[Meme] AO3 hit counts
Apr. 30th, 2019 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingIt's that time of year again. (Well, about a week and a half late, but pssh, details.)
Here are the results from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012, for comparison purposes.
I currently have 539 stories posted on AO3, which is 34 more than last year. I think almost all of the new fics were genuinely written during the past year, though I might also have crossposted a few backdated things; I honestly don't remember.
Anyway, here are my top ten works on AO3, by hit count:
1. What Isn't Broken (Can Still Be Fixed) - 29,687 [Naruto, remix]
2. The Way of the Apartment Manager - 7,872 [Naruto, chaptered]
3. Definitions of Romance - 6,914 [Harry Potter]
4. With a Vengeance - 6,588 [Naruto]
5. I Must Increase My Bust - 6,289 [Homestuck]
6. More Sins than Condemnation - 6,079 [Naruto]
7. Trollstuck: Make Her Pay - 5,883 [Homestuck, chaptered, WIP]
8. Problems and Solutions (All Things in Time) - 5,867 [Chronicles of Narnia/Stargate: SG-1, remix]
9. Four by Four - 5,096 [Homestuck, chaptered, WIP]
10. The Guardian in Spite of Herself - 4,369 [Naruto, chaptered, WIP]
As in previous years, this list is slow to change. There's been a bit of internal rearrangement, "Definitions of Romance" jumped from #11 (and thus not on last year's list) to #3, and "Guardian" appeared at #10 -- probably because I added a new chapter in early 2019 -- but that's about it. :)
Moving on!
Here are my top ten stories by number of kudos:
1. What Isn't Broken (Can Still Be Fixed) - 1,281 [Naruto, remix]
2. Definitions of Romance - 770 [Harry Potter]
3. The Way of the Apartment Manager - 561 [Naruto, chaptered]
4. Problems and Solutions (All Things in Time) - 558 [Chronicles of Narnia/Stargate: SG-1, remix]
5. Giant Robot Mayhem Doesn't Happen in a Day - 424 [Homestuck, Jadefest]
6. Four by Four - 364 [Homestuck, chaptered, WIP]
7. More Sins than Condemnation - 345 [Naruto]
8. The Guardian in Spite of Herself - 304 [Naruto, chaptered, WIP]
9. Broken if Revealed - 290 [Daredevil (MCU)]
10. Ass O'Clock in Dusseldorf - 285 [Homestuck]
This is also very similar to last year, allowing for a bit of internal reshuffling and "Guardian" kicking "Hollywood Shenanigans" off the list. "Definitions of Romance" only moved up one rank (#3 to #2), but in absolute terms it's starting to pull as widely away from all the other stories as "What Isn't Broken" has done. There really does seem to be something about that fic that strikes a chord in people. (I am never quite sure how to feel about that, because on the one hand I think it's a fine story, and I like the structure... but I wrote it in literally thirty minutes off the top of my head and I think only ever revised one word, so I always wonder why that story and not some of the others I worked much harder on? *hands* The ways of the Claw are mysterious and it is ours not to question why.)
A more general trend is my Naruto fics sliding back up the rankings relative to my Homestuck fics. This is probably because, as mentioned above, I posted a new chapter of "Guardian" in early 2019 and there's been some spillover to my other work in that fandom; also, Homestuck fandom in general was slowing down until the epilogues dropped just a couple weeks ago.
And now I'm going to go read a book. :)
Here are the results from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012, for comparison purposes.
I currently have 539 stories posted on AO3, which is 34 more than last year. I think almost all of the new fics were genuinely written during the past year, though I might also have crossposted a few backdated things; I honestly don't remember.
Anyway, here are my top ten works on AO3, by hit count:
1. What Isn't Broken (Can Still Be Fixed) - 29,687 [Naruto, remix]
2. The Way of the Apartment Manager - 7,872 [Naruto, chaptered]
3. Definitions of Romance - 6,914 [Harry Potter]
4. With a Vengeance - 6,588 [Naruto]
5. I Must Increase My Bust - 6,289 [Homestuck]
6. More Sins than Condemnation - 6,079 [Naruto]
7. Trollstuck: Make Her Pay - 5,883 [Homestuck, chaptered, WIP]
8. Problems and Solutions (All Things in Time) - 5,867 [Chronicles of Narnia/Stargate: SG-1, remix]
9. Four by Four - 5,096 [Homestuck, chaptered, WIP]
10. The Guardian in Spite of Herself - 4,369 [Naruto, chaptered, WIP]
As in previous years, this list is slow to change. There's been a bit of internal rearrangement, "Definitions of Romance" jumped from #11 (and thus not on last year's list) to #3, and "Guardian" appeared at #10 -- probably because I added a new chapter in early 2019 -- but that's about it. :)
Moving on!
Here are my top ten stories by number of kudos:
1. What Isn't Broken (Can Still Be Fixed) - 1,281 [Naruto, remix]
2. Definitions of Romance - 770 [Harry Potter]
3. The Way of the Apartment Manager - 561 [Naruto, chaptered]
4. Problems and Solutions (All Things in Time) - 558 [Chronicles of Narnia/Stargate: SG-1, remix]
5. Giant Robot Mayhem Doesn't Happen in a Day - 424 [Homestuck, Jadefest]
6. Four by Four - 364 [Homestuck, chaptered, WIP]
7. More Sins than Condemnation - 345 [Naruto]
8. The Guardian in Spite of Herself - 304 [Naruto, chaptered, WIP]
9. Broken if Revealed - 290 [Daredevil (MCU)]
10. Ass O'Clock in Dusseldorf - 285 [Homestuck]
This is also very similar to last year, allowing for a bit of internal reshuffling and "Guardian" kicking "Hollywood Shenanigans" off the list. "Definitions of Romance" only moved up one rank (#3 to #2), but in absolute terms it's starting to pull as widely away from all the other stories as "What Isn't Broken" has done. There really does seem to be something about that fic that strikes a chord in people. (I am never quite sure how to feel about that, because on the one hand I think it's a fine story, and I like the structure... but I wrote it in literally thirty minutes off the top of my head and I think only ever revised one word, so I always wonder why that story and not some of the others I worked much harder on? *hands* The ways of the Claw are mysterious and it is ours not to question why.)
A more general trend is my Naruto fics sliding back up the rankings relative to my Homestuck fics. This is probably because, as mentioned above, I posted a new chapter of "Guardian" in early 2019 and there's been some spillover to my other work in that fandom; also, Homestuck fandom in general was slowing down until the epilogues dropped just a couple weeks ago.
And now I'm going to go read a book. :)
