That's the exact reason why I posted this, to see if any other people have similar or different opinions or experiences. I can only speak for myself and how I view planning my comic for the future, I didn't mean for it to come across as an all encompassing generalisation.
I think what you said probably aligns with what I feel as well. I agree that story is like the long term pull I guess.
As for the recommended stats, both comics were on there for about a week I think for normal. and just under a month for AHA, I just averaged the stats over two days for the sake of keeping things simple. But yeah, it's true with all these new comics, people might possibly just have a lot of other things to read 