Are fanfics popular here?

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One thing I'm noticing is that my fanfic piece has been very slow on attracting attention. I've put the requisite tags and everything, but I can't get any more readers. I'm not really doing this for the love of the game tbh, I want to tell my stories to others. I'm just wondering if fanfics are well received, because most of the stuff here seems to be original works.
 

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Could be a case of not standing out on an oversaturated market. Fanfincs seem to be popular here (though not to me personally), but there is a lot of them. Even more than LitRPG or smut. Less than Isekai though.
And as far as fanfics go, I think Umamusume is kind of uncharted territory? It seems the anime and game have generated considerable popularity recently, but the question is how many of those fans/viewers/players will want to read a fanfiction of it.
 

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Not sure if it counts but I made a story about an immortal OP Witch that wants to live a normal life and it hit 1k views in like 2 days with only 6 chapters
 

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One thing I'm noticing is that my fanfic piece has been very slow on attracting attention. I've put the requisite tags and everything, but I can't get any more readers. I'm not really doing this for the love of the game tbh, I want to tell my stories to others. I'm just wondering if fanfics are well received, because most of the stuff here seems to be original works.
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Yup, it's popular. You just need the right fandom. And depending on it, you get readers.
 
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Not sure if it counts but I made a story about an immortal OP Witch that wants to live a normal life and it hit 1k views in like 2 days with only 6 chapters
Ahh. I do have ideas for original stories, so I wonder if that would get more attention...man, there is so much slop on this website, with tons of views.
 

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I don't know about popular, but we get quite a few Naruto fanfics I've noticed and they have a consistent reader base. So I'd imagine you can find a following depending on the original material in question.
 

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Pretty much every day I see at least one Naruto fanfic in the most popular section :P
 

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I honestly wish there were an 'original work' category.
That's everything not tagged as fanfic :blob_popcorn:

Ahh. I do have ideas for original stories, so I wonder if that would get more attention...man, there is so much slop on this website, with tons of views.
Welcome to the world of amature writing, you will find it's similar on other similar sites too.
 

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That's everything not tagged as fanfic :blob_popcorn:


Welcome to the world of amature writing, you will find it's similar on other similar sites too.


No, I mean original work as an entire display category.

You go look at new stuff on the main page, 95% of it is fanfic. from 2 broke girls porn to re-written harry potter books, Naruto stuff to gamefic.

There isn't even a category for original work or stuff that can be copyrighted. I would love to have a way to search with like... a primary genre tag.

And over half of the fanfic is not tagged as such, because people like me specifically avoid it, and they like to crowd as many lists as possible.
 

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Yes, very popular. You will do fine if rite good.
 

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No, I mean original work as an entire display category.

You go look at new stuff on the main page, 95% of it is fanfic. from 2 broke girls porn to re-written harry potter books, Naruto stuff to gamefic.

There isn't even a category for original work or stuff that can be copyrighted. I would love to have a way to search with like... a primary genre tag.

And over half of the fanfic is not tagged as such, because people like me specifically avoid it, and they like to crowd as many lists as possible.
Worst part is most of them, if not porn are just borderline porn ? like c'mon most of these fics seems like it's a self insert of some dude sexual fantasy.
 

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Worst part is most of them, if not porn are just borderline porn ? like c'mon most of these fics seems like it's a self insert of some dude sexual fantasy.
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Welcome to Smuthub, nicknames are normaly given for a reason.
There is no balance here all smut and heavy sexual stuff but where's the racism? Wait is racist genre even allowed? I would love to see Chinese webnovel racism this might or not be racist? But here's one example

"My black friends like to call this move the, “Aw hell naw gurl. Don’t you use ma black ass as camouflage for yo white ass by running in front of me. You fight him! Throw those damn pointy high heels at his eyes girl! What do you mean they’re Gucci?! Hell, are they more expensive than yo life? Dis gurl be hella dumb! Oh shiot! Girl, right behind yo ass! Turn around! Turn around! Aww hell naw. She dead. She real dead.”

And if it's smut why haven't I seen something like this??


"please, doth mus not keepeth dat oh o’er ere waiting. From yonder naught to wet our kazoo, in a dab of the sweetest of nectars. I beseech thee kin o mine to help this brotha of yos from anotha motha out my good kind sir. Tis but a simple wish o mine to lay the fairest of hoes. To bend er o’er and en’er where the undisco’ered countries far beyond where my limited orizen’s may seeketh out.”


I do wonder if the author of this Chinese webnovel is autistic or In..a certain spectrum...and no I don't remember the novel name it got something to do about the male mc being bullied by his childhood friend and then immediately jacking himself up to beat that fella

Just to realize it's actually a girl and he's extra racist? Probably misandrist and a misogynistic patriotic dude?.
 
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