Old Granny Gob - (A Goblins and Grandmas prompt entry)

by Capaluchu

Action Adventure FantasyHigh FantasyLitRPGReincarnationFemale LeadStrong LeadAction

Shadow rank ~4275–4399 in Adventure

Betty thought her life's last chapter would be taking care of her son and grandchildren. Inexplicably, fate had something else in mind for her. She is transferred to a world with a system. While this gives her a brand new lease on life, it does so by making her one of the lowest of the low: a goblin.

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Current Rank

Peak Rank

Followers

148

Story Timeline

Started

2y ago

5mo ago

Entered Short_story RS

5mo ago

#1 Short_story

5mo ago

100

2mo ago

Left Short_story RS

1mo ago

Entered Short_story RS

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#3 Short_story

1mo ago

Left Short_story RS

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Entered Short_story RS

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Overview Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

24h 7d 30d

Rating Breakdown

Overall4.86

Style5.00

Story5.00

Grammar5.00

Character5.00

Streak History

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #3

7/3/2026

Peak #2

38d

6/16/2026

Peak #3

17d

2/19/2026

Peak #1

116d

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 15 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Entry forecast updated 15 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~94%±0

deep field · ~#6540 of 6,878 · 6490 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.9

vs #50 follower pace-68/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 5–9 chapters

Views

15k

18.3 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 95% of similar stories

Followers

148

0.56 favs / follower

beats 88% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 30d)47 views/day

beats 96% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Improvingrecent 18.3/1k vs lifetime 9.8/1k

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 Adventure Rising Stars bar (≈10 new followers/day) costs about 527 views/day — the story currently gets ~47.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.