it.

PS - that big boobie picture I clicked on... was that a professional artist?

 

[Shiyon]

so you are saying, just to clarify.
write chapter one, and if you don't get 40 views after 24-48 hours, abandon the project or re-work it.

i guess your books are on some other site?

in terms of views you should expect something in the ballpark of 1500-2500 on day 1. if you have a really good day you can get something like 4k.
I dont crosspost anymore, no point since I dont finish anything anyway

 

[TinaMigarlo]

in terms of views you should expect something in the ballpark of 1500-2500 on day 1. if you have a really good day you can get something like 4k.
I dont crosspost anymore, no point since I dont finish anything anyway

most of my rough drafts here didn't do much.
the one that started to do something, though...
once it got going, I generate 100 to 200 views day to day.
so... I basically need to be ten times more popular *here*, to turn pro, so to speak.
but, I'm handicapped. I don't/can't write web-novel style.
I write "trad pub" style only.
I'm basically here on an apple site, offering people free oranges, lol.

I have my sights set on "amazon kindle unlimited", where i figure (assume) trad pub style writing would perform better.

not like I don't know I'm a fish out of water.

 

[Shiyon]

refer to prior, cover and title matter much more than style.

most of my rough drafts here didn't do much.
the one that started to do something, though...
once it got going, I generate 100 to 200 views day to day.
so... I basically need to be ten times more popular *here*, to turn pro, so to speak.
but, I'm handicapped. I don't/can't write web-novel style.
I write "trad pub" style only.
I'm basically here on an apple site, offering people free oranges, lol.

I have my sights set on "amazon kindle unlimited", where i figure (assume) trad pub style writing would perform better.

not like I don't know I'm a fish out of water.

 

[TinaMigarlo]

refer to prior, cover and title matter much more than style.

No, I can definitely agree with this now that Io think about it. i have to first notice a cover floating past on the release list. So a cover and title is all there is to get that sweet little *click*, which is of course... one more view which adds to my rankings.

in fact, with the best possible cover and the best possible title name and titling art... I truly could have nothing for my chapter other than a bazillion lines of:
"eeeee eeeee eeeee eeeee"
over and over, the whole chapter, every chapter.

BUT. that's just to farm clicks which are views.
to get a reader and to turn a reader into a follower...
the cover and title can;t do a thing for me there, from that point on its only my writing.

with a million and one views, sure i would rank big.
but I also need readers. I'd look very silly with a million and one views but zero readers,

yet?
I see your point.

I saw Kitsuna's great looking cover, and it generated my click.
and that's... rankings. Food for thought.

 

[Kitsuna]

No, I can definitely agree with this now that Io think about it. i have to first notice a cover floating past on the release list. So a cover and title is all there is to get that sweet little *click*, which is of course... one more view which adds to my rankings.

in fact, with the best possible cover and the best possible title name and titling art... I truly could have nothing for my chapter other than a bazillion lines of:
"eeeee eeeee eeeee eeeee"
over and over, the whole chapter, every chapter.

BUT. that's just to farm clicks which are views.
to get a reader and to turn a reader into a follower...
the cover and title can;t do a thing for me there, from that point on its only my writing.

with a million and one views, sure i would rank big.
but I also need readers. I'd look very silly with a million and one views but zero readers,

yet?
I see your point.

I saw Kitsuna's great looking cover, and it generated my click.
and that's... rankings. Food for thought.

Well, yeah... Clicks alone aren't going to have a reader base in the long run Synopsis also matter a bit, I believe yours are too big

 

[Emotica]

I just started on SH but based on my webnovel experience and looking at your Emotica: First Feeling. My guess is release frequency being the biggest factor. At the start of a new series, the general trend is to mass release chapters to get readers hooked and then establish a consistent routine.
And everytime you update on scribblehub you seem to be listed on the Latest Update page so everyday/ every hour (More extreme) you don't update is missed advertisement

On webnovel it was around 8/10 chapters of 1.2-1.5k words and you needed at least 4 to get vetted.

Are people really posting hourly?

Why not create your own trend? If you're just writing for fun, it's better to write fiction that aligns with your artistic vision. This is just my opinion, but writing fiction that doesn't suit your taste is hard, and meeting market demands is even harder.

Oh, I am writing for fun. That's why it isn't really a big deal to me. I just noticed that it's gaining less traction on SH.

- The second is blurb: Your blurb works great for traditional book, but I think it might be a mismatch for a web novel. It drop huge information while being a bit too vague for me to make a decision if I want to read it or not off the top of my head. And on platform like these, that's an impression that didn't turn into a reader. You already had a lower chance of getting impressions with how often you post, so you should make every impression count.
=> Maybe reworking that a bit. web novels blurb can be longer than traditional books. Use that to your advantage.
Never give up and wish you the best in your journey ahead

I try a new blurb about once a month. To be fair, most of the blurbs I see are HEAVY information dumps, practically begging someone to read it. I understand the strategy, but I prefer to stick to the more traditional style. If I was relying on monetary gain, I'd probably just follow the trend, but personally, it kills my immersion immediately when the blurb leaves nothing to the imagination. My thought is to attract like-minded readers, so I can totally understand your critique. It's just more me being stubborn.

This is something you're going to have to revisit and convince yourself of over and over again (I would know, because I experience it): Two months is not very long to be doing something, especially a totally new venture. I think in any other context we would feel silly applying the same performance/reward timelines we apply to our work. "Oh, what's the boyfriend meta these days? We've been dating for two months at this point, we meet twice a week, and he still hasn't asked me to move in." "What's the pecs meta like? I've been to the gym a total of 16 times and I still can't do that thing in the mirror where you make them dance."

Yeah, this isn't me really having any expectations. It's just a matter of comparing to other platforms. It could be a platform mismatch., or frequency like you said, which is why I was getting a general consensus. I did take a month "off" from one series, but I post in multiple places and I was working on other novellas that months since the advantage of having completed works draws a lot of attention, so I spent a month writing three novellas.

two camps there, one camp saying 1500k is a theoretical limit, 2k maximum. and that after that, you start losing "engagement". The other camp naturally thinks 2.5k to 5k is more appropriate.

me? Before discovering web novel sites, I was silly and thought 10k was a more handy yardstick for a chapter. Less or even much less was fine, but i didn't faint at the thought of ending up with a 15k, 20k chapter here and there.

If anyone was wondering, this is the way to go if you want almost z-e-r-o readers, LMAO

Interesting. Is this an algorithmic view? I can't imagine fans of the most successful works being upset because a chapter is too long. I operate on a philosophy of letting the narrative dictate length, not the other way around. If someone is bored by a long chapter, I'd say that's more of a structural issue, but that's just my opinion.