I get the same comment that my comic, taking a long time to make because of school, that I should get more subs. But because of the amount of time it takes to make an issue, I'm unable to update on a basis of any kind. Thus I lose the ability to gain subs at a rate I wish to have. But because of my desire to gain more subs, I often find myself using other tactics to gain subs, which work in the short run, but not really as the view count on some comics strangely stay consistent through each month. With the exception of the more serious comics.
For example, My Darkling, although not updating for 4 months, still gets an average of 200 views each month.
But this could be because each issue of the series is just a short panel, making it easily digestible. And because of its cute/creepy aesthetics, it can draw readers to come back to read and share amongst other readers.
If you're curious, you can take a look here.
Action comics on the other hand, have the opposite effect, as viewership will go down the less you update, but stay consistent as long as you update on a basis. With the exception for that one moment when someone popular shares your comic on the basis for that one shocking tweet, but the people looking a the comic will leave after seeing the spectacle.
It plagues me that this page has the highest view count of the series of around 1.9k whereas the average view count of the other is 250 (0.25k) views on the promise of man nipples.
But all in all, I feel like I need to work on my marketing abilities and try to find a way to streamline my work in order to keep my subs and views, as well as engage readers to sub to want more of what I got.