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High-level stats for week of 2025-01-07 - 2025-01-13

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 9477 (-1184 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5566 (-608 from last week) (2504 new, 3062 continued)


• 0.66% of all 841681 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• The top five is totally stable since last week. I don't even see any major changes in relative work counts.
  
• Hololive returns to the chart in its second-ever appearance; the first was last October (though other Virtual Streamer Animated Characters subfandoms have had other appearances in the past). It replaces Honkai: Star Rail.
  
• Grey's Anatomy celebrates 120 consecutive weeks on the chart. Genshin Impact reaches 210 consecutive weeks.
  

High-level stats for year 2024

• Total works I classified as F/F on AO3: 117295 (+3833 from last year)


• 14.07% of all 833418 AO3 works I've classified F/F were initially created this year

A few callouts about this year:

• Hey, look, I made a thing. I've been meaning to add some extra regular reports to the rotation for awhile now, and took the excuse of it being the beginning of the year to build an annual report. This was fairly easy; it's basically the same report as the weekly report. But it took some wall-clock time and effort to actually crunch the numbers. Anyway, here we are!
  
• This year's top five has similarities and differences from last year:
  • Harry Potter remains in the top slot, and you can see that fandom's slow year-over-year climb over the past eight years. (I'm sympathetic to those who find this a bit discouraging.)
  • Genshin Impact has fallen a bit since last year, but remains in the top five, and related game Honkai: Star Rail had a good year, reaching rank 11 overall.
  • The other three top-five fandoms are new, though no surprise to those who follow the weekly report: MCU jumped a bit thanks to Agatha All Along, League of Legends jumped quite a bit due to Arcane season 2, and Hazbin Hotel vaulted into fourth place in its first annual chart appearance.
  • Wednesday, Stranger Things, and Owl House, all exited the top five since last year, though they remain in the top 20.
  
  
• Only three top 20 fandoms are new to the chart, which seems like pretty good continuity year-over-year. In addition to Hazbin Hotel, D&D enters at rank 18 due to Baldur's Gate 3, and Criminal Minds enters at rank 19 (due to the Emily/JJ ship, which I actually don't know much about, and seem not to have covered in the past). The three fandoms that exited the annual chart in 2024 to make way for these are Warrior Nun (which charted only in 2023, but was at rank 11), She-Ra (which was on the chart for 5 years starting in 2019, and maxed out at rank 2 in the 2020 ratings), and Star Wars (which has certainly charted in the past, but I don't have high-quality pre-2023 data about when).
  
• That leaves 11 fandoms which sat lower on the annual chart during both 2023 and 2024: Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE!, A Song of Ice and Fire, Boku no Hero Academia, Supergirl, Honkai: Star Rail, Grey's Anatomy, RWBY, Yellowjackets, Doctor Who, and Once Upon A Time (which is noteworthy for having been on the chart without interruption since 2012, including a couple of first-place finishes in 2014 and 2015, though both this year and last it has barely hung on at rank 20).
  
• I hope you find this interesting; feedback is very welcome!
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-12-17 - 2024-12-23

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 9315 (+297 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5516 (+168 from last week) (2720 new, 2796 continued)


• 0.66% of all 833052 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• League of Legends is still going very strong in its sixth week at rank 1.
  
• Avatar: Legend of Korra and Avatar: The Last Airbender are both on the chart this week, which occasionally happens (some of the ships overlap, some don't). The 100 also returns. Coronation Street leaves the chart after a 6-week run. She-Ra leaves the chart after 39 consecutive weeks (317 total weeks).
  
• Chart anniversaries: Game of Thrones has been on the chart for 40 consecutive weeks. A couple of big hitters who are still around: RWBY reaches 400 consecutive chart-weeks, and Supergirl, still the longest-tenured fandom on the chart, reaches 470 consecutive weeks.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-12-03 - 2024-12-09

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 9141 (-297 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5361 (-229 from last week) (2636 new, 2725 continued)


• 0.65% of all 827802 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• League of Legends is flat week-over-week, remaining in a commanding number one slot. MCU is beginning to fall off its post-Agatha peak, but is still comfortably at rank two.
  
• Once Upon a Time returns after a few weeks away, replacing The 100.
  
• A couple of chart anniversaries in the 2+ year range: Addams Family/Wednesday celebrates 110 consecutive weeks on the chart. Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! reaches 130 consecutive weeks.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-11-19 - 2024-11-25

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8855 (+217 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 5223 (+297 from last week) (2572 new, 2651 continued)


• 0.64% of all 822311 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• League of Legends is seriously blowing up. In its second week at rank 1, the fandom has an unprecedented number of new or updated F/F works. In fact, both MCU and League of Legends broke work count records in November; every week of last month saw more works from the top fandom than we'd ever seen prior to last month. This week's League of Legends numbers just take it to a new level.
  
• Meanwhile, Coronation Street hits a personal-best rank of 16.
  
• The 100 returns to the chart after a couple of weeks away, replacing Star Wars.
  
• Prompts and fills are open for the 15th annual Femslash Kink meme. It's very impressive that this event has been happening for 15 years; read cleo's post about the timeline and status of the project.
  
• This year's sapphic stocking stuffers exchange is open for the next few weeks for prompts, and the rest of December for fills.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-11-05 - 2024-11-11

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8491 (-1024 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 4788 (-629 from last week) (2184 new, 2604 continued)


• 0.59% of all 817453 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• MCU has fallen off last week's peak, but is still crushing the charts, with over twice as many new/updated F/F works as the next fandom.
  
• Meanwhile, League of Legends is up at rank 2. That's a jump of 81 works week-over-week. Given that Arcane season 2 dropped only two days before the end of the week represented in this listing, I expect next week will be even stronger.
  
• Those surges take Harry Potter out of the top two for the first time in two years, which seems fine.
  
• Web series Alien Stage continues to slowly climb the chart, reaching another best-ever rank of 13.
  
• Long-running British soap opera Coronation Street joins the chart at rank 18, its first appearance since (wait for it) 2015. Maybe there's a canon reason for this jump, or maybe someone is running a successful exchange or prompt. If you know, tell me, and I'll mention it next week!
  
• Once Upon a Time also returns, and those two fandoms replace Batman and The 100.
  
• Finally, the new Problematic Femslash dreamwidth community is running a Sapphic Dead Dove December prompt event. I don't know the community, but I assume it is what it says on the tin, so go there if you go there and don't if you don't.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-10-22 - 2024-10-28

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8786 (+117 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 4931 (+143 from last week) (2447 new, 2484 continued)


• 0.61% of all 812602 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• The top five stays consistent week-over-week.
  
• Web series Alien Stage returns to the chart after several months for its second-ever appearance. Dangan Ronpa, which was once a regular but hasn't been on the chart since 2022, is also back. Those two replace Avatar: The Last Airbender and Life Is Strange.
  
• Web series Murder Drones celebrates its first 10 consecutive weeks on the chart.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-10-08 - 2024-10-14

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8918 (-421 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 4947 (-229 from last week) (2416 new, 2531 continued)


• 0.61% of all 807790 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Fun fact: last week's post was the most active Week In Review post on tumblr ever, primarily due to MCU (Agatha All Along) fans. Anecdotally, it seems that F/F shippers are very excited about this show, which is at rank 1 for the second week, and has added 57 F/F works week-over-week.
  
• Miraculous Ladybug is back on the chart for the first time since April. The 100 and Honkai: Star Rail are back after shorter absences. They replace Dead Boy Detectives, Doctor Who, and Hololive, after one week each.
  
• Chart anniversaries: Game of Thrones and She-Ra each reach 30 consecutive weeks in their latest chart appearances. RWBY reaches 390 consecutive weeks. And Supergirl is at 460 consecutive chart-weeks, which continues to be the longest streak of any fandom currently on the chart.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-09-24 - 2024-09-30

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8221 (+85 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 4446 (+4 from last week) (1907 new, 2539 continued)


• 0.55% of all 802680 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Visual novel Class of '09 makes its first-ever chart appearance at rank 18. Honkai: Star Rail also returns this week. Those two fandoms replace Life Is Strange and The 100.
  
• Chart anniversaries: Once Upon a Time has been back for 10 consecutive weeks, its longest run since 2022. Addams Family/Wednesday reaches 100 consecutive weeks. Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! reaches 120 consecutive weeks.
  

High-level stats for week of 2024-09-03 - 2024-09-09

• Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 8542 (-141 from last week)


• Works I classified F/F: 4667 (-40 from last week) (2055 new, 2612 continued)


• 0.59% of all 796842 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week

A few callouts this week:

• Web series Murder Drones improves another couple of places, to a new best-ever rank of 15.
  
• Avatar returns to the chart after a couple of weeks, Doctor Who returns after a couple of months, and Star Wars returns after six months. They replace Criminal Minds, Motherland: Fort Salem, and Warrior Nun, after streaks of one week each.
  
• Chart anniversary: MCU has been on the chart for 20 consecutive weeks (out of many more total weeks than that).
  
• You all know about Yuletide, and it's not a femslash exchange, but it's Yuletide, so I'll signal-boost that nominations are open until early on September 20, and signups are open October 8-18. See fandom calendar for dates and links.