Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 08/21/2024
Celebrating creativity, engagement, and community building on Vocal.
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 the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week.
🏆 Winners
🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): JBaz - Above us only Sky
🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Liam Storm - Small town fever dream
🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Cathy holmes - Mr. Tangerine Man
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
✨ Popular Stories with the Most Likes this Week ✨
These are the stories that captured hearts (literally) and commanded admiration.
🏆 Winners
🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Jay Kantor - In the Navy
🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Suze Kay - Rabbit
🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Gerard DiLeo - Capitano Neutrino
🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Ayva M - Honeysuckle
✨ 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): Gabriela Trofin-Tatﾃ｡r
🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Donna Fox (HKB)
✨ 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): Cindy Calder
🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Andrea Corwin
🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Mark Graham
✨ 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): Sarah Parker - Hometown Hero
🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Nafisa Ashraf - Hollow
🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): melancholy galaxies - a dime a dozen
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.
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By Raise Your Voice by Vocal3 days ago in Resources
Getting Serious About Comedy (Part I)
If I were asked to remark on my life and the childhood that paved some road leading me to this point, I would have to say something about all the funny people who surrounded me for the last 26,872 days (and counting). Somewhere along that road, I became a big fan of laughter and the comedy that spawns it – and, I mean not only my own laughter, but the laughter of others, some of which I have actually been responsible for inducing.
By John Oliver Smith2 days ago in Humor
Comments (23)
Thanks u all
Thank you! Thanks for the recognition and the bonus. And anyone who read my story and left a comment, take my heartfelt gratitude.
Thank you so much, this was a lovely surprise 🥰🙏 Thank you to all my subscribers 🌸
There are those that are accusing me of only doing this for the Pay-Day. Whew ~ A Double-Sawbuck ($20) + a Fin ($5)...they are probably right..! Thank you VillageBucket for the Bags-of-Money. Jay Kantor, Chatsworth, Calif. - Proud Vocal Author -
Congratulations to all who were so notably recognized and to those who did not make the headlines today, I see you, too. All for one, one for all! Cheers!
Congrats y'all🥳🥳
Congrats everyone! Thank you for commenting so much on my own story to put it in the leader board!
Congratulations All!
Congratulations all
I really like reading and commenting on everybody's articles and poems and stories here. Congratulations to all the winners.
Congratulations to all the well-deserved winners!! :)
Thank you Vocal for continuing the leaderboard. I absolutely love this. Also, thanks for the recognition and the $20! I sincerely appreciate everyone who liked my story “Hometown Hero” and/or left a comment. This really means a lot to me. ❤️Thank you!!
Thank you so much to all my new subscribers! 🥰🥰🥰 Congratulations to everyone! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Congrats to the other winners! 😊
Congrats to everyone!! 🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳💌
Thank you to everyone who read my story, and left a comment. I very much appreciate you taking the time to do so. A big shout out to all the people who placed on the leader board. Thank you to Vocal for continuing the Leader board.
Thank you Vocal and Creators. Congratulations to everyone!!
Thank you and congrats to all. 🤗
Well done all :)
Congratulations to all!!
Thank you for the Honerable Mention!!! Congratulations to all!!!♥♥♥
Congrats to the other winners! 🎉
There are some amazing stories - and winners - featured here. Congratulations to all the winners!