NetGalley.com Growth! 🌱 600,000 Active Members + Exciting New Stats!
NetGalley is proud to host our highly-engaged community of reviewers, booksellers, librarians, educators, media/journalists, and book trade professionals and to facilitate the relationship between this community and the publishers who want to reach them. It’s been two years since we introduced a re-engagement campaign with our members to give publishers better visibility into each member’s primary audience, and to provide more meaningful ways for you to find the right audience for your books. As part of that re-engagement campaign, we also began removing inactive accounts. This is both a security upgrade, as well as an assurance that the information we provide you about the size of our community is transparent. We are thrilled that, even with the cleanup of inactive accounts, the NetGalley Community has grown by close to 10% since last summer!
We are pleased to share this update about the NetGalley Community, and invite you to view the full report, which includes tips for engaging with specific segments of the community.
Activity on NetGalley is a funnel, which means that the more Impressions a book has, the more overall activity it will receive. Once members submit requests, it’s up to the publisher to approve requests so they can start to read. Depending on how many requests the publisher approves, a portion of them will result in Feedback. For Digital Review Copies (DRCs) we see a 36% Feedback Rate, while Audiobooks see an exceptional Feedback Rate of 58%!
NetGalley.com as a whole continues to see record-breaking activity. In Q1 2024, members submitted almost 400,000 reviews & feedback for books and audiobooks, representing 11% growth from 2023. Audiobook feedback saw a 43% increase!
NetGalley.com continues to see record-breaking activity. In Q1 2024, members submitted almost 400,000 reviews & feedback for books and audiobooks, representing 11% growth from 2023. Audiobook feedback saw a 43% increase!
NetGalley members read a wide variety of books, and can browse and sort the NetGalley catalog based on category, pub date, most-requested status, and more to find exactly what they’re looking for. Category or genre popularity on NetGalley closely mirrors the market as a whole. The charts below show the most popular fiction and nonfiction categories among members using NetGalley. Data includes NetGalley.com members who have indicated their interest in Categories as of April 2024.
Our members love to be notified about books that match their interests! 86% respondents to our Annual Member Survey indicated that NetGalley Promotions influence whether they Request or download a book or audiobook. Our popular promotions continue to deliver outstanding results while remaining at a competitive price. Learn more in our 2024 Media Kit. It includes more examples, stats, and pricing!
Just as we feel privileged to work with publishers, authors, and your books, it’s also our sincere pleasure to work with our reader members! They are passionate book advocates who are excited to participate in each book’s success. As our community continues to grow and evolve, we’re committed to continuing to support them in this endeavor—while also guiding them to provide valuable reviews and feedback, all with the goal to help other readers learn about a book, and decide whether they want to read it. With this in mind, we continually provide tips and best practices like the following, which you’re welcome to share with your readers, too!
- Tips for Promoting Your NetGalley Reviews on Social Media
- How to Write an Audiobook Review
- How to Start a Booktok
- Book Advocate Toolkit
- NetGalley Review Guidelines
There’s more! Click to view the FULL REPORT
All stats are for NetGalley.com and are from April 2024 unless otherwise noted.
*NetGalley.com members with activity since January 1, 2021
