No one ever checks my novel on Wattapad. Literally, all views (all five of them), on Wattapad are my own. I thought it was impossible, but here we are. While here, people are reading my story.
Am I doing something wrong? I actually thought that Wattapad was dead, lol.
How often do you post/update your chapters? What are the tags you are using? What is the word count per chapter?
Those are the questions that the answers can affect your views on Wattpad.
Let me tell you my experience there. Before, I used to upload my chapters in its entirety. As a writer whose per chapter word count is around 4k words on average, it was an intimidating wall of text to an average Wattpad reader. My solution? I divide my chapters into two or three parts nowadays.
Upload consistently, but not too soon after the last chapter so some of your readers can update their chapter reads. I learned this the hard way. My story was being uploaded every other day before, and with the type of reader and the number of words per chapter, it meant quite an insurmountable wall of text every time my readers go to my story page to read. Hence, my views are low in my first days on Wattpad. Give them a breather; for me, I upload/update my chapters every weekends.
Finally, the tags. Before, I use my 'own' tags (based on my perception). Then, I started to look for popular stories similar to mine, and I found a lot of tags they're using are not found in my own work. When I did change my tags, my rankings got boosted, and so is my presence in that site (though not too popular, but at least, the views increased).
Additional tip: an old friend using Wattpad told me to research about the 'leisure' hours of my target audience. My target audience is 'international', so it's impossible to find a 'unified' leisure time for them, so in my case, I upload twice every weekends: one in the morning, one in the evening.
Finally, you should also consider that some readers who are interested in your work would prefer to wait for more chapters uploaded, so they can binge read it. After all, who wants to be left hanging (unless you're suicidal, like me), right?
Properly ending your stories would also be a plus on increasing views there.
