{
  "id": 7780229,
  "title": "92% of dev.to posts get zero reactions, and the title advice does not change that",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/92-of-dev-to-posts-get-zero-reactions-and-the-title-advice-does-not",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/remdore/92-of-devto-posts-get-zero-reactions-and-the-title-advice-does-not-change-that-43gp"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent study on the dev.to platform found that 92% of posts receive no reactions at all, and 95.7% get no comments. Despite popular advice to include numbers in the title, use all four tags, post on a Tuesday morning, and add a cover image, these tactics do not significantly improve a post's reception. The platform's curated feed presents a misleading picture, as the actual site shows a much lower reaction rate. Factors such as post length, title structure, tag choice, and an author's experience appear to have a more substantial impact on a post's success.",
  "summary": "I set out to test the advice. Every few weeks someone publishes a piece explaining what works on dev.to, and the recommendations are always the same: put a number in the title, use all four tags, post on a Tuesday morning, add a cover image. I wanted to check those claims against the platform's own data, because dev.to has a public API and nobody seems to have pointed it at this question. I got…",
  "key_points": [
    "92% of dev.to posts receive no reactions",
    "95.7% of posts get no comments",
    "Title advice and platform tactics ineffective"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}