Drop in new subs?

[spadedigsbutts]

EGADS THEY’RE ON TO ME!! You’ll never catch me coppers!!
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[ryoko]

This is a screen shot of my view stats from the day before the change and after the update. Also, my comic didn't appear in the 'fresh' category on Monday when it updated. Will have to see if it appears tomorrow morning.

Subs have remained sort of normal as I normally get 1-2 per update.

[joannekwan]

For my two series that have updated before and after the site revamp. Both have an uptick in views after the revamp. Heavy Horns also had a few more subscribers. Still, it's TOO EARLY to tell how the revamp is affecting comics, but I'm posting for fun so lurkers won't get anxiety and think the sky's falling down.

Sarota Springs (updates on Mar 3 and 10)

Heavy Horns (updates on Mar 1 and 8)

[Hexigate]

I agree with the point that it's too early to see if the redesign is having such a massive impact.
Personally I have seen a drop-off of subscriptions, views, likes, kinda everything.
But I don't blame the redesign (yet). It's more likely due to me having pushed back a lot of the newest pages, full-time student and all.
So I blame life.

[zccoffee]

It`s because your comics are display correctly in "popular", "trending chart" etc. Some of us were not so lucky.

[JackSherwin]

On a seprate note, subs and Views havent changed much but my spoort has seen a huge drop, I know were only in the first 11 days of this month

[joannekwan]

Not sure about popular, my comics haven't hit that in a looong while. I mean, unless you saw it with your own eyes. Cuz I sure didn't. I even checked on Heavy Horn's update day. And I don't think I had a concentrated enough spate of attention/engagement for trending, especially Sarota Springs which is a more niche comic that's never seen popular.

[carloswebcomic]

I'm glad that at least some people are not being adversely affected, but personally, I'm so sick of this never ending shit-fight.
First, Tapas pulled me out of the app with no notice, then Webtoons launched Canvas and my views drop by half, and now Tapas does this shit and I get fucked over... Again.

If it's not one thing, it's another.
I feel like a fucking punching bag.

I just can't win.

I wonder if it's just the universe telling me to give up?

[joannekwan]

Honestly I'm thinking of leaving the comic game.
Aside from maybe the occasional passion project or commissioned project where I get paid upfront, I'm beginning to focus on novels as my creative outlet. If I'm not going to make a living, I can at least try and tell as many stories as I can before I die, and comics are just too slow a medium for that.

[Azifri]

I'm a small creator and my stats have actually gone up a bit ^^ Still, could be coincidence.

[carloswebcomic]

I'm pretty shit at making comics but I'm even worse at everything else, so it's comics or nothing for me.

I'm considering leaving Tapas and Webtoons and keep the comic going in a scaled down format on Pixiv and my Patreon only.

At least I know that a sizeable portion of my Patreon supports this idea.

[zccoffee]

I see Sarota Springs in popular right now ^^

It is "Horror" top, but you are visible in "all genres" too. Congratulations btw!

Unfortunately, some comics (mostly nsfw, but not only) don't show in many categories after update. It looks like some weird restrictions.

[joannekwan]

Hm, I don't see it under All > Popular. But I guess showing up in horror is fine (and at the very bottom of trending currently).

To tell the truth, I never look at what shows up in individual genres. I have an unhealthy mindset that it's all or nothing. So I try not to get wrapped up in the numbers and ignore the home page entirely.

[zccoffee]

I mean: you have not technical restrictions here
PS: Please sorry for my short and illiterate posts, I can't speak English very well.

[joannekwan]

Yes, but I'm pretty sure Tapas is aware of the bugs of series not being visible and are working on them. So I still think it's early to jump to conclusions, especially when things are still being ironed out.

If you have a specific series you know isn't showing up, it doesn't hurt to e-mail staff at feedback@tapas.io or make a thread here to ping Yoon.

[craftymarten]

I've had a massive drop in subs and views since Feb, I've had no new subs in the past week.
Sometimes this just happens though, it's disheartening but I just have to hope it gets better soon.

[Random_Guy]

I haven't noticed a drop in new subs or anything, in fact this has been one of my best months for subscribers, although I am relatively new.

Sometimes there are just slow months, in fact sometimes you can pinpoint which months are usually slow and compensate for them.

It should also be noted that plenty of people have decided to leave Tapas after the update.

[zccoffee]

@Yoon Why some comics isn't showing up in "Popular", "Trending Chart" etc?

[byelacey]

I think it's too early to tell, to be completely honest.

I also think the site update doesn't affect most of the readership on tapas. These forums are accessible only to desktop users (or mobile users who for some reason read on the desktop version of the website in a browser on their phone) so of course if you get most of your readers from the forums, you're going to find the update to the site affecting your stats.

My actual comic website has mobile vs desktop analytics and just over 50% of my readerbase on there reads on mobile despite the website not being optimized for mobile use. I'm assuming where tapas has a whole mobile app, my mobile readership on here is much higher. The redesign wouldn't have bothered anyone reading on mobile, therefore most of my readership isn't bothered.

As for a drop in stats, I find every once in a while I have a low week, it happened in mid-February and it happened last week as well. Most of that I attribute to my comic not hitting the trending category, because as soon as it gets high on trending, the new subs pour in. Here are my stats from last month with the highest sub day highlighted, and the three update days I've had this month. As you can see, I got more subs on yesterday's update than I did in on any one day in February, while March 3's update trended much lower than average (which admittedly made me go "oh no it's over" lol).

This got really rambly I'm sorry, the tl;dr is: it's too early to tell, and most of your readership probably has no idea the website changed anyway.

[byelacey]

I've noticed that free to read comics no longer require that "update within 24hrs" threshold to show up on popular (I saw mine on there on the weekend, days after I updated) so as long as the popular free-to-read comics don't drop off after 24hrs of no update, other comics that aren't as consistently pulling in new subscribers/views aren't going to get the chance to show up.