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Most reviews are pointless. Few may point out things that can help you improve your lot in writing but most amount to
" great chappy .. cnat wit fr more " .......> do you really care for suck reviews.
Hit count for slow updater with short chapters will always be more that people with long chapters who update regularly, mainly because readers forget what happened previously and go for quick recaps.

Favorites can be a good measure but most readers dont have accounts in the respective websites. Some of us are members of your yahoo groups as well and our hit counts dont register on the ff.net site in the first place.

If some of you are good in Math, you could very like make an equation for weighted averages for each of these factors ( for example 100 hits = 10 review = 1 fav author ) , if youre an expert with more time in you hand add factors like frequency of updates, chapter length, even reviews of lenght greater than 1 line and create a better scale to see where you fit in as an author.

toodles

sangmtr

 

nonjon: How do you get those nice columns?

I tell myself that one-shots don't get many reviews - especially drabbbles.

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title                      words chaps reviews hits c2s favs alerts 

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True Seeing               641   1    0       125  0   0    0 
The Fraternization Rules  271   1    0       211  0   0    0  
Past Confidence           103   1    1        53  1   0    0 
Mourning                  252   2    4       183  1   1    0 
Just Another Day at the Office  140    1   3       610  1   1    0 
Home Security             106    1   0        55  1   0    0 
Geek                      106    1   3       508  1   0    0 
Arm Wrestling             106    1   3        51  0   0    0 
A Logical Approach        258    1   5       529  0   1    5 
A Helpful Suggestion     1089    1   3       284  1   2    0 
A Congenial Environment   111    1   0       104  0   0    0

You are on the favorites list of 3 members.
You are on the author alert list of 2 members.
You have submitted a total of 1735 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 3,183 words.
Avg. number of words per entry : 289.
Numbers of hits to your profile page : 1217.

 

Mine--oldest story is 3 weeks old.

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title	                          words	chaps	reviews	hits	c2s	favs	alerts
Ministerial Kneepads	          1111	1	3	814	4	0	0
Adventures in Child Care	  607	1	2	610	3	0	0
101 Uses of the Fidelius Charm... 1183  1	0	592	3	0	0

Total hits: 2016
Total reviews: 5
Average of just over 400 hits per review; 2 c2s per review.

Reading nonjon's stats, I think I am having an adequacy crisis.

[Edit: Prettified using nonjon's suggestion].

 

Post your Harry/Fleur story, one chapter every week on FFnet while you put the whole thing on DLP's Work by Author. I gaurantee that your stats will rise.

I like how everyone completely disregarded the "toodles" guy.

 

I'm not sure everyone ignored sangmtr, as much as it was simply he was echoing the primary point of the discussions in this thread. Specifically that there's more to it than just a number. Some chapters may have huge review totals. But when you realize the author took a six month hiatus between that one and the next chapter, it makes more sense. Or perhaps some fic stirs up a fair amount of reviews (let's use the completely hypothetical example of being named and based off a just-released highly-hyped video game). That one has a premise that's intriguing enough to attract attention and leave a comment, but if there are fewer favorites or alerts, it might not be as good as some of the author's other stuff with less reviews but more favorites and alerts.

The thing about reviews is that they are not always a good sign. Some are useless, some are negative, some are simply because you've done something that pissed readers off. Some only leave a review when they see a typo or grammatical error to correct.

If you give a reader nothing to complain about, sometimes you leave them nothing to say.

I just use the "

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" tag to put it in that little window which uses a fixed width font. And in that window tab stops can be pasted until everything lines up. (Hitting the tab key will usually jump out of the window, but you can highlight a tab-stop, copy and paste it over and over.) You can 'quote' my response and see the forum tags behind it too.

And while the numbers are easy to compare, I doubt anyone with at least a couple of reviews on a fic can compete with my Apathy of Freedom stats: [B]184 reviews / 268631 hits / 400 favorites[/B]. That's one review for every 1,460 hits. And more than two favorites for every review. Heck it's in 57 more C2 groups than it has reviews. That is [I]awful[/I]. And I challenge anyone to top it. (No reviews or less than like five don't count.)

I just wonder with over 3 million hits (closer to 4 if you add in my author page) how much ad revenue I may have stirred up for them. I'm nearly certain it's negligible as no one pays any attention to the ads on ff.net but I am curious.

 

OMG you're onto something! I'll rename all my other stuff "Halo 3", "Call of Duty 4", and "Bioshock"! It must work! It must!

Jbern once said that the key to getting reviews is ending with a good line. Perhaps Apathy of Freedom didn't ration out the good one-liners efficiently? If you dole them all out at the beginning, then the endings might be lackluster.

 

Nah. There are all sorts of reason for Apathy's weak number. The biggest reason is probably because I posted the whole thing, all 15 chapters, at once. So of the 184 reviews it has, 27 are on the first chapter (many reviewing the whole fic), and 117 are on the last chapter (again reviewing the whole fic). No other chapter has more than 7 and one even has 0.

Not to mention a couple of months later I wrote a one-shot sequel/longer epilogue. So the average review-leaving reader may give it 15 hits for all the chapters, and then leave a review on the one-shot sequel.

Like I said, hidden reasons behind the numbers.

And that jbern sounds like a smart fellow. I bet he heard that from someone truly brilliant.

(Although what I told jbern wasn't that it's about ending with a good line as much as it is the ending of the chapter. The last few paragraphs. You can have a brilliant chapter and if the last few paragraphs are bland, it can turn someone off from reviewing who may have been about to review. Or it can be a bland/filler chapter but if you give them a surprise, a one-liner, or something that makes them yearn for the next chapter, then they are leaving with a smile or a jolt of emotion. Made up statistics are 77% wrong, but I still say 83% of readers either review or not based on the last few paragraphs.)

 

My newest HP story, that is currently posted.
Powers the Be
40773 words
15 chapters
77 reviews
38424 hits
69 C2s
78 Favs
142 alerts

 

I'll join the fun and put my stats for Sixth Year, which are, to me at least, surprisingly high.

136669 words (on PatronusCharm there's more words for some reason)
11 chapters
177 reviews
39480 hits
84 c2cs
188 favs
321 alerts

Been on ff.net since November 30th. So that's nearing three months.

I must admit, when I started posting the story, I was hoping to have 100 reviews after chapter fifteen. When I posted chapter seven, I only had 30, and now I have 177 after 11! Scary.

 

I just stumbled on this thread today and though it looked rather fun. Here goes my stats for Knowledge is Power:

Knowledge is Power:
Words: 284774
Chapters: 27
Reviews: 2897 (90% of which are useless . . .)
Hits: 487888 (this stat chapter by chapter is more interesting imo)
C2s: 349
Faves: 1419
Alerts: 1563


User stats:
You are on the favorites list of 781 members.
You are on the author alert list of 732 members.
You have submitted a total of 38 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 318,369 words.
Avg. number of words per entry : 159,185.
Numbers of hits to your profile page : 318132.

Those stats a rather skewed somewhat in my opinion, considering I was running both a Naruto and HP fic at the same time, taking advantage of two large groups of people, I guess . . .

Also, words achieved would be around half a million if I didn't delete my Naruto story from my profile, but this is a HP community, no?
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My first thought was that you don't review much, believe it or not, lol.

 

It's only been three months since I shamed you all, but I did finish a fic since then. And you can all argue which of the two completed ones with over 900,000 hits will hit a million first. Or if MrJoe's ongoing KIP may reach a million before either of mine do.

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[B][I]title	[/I][/B](sorted by reviews)[B][I]			words	chaps	reviews	hits	c2s	favs	alerts[/I][/B]
A Black Comedy 					242997	31	3470	907956	532	1683	1550 
Browncoat, Green Eyes 				292520	39	2984	913724	278	1377	638 
You Did What! 					138153 	21 	1224 	354373 	234 	455 	189 
The Untitled Cheekquel Project 			68552 	21 	825 	290945 	246 	433 	142 
Where in the World is Harry Potter? 		54194 	16 	743 	357204 	316 	795 	190 
Dimension Hopping for Beginners 		55135 	10 	605 	183294 	228 	446 	187 
Bestest Birthday Ever 				66509 	22 	393 	96661 	58 	137 	70 
Lovegood, Boobs Gooder 				40840 	6 	365 	75475 	108 	212 	90 
The Incredibly Dense Mind of Lois Lane 		28265 	10 	307 	58168 	61 	127 	73 
Harry Potter and the Freedom of Apathy 		33648 	15 	189 	294643 	248 	433 	124 
Birth of a Name 				2480 	1 	168 	12462 	85 	222 	27 
The Anachronistic Adventures of Patch and Eddie 17152 	3 	151 	14314 	69 	71 	110 
Now Hiring: Committee for the Disposal… 	3331 	1 	147 	14294 	116 	113 	30 
The DA Missions: Agent Furry Fury 		6308 	1 	132 	10548 	82 	76 	18 
The Power Snivellus Knows Not 			3156 	1 	131 	12700 	65 	105 	29 
The DA Missions: Agent Toots 			5441 	1 	115 	11498 	91 	86 	24 
Luna's Hobby 					3857 	1 	105 	13003 	51 	43 	11 
Harry Potter and the Apathy of Freedom 		14528 	1 	99 	17628 	124 	130 	47 
Therapeutic Discussion 				8241 	1 	85 	7368 	50 	60 	10 
Adventures in Babysitting 			2414 	1 	52 	4871 	34 	19 	8 
[U]A Favor for a Friend 				4653 	1 	43 	10189 	45 	30 	10    [/U]
[B]					TOTALS	1092374	204	12333	3661318	3121	7053	3577[/B]

You are on the favorites list of 2,280 members.
You are on the author alert list of 1,888 members.
You have submitted a total of 278 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 1,092,374 words.
Avg. number of words per entry : 52,018.
Numbers of hits to your profile page : 806,397.

I sorted them by reviews this time. And for those curious, the final chapter of A Black Comedy has 303 reviews so far. The final chapter of Browncoat, Green Eyes has 374 reviews so far.

 

Nobody wants to follow nonjon--no matter what numbers you have, you're bound to look pretty weak.

I vote for A Black Comedy to break a mil. Lots of us need to catch up on that one, whereas most have already read Browncoat, Green Eyes. Also, that Firefly's not airing anymore (at least where I live) doesn't help.

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[I]title[/I]                   	[I]words[/I]   [I]chaps[/i]	[I]reviews[/i]	[i]hits[/i]    [i]c2s[/i]	[i]favs[/i]	[i]alerts[/i]
Dagger and Rose          	85159	17	740	163562	195	551	905
Adventures in Child Care	607	1	20	1540	11	14	7
Ministerial Kneepads            1111	1	16	2154	9	8	3
India	                        3279	1	15	635	3	9	2
101 Uses of the Fidelius... 	1183	1	6	1023	3	6	3
River Run                   	1239	1	6	148	2	1	1
Scourgify: The Power... 	367	1	6	1108	3	2	2

You are on the favorites list of 107 members.
You are on the author alert list of 378 members.
You have submitted a total of 87 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 92,945 words.
Avg. number of words per entry : 13,278.
Numbers of hits to your profile page : 14701.

 

By the way, KIP was published in November 07, and my first story (Naruto one) not long before that.

I'm not implying anything with that little bit of information . . . really.
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I always like seeing if I can stir up some more numbers from folks so here's an update. Both of the biggies crossed the million hit mark. Come on ladies. Don't be shy.

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[B][I]title						words	chaps	reviews	hits		c2s	favs	alerts[/I][/B]
A Black Comedy  				242,997 31  	3,570  	1,040,413  	574  	1,912  	1,488
A Favor for a Friend 				4,653 	1 	45 	10,964 		47 	34 	12
Adventures in Babysitting 			2,414 	1 	54 	5,384 		37 	22 	8
Bestest Birthday Ever 				66,509 	22 	399 	106,202 	60 	141 	74
Birth of a Name 				2,480 	1 	185 	14,039 		86 	260 	34
Browncoat, Green Eyes 				292,520 39 	3,066 	1,001,183 	301 	1,508 	650
Dimension Hopping for Beginners 		55,135 	10 	616 	198,461 	240 	486 	194
Harry Potter and the Apathy of Freedom 		14,528 	1 	103 	19,656 		133 	148 	52
Harry Potter and the Freedom of Apathy 		33,648 	15 	195 	327,821 	261 	487 	137
Lovegood, Boobs Gooder 				40,840 	6 	380 	84,685 		113 	238 	98
Luna's Hobby 					3,857 	1 	113 	14,340 		53 	50 	13
Now Hiring: Committee for the Disposal… 	3,331 	1 	154 	15,912 		127 	140 	35
The Anachronistic Adventures of Patch and Eddie17,152 	3 	153 	15,448 		70 	75 	117
The DA Missions: Agent Furry Fury 		6,308 	1 	154 	12,189 		90 	93 	22
The DA Missions: Agent Toots 			5,441 	1 	121 	13,035 		97 	103 	26
The Incredibly Dense Mind of Lois Lane 		28,265 	10 	314 	63,882 		62 	141 	71
The Power Snivellus Knows Not 			3,156 	1 	134 	14,037 		71 	118 	33
The Untitled Cheekquel Project 			68,552 	21 	846 	321,436 	257 	476 	155
Therapeutic Discussion 				8,241 	1 	88 	8,115 		51 	66 	13
Two Heads Are Better Than One 			10,096 	1 	139 	8,709 		72 	160 	42
Where in the World is Harry Potter? 		54,194 	16 	765 	394,998 	326 	853 	209
[u]You Did What! 					138,153 21 	1,244 	384,767 	244 	503 	207  [/u]
					[B]TOTALS	1,102,470 205	12,838	4,075,676	3,372	8,014	3,690[/B]

You are on the favorites list of 2,513 members.
You are on the author alert list of 2,059 members.
You have submitted a total of 284 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 1,102,470 words.
Avg. number of words per entry : 50,112.
Numbers of hits to your profile page : 895,423.

August Stats: For the month of 2008-08, there have been a total of 94,803 Hits and 22,362 Visitors to all of your stories.

 

It's pathetic, but whatever.

I expect it'll go up after I post the next chapter. Almost nobody searches for stories under 10k.

 

Which got there first?

(I just posted not that long ago--no need for more humiliation. )

 

I'll bite and put mine up. I haven't updated in awhile, my life has been rather busy of late, and I've four assessments due in the next fortnight, so it ain't getting any less stressful. Hopefully after the next fortnight I can sit down and finish the next one, at least, before the next wave of work comes.


Sixth Year: The Steps Toward The End

Words: 270,234
Chapters: 20
Reviews: 432
Hits: 150,121
C2s: 147
Favs: 430
Alerts: 636

You are on the favorites list of 58 members.

You are on the author alert list of 139 members.

You have submitted a total of 75 signed reviews.

Total words archived : 274,170 words.

Avg. number of words per entry : 137,085.

Numbers of hits to your profile page : 16290.


Never ceases to amaze me how popular this is...

 

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[I]Story     	        Words   Chaps   Reviews  Hits   C2s    Favs   Alerts[/I]    
Une Nouvelle Jeunesse 	12,482 	3 	27 	3,458 	1 	19 	35
The Song of the Trees 	157,281 17 	354 	107,579 148 	325 	440
Symphony For Quartet 	78,362 	13 	84 	14,703 	7 	57 	57
Sisters in Law 	        4,220 	1 	31 	3,832 	26 	35 	8
Reach the Open Space 	9,685 	1 	95 	11,236 	81 	148 	39
Marie Antoinette 	50,700 	8 	55 	6,410 	9 	33 	42
Drink Up, Me Hearties 	37,873 	5 	43 	5,474 	17 	49 	76

You are on the favorites list of 154 members.
You are on the author alert list of 175 members.
You have submitted a total of 78 signed reviews.
Total words archived : 350,603 words.
Avg. number of words per entry : 50,086.
Numbers of hits to your profile page : 26,246.

For the month of 2008-08, there have been a total of 5,874 Hits and 3,063 Visitors to all of your stories.