Is it normal

[abu_nur]

The amount of readers and views i gained from my first chapter is too big compared with what i get from each new one. I have only written 3 so far so this might be why (because there is no sufficient chapters yet).

Is this normal tho, or it's a me thing?

 

[Valmond]

This is common on any platform. The first part are people who checks it out. By the second, 30% to 50% is likely to leave.

Sometimes way more depending on various factors such as the type of platform, and other things like how a new story is on the front page for a day or two.

The rate increases the further the story goes until it stabilizes.

 

[LilRora]

It's absolutely normal, there's a big influx of readers when you first publish the story because it stays on the front page for some time. A lot of people also specifically look for new stories because they've seen most of older works.

 

[Corty]

It is a perfectly normal phenomenon. Most viewers check out the first, maybe the second, chapter before deciding to stick around. So, the introduction always gets the most clicks, many times twice as much as the second chapter, which also gets twice as much as the third, and so on and so on. You are only doing something wrong if there is not a gradual stabilization, meaning your later chapters hover around the same views +/- 10%.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Yep, it's normal. Don't worry, you're doing fine.

 

[Jun_Sakazuki]

The amount of readers and views i gained from my first chapter is too big compared with what i get from each new one. I have only written 3 so far so this might be why (because there is no sufficient chapters yet).

Is this normal tho, or it's a me thing?

It's also because of the gap between upload dates for each chapter. when you publish a new novel, it's a good idea to upload more than two chapters at once or one chapter per day. That way, when a new novel is released, it'll stay on the front page for a day or so. But if you only update a single chapter, it'll get buried quickly, and people might miss it.

 

[Daitengu]

It's rather normal in media with a time commitment of more than a few hours. From giving shows 1 to 3 episodes, likewise web novels have a trial amount new reader give.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

For a writer, nothing is normal.
(Heck, I have a story on one platform where the middle chapters have fewer views than the ones before OR AFTER them, by a wide margin - like numbers drop from high 20s to single digits then back up into the mid teens).

 

[istryj]

It's normal—you have to fight for loyal readers. Those are the ones who stick with you after the first 2, 3, or 5 chapters. It's a disaster when interest drops off after a dozen chapters.

 

[TheAmaraine]

It's normal. Theoretically, everyone who reads the chapter n has read the n-1 chapter, and so it's not surprising to find it steadily increasing. Sometimes, if a series is long, they might jump in on the middle, but probably not for a 3 chapter story. Readers who are interested in the series may simply not have caught up yet, too.

On my work, I tried to warn people about the few "explicit" chapters, and the result has been odd little spikes as some people apparently go straight to those. Other than that, I see a normal, decreasing graph.