A FREE COMPANION GUIDE

Find where your readers are.

Most fiction authors waste a year on the wrong platform. This free guide shows you which one fits your subgenre and what each algorithm is currently rewarding.

Updated May 2026.

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Inside the guide

  • A Quick-Glance Guide that pairs every fiction subgenre with its primary, secondary, and accent platforms β€” plus the reader demographic for each

  • Full demographic profiles for BookTok, Bookstagram, BookTube, Goodreads, Substack, Pinterest, Facebook reader groups, and the smaller platforms worth knowing

  • Current 2026 algorithm benchmarks: qualified-view thresholds, completion-rate targets, hashtag caps, original-audio versus trending-audio weight, and recycled-content penalties

  • The exact platform tools (Creative Center, Trending tabs, dashboards) where you find rising audio and trending tags before saturation

  • Discovery-layer weight rankings for every platform β€” what carries the most weight on BookTok versus Bookstagram versus BookTube versus Pinterest

  • Genre-by-genre rationales: the why behind every platform recommendation, broken out for romance, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, literary fiction, YA, and cross-cutting genres

  • Updated May 2026 and refreshed regularly as the platforms shift

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What's inside

The fiction author platform landscape shifted in 2025. BookTok cracked, the platforms split by reader type, and AI search became a real discovery channel. The author who wins picks the right platform for their genre, builds it slowly, and treats their author website as the home base.

This guide is the working map. Find your subgenre in the Quick-Glance Guide. Read the demographic profile for the platforms that fit your readers. Check the current algorithm benchmarks the platforms are rewarding right now. Then go build the one platform that actually serves your book.