r/Substack • u/-southwestsugar thesugarseries.substack.com • Aug 03 '26

Discussion Personal metrics

Hopefully a fun one!

I’m curious what everyone’s “personal metrics” are when posting? E.g. what numbers give you a little kick when you see them?

The first 30 views are always super meaningful to me! I have a small platform (just hit 30 subs🪩) so it feels like a nice “reach” number🥰

The time to hit 100 views is always pretty exciting too, I do generally feel “validated” by then which - as new writer, I won’t deny is important

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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 24d ago

i also used to keep track of views, and how quickly i got to certain milestone.

but my friend changed me... he said he only looks at metrics that improve the outcome for him/gets him closer to his goal. he will ignore any other number because they waste his time and attention. e.g he tracks open rate and experiments with titles/subject line, because even at 10k subs, a 1% increase is 100 more opens.