@TheMidnightPoett heh, it took me a few years just to get the number of readers I have now. But I guess its all about finding your click and mingling with other people to gain their support and read. Although someone once told me that if I wanted reads on any story of mine, I should bluntly ask them to read it. Unfortunately for me, I felt it was wrong to do. And in the end, I obviously didn't follow through.
Another thing I've started doing and also learned from another reader was posting my stories on different sites, such as Quotev where it's much easier to obtain more reads/readers. It helps, in my opinion, but you have to be able to update frequently or else your work will be lost beneath others who publish often.
Then, there's this action I hadn't notice I was doing that worked effectively — it was reading other stories that were similar to mine and giving them my honest advice. Hence the reason why I have something like 90 or so readers, unlike about the beginning of 2018 where I had only 60 something. People, or should I say, true authors, like honest opinions and considerate comments. And it's just easier to respect your readers more bc you actually get a deeper connection with them.