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letzanHigh-level stats for week of 2020-06-09 - 2020-06-15
- Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 6415 (+388 from last week)
- Works I classified F/F: 3985 (+232 from last week) (2040 new, 1945 continued)
- 1.19% of all 335670 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
- A minor code improvement: I added a hackish but usable fix for the problem in which if the highest-rated fandom was "The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms" this week and "The Originals (TV)" last week, the graph and table think Vampire Diaries is brand new. Now we can see that Vampire Diaries is up 3 places this week from last; it didn't just appear out of nowhere at rank 7. Indeed, rank 14 Little Witch Academia is the highest-ranked fandom that didn't appear last week at all. Hopefully this will make it easier to find changes that are actually newsworthy.
- The First Annual Femslash Kink Exchange revealed works during last week, so enjoy.
- I think this week marks She-Ra's all-time high ranking.
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 (167) Alex Danvers,Maggie Sawyer (41) Alex Danvers,Kara Danvers (26) | 61.74 | 236 (+28) | 1.09% | 29:1 |
| 2 (↑) | Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Ginny Weasley,Luna Lovegood (27) Bellatrix Black Lestrange,Hermione Granger (15) Hermione Granger,Pansy Parkinson (15) | 43.71 | 131 (+0) | 1.57% | 1:8 |
| 3 (↑2) | She-Ra: Princess Of Power Adora (She-Ra),Catra (She-Ra) (277) Perfuma (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (54) Adora (She-Ra),Glimmer (She-Ra) (22) | 40.39 | 294 (+40) | 7.49% | 7:1 |
| 4 | RWBY Ruby Rose (RWBY),Weiss Schnee (95) Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (73) Weiss Schnee,Yang Xiao Long (8) | 36.30 | 167 (+23) | 2.01% | 3:1 |
| 5 (↓4) | BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game) Minato Yukina,Mitake Ran (9) Ichigaya Arisa,Toyama Kasumi (3) Imai Lisa,Minato Yukina (3) | 32.89 | 41 (-46) | 2.00% | 355:1 |
| 6 | Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types Akamatsu Kaede,Iruma Miu (11) Chabashira Tenko,Yumeno Himiko (10) Asahina Aoi,Ogami Sakura (9) Celestia Ludenberg,Kirigiri Kyouko (9) Mioda Ibuki,Tsumiki Mikan (9) | 26.64 | 54 (-12) | 2.06% | 1:3 |
| 7 (↑3) | The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms Hope Mikaelson,Josie Saltzman (53) Josie Saltzman,Penelope Park (36) Hope Mikaelson,Lizzie Saltzman (29) | 26.04 | 94 (+18) | 3.59% | 1.4:1 |
| 8 (↓) | The 100 (TV) Clarke Griffin,Lexa (The 100) (85) Anya (The 100),Raven Reyes (15) Costia (The 100),Lexa (The 100) (9) | 25.71 | 100 (+13) | 0.79% | 5:1 |
| 9 (↑3) | Arrow (TV 2012) Ava Sharpe,Sara Lance (44) Dinah Drake (Arrow),Earth-2 Laurel Lance (7) Nyssa al Ghul,Sara Lance (7) | 24.35 | 76 (+4) | 1.91% | 1:1.3 |
| 10 (↓2) | Steven Universe (Cartoon) Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe),Peridot (Steven Universe) (15) Ruby (Steven Universe),Sapphire (Steven Universe) (8) Pearl (Steven Universe),Rose Quartz (Steven Universe) (7) | 23.48 | 43 (-11) | 0.64% | 11:1 |
| 11 (↑2) | Once Upon a Time (TV) Emma Swan,Evil Queen | Regina Mills (66) Alice | Tilly,Robin | Margot (3) Belle (Once Upon a Time),Red Riding Hood | Ruby (3) | 22.87 | 83 (+26) | 0.60% | 9:1 |
| 12 (↓3) | Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses Dorothea Arnault,Petra Macneary (12) Dorothea Arnault,Edelgard von Hresvelg (6) Annette Fantine Dominic,Mercedes von Martritz (5) | 18.10 | 49 (-12) | 3.08% | 1:2 |
| 13 (↓2) | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Jirou Kyouka,Yaoyorozu Momo (66) Asui Tsuyu,Uraraka Ochako (46) Ashido Mina,Uraraka Ochako (12) | 17.82 | 125 (-10) | 2.76% | 1:8 |
| 14 (⇑) | Little Witch Academia Atsuko "Akko" Kagari,Diana Cavendish (45) Croix Meridies,Ursula Callistis | Chariot du Nord (6) Lotte Yanson,Sucy Manbavaran (6) | 16.83 | 50 (?) | 3.98% | 128:1 |
| 15 | Marvel Cinematic Universe Maria Hill,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (8) Carol Danvers,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (6) Michelle Jones,Shuri (Marvel) (5) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Pepper Potts (5) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (5) | 15.48 | 54 (-8) | 0.59% | 1:8 |
| 16 (⇑) | Miraculous Ladybug Juleka Couffaine,Rose Lavillant (25) Kagami Tsurugi,Marinette Dupain-Cheng (13) Chloé Bourgeois,Marinette Dupain-Cheng (11) | 15.35 | 49 (?) | 3.06% | 1.3:1 |
| 17 (↓3) | Doctor Who Thirteenth Doctor,Yasmin Khan (40) River Song,Thirteenth Doctor (7) Jenny Flint,Madame Vastra (Doctor Who) (5) | 15.30 | 55 (-4) | 1.24% | 1:1.2 |
| 18 (⇑) | A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Margaery Tyrell,Sansa Stark (10) Daenerys Targaryen,Sansa Stark (6) Arya Stark,Daenerys Targaryen (2) Ashara Dayne,Elia Martell,Lyanna Stark (2) Elia Martell,Lyanna Stark (2) | 14.96 | 33 (?) | 1.16% | 1:1.7 |
| 19 (⇑) | 少女☆歌劇 レヴュー・スタァライト | Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight (Anime) Saijou Claudine,Tendou Maya (15) Hanayagi Kaoruko,Isurugi Futaba (5) Daiba Nana,Hoshimi Junna (3) Minase Suzu,Tsuyuzaki Mahiru (3) | 14.73 | 23 (?) | 2.80% | 1193:1 |
| 20 (⇑) | League of Legends Caitlyn (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (3) Akali (League of Legends),Evelynn (League of Legends) (2) Diana (League of Legends),Leona (League of Legends) (2) Jinx (League of Legends),Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard (2) | 14.52 | 16 (?) | 2.07% | 1:1.1 |
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.
