Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 09/18/2024

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 the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Donna Fox (HKB) - A Paul-itical Review

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Rachel Deeming - Marmalade

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Angie the Archivist 📚🪶 - Springtime… in September

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

Mariann Carroll - I Do Not Like To Write About Politics On Vocal

Babs Iverson - THOUGHTS

🌟 Mike Singleton 🌟 Mikeydred 🌟 - The Decline In Our Vocal Story Reads By Vocal Creators

L.C. Schäfer - Some Thoughts on Recent Challenges

Shirley Belk - Debate Thoughts (Part Two)

✨ Popular Stories with the Most Likes this Week ✨

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

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Silver Serpent Books - Ignore The Birds

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Heather Hubler - this shaky fragile thing

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): D.K. Shepard - Bookworm

✨ 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): Mark Graham

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Literalcate

✨ 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): Paul Stewart

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Cindy Calder

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Cathy holmes

✨ 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 - Taylor Swift's Soul

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Antoni De'Leon - Those Autumn leaves

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Jamye Sharp - One Small Thought

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

Congratulations to all the winners! We love what you bring to the table at Vocal. Here's to another week of excellent writing and reads.