Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 08/21/2024

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): 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

L.C. Schäfer - Just Go Back

Babs Iverson - BREAKING POINT

Andrea Corwin - DragonFly

Kayleigh Fraser ✨ - return to sender

Shirley Belk - For Duke

✨ 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.