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letzanHigh-level stats for week of 2020-01-14 - 2020-01-20
- Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 4294 (-274 from last week)
- Works I classified F/F: 2505 (-175 from last week) (1130 new, 1375 continued)
- 0.83% of all 302105 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
- It looks like Homestuck is back in the top 20 after over a month out on the strength of one or more post-holiday exchanges. Otherwise, seems like a typical quiet January week. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we'll start seeing "femslash February" type links and exchanges.
Most active classified fandoms:
| Rank | Fandom (and top three ships) | Rating for week | F/F works updated this week | % of F/F works updated this week | F/F:M/M ratio (all works) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supergirl (TV 2015) Kara Danvers,Lena Luthor (133) Alex Danvers,Maggie Sawyer (27) Alex Danvers,Kara Danvers (25) | 45.25 | 189 (-20) | 0.96% | 29:1 |
| 2 | RWBY Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (43) Ruby Rose (RWBY),Weiss Schnee (42) Weiss Schnee,Yang Xiao Long (11) | 41.63 | 104 (-9) | 1.46% | 5:1 |
| 3 | Steven Universe (Cartoon) Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe),Peridot (Steven Universe) (16) Ruby (Steven Universe),Sapphire (Steven Universe) (16) Blue Diamond (Steven Universe),Yellow Diamond (Steven Universe) (7) | 32.13 | 57 (-15) | 0.91% | 13:1 |
| 4 | Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Bellatrix Black Lestrange,Hermione Granger (13) Ginny Weasley,Luna Lovegood (13) Hermione Granger,Pansy Parkinson (13) | 26.37 | 73 (-5) | 0.99% | 1:8 |
| 5 (↑11) | Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses Hilda Valentine Goneril,Marianne von Edmund (42) Dorothea Arnault,Petra Macneary (12) Annette Fantine Dominic,Mercedes von Martritz (6) Dorothea Arnault,Edelgard von Hresvelg (6) | 21.85 | 79 (+34) | 9.62% | 1:2 |
| 6 (↑) | Doctor Who Thirteenth Doctor,Yasmin Khan (35) River Song,Thirteenth Doctor (5) Clara Oswin Oswald,Thirteenth Doctor (3) Missy (Doctor Who),Thirteenth Doctor (3) Rose Tyler,Thirteenth Doctor (3) | 20.90 | 56 (+4) | 1.48% | 1:1.4 |
| 7 (↓2) | The 100 (TV) Clarke Griffin,Lexa (The 100) (67) Anya (The 100),Raven Reyes (16) Luna (The 100),Raven Reyes (5) | 18.85 | 71 (+2) | 0.59% | 5:1 |
| 8 (↑3) | Marvel Cinematic Universe Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (12) Maria Hill,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (6) Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel),Carol Danvers (4) Carol Danvers,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (4) | 18.00 | 53 (+1) | 0.62% | 1:8 |
| 9 | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Jirou Kyouka,Yaoyorozu Momo (48) Asui Tsuyu,Uraraka Ochako (36) Toga Himiko,Uraraka Ochako (7) | 17.64 | 90 (+6) | 2.50% | 1:8 |
| 10 (↑9) | Dragon Age (Video Games) Female Hawke,Isabela (Dragon Age) (6) Female Cousland (Dragon Age),Leliana (Dragon Age) (3) Female Inquisitor (Dragon Age),Josephine Montilyet (3) | 17.59 | 28 (+7) | 0.66% | 1:3 |
| 11 (⇑) | Legacies (TV 2018) Josie Saltzman,Penelope Park (28) Hope Mikaelson,Josie Saltzman (18) Hope Mikaelson,Lizzie Saltzman (17) | 17.53 | 52 (+13) | 3.95% | 13:1 |
| 12 (⇑) | Archie Comics Cheryl Blossom,Toni Topaz (23) Betty Cooper,Veronica Lodge (4) ... | 16.75 | 33 (-4) | 1.14% | 1.1:1 |
| 13 (⇑) | Homestuck Kanaya Maryam,Rose Lalonde (22) Terezi Pyrope,Vriska Serket (10) Calliope (Homestuck),Roxy Lalonde (6) | 16.74 | 32 (+15) | 0.53% | 1:3 |
| 14 (↓6) | BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game) Hazawa Tsugumi,Hikawa Sayo (3) Hikawa Sayo,Imai Lisa (3) ... | 16.01 | 21 (-2) | 1.36% | 391:1 |
| 15 (↑5) | Game of Thrones (TV) Margaery Tyrell,Sansa Stark (12) Daenerys Targaryen,Yara Greyjoy (4) Arya Stark,Daenerys Targaryen (3) Cersei Lannister,Sansa Stark (3) Daenerys Targaryen,Sansa Stark (3) | 15.72 | 34 (+8) | 1.28% | 1:1.6 |
| 16 (↑2) | Miraculous Ladybug Kagami Tsurugi,Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug (16) Juleka Couffaine,Rose Lavillant (13) Chloé Bourgeois,Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug (8) | 14.01 | 37 (+8) | 2.78% | 1.3:1 |
| 17 (⇑) | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Adora (She-Ra),Catra (She-Ra) (31) Adora (She-Ra),Glimmer (She-Ra) (5) Catra (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (4) | 13.98 | 34 (-10) | 1.61% | 20:1 |
| 18 (↓6) | Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types Akamatsu Kaede,Iruma Miu (5) Chabashira Tenko,Yumeno Himiko (3) Mioda Ibuki,Tsumiki Mikan (3) | 12.63 | 21 (-7) | 0.96% | 1:3 |
| 19 (⇑) | Critical Role (Web Series) Beauregard Lionett,Jester Lavorre (19) Beauregard Lionett,Yasha (Critical Role) (4) ... | 12.49 | 26 (-4) | 1.71% | 1:1.6 |
| 20 (↓7) | Overwatch (Video Game) Angela "Mercy" Ziegler,Fareeha "Pharah" Amari (11) Angela "Mercy" Ziegler,Moira O'Deorain (5) Lena "Tracer" Oxton,Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix (5) | 10.59 | 25 (-6) | 0.41% | 1:2 |
What is all this again?
Mission statement: help out people (including myself) who read fic on AO3 and wish they were reading more femslash, but don't know what's out there. Plan: do a week-in-review post every week which contains general stats about new fic and a few recs.
I am starting with the list of all works on ao3.org which were updated within a given week, and which were categorized as F/F, but I am not reporting stats on 100% of those works --- I'm narrowing down to a subset of fandoms and works for which it's tractable for me to actually look at all the character tags, and then I'm excluding ships containing what I believe to be cis-male characters. I'll give overall stats about how many works I've reported on and how many I've excluded. If you think I'm excluding a fandom you care about, please let me know!
More info about column headers:
- Fandom (and top three ships): If multiple tags that seem to correspond to the same fandom (e.g. "The 100 (TV)" and "The 100 Series - Kass Morgan") show up in my ranking, I report the one with the best rating. There's totally a judgment call here about what things are "the same fandom" --- I'm going to err on the side of reporting more different things when I can, but I won't skip something with a lot of works which aren't otherwise accounted for. When measuring the top three F/F ships in a fandom, I count both "A/B" and "A & B" as "A,B". Ties are broken by including all of the ships, but I only include a maximum of five ships per fandom to keep the table length reasonable.
- Rating for week: I like fandoms with ensemble casts, so I'm doing a weighted sum based on the logarithm of number of works by pairing, so that fandoms with several different F/F pairings get a significant bonus.
- F/F/ works updated this week: includes both new and continued works.
- % of F/F works updated this week: This is the percentage of all F/F works I've ever categorized in the fandom, so a big number probably means a brand new fandom, or at least one which was unusually active this week.
- F/F:M/M ratio (all works): This ratio is taken from all works in the fandom tag, and is just a hint to readers about how F/F-dominant the fandom is. Obviously there's no reason you can't find great F/F works in a predominantly male fandom (we've all read those), but the ratio may give a hint about whether the F/F pairing is likely to be the dominant one in a work with multiple pairings. Note that the "F/F" and "M/M" numbers for this column are taken directly from AO3, not from my compiled character and ship stats. (Since I don't categorize M/M works, I couldn't do it any other way.)
Known bugs which affect the accuracy of this data:
- AO3 does not modify the "last updated" date of a work in a revealed exchange when the exchange reveals, so my database can miss exchange works entirely if they're last edited awhile before the exchange works are revealed. This probably leads to a serious undercount of works in revealed exchanges.
- When canonical names for characters and ships change over time, my database can wind up containing entries for both ships. This makes ratings inaccurate.
Share and enjoy, and let me know what I can do to make this more useful.
