Ream Top 50 Genres

How Genre Ranking Works

Each Ream genre has a Top 50 for e-books, audiobooks, and comics. Rankings are calculated separately for each format, language, and mature-content setting, so readers see a chart that matches what they are browsing.

Top Genres is designed to recognize stories that readers are actively enjoying while still giving newer work room to emerge.

Note: It is not an editorial award, a paid placement, or a permanent position.

What a story needs to qualify

• The story must be discoverable on Ream in the format being ranked.
• Its Primary Genre must be set to the genre whose chart it should enter. Secondary genre tags do not place a story in another genre chart.
• You can rank multiple books in multiple genres, but you can't have two books in one genre rank.
• The ranked format must have more than one published chapter or episode.
• The story must be available through a launched author Page or as a released Single Sale book.

What influences the ranking

• Readers who have started or continued the story, with recent reader activity carrying more weight.
• Genuine reader comments, especially recent discussion.
• Completed Single Sale purchases in the ranked format during the recent activity window.
• Recently published chapters or episodes, with a cap so rapid publishing alone cannot dominate the chart.
• Longer-term reader and comment activity, at a lower weight than recent engagement.
• A modest freshness boost for recently first-published stories that gradually decreases.

Improve your chances of reaching the Top 50

1. Choose the most accurate Primary Genre

   Use the single genre that best describes the story. Changing it only to enter a less relevant chart can disappoint readers and weaken meaningful engagement. Note: the ranking is only based on your story's Primary genre.

2. Complete your discovery details

   Use a clear cover, title, description, audience setting, language, and format so the right readers can confidently begin.

3. Publish enough for readers to engage

   Keep at least two chapters or episodes published in the format you want ranked, and give readers enough material to decide whether to continue.

4. Release consistently

   A sustainable publishing rhythm can bring readers back and contributes recent release activity, but excessive releases are capped in the ranking.

5. Invite genuine readership and conversation

   Share your Ream story with interested readers and encourage authentic discussion. Do not manufacture bookmarks, comments, purchases, or other activity.

6. Keep building over time

   Recent momentum matters most, but lasting readership and discussion still contribute. A temporary rank change does not mean a story has lost all of its progress.

Note: One chart position per author

Only one book (an author's strongest eligible story) can occupy a position in the same genre chart. This keeps one author from filling the Top 50 with several titles and gives readers a broader selection of authors.

If you have any questions, please contact our Support team at support@reamstories.com.