Margin of Error

by USSExplorer

PsychologicalSci-fiSlice of LifeMysteryProgressionPsychologicalMale LeadSci-fiSlice of Life

Rising Stars:Psychological #36 Mystery #44 Sci fi #50

Shadow rank ~503–583 in Sci-fi↓91

Marcus Sinclair carries memories of a future no one else can see: humanity's first contact, its wars, its extinction. Reborn in 2130, he has decades to prepare Earth for threats lurking beyond the Mass Relays. Scientist, strategist, prophet unheeded. He builds from the shadows, knowing the price of failure is annihilation. Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.

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Current Rank

#44

Peak Rank

#23

Followers

105

+29

Story Timeline

Started

1mo ago

2w ago

Entered Mystery RS

2w ago

#30 Mystery

2w ago

Entered Psychological RS

2w ago

#23 Psychological

2w ago

Entered Sci_fi RS

2w ago

#35 Sci_fi

2w ago

100

1w ago

Left Sci_fi RS

3d ago

Overview Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

24h 7d 30d

Rating Breakdown

Overall3.78

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Streak History

8/13/2026

Peak #49

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #32

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #40

8/11/2026

Peak #49

8/10/2026

Peak #49

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 21:18 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 21:18 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~36%452

deep field · ~#2775 of 7,531 · 2725 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.7

vs #50 follower pace-75/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 10–19 chapters

Views

3.9k

17.7 follows / 1k viewslast 29d

beats 96% of similar stories

Followers

105

0.30 favs / follower

beats 78% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 29d)105 views/day

beats 95% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Coolingrecent 17.7/1k vs lifetime 27.2/1k

Firing on all cylinders

Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.

At this conversion, the Sci-fi Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 73 views/day — the story currently gets ~105.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.