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Doubtcent
Mar '16

Obviously both, but I believe subs are more important simply because the more you have, the more out there that may be looking at your comic. If you get a thousand views but only twenty subscribers, something is turning them off.
But subscribers mean potential returns of views and feedback, albeit only a percentage of them.
Plus, some subscriptions are like a bookmark, so that they can read it later. And if the reader finds that the series isn't their cup of tea, they'll unsubscribe.
So subscriptions are important, but returning subs are even more important.

shazzbaa
Mar '16

Since the question is "which matters to you more" I guess I'd have to say subs! Views are obv IMPORTANT AND GOOD, and not everyone who reads also subscribes so views are probably a better gauge than subs, but I don't pay a lot of attention to those numbers because its hard for me to take any meaning out of them. 100 people saw this page? Cool! Is that a lot? Did they like it? When did they see it? How many of those are regular readers and how many of those are new people? It doesn't feel as concrete as a new sub does, so subs tend to be more meaningful to me even though, logically speaking, both definitely matter and I'm grateful for both!

elixiadragmire
Mar '16

yeah same as @shazzbaa subs! my view counter is massive skewed as I merge pages together into scene after they're weekly release or delete seasonal promos etc etc!

Plus more people readers than peeps window shopping is gooooooooooooood

keii4ii
Mar '16

I agree with everyone that what truly matters is that people are actually invested in your story. Weirdly enough, subs don't necessarily mean that people actually care about your story. I have this problem of having way more subs than views on individual episodes... Makes me wonder if people are losing interest?

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME OTL

SirHellsir
Mar '16

It's like.... I go for the views, but a sub is a view that will happen again because the person liked my comic.

rairy
Mar '16

subs....more subs means more comments

if I update a page, my comic will appear on right side of their dashboard, means more expose for my comic.

nathankschulz
Mar '16

I like subs more because it feels like a more than transitory connection. I see a million things a day, but the thing I actively WANT to see are way more meaningful.

Mharz
Mar '16

Subs are cool and all but only 10% of those numbers will actually engage and talk to you. Others just sub to the comic as a form of bookmark for them to read "someday". So you know, even if people sub it doesn't mean you'll get an engagement or comments from them.

Views are cool especially if you have ad revenue (provided the readers doesn't use ad blocker) because the more views, the more profit you'll gain. Even if you don't have much subs.

But I totally prefer people who are actually brave enough to give a comment to my webcomic and those who are willing to share my work and spread the word.

AngieVX
Mar '16

I don't really care about views, they don't say anything. I like when people comment or like chapters.

R.n.P
Mar '16

I prefer getting subs for my comic more cuz it tells me how many people are actually interested in my comic since someone can just easily view a comic and not decide to keep up with it

jordanthelass
Mar '16

At first, when I started my comic Whose World1, it was all about getting subs and views. I got extremely jealous when comics popped up with three or four pages that got 10K+ views and 4k+ subs in a matter of days.

I've been sticking with my guns and posting content consistently over the last two and a half months now--and that's all that matters to me, really. My comic is fun to draw. The views and subs are perks of perfecting the craft of comic making (in my case, a comic strip. XD).

But, to be honest, I think both are great. ^_^

lyon
Mar '16

Wouldn't more subscribers lead to more views and more likes? I feel like they all go hand-in-hand. It's like a snowball effect, the more subscribers you have, the more views you're going to get when you post, the higher up in the trending algorithm you're likely to get, thus reaching new subscribers and so on and so forth

Sanz
Mar '16

the view- subscriber circle of life !!

gone
Mar '16

So what does it mean if you have little subs but a constant number of views that out grow the sub number?

Sanz
Mar '16

Im pretty sure everyone has more views then subs. But i guess if you have like 1 millions veiws and only 3 subs maybe something is turning them off from subbing? I wonder is there is like an equation. Like for 100 veiws you get at least 2 peoole will sub. I dunno.

lyon
Mar '16

I don't know about views vs subs, but I try to get a feel for how effective an individual joke/page was based on number of likes vs views. I tend to average ~10% likes vs view (1 like for ever 10 views), and try to aim to get higher than that to increase the average

cylmill
Mar '16

I think I value comments and likes,makes you feel somebody's really reading it ;>

williamjbowles
Mar '16

I really don't pay much attention to the view count. A view doesn't say if someone liked the comic or not, but a like does. Subs are rarer, but show that the person is interested in following the story long-term.
But my favorite are comments. A like is nice, but comments let people give you real feedback. It means more because they actually have to take the time to think of something to say. And you get to reply to them, making it more social.
You know what I mean?

Shanny8
Mar '16

Even though I havent released my series yet, I agree- I like when readers/viewers leave comments...it shows that they're interested in your work.