When do you update?

[malverav]

I schedule all of my posts so I'm playing with the best times to update my comic. I want as many eyeballs on it as i can (who doesn't!) so I was wondering if anyone's hit upon good times for an update, like when lots of users are browsing?

[skicoak]

I was talking to another creator and they pretty much boiled your question down to it's core...

They said if they knew of a mystically great time to update... why would they tell anyone about it? Who wants a thousand people crowding up your favorite fishing hole?!?

[KRWright]

Going against skicoak's advice here in the aim of creators helping other creators: 7am and 5pm are the sweet spots as far as I'm concerned. As far as which days - Fridays 5pm, Saturdays 5pm and Sundays 5pm, 7am (in time for peoples commutes) on weekdays. I don't actually follow this (I post 5pm every day - but that is because I personally like to wake up to comments to start my day off well, and this posts things at 1am my time).

[DokiDokiTsuna]

Psst...pessimist here. If you're just starting out, it likely won't matter what time of day you update your comic. I used to try to strategize, too...until I started forgetting and updating late (like, 2AM late) and realized there was NO DIFFERENCE.

My most successful webcomic (in terms of subs AND views) updates at whenever-the-hell-o'-clock maybe twice a month. Just to give a little perspective. ^^; It's also not on Tapas; that's probably relevant...

[malverav]

Cheers! I've been trying 8am because of the commute logic, and it's some time in the wee hours for me.

[malverav]

Yeah, I'm a few pages through and mostly trying to improve my art at this stage - if my art sucks, it doesn't matter how good my marketing is! I'm actually finding a bit of traffic comes through my twitter as well, I'm much more active over there.

[skicoak]

Going against skicoak's advice here in the aim of creators helping other creators

I didn't exactly give any advice... I related a tangential statement.

....And you didn't tell them what timezone to consider for the times given.

[KRWright]

Tapas' standard PST timezone that is auto-filled in.

The 7am time also catches Europe mid-afternoon as well, which is always good

[KRWright]

If you have quality content, you can get away with being a bit more laissez-faire with the timings, but that's usually after you've already built a fanbase that has got used to having consistently updated and good quality works - people who already have the eyeballs as it were. For the rest of us, it's just about playing around during peak traffic times.

Honestly, daily updates work very well for novels as well (but I appreciate that would cause carpal tunnel syndrome for most artists!)

[DasIstWunderblyat]

@skicoak I think the most reliable is to follow US time zone? I heard it somewhere. CMIIW

If the question is about me, I upload once or twice a month. I just need to gather courage and effort worth two weeks to fight my doubts just for a chapter, I'm just stupid.

[DokiDokiTsuna]

For the rest of us, it's just about playing around during peak traffic times.

Whatchu talkin' bout; 'the rest of you'?? I'm pretty sure I still fit into the category of 'the rest of you'; that was/is my debut comic on Webtoon; I didn't have any 'built fanbase' to rely on either...

I mean, I when I said 'most successful', that doesn't necessarily mean it was EXTREMELY successful. It's just the most successful I've ever been. To be honest, what I've achieved there seems to fall far below most people's threshold of 'success' on that site...

[KRWright]

It was a general 'you' and a general 'us' I was using. Not 'you' as in 'DokiDokiTsuna'.

[DokiDokiTsuna]

Oh...if that's what you meant, though; you didn't have to reply to me...

[KRWright]

It was in response to a point you made and meant to further the discussion. Nothing more.

[AceRagz]

I tried to post early in the morning my time at first and then went to pretty much whenever the comic was done. I've settled on midnight Tuesday and Thursday as my main update days. If I have extra comics done I might post one over the weekend. I also post older episodes to other art galleries on these days which helps bring in a couple more views to the fresher comics.

[bjwebb]

Commutes are a hard thing to time because of time zones. Whose commute am I aiming for? East coast? West coast?

I haven't found any magical time myself. Consistency seems to matter the most--just making sure those updates keep coming.

[SilverLugia456]

I never really thought about updates but I just started a schedule of updating on Fridays. Its one of the best times for me to publish chapters and revisions that I need.

[borzoiteeth]

The real answer is, "Who is your audience?" Different demographics check/look for comics at different times.

[whiskeyjack]

I always schedule my updates for 12pm EST, according to Tapas. I figure it will be most people's lunchtime (while I am asleep, hooray for timezones)

[MichaelFIGComix]

I post every Tuesday & Friday around 3:00pm sometimes 5:00pm