Mom might not like this one just to spite me.
I have two theories as to why my readership numbers, despite having nearly 1,000 WordPress followers, are so low:
1. People hit the “Follow” button when they see a random comic they enjoy, but then never actually come back and read more.
Or:
2. My comics are too insular and folks don’t know who anyone is or what’s going on half the time, so people don’t bother with them.
Anyway, I’m putting together a new About page for the comic to cover the main characters and stuff. Should have it up by the end of the week.
Sketches From Memory 
i think we read it via the reader, or if sent via email to their mailbox read it in their mailbox; and that does not register in the numbers box. that is my theory anyway. which explains why every one now makes it compulsory to go to the blog page to read more. but with the cartoons they can be seen without going to your webpage.
True. And I honestly don’t care that much about site traffic or visitor numbers, I just found it odd.
It’s probably because the entire comic comes up in the email and no one “has to” click the button to go see it.
I’ve wondered about that. Guess it would cut down on site traffic if everyone just reads them in their email.
I wonder if you can go into your settings and set it up so only the title of the post comes through and it has to be ‘clicked’ on and opened to be read.
It’s possible. I usually have everything set up as a standard post, but maybe if I do it as an image…
Do you track your email reads? Set it up through MailChimp and you’ll get more stats. I read as much as your comics as I can and think they’re hilarious. It’s like my daily dose of “Everybody Loves Raymond”.
I don’t track my email reads. I think I’ll look into that. Thanks!
I think people also follow to get courtesy follows in return, you know, part of the shallow end of the social media pool.
Yeah. I sees lot of that on Twitter, too. My follower count stays around the same because someone will follow, then unfollow a few days later when I don’t reciprocate. But I can’t keep up with the people I already follow, let alone new folks!
I can relate…