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Kura
May '15

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
May '15

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

Subscribers are regular readers.

Peej
May '15
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My little strip8 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
May '15

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
May '15

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
May '15

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

ratiqueDirector, Community (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
May '15

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 Acres4 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.

ErithEl
May '15

One thing to remember is that not all readers have a Tapastic account, so even if you're getting views and not subscribers, it doesn't mean that people are reading and not liking it.

At least this is what I tell myself because my view count is similar to some comics here with 500+ subscribers, and I am not near that yet laughing

If you're looking to get something other than recognition out of it, both are beneficial: Views generate ad revenue and subscribers can get you into the support program, so it's all good!

jjfresh
May '15

For getting attention, views helps. Subscribers is what matters though because those are the people who really want to come back

For me, Beautiful Lie1s has a loot of views but that is cumulative so it means little to me. Having over 400 viewers means a lot to me.

eagle1
May '15

I honestly don't worry about the number of subscribers, but I do worry about my page views and my uniques (which I cannot track here on Tapastic). On my main site, I have an average page view of 6.43 per visitor stretching back to the site coming on-line. I like that number. It let's me know that a lot of the people that come on the site look around a lot. They also come back. Right now over half my visitors each day have no referrer, which means they either typed in the domain name, or bookmarked the site. I don't even have a subscription format on the main site at this point, though I suppose I should hook something up.
The two sites I mirror on that do subs both have low subscription numbers for me, but I am grateful for each subscriber, as it gives me names of people reading. However, I would rather have low subscription numbers than low views.

Eagle
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thecokers
May '15

For me, it's subscribers. They represent the base that's most interested in what we're producing, and re more likely to share and tell friends.

On a related note, I wish we were able to email/message subscribers directly en masse. I understand it's a feature open to abuse, but it would definitely be helpful for getting the word out about important events.

keac
May '15

You can check Private Message to a subscriber, or turn "Notify Subscribers" on if you want to post to all of your subscribers

igneriss
May '15

highfive XD that's what I keep telling myself as well XD

getsuart
May '15

I'd go for both too, because of what @ratique said.

But I must say that I prefer subscribers over views (well, views are important too, and if you take part of the ad program, it's very, very important!).
I know some people hit the subscribe button as a bookmark to read the comic later, but... I don't know everyone's reason. And it makes me feel happy to see there is more and more people who are interested in what I do!

ArtistHan
May '15

I guess subscribers, but it's a bit hard to say because personally, I know in the past I have been very committed to certain places or people on the internet without subscribing. I would follow and check on their uploads daily but I wouldn't subscribe because I was either too lazy to make a profile or because I didn't realize how important subscribers were until the creators started pleading for subs. I try to keep this in mind because I don't have a lot of subscribers but I get way more views consistently than I would suspect for the number of subscribers I have haha

rfnshaw898
May '15

For me it's Subscribers, i have a series called A.M.P
It has 113 Subscribers and 1733 views.
The reason is, the subscribers have taken their time to follow the series, and have left nice comments, on the artwork,the writing and of the characters.
You can also thank the subscribers that read your series personally, which a few artists do not.

Jrej
May '15

One of the reasons I like Tapastic so much is for it's subscriber feature.
I posted content on my own website for a while. I got views but people never seem to come back!
If readers subscribe to my series on Tapastic. I'm pretty sure they gonna hear from me again! wink

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KimaAndJeorge
Dec '16

I think views, because it really shows how much people come to even glimpse at your works, but with a site like Tapastic i gotta go with subscribers. It's really easy with Tapastic to log in and find your favorite artist and even see if he has other works, And they keep you posted on anything new with updates on their wall.

haleymewsome
Dec '16

I'm more concerned with the view count on each page, making sure that people aren't losing interest haha. I'm happy as long as the view count per page is equal to or greater than my sub count, so for example, I have 12.4k subscribers currently and all my pages except for the most recent two have more views than that. And it's okay that the newest two are slightly under because sometimes people take a while to catch up. If I suddenly had way less views on a page that's been out for a while, that's something I'd worry about.

As much fun as it is to get new views and subscribers I think it's better to look at those numbers and figure out what they're telling you! It can be really helpful.