Tapas vs. Wattpad

[thedude3445]

Royal Road is a good site, and aside from romance, whatever you post on there will get more views than any of the other popular web fiction sites (Wattpad, Tapas, Scribble Hub, Webnovel (never post on Webnovel)). However, it's pretty hard for stories that aren't LitRPG or Progression Fantasy to get extremely popular; my books tend to get about 500 views per chapter on average, compared to the 5,000 or 10,000+ of the popular stuff. If the book DOES get popular, there's a large toxic community of jerk teen boys who are really mean to authors. It's not good for authors with thin skin (though it's getting better over the years).

[DesiredUsernameTaken]

there's a large toxic community of jerk teen boys who are really mean to authors.

This is the thing that's been making me extremely hesitant about Royal Road.

[Shazic]

When i had my book on wattpad I Couldn't even find my book int eh search even after typing my pen name

I decided to get rid of my Wattpad and stoped posting on there

But yeah

I also Post my book Royal Road, Commafull And tapas as well As Webnovel

Funny thing is i have the most followers on Commafull, though i don't know how many read it on there since i give them a link aswel to Read on RR(Royal road)

Tapas I find if you don't use the Commony to ask for sub like i didn't start chatting in the community until now even though i been posting here for quiet a while i go no sub until after i started subbing others

RR I gotten follows with out having to fallow other people it is nice but its yeah I post there for along time to and hardly get notice as well.

I guess every site is different...

Oh and on't get me started with Webnovel i been posting there the longest and I have the lest amount of readers on there..

I hope you take a look of my book

The Drifter Era | Tapas

[thedude3445]

For what it's worth, I've gotten barely any negativity in any of my stories over the past two years, and Royal Road has been the LEAST negative to Hands Held in the Snow for its ending. I occasionally get some pretty rude comments on that story even still, but as far as I can remember, Royal Road's been a lot more thoughtful.

I think you're safe unless you're writing in the popular genres. Not 100% certain, but maybe 75% certain.

[Shazic]

Oh they are pretty ncice over there but my ins hardly popular lol

I only have 27 follow and 6 fav

I hardly call it popular after rhaveing 60 chapters and only 1 written review

But at lest they re nice

[DesiredUsernameTaken]

I think you're safe unless you're writing in the popular genres. Not 100% certain, but maybe 75% certain.

Hmm... That gives me some hope I write Fantasy, sometimes dystopian things with some supernatural elements, but no isekai involved and no power-creeping. I've always liked how much variety there seems to be on Royal Road.

[unstablebibliophile]

There is a new-ish platfomr called ajoara the admins are pretty attentive and the platform is ok.

[djourner]

I've actually been thinking of maybe branching over there and seeing if it sticks, hearing all these comments I am a bit worried.

[alcoholandcaffeine]

If you mean on Wattpad, I'd say to go for it. It's a huge platform and sure, it's luck of the draw, but that's everywhere else as well and you've got nothing to lose 🤷‍♀️ In my ten years of online writing, I think I've tried out all the major platforms and I don't think there's one definitely better than all the rest... Pros and cons for each, and you can only see if it sticks once you try it out (like I am trying Tapas rn lol). Just my two cents

[EncryptedWriting]

I was on wp for so long and had hardly any success compared to what I've had on tapas. Tapas is an overall better platform regarding technicalities as well as audience. Wattpad is very selective and has a lot of VERY cliche repeats of stories that does well. Here, on tapas, things are unique and fresh, which gives smaller authors a chance to blossom.

[yumeryuu]

Hey... ummm.. tell me more about your friends on Patreon and how they sell their work there.

[queentrashmuffin]

For all the BL writers, I also noticed that you can't actually post on the LGBTQ+ genre on Wattpad either... So my story is probably not doing so well over there because it isn't really in the most correct category...

[thedude3445]

Mostly they just offer advance chapters from the publicly posted versions, then usually offer ebook versions of the story when each arc/book is complete, that kind of thing. The advance chapters are almost all of what gets people, though, by how I've seen it. Several of my author friends make over $1000 a month that way. (Not me, though! lol)

[coppermouflon]

Ok, all the comments here are very interesting and are giving me plenty to think about.

I've started posting on Wattpad, for like a month now, but this is also my first novel, so I don't have anything to compare it with. My previous work was webcomics and I don't feel that is a fair comparison. Wattpad does feel slow at the moment, but I know these things take time so I'm trying to stick with it. I keep posting and promoting on my social media, hoping for the best.

As for Tapas, I have launched my novel on Tapas today and uploaded all the episodes already on Wattpad to see how it'll go. I guess time will tell, but it seems everyone agrees that each side has a certain genre/range of stories it works best for. And Tapas forums seem to be very important (I guess I'll find out soon enough )

I did not know of Royal Road until I saw it mentioned here (not that I looked for other sites) and I think I'll have to add it to my list and check it out when I have the time. But at the end of the day, I don't think it's possible to upload on every website that exists, and they all need time. So I guess if you have the patience try them out, and then stick with the ones were you have interactions and growth.

[coppermouflon]

Oh this looks interesting indeed.
I will add this to my list of sites to check out as well then!
Hopefully I won't stretch myself thin with all these sites, but if it means finding a few good sites then it will be worth it.