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| Title: | AO3 Ship Stats 2023 |
| Creator: | centrumlumina (centreoftheselights) |
| Date(s): | August 7, 2023 |
| Medium: | AO3 post |
| Fandom: | Panfandom |
| Topic: | Fandom Statistics |
| External Links: | AO3 Post |
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AO3 Ship Stats 2023 is part of the AO3 Ship Stats project by centrumlumina.
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Archive of Our Ownfic, stats, cats, squeeThere was a lot of discussion in the comments and on social media platforms, such as Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit about confusion in the numbers. For example, many of the overall top 20 dropped in numbers in 2023 compared to 2022 according the AO3 Ship Stats series.
centrumlumina suggested these findings were likely either due to a larger number of authors locking their works to users only due to the news about AO3 being scraped for generative AI, or deleting their works.
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Ao3 BooksOverall Top 20
The top 20 pairings on AO3 as of August 2023. See the rest of the results on AO3.
| No. | Pairing | Canon | Type | Race | Works | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castiel/Dean Winchester | Supernatural | M/M | White/White | 102783 | 0 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes/John Watson | Sherlock (TV) | M/M | White/White | 63386 | 0 |
| 3 | Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf | M/M | White/White | 63333 | 0 |
| 4 | Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter | Harry Potter | M/M | White/White | 59048 | 1 |
| 5 | James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers | Captain America (Movies) | M/M | White/White | 58160 | 1 |
| 6 | Aziraphale/Crowley | Good Omens (TV) | Other | White/White | 45362 | 1 |
| 7 | Steve Rogers/Tony Stark | The Avengers (Marvel) | M/M | White/White | 42239 | 1 |
| 8 | Sirius Black/Remus Lupin | Harry Potter | M/M | White/White | 40881 | 4 |
| 9 | Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson | One Direction | M/M | White/White | 39028 | 1 |
| 10 | Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku | Boku no Hero Academia | M/M | Asian/Asian | 38415 | 0 |
| 11 | Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V | Bangtan Boys | BTS | M/M | Asian/Asian | 35024 | 2 |
| 12 | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | Mó Dào Zǔ Shī | M/M | Asian/Asian | 34632 | 1 |
| 13 | Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Miraculous Ladybug | F/M | White/Asian | 33169 | 1 |
| 14 | Keith/Lance | Voltron: Legendary Defender | M/M | Ambiguous/Latino | 32035 | 3 |
| 15 | Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester | Supernatural | M/M | White/White | 30257 | 0 |
| 16 | Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood | Shadowhunters | M/M | Asian/White | 29501 | 0 |
| 17 | Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou | Boku no Hero Academia | M/M | Asian/Asian | 29316 | 1 |
| 18 | Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Merlin (TV) | M/M | White/White | 27082 | 3 |
| 19 | Marvel Cinematic Universe | Gen | White/White | 26868 | 1 | |
| 20 | Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin | Bangtan Boys | BTS | M/M | Asian/Asian | 26868 | 2 |
Top 20 in 2023
Top 20 pairings that produced the most fanworks in 2023.
| No. | Pairing | Canon | Type | Race | New Works | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson | Stranger Things | M/M | White/White | 13273 | 19870 | 9 |
| 2 | Sirius Black/Remus Lupin | Harry Potter | M/M | White/White | 8453 | 40881 | 2 |
| 3 | Alhaitham/Kaveh | Genshin Impact | M/M | MENA/MENA | 6837 | 6837 | NEW |
| 4 | Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya | Bungou Stray Dogs | M/M | Asian/Asian | 6329 | 24005 | 15 |
| 5 | John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley | Call of Duty (Video Games) | M/M | White/White | 6321 | 6321 | NEW |
| 6 | Regulus Black/James Potter | Harry Potter | M/M | White/White | 6047 | 9178 | 55 |
| 7 | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet | Our Flag Means Death | M/M | Indigenous/White | 6021 | 13595 | 2 |
| 8 | Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku | Boku no Hero Academia | M/M | Asian/Asian | 5801 | 38415 | 2 |
| 9 | Minecraft YouTube | Gen | White/White | 5041 | 20602 | 8 | |
| 10 | Will Byers/Mike Wheeler | Stranger Things | M/M | White/White | 4921 | 9846 | 29 |
| 11 | Wednesday Addams/Enid Sinclair | Wednesday (TV series) | F/F | Latino/White | 4808 | 4808 | NEW |
| 12 | Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy | Harry Potter | F/M | Ambiguous/White | 4710 | 24827 | 6 |
| 13 | Minecraft YouTube | Gen | White/Asian | 3961 | 19889 | 11 | |
| 14 | Han Jisung/Lee Minho | Stray Kids (Band) | M/M | Asian/Asian | 3880 | 11772 | 36 |
| 15 | Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler | Stranger Things | F/F | White/White | 3767 | 6195 | 44 |
| 16 | Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling | The Sandman | M/M | White/Asian | 3562 | 3562 | NEW |
| 17 | Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen | House of the Dragon | F/M | White/White | 3488 | 3488 | NEW |
| 18 | Amity Blight/Luz Noceda | The Owl House | F/F | White/Afro-Latino | 3396 | 10722 | 15 |
| 19 | Aziraphale/Crowley | Good Omens | Other | White/White | 3296 | 45362 | 5 |
| 20 | Stranger Things | Gen | White/White | 3248 | 5815 | 63 |
For a list of all 100 ships, see here or on AO3.
Overall Top 20 Femslash
The top 20 femslash pairings on AO3 as of August 2023. See the rest of the results on AO3.
| No. | Pairing | Canon | Race | Works | Change |
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| 1 | Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor | Supergirl (TV 2015) | White/White | 19455 | 0 |
| 2 | Regina Mills/Emma Swan | Once Upon a Time (TV) | Latino/White | 14632 | 0 |
| 3 | Clarke Griffin/Lexa | The 100 | White/White | 12568 | 0 |
| 4 | Amity Blight/Luz Noceda | The Owl House | White/Af Lat | 10722 | 10 |
| 5 | Adora/Catra | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | White/Latino | 10525 | 0 |
| 6 | Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long | RWBY | Asian/Asian | 6945 | 1 |
| 7 | Korra/Asami Sato | Avatar: Legend of Korra | Indig/Asian | 6579 | 1 |
| 8 | Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes | Harry Potter | White/Black | 6243 | 15 |
| 9 | Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler | Stranger Things | White/White | 5841 | 23 |
| 10 | Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer | Supergirl (TV 2015) | White/Latino | 6024 | 2 |
| 11 | Jirou Kyouka/Yaoyorozu Momo | Boku no Hero Academia | Asian/Asian | 6023 | 1 |
| 12 | Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught | Wynonna Earp (TV) | White/White | 5853 | 3 |
| 13 | Caitlyn/Vi | Arcane: League of Legends | Asian/White | 5671 | 4 |
| 14 | Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee | RWBY | Asian/White | 5165 | 1 |
| 15 | Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam | Homestuck | Ambig/N.H. | 5069 | 3 |
| 16 | Laura Hollis/Carmilla Karnstein | Carmilla | White/White | 4960 | 5 |
| 17 | Wednesday Addams/Enid Sinclair | Wednesday (TV series) | Latino/White | 4808 | NEW |
| 18 | Chloe Beale/Beca Mitchell | Pitch Perfect | White/White | 4688 | 4 |
| 19 | Alphys/Undyne | Undertale | N.H./N.H. | 4395 | 4 |
| 20 | Historia Reiss/Ymir of the 104th | Attack on Titan | White/White | 4180 | 4 |
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