How long did it take for your comic to get popular?

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:49 pm

OVERNIGHT!

...just kidding. I'll never be popular. But, hooray for ramen and self-loathing, amirite?

834n · Post by **834n** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:12 pm

LibertyCabbage wrote:But, hooray for ramen

HELL YES!

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:13 pm

I only recently made it to 400-500 visits per day. The comic turns two a week from today.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:46 pm

834n wrote:
LibertyCabbage wrote:But, hooray for ramen
HELL YES!

Yeah! I can hardly wait to spend the rest of my life eating it!

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:05 pm

I refuse to be popular, it changes people and makes them throw money at others.

Legendary · Post by **Legendary** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:26 pm

Nanda wrote:I only recently made it to 400-500 visits per day. The comic turns two a week from today.

Heh, a week from today is both my six-month anniversary and my birthday. Freaky how things like that turn out.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:58 pm

At times I was working more on promoting and advertising my comics, I'd reach 600 visits a day top. But as soon as I'd stop promotion, visits would drop. I think I also alienated a lot of "mcDuffies" readers by it's end with my artwork.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:03 pm

K-Dawg wrote:I refuse to be popular, it changes people and makes them throw money at others.

I'm all for people throwing money at me.

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:08 pm

....but then people might think your occupation as something more seedy than a coffee girl!

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:23 pm

Keffria wrote:
K-Dawg wrote:I refuse to be popular, it changes people and makes them throw money at others.
I'm all for people throwing money at me.

...*waggles eyebrows*

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:30 pm

see? SEE? Now look what you did!

Eve Z. · Post by **Eve Z.** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:10 pm

mcDuffies wrote:At times I was working more on promoting and advertising my comics, I'd reach 600 visits a day top. But as soon as I'd stop promotion, visits would drop. I think I also alienated a lot of "mcDuffies" readers by it's end with my artwork.

wooot, some people are so lucky to be able to buy advertising!

I hope there's a way to become popular without advertising...

Swikan · Post by **Swikan** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:11 pm

This thread amuses me.
I read 500 unique hits in a day and I burst out laughing. I don't think I've had that many TOTAL! ROFLMAO!

(OT to Dutch: Peeps who don't read your strip ARE missing out. We love it.)

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:18 pm

"Unique hits"?

Throughout this thread I've gotten the impression that people are mixing their terms up or are unsure what these numbers mean. Some people seem to be talking about actual hits per day, some are talking average visits per day, some are talking about total number of readers, some I'm just not sure about.

Swikan · Post by **Swikan** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:25 pm

I'm probably confused, since I check my "unique visitors" every day, but don't celebrate until my "average number of unique visitors per day" goes up.

I'm confused, but still amused.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:34 pm

Aw, I don't really care what the term means... either way, my numbers tell me that not enough people are reading!

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:42 pm

It's not like it really matters anyway, it's just when you start comparing the numbers or making arbitrary milestones like "500" that knowing which number you're talking about matters at all.

For example: if one person reads through my entire archive in a day I get 500+ hits, one visit, one unique visitor and--if they come back--one new reader.

Fleakitten · Post by **Fleakitten** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:44 pm

Eve Z. wrote:
wooot, some people are so lucky to be able to buy advertising!

I hope there's a way to become popular without advertising...

I'm begining to think that's nearly impossible. But who knows, i'm still a web comic nooblet.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:55 pm

Eve Z. wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:At times I was working more on promoting and advertising my comics, I'd reach 600 visits a day top. But as soon as I'd stop promotion, visits would drop. I think I also alienated a lot of "mcDuffies" readers by it's end with my artwork.

wooot, some people are so lucky to be able to buy advertising!

Who, me? I've never put out a single penny for advertising.

EvilChihuahua · Post by **EvilChihuahua** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:24 pm

Last month I think I peaked at around 130 on a few days, but I usually hover around 90.

But the numbers are climbing!