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High-level stats for week of 2026-08-11 - 2026-08-17

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11468 (-82 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 6105 (-13 from last week) (2695 new, 3410 continued)


• 0.57% of all 1061989 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Devil Wears Prada is back at rank 2 and also celebrating 20 consecutive weeks on the chart (out of 107 all-time appearances). KPop Demon Hunters slides out of the top five, to rank 6, for the first time ever in its 60 consecutive weeks on the chart.
  
• Once Upon a Time returns to the chart for the first time since March, replacing Alien Stage.
  
• Signups are open through this weekend (closing August 31) for Kiss Me Instead Femslash Flash exchange, a rivals-to-lovers flash exchange with works to be written next week.
  
• Self Harming Sapphic Sex Flash exchange revealed this week with 16 F/F works (and is what it says on the tin).
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-07-28 - 2026-08-03

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11508 (+426 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 6143 (+161 from last week) (2720 new, 3423 continued)


• 0.58% of all 1056588 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• RWBY, Stranger Things, and Supergirl return, replacing Bridgerton, Coronation Street, and Deltarune.
  
• Amazing Digital Circus, currently at rank 2, celebrates 20 consecutive weeks on the chart.
  
• The Mistynat Weekend prompt event revealed this week with 15 works about the Misty Quigley/Natalie Scatorccio ship from Yellowjackets. A prompt meme celebrating the 3rd anniversary of Baldur's Gate 3 revealed with 11 F/F works. I Also Choose This Guy's Wife: A Sleeping with Married Women Flash Exchange revealed this week with 11 F/F works.
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-07-14 - 2026-07-20

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11039 (-52 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5904 (-21 from last week) (2574 new, 3330 continued)


• 0.56% of all 1051268 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Video game Deltarune reaches a best-ever rank of 11, presumably thanks to the release of chapter 5 in June.
  
• RWBY, Boku no Hero Academia, and Uma Musume: Pretty Derby return to the chart, each after a couple of weeks away. They replace Bridgerton, Coronation Street, and Supergirl.
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-06-30 - 2026-07-06

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11298 (-8 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 6069 (-38 from last week) (2703 new, 3366 continued)


• 0.58% of all 1046076 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• The Amazing Digital Circus is at rank 1 for a second week.
  
• Coronation Street and Owl House return to the chart, replacing RWBY (after 18 weeks in its latest chart run, of 620 total appearances), and Boku no Hero Academia.
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-06-16 - 2026-06-22

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11240 (+200 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5948 (+101 from last week) (2738 new, 3210 continued)


• 0.57% of all 1040567 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Another best-ever for web series The Amazing Digital Circus, which reaches rank 3 this week. I don't know anything about this web series or its fandom; can any readers fill me in?
  
• Supergirl returns after last week's chart exit, replacing Boku no Hero Academia.
  
• Chart anniversaries: Stranger Things reaches 30 consecutive weeks (of 128 total appearances), Addams Family reaches 190 consecutive weeks, and Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! is at 210 consecutive weeks!
  
• supergirl_tv is running a summer prompt meme to celebrate the new movie.
  
• June Joust, a femslash exchange centered around sparring, revealed this week with 40 F/F works. The V for Victory V-shaped polyamory exchange revealed, with 15 F/F works (11 of which are not tagged F/M).
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-06-02 - 2026-06-08

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11050 (-253 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5889 (-44 from last week) (2641 new, 3248 continued)


• 0.57% of all 1035221 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Web series Amazing Digital Circus reaches a best-ever rank of 8 this week.
  
• Bridgerton is back after a week away, replacing Grey's Anatomy.
  
• KPop Demon Hunters celebrates 50 consecutive weeks on the chart, getting close to its first chart-year. The Devil Wears Prada reaches 10 weeks in its latest chart streak (of 97 all-time weeks).
  
• I've belatedly discovered the haveyoureadthisfemslashfic tumblr, which periodically posts F/F recs and polls about who has read them. You can submit recs. This seems great.
  
• Toothpastepancake is running the Sapphic Summer 2026 prompt exchange from now through September 15.
  
• Elasticella is running the filthy femslash fantasies ficathon prompt exchange through July 31.
  
• Happy Pride! The Bite-Sized Fandoms Exchange, for works in fandoms whose canons can be consumed in under 8 hours, revealed with 15 F/F works, including multiple each in Alien Stage and Amazing Digital Circus. The Butch It Up 2026 exchange revealed with 11 F/F works. Sapphic Spanking 'stravaganza revealed with 14 F/F works.
  

I want to shine an occasional spotlight on fandoms that are in flux. There are two kinds of fandoms here:

• Fandoms that are growing rapidly, which are typically not in the top 20 now, and may never get there, but might be interesting for F/F readers to check out and encourage.
  
• Fandoms that are losing ground on the top 20, and seem to be "post-peak." They may well peak again in the future, but it's a good moment to look back at the impressive amount of F/F which has been written so far.
  

I'd love for readers to help me signal-boost some recs for these fandoms. If you've read and enjoyed F/F fic in any of the fandoms listed in this post (either the new ones or the old standards), please send me some works you liked! I'll share all the recs I get in a future Week In Review post. Feel free to send recs on Tumblr as reposts, inbox messages, or DMs, and on Dreamwidth as comments or messages. (Let me know if you don't want to be credited for your rec.)

Fandoms that are growing rapidly

Each of these fandoms has at least twice as many total F/F works now as it did 12 weeks ago.

• The Pitt (TV): You know what this is. It's HBO's extremely popular hospital drama, whose second season dropped earlier this year. It's been in the top three on the chart for the past couple of months, and the set of F/F works is growing by about 110/week. About 1/6 of overall works in the fandom are tagged F/F, and the biggest F/F ships are Garcia/Santos, Javadi/McKay, and Al-Hashimi/Santos.
  
• Três Graças (TV): It's a Brazilian telenovela about a mother and daughter, which has a canonical F/F ship, Lorena/Eduarda. It's growing by about 12 F/F works/week, and the fandom is new this year. Almost all works are F/F works involving the primary ship, and are written in Portuguese.
  
• กฎหลัก...ห้ามรักเธอ | Girl Rules (TV): This is a Thai GL series that premiered in March, and is focused on the relationships among six women who work in the fashion world. It's growing by about 8 F/F works/week. Unsurprisingly for a relatively ensemble fandom, there are several distinct ships with a decent number of works.
  

Fandoms that are losing ground

Each of these fandoms dropped on the chart by at least two places, comparing the average in the past twelve weeks to the twelve weeks before that.

• The Wicked Years Series - Gregory Maguire: This Wizard of Oz remix with a popular recent two-part movie was on the chart for 70 consecutive weeks, including several weeks in the top 5 last year, until the beginning of April when it suddenly wasn't. It had an average weekly rank of 10 last quarter. It's shrinking because the second movie was released and there's now no new content. The top ship is and always was Elphaba/Galinda.
  
• Stranger Things (TV 2016): This speculative fiction TV show has appeared on the chart 126 times over the course of its several-year run, is currently having a 26-week streak, and it was in the top place as recently as February. The show ended in December, so that's why it's losing ground on the chart now, falling from an average rank of 3.4 last quarter to 8.5 this quarter. The top F/F ship, by a wide margin, is Robin/Nancy.
  
• Marvel Cinematic Universe: MCU has been on the chart 485 times, including an active run of 234 weeks. It fell from an average rank of 7.6 last quarter to 11.5 this quarter. The reason for the decline is that more time has passed since 2024's Agatha All Along, whose primary ship Agatha/Rio is the biggest F/F ship MCU has ever had. Other popular ships are Yelena/Kate and Wanda/Natasha.
  
• Grey's Anatomy: This medical drama has an active chart streak of 4 weeks, of 346 total appearances. It fell from an average weekly rank of 12.2 last quarter to 15.1 this quarter. It's a very long-running show and has had several popular F/F ships, primarily Meredith Grey/Addison Montgomery, Arizona Robbins/Callie Torres, and, more recently, Maya Bishop/Carina DeLuca.
  
• Coronation Street: This is a British soap opera, and canonical F/F ship Carla Connor/Lisa Swain is present in the wide majority of works in the fandom. It has appeared on the chart 77 times, and has an active streak of 2 weeks. It fell from an average weekly rank of 16.0 last quarter to 18.7 this quarter. It's a very long-running show with a lot of characters and relationships, so I suspect its fandom simply doesn't overlap with AO3 much, and enthusiasm for the Carla/Lisa ship was an anomaly.
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-04-21 - 2026-04-27

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 10701 (+40 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5599 (+41 from last week) (2419 new, 3180 continued)


• 0.55% of all 1020107 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Alien Stage returns for the first time in 2026. Life Is Strange returns after a brief absence.
  
• Grey's Anatomy falls off the chart this week, ending a chart run of 186 consecutive weeks (out of 342 total appearances). Boku no Hero Academia also exits the chart.
  
• The Season of Drabbles - Spring Round 2026 exchange revealed with 68 F/F works.
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-04-07 - 2026-04-13

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11122 (-558 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5851 (-424 from last week) (2618 new, 3233 continued)


• 0.58% of all 1015330 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Coronation Street and Boku no Hero Academia both return, replacing Life Is Strange and Owl House.
  
• Stranger Things celebrates 20 consecutive appearances (out of 118 total). Addams Family reaches 180. Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! hits 200 consecutive weeks.
  
• This coming weekend, Apr 24 - 26, is DCU Femslash Self-Promo Weekend, an event for reccing your own DCU femslash works.
  
• The Female Orgasm Flash 2026 exchange revealed with 12 F/F works.
  

High-level stats for week of 2026-03-24 - 2026-03-30

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11032 (+257 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5846 (+68 from last week) (2525 new, 3321 continued)


• 0.58% of all 1009895 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• KPop Demon Hunters is back at rank 1. The Pitt stays at rank 3 for another week. Amazing Digital Circus reaches a best-ever rank 10.
  
• Bridgerton returns after a week away, as does Coronation Street. They replace Once Upon a Time and The Devil Wears Prada.
  
• Wicked celebrates 70 consecutive weeks on the chart (of 90 total appearances, starting in 2004).
  
• Nominations are open for the Everything is Femslash multifandom exchange, with signups opening April 14.
  
• Nominations and signups are simulataneously open until April 14 for the Women of MDZS Mini Exchange.
  
• Spectre Requisitions 2026 Mass Effect rare pair exchange revealed with 11 F/F works. The Trope Variety Hour: March 2026 Edition revealed with 10 F/F works.