My webcomic updating everyday but low views. Should I stop updating daily?

[KotaroThoj]

Hello everyone! I'm the author and artist of Marbel, my webcomic I started almost 2 weeks ago. I started on webtoon and gained some traction through friends and family, but I haven't seen any more growth from after telling them about it. Should I stop updating daily like I wanted or will it just hurt me instead?

MARBEL

Marbel | Tapas

[Tailzkip]

Daily can lead to faster growth, but it's also a pretty big commitment. I would work with what your are comfortable with. It helps to promote on social media as well so that people can hear about you. But remember you are going up against millions doing the same daily, it can be a slow process and you just have to stick with it. I would recommend not focusing on numbers and focus on your enjoyment, that's the point of creation after all. If you focus so much on numbers it will just drag you down.

[Iris-Grimoire]

Daily uploads are extremely hard to catch up with. Even with a novel, it's best to have at least some days between uploads because readers aren't going to be on the site every day. It's best to save your pages to have a comfortable few weeks without needing to draw, and focusing on marketing it elsewhere instead!

[Llyrel]

Hey there and welcome to the forums
Soooo... about comic growth:

• Give it time. You started two weeks ago and you already have 65 readers on Webtoon! That's pretty good, tbh.
• Tapas has far less users compared to Webtoon and it's much harder to gain visibility on here. It also appears that series won't show up under the "fresh" category until you get at least 15 subscribers, which may be a reason why people don't find you.
• As @Iris-Grimoire pointed out, daily updates are very hard to keep up with. On Webtoon especially, people are much happier with slower but longer updates. On Tapas, you can get away with shorter updates, but I'd still suggest reducing them a little. Some of the comics I follow update only once a week and I still struggle to follow them so yep, personally speaking, I'd have a really hard time keeping up with a series that updates daily!

[Kelheor]

No, no you shouldn't. You know what'll happen when you'll have daily updates? People will ask you to make them longer. It's a neverending race.
You aren't even publishing for a month. Give it some time. Some people are not getting a lot of subs until they are a few months (or even years) into publishing a comic.

[BarBarKetrab]

I agree with what everyone has said. Especially if this is your first project, I think you should focus more of your attention on improving and just learning the ins and outs of webcomic creation rather obsessing over statistics. Updating every day can quickly lead to burnout, and more sizeable updates can be more satisfying to read through (especially on Webtoon. There seems to be more of a prejudice against single page uploads there, from what I've seen).

Also, you've only been publishing for two weeks and looking at your comic, I can see that you're beating me three times over when it comes to views/likes/subs, and I've been publishing for almost three months now! That's pretty good in my book.

[Bokyongyo]

If the daily updates are becoming a hassle for you to keep up with I would try to step back from them personally; especially if this is only suppose to be a hobby.

Don't think it isn't okay to not daily update.
I've seen comics on here that have had significant growth only posting every other week
of course not as much as daily updates on some cases but growth nonetheless.

Know what you yourself can handle and post according to that

[SleepingPoppy]

I do personally think daily updates are a lot. However what you should really do is look at your pages and think about what the best update schedule for the flow of the story is. Maybe two updates of two or three pages a week? Or maybe not! Just be thoughtful about what you think will suit you.

I do think updating more than once a week potentially will mean faster growth, but you still have to make sure everything else is on point. I looked at the comic, and it's pretty cute. I think it's possible making comedy the main genre instead of action might help you market to the right group of people? Even though it's very action oriented, it seems like people looking for comedy that also like action are the ones that are going to be pleased. Unless the story builds into something more action oriented than a marble game. (I only read the first few pages, so apologies if this change is evident)

^Also want to note I spend more time in the romance and fantasy genres, so I'm very far from an expert in the expectations here. It's just a thought I had.

I'll follow that up with your story description:

The marbles game everyone is not familiar with.

This isn't very interesting! It's only amusing if you already know what the comic is, but assume this is the first thing someone looks at after they see your thumbnail. You should think about how you can attract people to your story, and beef this up considerably!!!

*Second what others have said. Regardless of your update schedule, two weeks is a very short amount of time. Webcomics are inherently a slow and long process in almost all cases. It's more an endurance run than a sprint imo.

[diamondactor]

I would only update daily if you have a lot of content built up already. Otherwise life will happen. I update weekly and I've had life happen. Luckily, I had enough built up it didn't hurt my schedule.

[GumshoeComix]

Updating daily is gonna burn you out so fast especially if you're focusing on numbers and not just having fun. The work schedule you have now doesn't allow you to live a life outside your comic, and yea updating often gets more traction but people at most expect once or twice a week. More than that can overwhelm them.
I've only been posting for a few months and I'm not even at 30 readers, try not to worry about it, it takes time.

[thedude3445]

Yeah, don't do daily updates with that level of growth. Update a couple times a week, and then wait a few months to hopefully build some subscribers. Then, if you're still feeling comfortable with daily updates, kick it up then, because hopefully you'll have readers who will like and comment on your work on a regular basis. If that happens, the daily updates can really help, because that means it'll place a lot higher in the Fresh/Trending/Top categories.

[Scarlet_Cryptid]

I've only been posting for a few months and I'm not even at 30 readers, try not to worry about it, it takes time.

Same here. I've been posting once a week since April 10th, and I just broke 30 viewers. And I post once a week because I can only sustainably produce a page once a week (and still have time for rest, work, chores, relaxation, etc. It helps that I have a large buffer, too.)

So 65 in a couple of weeks is pretty good! I'd say for your sanity, though, drop to no more than 3 times a week (I read at least one person who does MWF), or once a week. You could even say to your readers that now you've gotten your comic to a good start, you're going to move to a more manageable posting schedule, so it doesn't sound so much like you're giving up. Instead, it sounds like you started off with a bang to provide a good hook, and now you can level off and settle in for the long haul.

[Kaydreamer]

On Webtoon, you're way better off with multi-page updates every week. (I post every two weeks, but my comic is in full colour, so it takes way longer to make.) Webtoon readers overwhelmingly preference the scrolling format too, so slicing and re-arranging your page panels into a vertical stack, with three or four pages worth of panels in each 'episode', will serve you much, much better.

On Tapas, you can get away more easily with single-page updates, and leaving them in the page format. There are plenty of page format comics here. But I'd definitely advise adapting a little to the standards most creators follow on Webtoon.

[starless]

It's been two weeks? then you don't have to worry about views right now. The growth is slow at the beginning.

In addition, viewers don't like their notification page is filled with one series so try not to let your updates become spamming, meaning make each update worth reading as possible. If your daily updates are not prepared well enough, people lose their interest no matter how often you upload your work.