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A living view of the stories, writers and recorded reader judgments shaping Six Word Story.
Live · updated 3:22:24 PMREADER ACTIVITY
New votes over 14 days
Every bar is a day of recorded reader activity. Editorial starting profiles are excluded from this chart and every audience-analysis figure on this page.
13Aug 23
21Aug 24
1Aug 25
90Aug 26
6Aug 27
2Aug 28
61Aug 29
53Aug 30
27Aug 31
44Sep 1
4Sep 2
114Sep 3
37Sep 4
4Sep 5
COLLECTION PULSE
What readers judge
Observed reader activity and approval across each browsing collection. Search separates literary form, genre and tone more precisely.
AT A GLANCE
What the numbers say
of all recorded judgments are positive.
votes for each published story on average.
1,278 judgments cast here.
STORY DATA CURIOSITIES
What thousands of tiny choices reveal
Calculated from the published collection and refreshed with the live totals above.
125 stories begin here.
28 stories finish here.
82% positive across 1,906 judgments.
47% positive across 19 judgments.
20 reader judgments.
Leading story in each form
“Leaf fall on dog head. Confused.”
by Francesca Astraea · 20 judgments
Read and judge →“He proposed. Siri answered before me.”
by Lucy Maybe · 8 judgments
Read and judge →“Still remember when Dad last smiled.”
by Doug Weller · 5 judgments
Read and judge →“Morning returned. Somehow, so did hope.”
by Aster Day · 3 judgments
Read and judge →STRANGE THINGS SIX WORDS REVEAL
Which big idea appears more often?
These are whole-word counts from the published collection, paired with genuine reader approval.
Read the full language reportExplore openings, endings, distinctive form vocabulary, unexpected pairings and reader reactions.
Read the report →“Leaf fall on dog head. Confused.”
by Francesca Astraea
191
Judge it yourself →Readers do the sorting.
Top rewards sustained approval. Rising finds fresh momentum. Most Divisive finds stories with a meaningful, near-even split between love and rejection.
See how rankings work →“Leaf fall on dog head. Confused.”
by Francesca Astraea · Funny
Read and judge →“Shoot, we broke the stars again.”
by tictactoe · Sci-fi
Be among its first judges →LIVE RANKINGS
Stories readers are shaping
These compact lists are rendered with the page, then refreshed by the same live data used in the charts. Top reflects positive score, Most Voted reflects total judgments, and Most Divisive reflects a meaningful near-even split.
Top stories
“Leaf fall on dog head. Confused.”
by Francesca Astraea · 20 votes“My therapist laughed. Progress, apparently, continues.”
by Honestly Tired · 16 votes“Everything takes time. Time takes everything.”
by AdammabA · 13 votes“We shared headphones. Then whole lives.”
by Tess Linden · 12 votes“Dad is dead. Don't write back.”
by Nicolas Redzimski · 12 votes“We danced badly. Nobody else mattered.”
by Poppy Reed · 10 votes
Most Voted
“Leaf fall on dog head. Confused.”
by Francesca Astraea · 20 votes“My therapist laughed. Progress, apparently, continues.”
by Honestly Tired · 16 votes“I’m so happy! So happy! Splat.”
by KJ Cutler · 13 votes“Everything takes time. Time takes everything.”
by AdammabA · 13 votes“We shared headphones. Then whole lives.”
by Tess Linden · 12 votes“Dad is dead. Don't write back.”
by Nicolas Redzimski · 12 votes
Most Divisive
“Leaf fall on dog head. Confused.”
by Francesca Astraea · 20 votes“My therapist laughed. Progress, apparently, continues.”
by Honestly Tired · 16 votes“I’m so happy! So happy! Splat.”
by KJ Cutler · 13 votes“Everything takes time. Time takes everything.”
by AdammabA · 13 votes“Dad is dead. Don't write back.”
by Nicolas Redzimski · 12 votes“We shared headphones. Then whole lives.”
by Tess Linden · 12 votes
Numbers are not editorial tasteRankings show reader response. Six We Love highlights pieces selected for precision, originality and lasting effect.
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