Whats the criteria for reaching trending? Or rising

[Indicterra]

Likes, views or interaction with the stories?

 

[Cannight]

Ask the wisest king of all and even he will not have an answer

 

[Corty]

This question has no answer. It is kept secret so people can't game the system. There are theories about it, but the way trending works is kept under locks, just like the Coca-Cola and KFC recepies.

 

[Kalliel]

Something along those lines.

Also, contrary to many people's opinion, you can't really 'game' the system since your novel will be kicked out of top nine forever once it reaches 2000 readers anyway.

 

[BlissyMKW]

It's actually very simple. Carefully.

In all seriousness, though, nobody has the answer.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Be a good boy.

 

[Dieter]

more or less the same as social media. clickbaits and spamming chapters everyday

 

[Tsuru]

Yep

Views, likes, comments

That is why a pretty cover, that catch the eye, is a secret cheat code.
Lazy to cite the 2 series that were "trending/front main page" for mega long.

Be a good boy.

A "sexy smutty" good boy.

 

[Sabruness]

who knows... except Tony. many have pondered, researched the dao of trending but all have suffered thinking deviation and given up to keep their sanity.

 

[BearlyAlive]

If you sacrifice your firstborn, sell your soul and join a sketchy social media cult on the same day rumor has it that you only need to open the worst novel on the hub and call out to Tony three times while looking at a bloodied mirror to get on trending. Or you die, who knows?

Yeah, it would be stupid to get the formula for it just so some bots or desperate could game the system. In my opinion the whole thing is running on a hamster-powered infinity-engine that has the soul of Laplace's devil chained to it.