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letzanHigh-level stats for week of 2019-01-29 - 2019-02-04
- Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 4288 (+326 from last week)
- Works I classified F/F: 2684 (+193 from last week) (1309 new, 1375 continued)
- 1.11% of all 242319 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
- This is ASOIAF's first time in the top 20 since about six months ago, which seems surprising at a glance given that it's a pretty big fandom with only a 2:1 M/M:F/F ratio. Turns out that the overwhelming majority of stuff in the fandom is F/M: nearly 80% of works in the fandom are tagged neither M/M nor F/F. So, on the one hand, the ratio is AFAIK accurately telling us that there are only twice as many male characters as female characters in ASOIAF. But on the other hand, if you actually go to AO3 and filter for F/F works, only two of the top ten ships are actually F/F ships. Compare to Overwatch, which also has a 2:1 M/M:F/F ratio, but where at a glance eight of the top ten ships tagged F/F are actually F/F ships. I don't have a proposed fix for this, just wanted to note a weakness of the "ratio" metric. Maybe I should be reporting how many of the top 10 ships in tagged F/F works are actually F/F. If the question I'm really trying to answer is "if I go spelunking in the F/F tag, how happy will I be?", arguably that would be a better metric. Food for thought.
- Buffy/Kendra long time-travel fix-it
- This Catra/Adora fic introduced me to "25 Lives", a poem which has apparently been going around fandom for awhile and has become like unto a meme.
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 (132) Alex Danvers,Maggie Sawyer (65) Alex Danvers,Kara Danvers (22) | 48.40 | 204 (+15) | 1.35% | 27:1 |
| 2 | RWBY Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (56) Ruby Rose (RWBY),Weiss Schnee (39) Weiss Schnee,Yang Xiao Long (10) | 35.07 | 110 (-15) | 2.27% | 5:1 |
| 3 | Steven Universe (Cartoon) Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe),Peridot (Steven Universe) (18) Ruby (Steven Universe),Sapphire (Steven Universe) (9) Amethyst (Steven Universe),Peridot (Steven Universe) (8) Pearl (Steven Universe),Rose Quartz (Steven Universe) (8) | 31.83 | 58 (-16) | 1.15% | 15:1 |
| 4 (↑3) | The 100 (TV) Clarke Griffin,Lexa (The 100) (102) Anya (The 100),Raven Reyes (18) Costia (The 100),Lexa (The 100) (12) | 28.19 | 111 (+36) | 1.02% | 5:1 |
| 5 | Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Ginny Weasley,Luna Lovegood (12) Bellatrix Black Lestrange,Hermione Granger (11) Hermione Granger,Pansy Parkinson (8) | 27.47 | 73 (-2) | 1.29% | 1:9 |
| 6 (↑2) | Overwatch (Video Game) Angela "Mercy" Ziegler,Moira O'Deorain (14) Angela "Mercy" Ziegler,Fareeha "Pharah" Amari (13) Lena "Tracer" Oxton,Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix (9) | 27.16 | 53 (+9) | 1.01% | 1:2 |
| 7 (↑5) | She-Ra: Princess Of Power Adora (She-Ra),Catra (She-Ra) (66) Adora (She-Ra),Glimmer (She-Ra) (13) Entrapta (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (5) | 23.24 | 79 (+9) | 9.89% | 10:1 |
| 8 (⇑) | Marvel Cinematic Universe Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (10) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Pepper Potts (7) Darcy Lewis,Jane Foster (Marvel) (6) Maria Hill,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (6) | 20.01 | 60 (+22) | 0.90% | 1:8 |
| 9 (↑) | BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game) Udagawa Tomoe,Uehara Himari (6) Hikawa Sayo,Minato Yukina (4) Hazawa Tsugumi,Hikawa Sayo (3) Imai Lisa,Minato Yukina (3) | 19.51 | 25 (+3) | 3.44% | 329:1 |
| 10 (↓6) | Once Upon a Time (TV) Emma Swan,Evil Queen | Regina Mills (63) Alice | Tilly,Robin | Margot (5) Dorothy Gale (Once Upon a Time),Red Riding Hood | Ruby (3) Evil Queen | Regina Mills,Maleficent (Once Upon a Time) (3) | 18.86 | 73 (-7) | 0.60% | 9:1 |
| 11 (↓5) | Dragon Age (Video Games) Cassandra Pentaghast,Female Inquisitor (Dragon Age) (4) Female Hawke,Isabela (Dragon Age) (4) Female Warden (Dragon Age),Leliana (Dragon Age) (4) | 18.52 | 27 (-5) | 0.72% | 1:3 |
| 12 (↓3) | Life Is Strange (Video Game) Chloe Price (Life Is Strange),Maxine "Max" Caulfield (35) Chloe Price (Life Is Strange),Rachel Amber (16) Maxine "Max" Caulfield,Victoria Chase (Life is Strange) (6) | 18.32 | 49 (-1) | 1.76% | 9:1 |
| 13 (↑2) | Doctor Who Thirteenth Doctor,Yasmin Khan (38) River Song,Thirteenth Doctor (7) Missy (Doctor Who),Thirteenth Doctor (3) | 18.15 | 57 (-14) | 1.93% | 1:1.6 |
| 14 (↑2) | Archie Comics Cheryl Blossom,Toni Topaz (36) Betty Cooper,Veronica Lodge (9) Cheryl Blossom,Veronica Lodge (3) | 16.83 | 54 (+11) | 2.59% | 1:1.0 |
| 15 (↓) | Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types Akamatsu Kaede,Iruma Miu (4) Chabashira Tenko,Yonaga Angie,Yumeno Himiko (4) Chabashira Tenko,Yumeno Himiko (4) Enoshima Junko,Shirogane Tsumugi (4) | 16.66 | 28 (+0) | 1.83% | 1:3 |
| 16 (↑2) | The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms Josie Saltzman,Penelope Park (21) Hope Mikaelson,Josie Saltzman (12) Freya Mikaelson,Keelin Malraux (4) Hope Mikaelson,Penelope Park (4) | 16.00 | 36 (+6) | 4.51% | 1:1.5 |
| 17 (↑3) | Wynonna Earp (TV) Nicole Haught,Waverly Earp (63) Nicole Haught,Wynonna Earp (17) Waverly Earp,Wynonna Earp (14) | 15.04 | 64 (+13) | 2.08% | 27:1 |
| 18 (⇑) | A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Margaery Tyrell,Sansa Stark (13) Daenerys Targaryen,Sansa Stark (4) Arya Stark,Myrcella Baratheon (2) | 13.88 | 25 (+6) | 1.29% | 1:2.0 |
| 19 (↓8) | 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 (33) Ashido Mina,Uraraka Ochako (4) | 13.78 | 76 (-16) | 3.78% | 1:8 |
| 20 (⇑) | Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening Miriel (Fire Emblem),Soiree | Sully (2) Sumia (Fire Emblem),Tiamo | Cordelia (2) ... | 12.89 | 14 (+1) | 1.45% | 1:1.3 |
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.)
Share and enjoy, and let me know what I can do to make this more useful.
