AO3 Stats Meme
It's been years since I've done any kind of actual posting meme, but I decided to snag this from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thisbluespirit because it looked fun, and it might help motivate me to actually finish up and post some of my drafts so this list actually looks a little different next year.
Hits
1. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 2420 hits.
2. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 2330 hits.
3. The Coach and the Pretty Boy (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Coach Schneider, 8655 words), Kinktober 2019, 1177 hits.
4. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 1161 hits.
5. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 1080 hits.
6. A Loud and Sloppy Interspecies Makeout (Homestuck, Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas, 1295 words), Spooktober 2019, 995 hits.
7. The Nightmare Room (Hetalia, Denmark/Sweden, 1327 words), Nordic Romance Fest 2012, 942 hits.
8. Midnight City Madness (Homestuck, Jade Harley/Karkat Vantas, 14170 words), 935 hits.
9. Party On Our Own (Hetalia, Canada/Netherlands, 5231 words), 884 hits.
10. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 801 hits.
The fact that 4 of the top 5 on this list are Explicit is probably the least surprising thing in the word, but I'm kind of happy that the super niche gen fic I've been working on on-and-off for ten years, and easily the longest thing I've written, has still managed to stay in the top spot. I'm also equally thrilled that a good half of this list is stuff I wrote during Fictober 2019. I know that compared to other people's hit counters mine is pretty low for the most part, but its my own fault for writing a lot of rarepairs for properties with not a lot of fic. (Though my ANOES fic has probably benefited from that aspect tbh since its not Freddy/Reader fic like most of that section).
Kudos
1. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 150 kudos.
2. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 100 kudos.
3. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 97 kudos.
4. Clarity with Coffee (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4992 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 89 kudos.
5. Blunt Force Molossia (Hetalia, America/Molossia, 2954 words), 70 kudos.
6. A Loud and Sloppy Interspecies Makeout (Homestuck, Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas, 1295 words), Spooktober 2019, 66 kudos.
7. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 62 kudos.
8. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 61 kudos.
9. Party On Our Own (Hetalia, Canada/Netherlands, 5231 words), 52 kudos.
10. Banding Together (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 3926 words), 51 kudos.
It's really interesting looking at the difference between this list and hits. Clarity with Coffee may have the best hit/kudos ratio of anything I've written and I'm still really proud of it. I'm honestly kind of shocked that Blunt Force Molossia has done similarly well considering how its a rarepair and it's the only "canonverse" Hetalia fic I've ever written which is a kind of nebulous approach to take with that series.
Comments (not threads)
1. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 26 comments.
2. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 17 comments.
=3. A Lifetime of Words (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 6358 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 5 comments.
=3. Clarity with Coffee (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4992 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 5 comments.
=3. Raindrops in April (Hetalia, Prussia/Hungary, 4521 words), 5 comments.
=3. Pomace (Osomatsu-san, Choromatsu/Ichimatsu, 2653 words), 5 comments.
=3. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 5 comments.
=3. The Coach and the Pretty Boy (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Coach Schneider, 8655 words), Kinktober 2019, 5 comments.
=3. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 5 comments.
=10. Midnight City Madness (Homestuck, Jade Harley/Karkat Vantas, 14170 words), 4 comments.
=10. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 4 comments.
I don't get (nor do I expect to really get) a ton of comments on fics so I'm not really surprised by the seven-way tie but I am mildly by the disparity between the top 2 and the rest. My Hetalia multi-chapter fics from years ago are truly carrying my account. (It doesn't help that I didn't realize you could respond to comments on AO3 until, like, last year, at which point I felt too awkward doing so retroactively).
Bookmarks (including private bookmarks)
=1. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 18 bookmarks.
=1. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 18 bookmarks.
3. Clarity with Coffee (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4992 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 17 bookmarks.
4. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 16 bookmarks.
5. A Lifetime of Words (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 6358 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 13 bookmarks.
6. In Awe of the Dawn (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4538 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 12 bookmarks.
7. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 11 bookmarks.
=8. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 10 bookmarks.
=8. Party On Our Own (Hetalia, Canada/Netherlands, 5231 words), 10 bookmarks.
10. Banding Together (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 3926 words), 7 bookmarks.
This only feeds my theory that Inside My Body and Clarity with Coffee are ultimately gonna be the stories that have the most longevity.
Subscriptions
1. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 18 subscriptions.
2. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 13 subscriptions.
3. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 4 subscriptions.
4. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 3 subscriptions.
=5. Midnight City Madness (Homestuck, Jade Harley/Karkat Vantas, 14170 words), 2 subscriptions.
=5. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 2 subscriptions.
(A nine-way tie for 1 subscription that I'm not gonna bother listing)
I'm mildly surprised by how well Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern has done on these lists despite it being another rarepair, but I think a lot of that can be attributed to it being a popular fandom, and to the story being published when Belphegor was still in the zeitgeist. Two of my only multi-chapter fics topping this list specifically is probably the least surprising aspect of this whole exercise, but I am grateful since this is a stat I don't look at very often.
I really wonder how this list will be shaped if I end up finishing Personal Chaos this year like I want to, and if the glut of drafts I have for Buffy the Vampire, Glee, and Merlin ever end up getting finished and published. Or, better yet, I write something for a fandom that is actually current and popular that involves a popular pairing. I think it says a lot that my Finland/Sweden Hetalia fics from 2014 have had a lot of staying power.
It should also be mentioned that all the pre-2013 fics on this list are also on Fanfiction.Net, though I haven't checked on the activity on that account in ages aside from posting new chapters of Personal Chaos. Though just from a cursory look they got more reviews, but I think that has a lot to do with comments on fics being more common practice during the time they were published, since that site doesn't have a kudos button.
I've also wondered if I should mirror my Doctor Who fic on A Teaspoon And An Open Mind since that still seems to get a lot of traffic for an independent archive, and I feel like my writing is good enough to pass the application for it, but I don't know what the site's tools are like (do they have backdating? Should I backdate?) or what the general health/attitude/trend of the site is right now.
Either way, hopefully I'll have done enough writing in the next year that these stats will look kind of different. It feels like my brain is finally sustainably out of the quarantine fog its been slipping in and out of the past year so I'm actually, genuinely hopeful I'll actually be productive and not just wishing it into existence.
thisbluespirit because it looked fun, and it might help motivate me to actually finish up and post some of my drafts so this list actually looks a little different next year.Hits
1. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 2420 hits.
2. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 2330 hits.
3. The Coach and the Pretty Boy (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Coach Schneider, 8655 words), Kinktober 2019, 1177 hits.
4. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 1161 hits.
5. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 1080 hits.
6. A Loud and Sloppy Interspecies Makeout (Homestuck, Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas, 1295 words), Spooktober 2019, 995 hits.
7. The Nightmare Room (Hetalia, Denmark/Sweden, 1327 words), Nordic Romance Fest 2012, 942 hits.
8. Midnight City Madness (Homestuck, Jade Harley/Karkat Vantas, 14170 words), 935 hits.
9. Party On Our Own (Hetalia, Canada/Netherlands, 5231 words), 884 hits.
10. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 801 hits.
The fact that 4 of the top 5 on this list are Explicit is probably the least surprising thing in the word, but I'm kind of happy that the super niche gen fic I've been working on on-and-off for ten years, and easily the longest thing I've written, has still managed to stay in the top spot. I'm also equally thrilled that a good half of this list is stuff I wrote during Fictober 2019. I know that compared to other people's hit counters mine is pretty low for the most part, but its my own fault for writing a lot of rarepairs for properties with not a lot of fic. (Though my ANOES fic has probably benefited from that aspect tbh since its not Freddy/Reader fic like most of that section).
Kudos
1. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 150 kudos.
2. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 100 kudos.
3. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 97 kudos.
4. Clarity with Coffee (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4992 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 89 kudos.
5. Blunt Force Molossia (Hetalia, America/Molossia, 2954 words), 70 kudos.
6. A Loud and Sloppy Interspecies Makeout (Homestuck, Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas, 1295 words), Spooktober 2019, 66 kudos.
7. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 62 kudos.
8. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 61 kudos.
9. Party On Our Own (Hetalia, Canada/Netherlands, 5231 words), 52 kudos.
10. Banding Together (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 3926 words), 51 kudos.
It's really interesting looking at the difference between this list and hits. Clarity with Coffee may have the best hit/kudos ratio of anything I've written and I'm still really proud of it. I'm honestly kind of shocked that Blunt Force Molossia has done similarly well considering how its a rarepair and it's the only "canonverse" Hetalia fic I've ever written which is a kind of nebulous approach to take with that series.
Comments (not threads)
1. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 26 comments.
2. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 17 comments.
=3. A Lifetime of Words (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 6358 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 5 comments.
=3. Clarity with Coffee (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4992 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 5 comments.
=3. Raindrops in April (Hetalia, Prussia/Hungary, 4521 words), 5 comments.
=3. Pomace (Osomatsu-san, Choromatsu/Ichimatsu, 2653 words), 5 comments.
=3. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 5 comments.
=3. The Coach and the Pretty Boy (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Coach Schneider, 8655 words), Kinktober 2019, 5 comments.
=3. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 5 comments.
=10. Midnight City Madness (Homestuck, Jade Harley/Karkat Vantas, 14170 words), 4 comments.
=10. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 4 comments.
I don't get (nor do I expect to really get) a ton of comments on fics so I'm not really surprised by the seven-way tie but I am mildly by the disparity between the top 2 and the rest. My Hetalia multi-chapter fics from years ago are truly carrying my account. (It doesn't help that I didn't realize you could respond to comments on AO3 until, like, last year, at which point I felt too awkward doing so retroactively).
Bookmarks (including private bookmarks)
=1. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 18 bookmarks.
=1. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 18 bookmarks.
3. Clarity with Coffee (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4992 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 17 bookmarks.
4. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 16 bookmarks.
5. A Lifetime of Words (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 6358 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 13 bookmarks.
6. In Awe of the Dawn (Hetalia, Finland/Sweden, 4538 words), Surströmmiakki Fest 2014, 12 bookmarks.
7. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 11 bookmarks.
=8. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 10 bookmarks.
=8. Party On Our Own (Hetalia, Canada/Netherlands, 5231 words), 10 bookmarks.
10. Banding Together (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 3926 words), 7 bookmarks.
This only feeds my theory that Inside My Body and Clarity with Coffee are ultimately gonna be the stories that have the most longevity.
Subscriptions
1. The Apartment Upstairs (Hetalia, Denmark/Iceland, 13172 words), 18 subscriptions.
2. Personal Chaos (Hetalia, Gen/Multi-Pairing, 38045 words), 13 subscriptions.
3. Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern (Supernatural, Belphegor/Dean Winchester, 1644 words), Kinktober/Spooktober 2019, 4 subscriptions.
4. Inside My Body (ANOES, Jesse Walsh/Ron Grady, 3275 words), Kinktober 2019, 3 subscriptions.
=5. Midnight City Madness (Homestuck, Jade Harley/Karkat Vantas, 14170 words), 2 subscriptions.
=5. Feels Like Torture (Supernatural, Belphagor/Dean Winchester, 1095 words), Kinktober 2019, 2 subscriptions.
(A nine-way tie for 1 subscription that I'm not gonna bother listing)
I'm mildly surprised by how well Lighting the Jack-o'-lantern has done on these lists despite it being another rarepair, but I think a lot of that can be attributed to it being a popular fandom, and to the story being published when Belphegor was still in the zeitgeist. Two of my only multi-chapter fics topping this list specifically is probably the least surprising aspect of this whole exercise, but I am grateful since this is a stat I don't look at very often.
I really wonder how this list will be shaped if I end up finishing Personal Chaos this year like I want to, and if the glut of drafts I have for Buffy the Vampire, Glee, and Merlin ever end up getting finished and published. Or, better yet, I write something for a fandom that is actually current and popular that involves a popular pairing. I think it says a lot that my Finland/Sweden Hetalia fics from 2014 have had a lot of staying power.
It should also be mentioned that all the pre-2013 fics on this list are also on Fanfiction.Net, though I haven't checked on the activity on that account in ages aside from posting new chapters of Personal Chaos. Though just from a cursory look they got more reviews, but I think that has a lot to do with comments on fics being more common practice during the time they were published, since that site doesn't have a kudos button.
I've also wondered if I should mirror my Doctor Who fic on A Teaspoon And An Open Mind since that still seems to get a lot of traffic for an independent archive, and I feel like my writing is good enough to pass the application for it, but I don't know what the site's tools are like (do they have backdating? Should I backdate?) or what the general health/attitude/trend of the site is right now.
Either way, hopefully I'll have done enough writing in the next year that these stats will look kind of different. It feels like my brain is finally sustainably out of the quarantine fog its been slipping in and out of the past year so I'm actually, genuinely hopeful I'll actually be productive and not just wishing it into existence.