Seeking fandom metrics
May 16, 2019 5:04 PM Subscribe
Where would I find statistics about which fandoms/pairings are currently popular, on the rise, on decline, etc?
Tumblr has something like this, but I'm not interested in Tumblr specifically, I'd like to know this across many websites. Like, is anyone reporting statistics on which fandoms are getting the most works uploaded to ao3 this week? What about this month in comparison with last month? Or things like relative frequency of fic vs art vs memes vs other? Etc.
Tumblr has something like this, but I'm not interested in Tumblr specifically, I'd like to know this across many websites. Like, is anyone reporting statistics on which fandoms are getting the most works uploaded to ao3 this week? What about this month in comparison with last month? Or things like relative frequency of fic vs art vs memes vs other? Etc.
I haven't been very diligent about it, but I wrote a little tool to capture changes at AO3 last summer. I generated just one set of observations back then based on 2 weeks of changes. But by chance I also captured changes as of March 31, so I'm able to report on the most recent ~6 weeks.
Bearing in mind that the total number of works can change because of things like recategorization / reupload of previously existing works, here's a list of what fandoms at AO3 have had > 25 new entries in the past ~6 weeks, a number of old entries > the number of new entries, and yet a percentage change > 20%:
posted by cpound at 7:39 PM on May 16, 2019 [2 favorites]
Bearing in mind that the total number of works can change because of things like recategorization / reupload of previously existing works, here's a list of what fandoms at AO3 have had > 25 new entries in the past ~6 weeks, a number of old entries > the number of new entries, and yet a percentage change > 20%:
Total New N/T Fandom Tag ----- ----- ----- ---------- 2747 930 0.512 Devil May Cry 111 41 0.586 Dororo (Anime 2019) 176 30 0.205 一人之下 The Outcast | Hitori no Shita: The Outcast (Anime) 264 88 0.5 風が強く吹いている | Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru | Run with the Wind (Anime) 428 180 0.726 約束のネバーランド | Yakusoku no Neverland | The Promised Neverland (Manga) 175 51 0.411 默读 - priest | The Light in the Night - priest 94 30 0.469 魔法少女育成計画 - 遠藤浅蜊 | Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku | Magical Girl Raising Project Series - Endou Asari 4048 877 0.277 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù 515 115 0.287 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon) 106 30 0.395 The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani 950 273 0.403 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villains Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù 570 170 0.425 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù 170 44 0.349 Trollhunters - Daniel Kraus & Guillermo del Toro 94 41 0.774 伪装学渣 - 木瓜黄 | Wěi Zhuāng Xué Zhā - Mù Guā Huáng 1123 227 0.253 The Dragon Prince (Cartoon) 246 56 0.295 Shazam! | Captain Marvel (Comics) 1756 326 0.228 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) 201 37 0.226 Superman: The Animated Series 198 36 0.222 신의 탑 | Tower of God 504 119 0.309 The Umbrella Academy (Comics) 618 133 0.274 Bohemian Rhapsody (Movie 2018) Actor RPF 2355 505 0.273 Chinese Actor RPF 1151 513 0.804 Chinese Comedian RPF 777 146 0.231 League of Legends RPF 188 50 0.362 S.C.I.谜案集 | S.C.I. Mystery (TV) RPF 85 38 0.809 101 Dalmatians (1961) 1715 305 0.216 Bohemian Rhapsody (Movie 2018) 912 409 0.813 Captain Marvel (2019) 103 26 0.338 飞驰人生 | Fēi Chí Rén Shēng (2019) 67 26 0.634 骗爱天团 | The Fraud Love Group (2016) 260 57 0.281 Mary Poppins (Movies) 129 26 0.252 盗墓笔记 | Time Raiders (2016) 802 300 0.598 流浪地球 | The Wandering Earth (2019) 124 53 0.746 战狼 | Wolf Warriors (Movies) 498 199 0.666 ATEEZ (Band) 125 26 0.263 Hadestown - Mitchell 121 26 0.274 IZONE (Band) 123 28 0.295 KISS (US Band) 1121 194 0.209 LOONA (Korea Band) 2517 564 0.289 Queen (Band) 190 51 0.367 Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén 1113 194 0.211 The Magnus Archives (Podcast) 122 46 0.605 Rusty Quill Gaming (Podcast) 200 48 0.316 Undisclosed Fandom 91 33 0.569 The Prom - Sklar/Beguelin/Martin 97 40 0.702 Spies Are Forever - Talkfine/Tin Can Brothers 316 98 0.45 9-1-1 (TV) 231 40 0.209 Amar a Muerte (TV) 399 77 0.239 香蜜沉沉烬如霜 | Ashes of Love (TV) 994 289 0.41 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018) 87 27 0.45 Deadly Class (TV) 455 186 0.691 Good Girls (TV) 452 136 0.43 Killing Eve (TV 2018) 857 244 0.398 Legacies (TV 2018) 2260 648 0.402 The Magicians (TV) 99 38 0.623 美人为馅 | Memory Lost (TV) 450 81 0.22 原生之罪 | Original Sin (TV) 624 152 0.322 霹靂布袋戲 | Pili Glove Puppetry (TV) 60 28 0.875 御姐归来 | Royal Sister Returns (TV) 485 198 0.69 Schitt's Creek 112 31 0.383 SEAL Team (TV) 674 229 0.515 SKAM (France) 564 131 0.303 SKAM (Italy) 80 26 0.481 麻雀 | Sparrow (TV) 282 76 0.369 Station 19 (TV) 4041 1569 0.635 The Umbrella Academy (TV) 200 81 0.681 许你浮生若梦 | Xǔ Nǐ Fú Shēng Ruò Mèng | Granting You a Dreamlike Life (TV) 178 32 0.219 A3! (Video Game) 274 102 0.593 Apex Legends (Video Games) 377 69 0.224 DmC: Devil May Cry 77 26 0.51 Dragalia Lost (Video Game) 138 36 0.353 Fallen Hero: Rebirth (Video Game) 111 46 0.708 The Freshman Series (Visual Novels) 879 158 0.219 Granblue Fantasy (Video Game) 387 83 0.273 Hollow Knight (Video Game) 736 175 0.312 第五人格 | Identity V (Video Game) 613 132 0.274 剑侠情缘 | Jianxiaqingyuan | JX (Video Games) 411 103 0.334 王者荣耀 | King of Glory (Video Game) 2368 429 0.221 Red Dead Redemption (Video Games) 510 91 0.217 天下統一恋の乱 | Sakura Amidst Chaos | Samurai Love Ballad (Visual Novel) 1720 300 0.211 Super Mario & Related Fandoms
posted by cpound at 7:39 PM on May 16, 2019 [2 favorites]
Given that most fandoms have an associated wiki, tracking the biggest/most active wikis would be a decent metric. Fandom.com (formerly Wikia) has a "Wiki Activity Monitor" that uses "traffic, engagement and growth" to calculate a daily score (out of 100) for each of their wikis. The current top 10:
Marvel
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Disney
DBZ Dokkan Battle (mobile game)
Star Wars
Game of Thrones
Drama (a Spanish wiki for Asian media, apparently)
Fate/Grand Order
Yu-Gi-Oh
Warframe
posted by Rhaomi at 12:58 AM on May 17, 2019
Marvel
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Disney
DBZ Dokkan Battle (mobile game)
Star Wars
Game of Thrones
Drama (a Spanish wiki for Asian media, apparently)
Fate/Grand Order
Yu-Gi-Oh
Warframe
posted by Rhaomi at 12:58 AM on May 17, 2019
You may also be interested in Fansplaining's shipping survey, which just came out. They also did a previous survey on tropes, which was interesting too.
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Fanlore: Fandom Statistics (see sources), Ao3 Ship Stats
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