Your rating has climbed about 100 pts. That's good. Dont worry. The points you get per game depends on the difference between you and your opponent's ratings and also how confident the system is that your rating is correct which is reflected in the Glicko RD number in your stats.
How to improve rating for beginners
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BTW I noticed you are playing 10 min rapid. This is still too short for efficient improvement. You need more thinking time to get better. Try including longer games in your play G30, 45|45 and Daily.
Your rating is climbing, you just can't expect it to climb a ton in one day or from 5-10 games. Play a few games everyday and you will climb to where you deserve to be.
I improved from sub 1000 to 1700+ from last year to this year by almost exclusively playing blitz, but most people do say you will improve “better” playing rapid.
For instance, I’m decent in blitz considering the time I’ve been playing, but I’ve developed bad habits along the way, such as playing on intuition and not in a disciplined habit of calculating.
For instance, I’m decent in blitz considering the time I’ve been playing, but I’ve developed bad habits along the way, such as playing on intuition and not in a disciplined habit of calculating.
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Dec 24, 2020
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Here are some general advices on how to improve:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
Dear Laura,
I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. 
Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analysing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem that it can't explain you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why is it so good or bad.
You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals.
So, the question you asked is not so easy to answer, but I can tell you one thing for sure. In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career.
I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck for your chess games!
I’ve noticed even though I’ve been on a winning streak, I don’t have that much improvement in my actual rating. I’m wondering why that could be?
I’m also interested to know which general topics I should focus on in the lessons for the most efficient improvement
Thank you!