Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 11/15/2023

We really appreciate all our creators who've shared their stories and connected with the Vocal community this past week. We're pleased to offer a bonus to these standout contributors as a little "thank you" for their hard work.

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

1. The time period of data analyzed for each weekly Leaderboard is collected from 12:00am Wednesday - 11:59pm Tuesday ET each week.
2. Creators can only win one place in one category on the leaderboard.
3. Creators cannot win the same category two consecutive weeks.
4. 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): Mark Gagnon for Vocal’s Lost Communities

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Leslie Writes for I Made It to 100

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Rachel Deeming for Rachel Reviews: To review or not to review?

Honorable Mentions are the stories that had the most comments without being selected as a Top Story.

🌟 Honorable Mentions

Grz Colm for Matrix Sanctity

HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward) for Me, Myself, and I

Cathy holmes for All in a Day

Dana Crandell for The Calm of the Sea

Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock for Nineteen Years

✨ Popular Stories with the Most Likes this Week ✨

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

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Heather Hubler for wildflowers

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Mother Combs for Tiny Dancer

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Novel Allen for The Smooth Criminal

✨ 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): Daphne Sampson

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Licia

✨ Most Supportive Commenters this Week ✨

The pillars of our community, these creators excel in uplifting others through their thoughtful comments.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Babs Iverson

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Hannah Moore

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Paul Stewart

Bonuses will be sent to the winners' Vocal Wallets within the next 72 hours.

Here’s to another innovative and rewarding week ahead on Vocal!