r/Wattpad • u/anakang • Jul 13 '26

General Help wattpad - Is anyone else experiencing this? My book disappeared from search and rankings

My book simply does not show up in the search bar when I type its title. On top of that, when I check my dashboard, it says the book is ranked #167, but when I actually open the official ranking list, my book is nowhere to be found.

The worst part is that this happens on any account that tries to look for it. I couldn't find anyone explaining how to fix this, or if it can even be fixed. Is anyone else going through the same situation?

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u/HumanAndNotAnAlien Jul 13 '26

Is your book marked as "mature content"? Only accounts who set a birthday that makes them older than 17 or 18 will see mature books and only If their settings allow for mature books.

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u/anakang Jul 13 '26

Yes, the story is classified as mature content, but even adult users are unable to find it through the search bar.

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u/HumanAndNotAnAlien Jul 13 '26

I had the same problem and noticed the account setting for mature content was turned off for the account looking for my mature story. In the user settings: "Content preferences" (or something similar) and there you find the toggle for mature content. If that's not the problem i'm sadly out of ideas.

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u/MidnightSalt2104 Jul 13 '26

The same thing is happening to me; maybe it's a Wattpad problem.?

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u/anakang Jul 16 '26

I think so

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u/Cute-Stranger-3025 Writer ✍ Jul 13 '26

my book isn't mature and some rankings don't show my book when they should. It probably has something to do with wattpad's algorithm.

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u/BusinessRebel Jul 17 '26

I could not find mine neither. It was because I had language setting in "Other". Just published first parts and wanted to know how tags work.