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Book · 2020 · Notable
A Royal Road serial grew into a book series reported to have sold over 14 million copies.
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- Observed peak date
- Week of Aug 7, 2026
- Jan 6 ’20 to Week of Aug 7, 2026
- Platforms
- 7
- Started on Open web
- Origin
- Mixed
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originDinniman posted the serial on Royal Road, then sold ebooks and Jeff Hays audiobooks. Ace added bookstore hardcovers. Reader recommendations, cosplay and Audible promotion followed. Peacock ordered a TV series; reporting put series sales above 14 million.
Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
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January 2020
Matt Dinniman seed · Jan 6 ’20
Dinniman posted chapter one on Royal Road at 10:24:27 GMT, as recorded in its RSS feed.[1]
January 2021
Soundbooth Theater / Jeff Hays owner response · Jan 28 ’21
Soundbooth Theater released Jeff Hays's narration of the first novel.[2]
September 2023
Maude Garrett / Maude's Book Club platform jump · Sep 1 ’23
Maude's Book Club listed the novel for Twitch and Discord discussions.[3]
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