#ao3 2023 stats

[dittobtch]

Pitch Perfect Fandom Stats

A visualization of how fics are tagged in the Pitch Perfect fandom on ao3.

Data from ao3 as at December 25, 2023 (Note 3).

Pitch Perfect Stats

Percentages are of the total number of fics in the Pitch Perfect fandom tag.

Total number of fics: 7,745

Specific Relationship Comparisons

Chloe/Beca: 5,153 fics

Stacie/Aubrey: 881 fics

Emily/Beca: 297 fics

The gray bar for Pitch Perfect is what that tag percentage is in the fandom as a whole.

Notes and Disclaimers

*Note 1: (Warnings) Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage, and Rape/ Non-Con were combined for visibility.

**Note 2: (Categories) F/F excluded for visibility. F/F percentage of the Pitch Perfect fandom tag was 92.8%.

Note 3: I don't use any programs to gather stats (I input data manually). So, some fics may have been deleted or created and backdated since. To minimize discrepancies, I tried to collect all the data in one sitting.

Note 4: I know tag wrangling is a thing however, I don't know much about it. That being said, I'm pretty sure that this data doesn't really take that into consideration.

Note 5: I am obviously an amateur (I failed my first year stats exam lol), so take that as you will.

Note 6: If you use this data for anything, please let me know and tag me in it. If you want the original excel file, just ask and I'll send it to you.

The Other Fandoms

Multi | The Wilds | Yellowjackets

#fandom stats #pitch perfect #bechloe #staubrey #bemily #ao3 #stats #self indulgence at its finest #meta-ish #ao3 2023 stats #my stats #btch talk

[bh-bs]

bye to the time when klancers ruled the world

#vld #klance #ao3 status #ao3 2023 #ao3 2023 stats #its just gonna go steadily downwards #im gonna miss them #but also #thank god those times are over

[magpiefngrl]

I find these kinds of stats SO fascinating

#ao3 #ao3 2023 stats #lots of interesting conclusions to draw #also #i'm shocked at how high jegulus is

[ao3demographicssurvey2024]

Welcome to the blog of the AO3 Demographics Survey 2024!

We are an independent fandom research project who recently performed a large-scale survey of AO3 users, asking questions about demographics, preferences and behaviours.

We are now in the process of releasing and analysing our results, which you can find on AO3.

If you are interested in following along with the project, this is the place to do it! We will be making official announcements on our progress here, including any requests for public feedback.

If you have any other questions, please check our FAQ. If that doesn’t answer your question, the askbox is now open.

#fandom stats #fandom statistics #ao3 statistics #ao3 demographics survey 2023 #archive of our own #fandom research #fandom survey #fanfic stats #ao3 census #ao3 users

[metaphysicpareidolic]

#we did it gang #the sandman #dreamling #dream of the endless #hob gadling #i made this on picsart and it was Painful #trauma man (derogatory) x trauma man (affectionate) #ao3 ship stats 2023 #ao3 ship stats

[hamsteriffic]

Miraculous Fandom Stats

Ao3 Wrap Up 2023

I don’t know if anyone has done this, I hope I don’t step on anyone’s toes. Here a wrap up for 2023 for Miraculous Ladybug!

This study only assesses the fanfics posted by the last update, so if there was an older fic that was from 2021 that was updated in 2023, this would be captured by this study.

📈 The data presented here is a snapshot of the Fandom on: 05 Jan 2024

🖤 Works posted to Ao3 in 2023

In 2023 there were 10,515 fanfics posted (including crossovers and all languages). The median word count per fanfic was 2,268 words. In general, each fic received 5 comments, 561 hits and 36 kudos (median).

A majority of fanfics were not crossovers (Fig 1). The peak of Ao3 posts for Miraculous Ladybug was in 2021 with a total of 11,350 fanfics. Fanfics with crossovers have had a steady rise in popularity from 2018 with a peak of 2,609 in 2021.

Fig 1. A total number of fanfics posted to Ao3 in 2023 for the Miraculous Ladybug fandom without crossovers (blue line) and with crossovers (dotted line).

Note that this analysis will excludes crossovers (a separate analysis to come!).

Fig 2. Total number of completed fanfics (red) and incomplete fanfics (pink) posted to Ao3 in the Miraculous Ladybug fandom for 2023 (excluding crossovers).

Fig 3. Total number of words per fic published or updated in 2023. The median word count per fanfic in 2023 was 2,268 words.

The most frequently used tags for 2023 were (in descending order):

Fluff (1495)

Angst (1040)

Identity Reveal (982)

Aged-Up Characters (968)

Alternate Universe (732)

Hurt/Comfort (700)

Adrien Needs a Hug (510)

🏆 Highlights in 2023 include

Miraculous Ladybug Season 5 Finale, s05e26, Re-Creation (Part 2) (First Airdate: July 01, 2023) [2]

Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie (Released: July 05, 2023) [3]

Miraculous Paris Special (Preview Screening: October 15, 2023) [4]

🖤 Most Tagged Side of the Lovesquare in 2023

Fig 4. Percentage of fanfics tagged with different sides of the Lovesquare.

Note that these are only taking into account fics that use this tag. There may be fanfics that have sides of the Lovesquare that are not indicated. This analysis also includes tags for Marichat May, Ladrien July etc.

Adrinette (34.5%; 737 fics)

LadyNoir (32%; 677 fics)

MariChat (23.5%; 501 fics)

Ladrien (10%; 213 fics)

🖤 Top 10 Characters Pairings on Ao3 (excluding Lovesquare)

Alya/Nino (927 fics)

Luka/Marinette (734 fics)

Juleka/Rose (405 fics)

Nathaniel / Marc (337 fics)

Felix / Marinette (317 fics)

Gabriel / Nathalie (286 fics)

Adrien / Luka (269 fics)

Felix / Kagami (183 fics)

Adrien / Kagami (159 fics)

Kagami / Marinette (158 fics)

There was a large shift in a number of pairings, in particular there was a dramatic increase in the number of fics tagged with Felix Fathom / Kagami Tsurugi (see below the cut for Season 5 spoilers). Other notable mentions are also Marinette Dupain-Cheng / Zoe Lee with a 2.5 fold increase in fanfics posted in 2023 (63 in total) compared to 2022 (26 in total).

🖤 Conclusions

It’s been a big year, and one that is controversial in many ways. I was just curious to see if there’s a decrease in activity since the season 5 finale, but it looks like the fanfiction writing is going strong. But are fans tuning out? Or are we trying to create more fix-it fics? (I will delve into that in a different post, since this was quite labour intensive).

There have been some interesting changes in relationship tags as well as tags for Sentimonsters (below the cut).

Methodology, References and Season 5 Spoilers below the cut:

Warning: Season 5 spoilers below:

🖤 2023 was also the year Feligami became official

This has lead to a dramatic increase in fanfics for the power couple.

Fig 5. The total number of fanfics posted on Ao3 for Felix / Kagami, represented per month saw a dramatic increase since the release of Season 5 in 2023 (blue). In contrast, I have plotted the total number of fanfics per month 2022 (red).

💔 2023 was also when the sentimonster theory was confirmed

Fig 6. Fanfiction that have used tags for Sentimonsters since 2018. Note that this is not a cumulative plot and that the numbers are individual works from each year tagged for Sentimonster.

In 2023, there were 192 works that tagged for Sentimonster Adrien, and 95 for Sentimonster Felix and 34 for Sentimonster Kagami. Recent usage for the tag 'Adrien is not a Sentimonster' was also observed (21 cases).

Please don’t be mad at me. I’m just a stats hamster.

Methodology

Filtering

The analyses start from Sep 05, 2012 when the first promotional video (PV) for Miraculous Ladybug was publicly leaked [1].

Since the website is very active, the information may change as this data is best considered to be a snapshot of the fanfics posted at this point in time. Also note that the filter is also for last update, and not first posted, so that older fics may be captured in later datasets. But for the purposes of this study, I am assuming that if the author is updating, then they are still active in the fandom.

To get an idea on what was posted to Ao3 this year, I have filtered for last published date 01 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023. Note that while there was only an option for selecting by Last Post Date, which meant that works originally posted earlier (pre-2023) would still be captured if it was updated within the bounds of these dates.

Furthermore, it is also possible to backdate works on Ao3 which may also give false results. However, it may be likely that if this did happen it would only be a small percentage of fanworks. As such the data is an approximation of fandom activity during 2023.

Relationship Tags

I have followed the Ao3 rules so that / are taken to mean romantic relations and & for platonic relationships. In this analysis, I have combined the numbers for Felix (PV), Felix Graham de Vanily and Felix Fathom.

References

[1] Miraculous PV (https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Ladybug_PV)

[2] Miraculous Ladybug Re-Creation (s05e25) World Premiere (Switzerland) (https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Re-creation_(The_Final_Day_-_Part_2)#google_vignette)

[3] Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10364034/releaseinfo/)

[4] Miraculous Paris Special (https://miraculousladybug.fandom.com/wiki/Miraculous_Paris)

#miraculous ladybug #fandom stats #ao3 stats #miraculous fanfic #miraculous fandom #miraculous fanworks #hamster stats #2023 #miraculous season 5 #Feligami is the new black #There may be Sentimonsters too

[ectogeo-rebubbles]

Happy 31st anniversary, DS9!

Because 31 is the Sloan number, I hereby challenge the fandom to collectively post at least 31 new fanworks tagged "Luther Sloan" on ao3 this year (2024) to celebrate! >:)

(The original air date of the first DS9 episode was Jan 3, 1993.)

#luther sloan #ds9 #section 31 #sloanshir #let's all go post sooo many fics and arts about this horrible man who was only in 3 episodes <3 #i can make up some Sloan prompts later if that would be helpful #(btw for reference: in 2023 there were 40 works tagged Luther Sloan.) #(so basically just keep up the great work y'all. but also: LET'S DO THIS!) #anyway. this is def inspired by hellostuffedtiger unintentionally rallying us all to post a bunch more sloanshir at the end of 2023 haha <3 #and obvs almost all sloan obsession in the fandom is dill's fault <3 #anyway. pleaaaase write some sloan fics for ds9's section thirty-one-st anniversary i am begging #star trek deep space 9 #deep space nine #star trek deep space nine #you can post your sloan things only on tumblr/whatever if you prefer. but ao3 makes it easy to count. so that's the only stat i'll track

[clairel1la]

vegaspete before kinnporsche is crazy (not complaining tho)

#vegas kornwit theerapanyakun #vegas kinnporsche #kinnporsche vegas #pete phongsakorn #vegaspete #kinnporsche #kinnporche the series #kinn theerapanyakul #porsche #ao3 fanfic #ao3 status #ao3 stats #ao3 2023

[jazmeanb]

yall Writers should be proud that you made Soap x Ghost Top 5 for the list of new fanfic pairings on A03. like. these are the 2022 versions of our blurbos literally coming straight outta nowhere from Call of duty of all franchises <3

#amazing how you guys turned a dudebro games characters into the most everything to me love yous for that #cod #ghost #soap #soapghost #ao3s stats for summer 2023 btw

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

Happy New Year!!

*pops grape juice bottle* woooo we’ve made it, guys!

2023 was such a nice year in the fandom, in my opinion. There was s3 and that was a banger, but I feel like the stuff we were up to ourselves over here was amazing too. I got to talk more with some of my mutuals who I hadn’t been as close to before, and lovely people keep coming to this corner of the internet!! We had our first sketchbook event and are currently preparing for a general Hilda Appreciation Week, I feel like this is all amazing considering the size of this community.

Just wanted to thank everyone who’s been here for the ride as well! It’s certainly always more fun when you have people to be insane with you. I just. Get very touched thinking about the amount of support in this fandom and how we creatively fuel each other.

Anyway, just wanted to write this post as a thank you. I hope you’re having a lovely end of the year, and may 2024 be even better 💜

(I do have one small writing update to add, though! The first months of the year will probably be relatively devoid of new content from me. This for two reasons. One is that I churned out so many fics this year that I feel like even the people who like my writing are having a hard time catching up (I don’t know how this happened either-), and the other is that I’ll be using my free time to get ahead on preparing my content for the rest of the year! I won’t completely stop or anything (Hilda Appreciation Week will see to that), just wanted to leave this noted so no one things I’ve Vanished from the fic writing scene or anything. I’m just preparing my next attack. Anyways that was it happy new year!!)

#also saying it to force myself to take a breather from posting GEJDHJDHD #cause otherwise I’ll just post the ones that are ready asap and run out of prepared content lol #also! didn’t want to say this in the post bc I was afraid of coming across as self centered?? idk?? #but the people who read my tags will probably find it fun: I was checking my ao3 stats for the year and I posted 18 new fics!! #also posted just over 180k words in total. it’s my second biggest word count in a year #second only to 2020. for obvious reasons #and I’m soooo happy with what I wrote too. I feel like I’m finally beginning to like my own writing. excited to see how I can improve #also I finally played with writing things outside of my usual sketchbook formula!! dipped my toes in Raven Scientist *and* created an OC #it was really nice to try out these things and be pleased with the results!! #2023 really was the year to get silly goofy with writing and love it #if all goes according to plan 2024 will be decided into a ‘tying up some loose ends’ era #and a ‘write what you know and I’m a flipping nerd’ era #may college have mercy on me. and May my inspiration not leave me please :’))) #wife speaks

[dittobtch]

Yellowjackets Fandom Stats

A visualization of how fics are tagged in the Yellowjackets fandom on ao3.

Data from ao3 as at December 25, 2023 (Note 3).

Yellowjackets Stats

Percentages are of the total number of fics in the Yellowjackets fandom tag.

Total number of fics: 2,551

Specific Relationship Comparisons

Shauna/Jackie: 916 fics

Lottie/Nat: 768 fics

Van/Tai: 626 fics

The gray bar for Yellowjackets is what that tag percentage is in the fandom as a whole.

Notes and Disclaimers

*Note 1: (Warnings) Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage, and Rape/ Non-Con were combined for visibility.

**Note 2: (Categories) F/F excluded for visibility. F/F percentage of the Yellowjackets fandom tag was 90.0%.

Note 3: I don't use any programs to gather stats (I input data manually). So, some fics may have been deleted or created and backdated since. To minimize discrepancies, I tried to collect all the data in one sitting.

Note 4: I know tag wrangling is a thing however, I don't know much about it. That being said, I'm pretty sure that this data doesn't really take that into consideration.

Note 5: I am obviously an amateur (I failed my first year stats exam lol), so take that as you will.

Note 6: If you use this data for anything, please let me know and tag me in it. If you want the original excel file, just ask and I'll send it to you.

The Other Fandoms

Multi | The Wilds | Pitch Perfect

#fandom stats #yellowjackets #jackieshauna #lottienat #taivan #ao3 #stats #self indulgence at its finest #meta-ish #ao3 2023 stats #my stats #btch talk

[wine4thewin]

ao3 writer wrap

☀️This year, you wrote 294,787 words across 9 stories and received 4,522 kudos. Your works were bookmarked 1,525 times.

☀️In addition, you wrote for 4 different fandoms and have no shame when it comes to writing massive longfics for dead ones. Keep the flames alive, baby.

🥵It seems that you most enjoy making your readers Angsty & Horny, all at once. They report being conflicted, if not eternally broken inside.

💔In fact, you possibly disturb your readers, but for some reason, they keep coming back to your wicked embrace.

💔You claim to write romance, but the characters almost never admit to love, in fact, no one can be sure they are in love. Maybe they're in hate? You are the epitome of 'it's complicated'.

💀You mostly wrote atrocious villains and tortured heroes. Mostly in unhealthy relationships. Together. My sister in Christ, have you spoken to a priest about this?

💀Top tags for the year: Angst, Dark, Grief/Mourning, Power Dynamics, Explicit Sexual Content, and Slow Burn. Clearly, you enjoy suffering, but we don't!

That's a wrap!

#ao3 #ao3 wrapped #why yes I made this ridiculous thing up #ao3 fanfic #evilpeaches ao3 #ao3 writer #ao3 stats 2023 #ao3feed #ao3 humor #fanfic writing #spotify wrapped

[orchidyoonkook]

So I didn’t even know this was a thing until I saw the wonderful and incredibly talented @theharrowing post about it, so!!

Here’s my AO3 stats!!

How cool is this!?? I had to Google what I couple things were but!?? I’m actually so pleased with this!??

Yeah. Definitely super cool!

#more for me than anyone else! #AO3 wrapped 2023 #yoons stats

[writingwife-83]

As 2023 wraps up, I thought it would be fun to post the stats for the year. If you see this and you want to share your ao3 stats, consider this your tag! 🙌

#ww83 writes #ao3 #2023 ao3 stats #that’s a wrap!

[jattendschaton]

I'm so late to this but Miraculous fandom taking a fucking hit down 43 spots in the AO3 ship stats list. I think this is the lowest Adrien/Marinette has been since first appearing on the list in 2016??? Ouch :( my babies :(

On the bright side there's 8 f/f ships in the top 100 which is like a lot compared to years past and three TOH ships are on the list this year (Huntlow for the first time!!)

#miraculous ladybug #the owl house #ao3 ship stats 2023 #to be clear adrien/marinette is still strong in the top 100 all time ships #they even moved up a place and are at 13 now #theyre still the number 1 f/m fic in the all time stats #so like i am just joking here none of this is a big deal lol

[hamsteriffic]

Miraculous Fandom Stats 2023

A Visit to Gotham

…and beyond

As promised here are my stats for Miraculous Ladybug fics on Ao3 with crossovers only. To see a snapshot for Miraculous Ladybug without crossovers click here.

📈 The data presented here is a snapshot of the Fandom on 06 Jan 2024

Don't be mad! I'm just a stats hamster.

🖤 Proportion of Crossover fics

At the time of posting, Crossover Fics accounted for 13% of the total fanfics on Ao3 (9177 works) (Fig 1A). They were predominantly featured in Batman All Media Types (5097 works) or DCU (1034 works), accounting for 68% of all crossover fics (Fig 1D). The majority of the works were rated for General (39%) or Teen Audiences (39%) (Fig 1B).

Fig 1. Proportion of Miraculous Ladybug works posted on Ao3 in 2023 [A] featuring crossovers (grey) and without crossovers (black); [B] and the proportion of all works posted on Ao3 as of January 06, 2024 (9177 works). [C] The proportion of cross-overs outside of the MariBat fandom as well as [D] the growth of the top ten fandoms in crossovers in 2023 (red) are also presented.

Excluding works from the MariBat fandom, the second highest number of works to be crossovered with ML was Boko No Hero Academia with 348 works (3%) and is also the fastest growing crossover fandom, almost doubling in works in 2023 (141 new works) (Fig 1C-D).

🖤 Top 10 Fandom Crossovers

Here are the crossovers in a Table format.

Table 1. Top 10 Fandoms in 2023 and percentage change compared to 2022.

Popular Tags used in 2023 (number of works) and percent change compared to 2022:

Fluff (246): -2%

Angst (161): -1%

Badass Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug (130): -1%

Lila Rossi Bashing (127): +1%

Alternate Universe (100): -7%

Hurt/Comfort (94): -2%

🖤 Top 5 Relationships

Fig 2. Top 5 relationships in ML crossover fics in 2023 and percentage change when compared to the year prior.

While works tagged with Adrien/Marinette has increased by 3% in 2023 when compared to the year before (Fig 2) the top 5 relationship pairings have not changed with Daminette taking first place.

Relationship Tags with Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug across all time (from Highest to Lowest):

Damien Wayne (1870 fics)

Adrien Agreste (1237 fics)

Jason Todd (806 fics)

Tim Drake (580 fics)

Dick Grayson (321 fics)

Hope this entertained you! Until 2024, same stats time, same stats channel.

Sodium Content and Methodology below the cut:

🖤 Top 5 Salt Categories

Look, Marinette is in Gotham for a reason. Usually it’s because of some sort of common table condiment/seasoning. Here is a breakdown:

Fig 3. Frequently tagged salt and character bashing tags across all crossover works prior to 2023 (green) and new works posted/updated subsequent to Jan 01, 2023 (dark blue). The change in numbers to the previous year (where present) are indicated.

Methods

Partitioning

To see changes in crossover fics in the ML fandom over time, I have tracked the number of crossovers posted to Ao3 per year.

Data was filtered by the date the fic was last posted, between 01 Jan - 31 Dec for each year.

Note that older fics may get updated, this data is only a reflection of the fandom at one moment in time. This analysis was performed 06 Jan 2024.

Filtering

Note that I have followed the Ao3 definition of a slash representing romantic relationships and & indicates platonic relationships.

#miraculous ladybug #lila salt #fandom stats #daminette #batfamily #maribat #dc universe #Ao3 stats #my hero academia #damian wayne #jason todd #Boku no hero academia #tim drake #hamster stats #2023 #crossover