And The Winners Are...
My, how time flies. Litreading is well over a year old. We have published 57 podcasts encompassing 56 stories (“The Prophet” was split into two parts). Since we moved to our new hosting service, Spreaker, a year ago, almost 52,000 Litreading stories have been downloaded. I’m thrilled. Thanks.
Now that we have a decent amount of time under our belt, I decided to look back and determine which stories garnered the most interest. The results weren’t what I expected. Here are the top ten Litreading episodes:
“The Mark on the Wall” by Virginia Woolf (2815 downloads)
“The Model Millionaire” by Oscar Wilde
“The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm” by Mark Twain
“Four Men in a Cave” by Stephan Crane
“Tobermory” by Saki
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe (Tie)
“The Log” by Guy de Maupassant (Tie)
“The Diary of a Madman” by Guy de Maupassant
“The Gift of the Magi” by Oscar Wilde
“The Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll
The top nine were all published recently (since October 2019). So, their popularity makes sense as our audience has grown. However, number ten is fascinating in that ”The Jabberwocky” was the very first episode I published in October 2018.
In case you’d like to show the losers some love, here are the five with the lowest numbers of downloads (from least to most):
“The Boarded Window” by Ambrose Bierce (only 155 downloads)
“The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite…” by George Ade
“The Cactus” by O. Henry (I’m shocked that this one has only 287 listens)
“Christmas at Red Butte” by Lucy Maud Montgomery
“A Kidnapped Santa Claus” by L. Frank Baum
One last note: While it is my intent to narrate a story per week, that is not always possible. To keep the quality high, I have decided to only record on my studio. There are times when I am away for extended periods. Also, I will only record when my voice is at its best. That precludes creating episodes when I’m under the weather.
Thanks for your understanding and thanks for “litsening.”