Popular Publishers highlights the publishers who are bringing the most new users into Kavyar right now.
Why Kavyar built it
More creatives than ever are coming to Kavyar for networking, discovery, and submissions. Popular Publishers is designed to reward publishers who actively grow that ecosystem and bring high-intent creators into the platform.
Publishers are partners in Kavyar's growth. When you help new creatives join and become active on the platform, we want that effort to translate into more visibility for your publication.
What the ranking measures
Popular Publishers is primarily based on attributed new users over a rolling 60-day window.
In simple terms, your ranking is driven by:
• how many new users were attributed to your publication
• how many of those users became approved on Kavyar
• whether attributed users were rejected, which can reduce your net result
• recency, since the leaderboard is always rolling
This means Popular Publishers is not just about raw submission volume. It is about how much new activity your publication is helping bring into Kavyar right now.
What counts as an attributed new user?
A user can be attributed to your publication when Kavyar can reasonably connect their signup or approval to your publisher presence. This can include cases where:
• they land on your publisher profile
• they land on one of your calls for work
• they use your referral link
• they arrive from your listed website or submission flow
• they submit to you on Kavyar and later become approved
• they verify credits tied to your publication and later become approved
If a user is already an established Kavyar member, they do not count as a new user. This system is about growth, not existing traffic.
What counts as a successful referral?
For Popular Publishers, the strongest signal is when an attributed user becomes an approved Kavyar user.
A referred user does not need to be a fully finished industry veteran to matter here. The goal is to grow a strong, active creator ecosystem on Kavyar. At the same time, rejected attributed users can negatively affect your net result.
How often does the leaderboard update?
The leaderboard is rolling and can move every day as:
• new attributed users are approved
• attributed users are rejected
• older activity falls outside the 60-day window
On the leaderboard, movement indicators compare your current position with your position 7 days earlier.
Where Popular Publishers appears
Popular Publishers can appear in several places across Kavyar, including:
• the Get Published / Submit experience
• publisher-facing leaderboard views
• badges and visibility boosts for top-ranked publishers where applicable
How to improve your ranking
1. Send people to Kavyar, not away from it.
Use your Kavyar publisher profile, calls for work, and referral links in your Instagram bio, website, Linktree, DMs, auto-replies, and email signature.
2. Keep an active call for work live on Kavyar.
A clear, active call gives new people a strong reason to enter your Kavyar flow instead of submitting off-platform.
3. Ask submitters and collaborators to complete their Kavyar setup.
If someone arrives because of your publication, encourage them to finish their profile, verify credits, and become fully approved.
4. Use Kavyar as your main submission destination.
The more of your inbound submission traffic that flows through Kavyar, the more accurately your publication's impact can be measured.
5. Bring in people who genuinely want to use the platform.
Popular Publishers is designed to reward real ecosystem growth, not empty clicks.
6. Make your publisher profile and calls worth landing on.
A strong profile, clear positioning, good covers, and an easy-to-understand call for work all help convert interest into attributed new users.
Important note
Popular Publishers is meant to reward publishers who help grow Kavyar's creative network. It is not a judgment of artistic taste, prestige alone, or submission volume alone. It is a growth signal.
Want help improving your popularity?
If you want help optimizing your ranking and exposure, Sean is happy to meet directly with editors and publisher teams to review strategy.
