Low viewership in general?

[sc101]

bruh my story is sci fi and somewhat lgbt (ace, bi/pan leads) but it's not super invested on the romance subplot so I get you so much.

[Chocolate]

Oh just look up Tower of God, God of Highschool, and Noblesse. They’re the once who are first on Webtoon to get feature, and getting an anime after them. They are good examples to study from. I mean, you can have your own style; but I noticed the ones who get staff picks are the ones with anime-inspired art. Black and white comics or American-inspired comics don’t do as well if you’re looking to get featured on Webtoon.

(Edit: *Oh sorry I didn’t noticed you ping @ the other user! )

[mia101dj]

Ive redone my book so many times to please the audience and get somewhere and just NEVER DID.

[Chocolate]

Have you considered working with a partner? Recently I made a partnership with another creator, and it seems like it’s going well so far. :3

[sc101]

The staff interference is kinda pissing me off but I'll be a gentleman about it, nothing gets on the fresh page anymore if I update it too lmao. Corporate doing what corporate does.

[mia101dj]

I would love to, but no one seems to be 1. Interested in the books I brainstorm. 2. Interested in a Co-Writing opportunity (mostly because it has gone bad for them before.)

[Lunar-Turtle]

"please the audience"

That may be the main problem. i personally rebooted my comic, because I knew fucked up art and the story. I did it, because I felt like it deserves better, I never did it for audience. The project itself and what it means to you as it's creator is waht matters the most. You should do it because you have idea and want to tell the story. If you are really devoted to your idea, because you like it, then you hav emuch bigger chance to succeed. People are draws to artists who clearly love their characters, world etc. Not those who try to pelase everyone. Have some faith in oyur own work and don't bend it for others.

[Lunar-Turtle]

Well, good for me, I guess, lol.

But thank you, this really means a lot, wonder if it can take the comic to places in the future.

[mia101dj]

Unfortunately that is a lesson I learnt way too late, I lost so many good ideas and books in the process and just never got back to fixing- finding them. I do recommend anyone who is changing there book or comic simply for others to just NOT.

[rajillustration]

I mean, yeah, I'd agree. My personal experience has been that, despite getting very lucky with having front page features on both websites, making constant updates that are a good length and a good polish, and in genres that tend to do well on both these sites, and having a really wonderful engagement from readers, it's been very difficult to grow on either site. I get spikes of growth when a feature happens--and then a slow trickle outside of that. There's just a lot of people making webcomics right now, and readers are easily distracted. They sub a lot more often than they read, and I'm pretty sure most that I get from a feature forget I exist a week later. Would really love an improvement to my library on either site, one that encourages finishing a comic as much as they encourage subbing.

But like, I think there is a ceiling to what you can get from getting featured from staff. Like my online presence is small, and I need to get more twitter/insta/tik tok followers or I am relying completely on front page features--which isn't a position I want to be in any more. Like there comes a point where you will always have to go back to that marketing grind, like you would if you had your own site.

I just think webcomics are in a weird place right now, and I don't know what the future of these aggregate sites will be, or if they will always be creator friendly or as creator friendly as they supposedly were 5 years ago (which like I've only been here for 3 years so I don't really know from personal experience), but I mirror my comic on either site becuase I just don't want to make my own website right now, and start over from literally nothing.

[conventurecomics]

It could be they want popular comics. Could be wrong, but who knows. I'm trying to build an audience. I feel you. 'd love to be picked by tapas someday.:slightsmile:

[conventurecomics]

I know the feeling. I also try episode descriptions to see if it may encourage readers to like the episodes.

[Awesomeness_Studios]

The audience on Tapas funnily has changed in a way that makes the name "tapas" not make so much sense as it used to;

I freaking swear if Tapas rebrands its name for the fourth time in a decade just because of this ima

I'm joking, but seriously it's a possibility at least it'll hopefully be the same great platform though, and that is what I'll be seriously about

[aqua03]

BREAKING NEWS: Tapas Media announces rebranding to just "Appetizer" after extensive discussions with marketing.

[Zhengo]

Missed opportunity for "Tappetizer"

[aqua03]

Ah, good point. Thank you for correcting my mistake there. XD

[nickolaidas]

My series on Tapas:
Views: 853
Likes: 81
Subscribers: 21 (one of them being me)

My series on Webtoons:
Views: 128
Likes: 3
Subscribers: 1 (me)

So, if Webtoons is a much better choice ... I must be doing something over there seriously, SERIOUSLY wrong.

[darthmongoose]

If it makes you feel any better, I'm also absolutely terrible at Webtoon

Errant on Tapas :

Views: Over 134,000
Likes: Over 15,000
Subs: 1406

Errant on Webtoon :
Likes: 333
Views: 2914
Subs: 65

If you're performing way better on one platform, it's best to just assume the worse platform is a secondary one and use it mainly to advertise and hopefully funnel some people to the main one. I always try to encourage people on the Webtoons version to come over to the Tapas one, and it turned out to be a good habit to get into because now I'm on the Creator Bonus Program on Tapas, it's way better for me if people are reading the comic here where their views can result in actual money. Tapas has worked out for me and pretty much earned my loyalty as my primary platform, which suits me fine because the UI is a lot nicer in my opinion

[sushy00]

I have been here for a long time, and I can confirm viewership is less than before. I wish they would feature more different comics/manga indeed.

[Scarlet_Cryptid]

So, if Webtoons is a much better choice ... I must be doing something over there seriously, SERIOUSLY wrong.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm also absolutely terrible at Webtoon

I am also dreadful at Webtoon, so it's not just you!

My comic on Tapas:
Views: 5.6K
Likes: 1000
Subscribers: 85

My comic on Webtoon:
Views: 2,313
Likes: 125
Subscribers: 29

I even converted my comic from page format to scrolling on Webtoons in the hopes it'd help. Absolutely no change in metrics. Oh well! Webtoons' mythical massive reader base sure isn't doing ME an favors yet. Tapas ftw.