Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 07/31/2024

Welcome to our weekly Leaderboard update! We're delighted to highlight Vocal's most popular stories and emerging talents. Join us as we recognize this week's standout contributors and their remarkable achievements.

A reminder of some ground rules we use to formulate the Leaderboard:

The time period of data analyzed for each weekly Leaderboard is collected from 12:00am Wednesday - 11:59pm Tuesday ET each week.

Creators can only win one place in one category on the leaderboard.

Creators cannot win the same category two consecutive weeks.

Creators will win the category that they placed the highest in. However, if the category they placed the highest in is the category they won the previous week, and they placed in another category in a lower place, they will win the category that they did not place in the previous week, in the lower place.

✨ Most Discussed Stories this Week ✨

Here are this week's top stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Cathy holmes - Kleenex

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Paul Stewart - inimicus intus

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): sleepy drafts - Breakup With A Perfect Ghost

Honorable Mentions are the stories that had the most comments without being selected as a Top Story. They will each receive a $3 Bonus.

🌟 Honorable Mentions

Donna Fox (HKB) - The Reaper's Siren

Mike Singleton 🌜 Mikeydred 🌛 - More Observations On The Nature Of Vocal Top Stories And Challenge Wins

Lamar Wiggins - Equations

Mackenzie Davis - Winners of Ekphrastic Two!!

D.K. Shepard - Murals and Mirrors

✨ Popular Stories with the Most Likes this Week ✨

These are the stories that captured hearts (literally) and commanded admiration.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Gina C. - Separate Stars & Worlds

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Heather Hubler - broken things

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus) (tie): angela hepworth - Land of the Free

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus) (tie): Matthew Fromm - Antihero

✨ Most Subscribed to Creators this Week ✨

These creators have shown they have what it takes to build a following, attracting the most new subscribers this week.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Dharrsheena Raja Segarran

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Elizabeth Petit

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus) (tie): L.C. Schäfer

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus) (tie): Lucia Linn

✨ Most Supportive Commenters this Week ✨

The pillars of our community, these creators excel in uplifting others by leaving the most comments.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): ReadShakurr

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Esala Gunathilake

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Andrea Corwin

✨ Emerging Creators✨

These creators have joined the platform within the last 90 days and achieved the highest combined likes and comments on their story, showcasing their rapidly growing impact on the community.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Ena - Invisible Girl

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Crystal Cane - Worth the Wait

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Bria Lamonica - Rose-Colored Glasses

Each winner will receive a well-deserved bonus in their Vocal Wallets within the next 72 hours.

Congratulations to all the winners! Your creativity and dedication to the craft continues to inspire. Here's to another week of fantastic reads.