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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#1: Sep 18th 2013 at 6:57:17 AM

What time of the day or week do you guys think is a good one for either posting a new fanfiction, or updating one in order to get the most possible exposure?

Hyp3rB14d3 Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Sep 18th 2013 at 8:10:55 AM

I've found that most of the fics I follow tend to update on Monday or Tuesday.

ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#3: Sep 18th 2013 at 8:25:45 AM

Interesting...I personally aim for updating on Friday afternoons or sometime on Saturday, but I wanted to see what other people did.

edited 18th Sep '13 8:25:54 AM by ScorpioRat

MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#4: Sep 18th 2013 at 8:40:30 AM

Tough call. I'm on Fimfiction, which has a "Latest Updates" box showing the 15 most recently updated stories.

Fimfiction is at its busiest when it's evening in the States, which corresponds to about 1-2 AM where I live.

Updating at a slow hour means your story will stay in the Latest Updates box (and thus on the front page) longer, but fewer people will be around to see it. Updating at a busy hour means you'll quickly get shoved out of Latest Updates because lots of other people are updating as well, but a lot more people visit the site at that time.

I haven't really figured out which is the better option yet. Mostly, I just update whenever I've got a new chapter ready. tongue

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PPPSSC Since: Nov, 2009
#5: Sep 18th 2013 at 11:59:24 AM

I don't know. I always tend to upload one-shots sporadically. I also often post chapters of multi-chapter stories once a day or two or three times a week, so specific days don't particularly stand out to me.

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#6: Sep 18th 2013 at 4:23:04 PM

On fanfiction.net, the "best" time to get views seems to be updating on a Friday morning. However, I stress update - my regular readers hit it that day, usually, but posting up a new story just doesn't get the views on a Friday.

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Ellowen My Ao3 from Down by the Bay Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#7: Oct 18th 2013 at 8:45:22 PM

when I post after a weekend, like on monday, people don't seem to review. so I try to updating Friday or Saturday mornings.

Got a degree in Emotional trauma via fictional characters aka creative writing. hosting S'mores party in Hell for fellow (evil) writers
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