Views or Subscribers?

[keac]

What do you think, Creators? Which one does matter to you most? Views or Subscribers?
And tell me how many views and subscribers do you have now.
I recently have 926 Views and 27 Subscribers, I dunno if this sounds embarassing to ya'll you has lots of subscribers.

But for me, it's subscribers...

[Raven_C]

Tough one. Coming from an "ad revenue" perspective, views mean a lot. Haha. But, I think, ultimately for me it's the subscribers. A lot of those people turn out to be regular readers and I value that highly.

[Strontium]

Definitely subscribers! I have a lot of cumulative views in proportion to my sub count, and I appreciate everyone who took a look and stuck around! Besides, if a person checks out my comic once and never again, they're not helping my ad revenue numbers as much as a subscriber who tunes in every update (and goes back through my archives!)

[eagle1]

The page views and uniques tend to be more important to me than subscribers. Then again, I have my comic mirrored here and two other sites, plus my main site, so I track all of them separately and together. As long as the numbers are going up, the subscribers are not my main focus. The main reason I like the subscriber function though, is it gives me a chance to interact with those people directly, instead of just wondering who the 50 uniques I had today are.

Eagle
(And gives me a chance to build a fanbase)

[SpavVy]

Definitely my subscribers, why? Because their the ones who are reading my story, sharing it, giving feedback etc. Sometimes I get funny comments that really make my day.

[joannekwan]

While views are really nice, I prefer subscribers because they're the ones who like my work (at least a little) and will (hopefully) read my series on a regular basis.

[Queashnd]

Subscribers!Because i mean,views can be a lot,but you dont know if they do or not like your work,if one subscribes ,then I'd be happy because I feel like someone became interested in my comic and is willing to explore it further,so yeah,subscribers! ' U ')/)

[keii4ii]

The thing with views is that if you have a ton of views and not that many subscribers, that could be indicating a problem: what if a lot of people looked at your comic, and decided they weren't interested in it?

"Readers" mean a lot to me. I don't want to say subscribers because some people subscribe to some comics and never really check back, haha. Some of them don't even come back to the site (and to your comic)!

[joannekwan]

The thing with views is that if you have a ton of views and not that many subscribers, that could be indicating a problem: what if a lot of people looked at your comic, and decided they weren't interested in it?

On that note, what would be a good or bad ratio? I think this is a fair question related to the topic.

[Dranif]

I think subscribers matter the most to any creator, be they new and obscure or have many subscribers already.

To me, they mean a lot.

[AnnaLandin]

For the Ad Revenue-program, the views mean a lot - but if we put that aside, I'd say subscribers. I mean, really - my subscribers are a long list of people who like my comic enough to want to read it regularly, and that's kind of lovely and amazing.

It's my subscribers who are there for the long haul - who comment and interact and spread the word about my comic, etc. They matter a LOT.

[igneriss]

Subscribers. And especially active subscribers, who like and comment on pages, because it shows that they really care and makes me motivated to keep drawing ♥

[Euphorie]

I honestly prefer views. Before I became a user on Tapastic, There were lots of comics that I would read on their update days. I prefer readers because I know didn't have the nerve until recently to get a profile on Tapastic. When I have a steady update schedule and I get a surplus of view on the update days, thats good enough for me. If I get new subscribers too, great!

Also, I don't know if other people have this problem, but my subscribers do not seem very active. They might view but they don't like or comment.

[Kura]

It hard to say, I like views because it means that people are bothering to read my stuff, but there is no guarantee that they like it. While subscribers I also appreciate, but there are also a good amount of people that don't actually read my stuff and subscribe for the sake of returning the favour when I like sub to their comics or feel they need to do it out of obligation.

So it's hard to tell which one I should like over the other, so I'll just say I'm very grateful for both.

@Euphorie My ratio of active subscribers seems to be very low as well, I get a decent amount of subscribers, and a lot of views on a page, but not many will like it or drop a comment (though it has been picking up significantly, which is pretty fun) I seem to have a majority of quiet, yet loyal, readers, but that is okay too, as I am very much the same and bad at the like/share/comment thing, specially if I'm doing a binge read of the story.

[abbastudios]

Views may mean a lot of people have seen one episode once..

Subscribers are regular readers.

[Peej]

My little strip sometimes feels out of place slightly on Tapastic. It's a short form gag strip hiding away in the menagerie of long form stories and Manga so if I get a 'view' I'm elated.
I like to think that I raised a smile with the reader and that thought keeps me going.
I'm always honoured when someone hits subscribe though.

So I guess I like them in equal measures bit for different reasons.
A reader: A quick hit and an optimistic feeling that my work wasn't in vein.
A subscriber: Someone that I hope I can make smile every week.

[Doubtcent]

To me there's a ratio that goes with both. For every one subscriber I get, it can equal to more than one hundred views each. I value each comment, share, like, sub and view like a penny. The more pennies, the more my comic's worth feels.

[muhdreams]

Mine is a bit of mixed, since mainly I know that a bulk of people that read my comics are too lazy to make an account lol. But I generally like to think of it by having good ratio between views to subscribers, would be really ideal.

[pjamasvonpatten]

Hmm, I believe that both are important. Page views can translate into more subscribers at a later date, and I like the fact that people are looking at my work even if they are not subscribing.

I do like the subscribers because it is building a fanbase and give me the chance to interact with people that are looking at my work Tower25

[ratique]

Both are important. The "subscribers to views"-ratio is an indication of how well a comic is received, as @keii4ii already stated.

@joannekwan I looked at new comics that were not featured on the front page yet. If a comic manages to have 2k views and 200 subscribers, you can be almost certain that comic is going to be big. It is an incredibly good ratio. My comic Devil's Acres currently sits at 3.3k views with 200 subscribers, so I consider it successful, but it is not going to attract the mainstream.

It is hard for me to judge the really successful comics with many thousand views. Often they have been featured which can mess with the numbers possibly. As soon as the view numbers are higher than 9k, I kinda give up trying to figure out how good it is doing. At that point the view count already tells you that the comic is probably doing just fine.

But aside from the number crunching, I like subscribers more. When I see names of people pop up repeatedly, because they subscribed a couple weeks ago and then come back and hit "like" on new uploads, it is extremely rewarding and keeps me going.