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letzanHigh-level stats for week of 2024-07-23 - 2024-07-29
- Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8545 (+324 from last week)
- Works I classified F/F: 4859 (+234 from last week) (2250 new, 2609 continued)
- 0.62% of all 784405 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
- A relatively high-churn chart week: Once Upon a Time returns to the chart after a week away. Total Drama returns after 6 months away. Pitch Perfect returns after a year away.
- These three replace fandoms which had been running moderate streaks: Doctor Who falls off the chart after 3 consecutive weeks (of 383 total). Yellowjackets falls off after 7 consecutive weeks (of 65 total). Bridgerton ends its inaugural chart run of 9 consecutive weeks.
- The 2024 iteration of the "A Woman's Place [...is in the Resistance]" prompt fest has been announced. Prompts are open through October 29.
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 | Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Dorcas Meadowes,Marlene McKinnon (155) Lily Evans Potter,Mary Macdonald (69) Lily Evans Potter,Pandora Lovegood (38) | 218.79 | 355 (+47) | 1.16% | 1:5 |
| 2 | Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) Charlie Magne | Morningstar,Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel) (152) Charlie Magne | Morningstar,Emily (Hazbin Hotel) (10) | 146.24 | 168 (-15) | 6.62% | 1:3 |
| 3 (↑6) | League of Legends Caitlyn (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (86) Jinx (League of Legends),Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard (33) Jinx (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (17) | 121.19 | 126 (+54) | 1.26% | 1:1.0 |
| 4 (↑3) | A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Alicent Hightower,Rhaenyra Targaryen (94) Mysaria | Lady Misery (A Song of Ice and Fire),Rhaenyra Targaryen (41) Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys),Rhaenyra Targaryen (10) | 112.28 | 165 (+47) | 2.46% | 1:1.7 |
| 5 | 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Clorinde (Genshin Impact),Navia (Genshin Impact) (23) Arlecchino (Genshin Impact),Furina (Genshin Impact) (16) Raiden Ei | Baal,Yae Miko (Genshin Impact) (14) | 101.81 | 130 (+29) | 0.75% | 1:4 |
| 6 (↓2) | The Owl House (Cartoon) Amity Blight,Luz Noceda (85) Eda Clawthorne,Raine Whispers (27) Masha (The Owl House),Vee (The Owl House) (10) | 87.48 | 95 (+8) | 0.80% | 4:1 |
| 7 (↓4) | Grey's Anatomy Carina DeLuca,Maya Bishop (62) Addison Montgomery,Meredith Grey (8) Andy Herrera,Maya Bishop (8) Arizona Robbins,Calliope "Callie" Torres (8) | 82.01 | 83 (-24) | 1.25% | 3:1 |
| 8 (↑2) | 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 (23) Akiyama Mizuki,Shinonome Ena (16) Asahina Mafuyu,Yoisaki Kanade (11) Hinomori Shiho,Hoshino Ichika (Project SEKAI),Mochizuki Honami,Tenma Saki (11) | 80.39 | 86 (+23) | 1.31% | 1:1.2 |
| 9 (↓) | Supergirl (TV 2015) Kara Danvers,Lena Luthor (56) Alex Danvers,Maggie Sawyer (8) Alex Danvers,Kelly Olsen (Supergirl TV 2015) (6) Alex Danvers,Lena Luthor (6) | 70.37 | 76 (+2) | 0.22% | 31:1 |
| 10 (↓4) | Wednesday (TV 2022) Enid Sinclair,Wednesday Addams (67) Divina (Wednesday),Yoko Tanaka (10) Enid Sinclair,Yoko Tanaka (4) | 68.20 | 73 (-4) | 1.14% | 13:1 |
| 11 | RWBY Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (37) Blake Belladonna,Ruby Rose (RWBY) (6) Blake Belladonna,Weiss Schnee (6) Penny Polendina,Ruby Rose (RWBY) (6) | 63.20 | 80 (+7) | 0.50% | 4:1 |
| 12 (↑4) | Marvel Cinematic Universe Kate Bishop,Yelena Belova (32) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (16) Maria Hill,Natasha Romanov (Marvel) (12) | 51.44 | 88 (+9) | 0.45% | 1:6 |
| 13 (↑5) | She-Ra: Princess Of Power Adora (She-Ra),Catra (She-Ra) (50) Catra (She-Ra),Entrapta (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (5) Perfuma (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (5) | 51.00 | 53 (+10) | 0.42% | 5:1 |
| 14 (⇑) | Pitch Perfect (Movies) Beca Mitchell,Chloe Beale (47) Aubrey Posen,Stacie Conrad (12) | 49.00 | 49 (?) | 0.71% | 68:1 |
| 15 (↓3) | Avatar: The Last Airbender Azula (Avatar),Katara (Avatar) (18) Kyoshi (Avatar),Rangi (Avatar) (8) Mai (Avatar),Ty Lee (Avatar) (8) | 47.22 | 51 (-10) | 0.99% | 1:1.5 |
| 16 (↓2) | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Toga Himiko,Uraraka Ochako (40) Jirou Kyouka,Yaoyorozu Momo (18) Asui Tsuyu,Uraraka Ochako (11) | 43.99 | 95 (-5) | 0.74% | 1:7 |
| 17 (⇑) | Once Upon a Time (TV) Emma Swan,Evil Queen | Regina Mills (39) Evil Queen | Regina Mills,Maleficent (Once Upon a Time) (3) | 40.13 | 43 (?) | 0.23% | 8:1 |
| 18 (↓3) | The 100 (TV) Clarke Griffin,Lexa (The 100) (35) Anya (The 100),Raven Reyes (The 100) (8) Costia (The 100),Lexa (The 100) (5) | 39.00 | 43 (-6) | 0.27% | 5:1 |
| 19 | 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game) Himeko (Honkai: Star Rail),Kafka (Honkai: Star Rail) (11) Bronya (Honkai: Star Rail),Seele (Honkai: Star Rail) (10) Jade (Honkai: Star Rail),Topaz (Honkai: Star Rail) (9) | 38.04 | 61 (+6) | 3.03% | 1:4 |
| 20 (⇑) | Total Drama (Cartoon) Dakota Milton,Dawn (Total Drama) (33) Mary Kate "MK" (Total Drama),Nichelle (Total Drama) (32) Katie (Total Drama),Kitty (Total Drama) (27) | 36.00 | 42 (?) | 4.76% | 1:1.9 |
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.
