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letzanHigh-level stats for week of 2022-09-06 - 2022-09-12
- Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 7235 (-167 from last week)
- Works I classified F/F: 4244 (-186 from last week) (2033 new, 2211 continued)
- 0.74% of all 571439 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
- Another static-looking week at the top, though the Stranger Things work count continues to fall back from "stratospheric" towards merely "top of the chart".
- At the bottom of the chart, Critical Role, Batman, and Doctor Who are back, replacing Legend of Korra, Grey's Anatomy, and The Wilds, the last of which falls off the chart after 18 consecutive appearances.
- Owl House celebrates 110 consecutive chart weeks.
- Upcoming exchange: Femslashex 2022 has been announced, and is ramping up right now. Nominations are open until Sep 24, after which signups will be open until Oct 4.
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 | Stranger Things (TV 2016) Nancy Wheeler,Robin Buckley (193) Eleven | Jane Hopper,Maxine "Max" Mayfield (39) Robin Buckley,Vickie (Stranger Things) (38) | 204.20 | 270 (-45) | 6.30% | 1:4 |
| 2 | Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Dorcas Meadowes,Marlene McKinnon (108) Lily Evans Potter,Mary Macdonald (48) Bellatrix Black Lestrange,Hermione Granger (17) Hermione Granger,Pansy Parkinson (17) | 157.92 | 256 (-10) | 1.46% | 1:6 |
| 3 (↑2) | League of Legends Caitlyn (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (96) Jinx (League of Legends),Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard (22) Jinx (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (22) | 138.89 | 150 (+11) | 2.40% | 1.3:1 |
| 4 | The Owl House (Cartoon) Amity Blight,Luz Noceda (112) Eda Clawthorne,Raine Whispers (25) Eda Clawthorne,Luz Noceda (12) | 130.00 | 131 (-9) | 1.85% | 5:1 |
| 5 (↓2) | 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Raiden Ei | Baal,Yae Miko (Genshin Impact) (38) Beidou (Genshin Impact),Ningguang (Genshin Impact) (33) Jean (Genshin Impact),Lisa (Genshin Impact) (21) | 129.98 | 166 (-13) | 1.74% | 1:4 |
| 6 | Supergirl (TV 2015) Kara Danvers,Lena Luthor (73) Alex Danvers,Kelly Olsen (Supergirl TV 2015) (11) Alex Danvers,Kara Danvers (9) | 98.04 | 100 (+0) | 0.33% | 29:1 |
| 7 (↑4) | Motherland: Fort Salem (TV) Sarah Alder (Motherland: Fort Salem),Tally Craven (36) Raelle Collar,Scylla Ramshorn (35) Abigail Bellweather,Raelle Collar,Tally Craven (7) | 66.00 | 66 (+6) | 3.59% | 105:1 |
| 8 (↑4) | Marvel Cinematic Universe Kate Bishop,Yelena Belova (37) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (28) Maria Hill,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (17) | 62.05 | 110 (+2) | 0.72% | 1:6 |
| 9 (↓) | RWBY Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (34) Penny Polendina,Ruby Rose (RWBY) (5) Blake Belladonna,Ruby Rose (RWBY),Weiss Schnee,Yang Xiao Long (4) | 55.36 | 69 (-20) | 0.54% | 3:1 |
| 10 (↓3) | She-Ra - All Media Types Adora (She-Ra),Catra (She-Ra) (52) Perfuma (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (8) Catra (She-Ra),Glimmer (She-Ra) (5) | 54.00 | 55 (-23) | 0.56% | 16:1 |
| 11 (⇑) | Doctor Who Thirteenth Doctor,Yasmin Khan (38) Rose Tyler,Thirteenth Doctor (5) Jenny Flint,Madame Vastra (Doctor Who) (4) | 52.00 | 52 (?) | 0.70% | 1.0:1 |
| 12 (↓3) | Amphibia (Cartoon) Anne Boonchuy,Marcy Wu,Sasha Waybright (31) Anne Boonchuy,Sasha Waybright (26) Anne Boonchuy,Marcy Wu (15) Marcy Wu,Sasha Waybright (15) | 51.32 | 61 (-4) | 2.24% | 19:1 |
| 13 (⇑) | Critical Role (Web Series) Imogen Temult,Laudna (Critical Role) (34) Allura Vysoren,Kima (Critical Role) (12) Beauregard Lionett,Yasha (Critical Role) (4) | 51.16 | 54 (?) | 1.37% | 1:1.6 |
| 14 (↓4) | プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game) Azusawa Kohane,Shiraishi An (13) Akiyama Mizuki,Shinonome Ena (9) Asahina Mafuyu,Shinonome Ena (8) | 50.07 | 52 (-10) | 3.87% | 1:1.1 |
| 15 (↓) | Once Upon a Time (TV) Emma Swan,Evil Queen | Regina Mills (45) | 46.68 | 54 (+0) | 0.32% | 9:1 |
| 16 | The 100 (TV) Clarke Griffin,Lexa (The 100) (38) Anya (The 100),Raven Reyes (The 100) (9) Costia (The 100),Lexa (The 100) (4) | 40.11 | 45 (-10) | 0.30% | 5:1 |
| 17 (⇑) | Batman - All Media Types Ryan Wilder,Sophie Moore (26) Harleen Quinzel,Pamela Isley (19) Angelique Martin,Ryan Wilder (4) Cassandra Cain,Stephanie Brown (4) | 39.29 | 60 (?) | 1.42% | 1:9 |
| 18 (↓3) | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Jirou Kyouka,Yaoyorozu Momo (33) Asui Tsuyu,Uraraka Ochako (14) Toga Himiko,Uraraka Ochako (9) | 37.96 | 89 (-17) | 0.91% | 1:8 |
| 19 (↓6) | Virtual Streamer Animated Characters Nanashi Mumei,Ouro Kronii (9) Ceres Fauna,Ouro Kronii (7) Ceres Fauna,Nanashi Mumei (5) Mori Calliope,Takanashi Kiara (5) | 34.69 | 46 (-14) | 2.46% | 1:1.4 |
| 20 (↓) | Legacies (TV 2018) Hope Mikaelson,Josie Saltzman (32) Hope Mikaelson,Lizzie Saltzman (13) Josie Saltzman,Lizzie Saltzman (4) | 34.67 | 40 (-7) | 0.89% | 10:1 |
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: This is the number of works I classified as F/F, multiplied by what I call "F/F fidelity", which is the fraction of all works tagged F/F on AO3 that I classified as containing at least one F/F ship.
- 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.
Share and enjoy, and let me know what I can do to make this more useful.
