We all talk about the words undiscovered and famous, but does anybody really know what they mean? Come find out with us as we talk to 107 Wattpadders about fame, discovery, and how to get a leg up on this platform. Show up for the (simple) science...
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This question is even tricker than the last. Let's start with the easy stuff.
⭑⭑ Does Being "Not Undiscovered" Equal the Same Thing as Being "Famous"?
In other words, when you stop being undiscovered, do you start being famous? I thought we might get a yes on this one. Instead, we got the single clearest answer in our entire dataset.
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No. Case closed. New case.
⭑⭑ What's the Most Important Factor When Deciding If An Author Is Famous?
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This graph starts to look like another close-call until you realize that the Orange slice and the Green slice are basically the same thing: they have famous book(s). Thirty-nine percent of participants agreed it was the book that made them famous, not their message board, follow count, or Wattpad endorsement.
However, none of those other three views are exactly minority either. If you're interested in the 20.6% percent of people who thought fame was determined by follower count, check out the following graph. Note, though, that this graph suffers from the same problem the last followers one did; we gave a lot of high choices, and that might have skewed people's decisions.
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