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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.