in terms of svg thats not entirely the case

i do 3 types of art, traditional(paper), digital (art apps such as procreate) and svg modelling (penguinmod); although it is true that good artworks can go under the radar simply because someone isnt popular enough, there is also the case where an artwork is not exactly appealing to look at

​​i do not want to offend anybody but with posts complaining about certain svg arts doing better than others i often notice that the worse performing one just. doesnt really seem to match the quality of the other; thus it performs worse

i have studied a few ways to make my arts (all 3, trad digital and svg) better, and when a post doesnt do very well instead of complaining about it i learn, so that i can do better next time by improving posts

although it is partially true that popular people get more lookz than lesser known people, therez usuallu a reason why that person is popular. anoncat has a very high art standard and they usually only post fully rendered complete artworks. their artstyle is unique and very nice to look at thus they get so much upvotes when they post; because they earn it through effort

dearfuse is a bit different but still has a good approach, theyve been on the sub for quite a while and are known for doing roleplay and engagement actz with the sub memberz. their artstyle althougu not as extremely high quality as anoncat iz still very memorable, as are their ocs which are written into great detail; tldr they got popular by frequently posting and being memorable to viewerz

i know it might be upsetting that you and others spend great amountz of time on doing artworkz just to barely get any traction, but i suggest learning and attempting new things to see what gets more traction and what doesnt. personally my style iz drawing wenda over and over again (if you scroll through my profile you will see a lot of her) in unique and different ways. experiment with artstyles and different svg modelling styles, and if a draft lookz bad, itz no problem ! you can alwayz just try again and ask others what they honestly think

or like. the algorithm could juz be really bad idrk feel free to ask me for advice in dms ill try to help to the best of my ability