AO3 Ship Stats 2021

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Title: AO3 Ship Stats 2021
Creator: centrumlumina
Date(s): July 31, 2021
Medium: Ao3 post
Fandom: panfandom
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External Links: AO3 Post
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AO3 Ship Stats 2021 is part of the AO3 Ship Stats project by centrumlumina.

This marked this first year that a new breakdown of race category was used, with centrumlumina opting to list different racial groups instead of the catch all "POC" label used in previous years.

Overall Top 20

The top 20 pairings on AO3 as of August 2021. See the rest of the results on AO3.

No. Pairing Canon Type Race Works Change
1 Castiel/Dean Winchester Supernatural M/M White/White 100346 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
2 Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Sherlock (BBC) M/M White/White 67633 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
3 Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf M/M White/White 62648 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
4 Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers The Avengers M/M White/White 55252 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
5 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry Potter M/M White/White 49245 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
6 Steve Rogers/Tony Stark The Avengers M/M White/White 40510 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
7 Aziraphale/Crowley Good Omens M/M White/White 36546 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
8 Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson One Direction M/M White/White 35365 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
9 Keith/Lance Voltron: Legendary Defender M/M Ambig/Latino 31707 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
10 Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester Supernatural M/M White/White 29526 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
11 Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung BTS M/M Asian/Asian 28479 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
12 Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood Shadowhunters M/M White/Asian 28086 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
13 Rey/Kylo Ren Star Wars F/M White/White 25865 Green Arrow Up.svg 1
14 Adrien/Marinette Miraculous Ladybug F/M White/Asian 25668 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
15 Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice M/M White/Asian 25647 Red Arrow Down.svg 3
16 Katsuki Bakugou/Midoriya Izuku My Hero Academia M/M Asian/Asian 25351 Green Arrow Up.svg 9
17 Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Harry Potter M/M White/White 24891 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
18 Lan Zhan/Wei Ying Mo Dao Zu Shi M/M Asian/Asian 23826 Green Arrow Up.svg 17
19 Kirishima Eijiro/Bakugou Katsuki My Hero Academia M/M Asian/Asian 22606 Green Arrow Up.svg 9
20 Merlin/Arthur Merlin (BBC) M/M White/White 22577 Red Arrow Down.svg 3

Top 20 in 2021

Top 20 pairings that produced the most fanworks in 2021.

No. Pairing Canon Type Race New Works Total Change
1 Dream/GeorgeNotFound Youtube RPF M/M White/White 13472 13472 NEW
2 Castiel/Dean Winchester Supernatural M/M White/White 12086 96616 Green Arrow Up.svg 14
3 Lan Zhan/Wei Ying Mo Dao Zu Shi M/M Asian/Asian 10848 23825 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
4 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry Potter M/M White/White 9069 49245 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
5 Katsuki Bakugou/Midoriya Izuku My Hero Academia M/M Asian/Asian 8567 25351 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
6 Aziraphale/Crowley Good Omens M/M White/White 8410 36546 Red Arrow Down.svg 5
7 Kirishima Eijiro/Bakugou Katsuki My Hero Academia M/M Asian/Asian 7324 22607 Green Arrow Up.svg 3
8 Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Harry Potter M/M White/White 7231 24891 Green Arrow Up.svg 23
9 Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson Youtube RPF Gen White/White 6910 6910 NEW
10 Tubbo & TommyInnit Youtube RPF Gen White/White 6870 6870 NEW
11 Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier The Witcher M/M White/White 6401 13917 Red Arrow Down.svg 6
12 Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit Youtube RPF Gen White/White 6247 6247 NEW
13 Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng Miraculous Ladybug F/M White/Asian 6103 25668 Green Arrow Up.svg 1
14 Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers The Avengers M/M White/White 5643 55252 Red Arrow Down.svg 5
15 Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou Haikyuu!! M/M Asian/Asian 5379 12789 Green Arrow Up.svg 25
16 Aizawa Shouta/Yamada Hizashi My Hero Academia M/M Asian/Asian 5334 12591 Green Arrow Up.svg 6
17 Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru Haikyuu!! M/M Asian/Asian 5324 16455 Green Arrow Up.svg 28
18 Miya Atsumu/Sakusa Kiyoomi Haikyuu!! M/M Asian/Asian 5277 6001 NEW
19 Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung BTS M/M Asian/Asian 5201 28479 Red Arrow Down.svg 6
20 James Potter/Lily Evans Potter Harry Potter F/M White/White 5057 15164 Green Arrow Up.svg 33

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 2021. See the rest of the results on AO3.

No. Pairing Canon Race Works Change
1 Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Supergirl (TV series) White/White 16227 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
2 Regina Mills/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time Latino/White 13451 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
3 Clarke Griffin/Lexa The 100 White/White 12450 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
4 Adora/Catra She-Ra and the Princesses of Power White/Ambig 8347 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
5 Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer Supergirl (TV series) White/Latino 6023 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
6 Korra/Asami Sato Avatar: Legend of Korra Indig/Asian 5862 Green Arrow Up.svg 2
7 Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long RWBY Asian/Asian 5836 Green Arrow Up.svg 3
8 Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught Wynonna Earp White/White 5469 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
9 Laura Hollis/Carmilla Karnstein Carmilla White/White 5106 Red Arrow Down.svg 4
10 Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam Homestuck Ambig/N.H. 4874 Red Arrow Down.svg 4
11 Jirou Kyouka/Yaoyorozu Momo Boku no Hero Academia Asian/Asian 4672 Green Arrow Up.svg 3
12 Chloe Beale/Beca Mitchell Pitch Perfect White/White 4181 Blue Arrow Side.svg 0
13 Alphys/Undyne Undertale N.H./N.H. 4060 Red Arrow Down.svg 2
14 Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee RWBY POC/White 4036 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
15 Amity Blight/Luz Noceda The Owl House White/Af Lat 3797 NEW
16 Historia Reiss/Ymir Attack on Titan White/White 3718 Green Arrow Up.svg 1
17 Root/Sameen Shaw Person of Interest White/M.E. 3163 Red Arrow Down.svg 2
18 Kara Danvers/Cat Grant Supergirl (TV series) White/White 3154 Red Arrow Down.svg 2
19 Santana Lopez/Brittany S. Pierce Glee Af Lat/White 3075 Red Arrow Down.svg 1
20 Asui Tsuyu/Uraraka Ochako Boku no Hero Academia Asian/Asian 2749 Green Arrow Up.svg 6

Responses

Meta and Media Coverage

Comments

[eyeroll]

Of the 200 names on the list, 25 belong to women and 3 to characters of indeterminate gender, down from 26 and 3 respectively in the 2020 list. In total there are 134 white characters, 53 Asian characters, 6 Latino characters, and 1 Black character, along with 7 characters of ambiguous race. There are 59 total Characters of Colour, up from 52 in 2020.

I do fandom for fun. I have absolutely no obligation to ~examine my preferences~ and write what you think I should.

[centreoftheselights]
I didn't say anything here about examining your preferences or changing what you write. Sounds like you're projecting. 💗[1]
[peachpoetry]

thanks for including racial stats. really puts stuff into perspective, especially the fact that the only black character is literally part of the least popular pairing on the all time list.[2]

[iSpitonFire]

I'm thrilled and fascinated by this and even more thrilled and fascinated that Misha Collins linked this on his twitter thank you[3]

[tree]

i always love looking at the ship stats per year and wow these are so interesting! SO many of the dream smp guys! i always like looking at what fandoms/ships suddenly get popular. (btw, what's with all this increased interest in harry potter ships??)

as always, it's disappointing to see such a lack of diversity... the consistent lack of f/f ships is a real shame. i've noticed that the f/f ships on these lists are generally canon yet the m/m ships are generally not. i wonder how much that has to say about 1) the lack of female characters in media (esp those that aren't love interests for male characters), 2) fandom's willingness to ship male characters together (who might not have even met in canon!) vs female characters and 3) the way in which we're primed to sympathise with male characters over female characters. there's also the sad truth that the majority of canon LGBTQ ships are m/m, not f/f. i very often see people say that the straight female fanfic readers are just less interested in lesbian ships than gay ones, but i really do think it's partly due to the extreme lack of lesbian ships compared to gay ones.

i'm also so disappointed to see — if i'm correct — only ONE black character here (sam wilson)? that's just... seriously. ONE. of course there's a problem with a lack of black characters in media, as well as the storylines black characters are written into (like just being the white protagonist's best friend). but i do also wonder how much of this is fandom's willingness to sympathise with white characters over black ones, even subconsciously.

likewise, i'm quite disappointed that many of the asian characters here are 1) kpop idols, and thus real people instead of characters or 2) anime characters, and thus derived from asian forms of media instead of western. it's saddening that when you look ONLY at asian characters from western shows, there's a huge lack of representation.

of course this isn't me complaining about your data! this is just me disappointed in the lack of diversity the data shows. fans are pretty much destined to go crazy over canon ships, so i just wish more of those included f/f ships, or ships involving more characters of colour, etc etc.[4]

References

  1. ^ eyeroll (Anonymous), Comment on AO3 Ship Stats 2021, 01 August 2021. Reply by centreoftheselights, 01 August 2021.
  2. ^ peachpoetry, Comment on AO3 Ship Stats 2021, 03 August 2021.
  3. ^ iSpitonFire, Comment on AO3 Ship Stats 2021, 03 August 2021.
  4. ^ tree (Anonymous), Comment on AO3 Ship Stats 2021, 16 August 2021.