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Multifandom archives are archives that generally host the works of multiple authors in multiple unrelated fandoms. The term is often applied to fanfiction archives, but there are also archives of art and other types of fanworks or fanac that host material relating to multiple fandoms.

Comparison of Multifandom Fanfiction Archives

Many of these archives also allow non-fanfiction content, often art but also meta, original fiction, or other writing. Numbers listed are approximate. See the footnotes for the origin and age of the data.

For some of these archives, the "focus" is the only type of material/fandom archived; for others, it's just the most common. The explicit content, underage, and RPF columns refer to whether this material is allowed in the archives, not whether it's present. Underage covers everything with characters under 18 or under the age of consent depicted in sexual situations, including chan, shota, and similar designations; the terminology varies by archive.

Multifandom Fanfiction Archives
Name Founded Number of Fics Number of Users Focus Explicit Content Underage RPF Languages
AdultFanFiction.Net 2002 115,000 130,099 explicit Yes ? Yes[1] any[2]
Animexx.de[3] 2000[4] 130,000[5] 35,000 - 120,000[6] animanga Yes[7] No shota[8] Yes any
Archive of Our Own 2009[9] 520,000[10] 97,000[10] none Yes Yes Yes any
The Archive at the End of the Universe ? 4101 389 ? ? ? ? ?
Crossoverfic.com ? ? ? crossovers ? ? ? ?
FandomFiction ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Fanfics.org ca. 2002 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FanFiction.Net 1998[11] 3,600,000[12] 2,200,000[11] none No ? No any
FanFiktion.de 2004 113,000[13] 25,000[14] none Yes[15] 16+ yes
≤ 16 no[16]
Yes[17] German[18]
Forever Fandom 2003 7,330 2,069 ? ? ? ? ?
The Glass Onion 2001 1,900 ? ? ? ? ? ?
GSSU 2000 ? ? slash ? ? ? German, English
MangaBullet ? ? ? animanga ? ? ? ?
MediaMiner 2001 92,000[19] 130,000[20] animanga ? ? ? ?
.moon 2006 1,500 ? ? ? ? ? ?
MyVampFiction ? ? ? vampires ? ? ? ?
Not Of This World 2008 157[21] 11[21] Christian ? ? ? ?
Passion and Perfection ? 6,000 ? femslash ? ? ? ?
The Pink Rabbit Consortium 1997 ? ? femslash ? No ? ?
Silverlake 2002 4,085 ? none Yes Yes Yes ?
Skyehawke 2001 16416[22] 1898[22] ? Yes No[23] No ?
TWCS Library ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
The Wonderful World of Makebelieve 1999 28,000 3,000 none Yes ? ? ?
YaoiGermany 2000[24] 9000 ? animanga, yaoi Yes[25] No shota[26] No German
Angst Archive, The 1997 670 ? slash, angst, non-con Yes Yes No Any
Ashton Press Winter Holidays Fan Fiction Archive ? ? ? slash/het/gen Yes No No English
Brothers in Arms 2001 1000+ 50 all genres Yes No No English
Chamber, The ? 1427 3,555 women of color Yes ? Yes English
Chance's Slash Archive ? ? ? slash Yes ? ? English
Chaos ? 324 3992 slash/het/gen Yes No ? ?
Destiny's Gateway Romance Fanfiction Archives 1996 3989 4397 Het/Slash Yes ? ? ?
Digital Quill 2004 343 private original/fanfic ? ? ? ?
Disability in Fanfiction ? ? ? Disability Yes ? ? ?
Disenchanted ? 38 29 ? Yes ? ? ?
Fanfiction Archive ? 790 2336 ? Yes ? ? ?
Fan Fiction Now 2002 1775 4312 ? Yes ? ? ?
Fan Nation ? 2041 1483 slash/het/gen Yes No No ?
Fandom Haven Story Archive ? 2030 322 gen/het/slash Yes No No ?
FanWorks.org 1998 9535 9311 slash/het/gen Yes ? ? ?
Fiction Central ? 21 22 slash/het/gen Yes Yes ? ?
Fictionesque ? 2680 19,671 slash/het/gen Yes Yes ? ?
Ficwad ? 98,799 ? slash/het/gen Yes Yes Yes ?
Haven, The 2004 ? ? slash/het/gen Yes Yes ? ?
Haven Of Fic ? ? ? slash/het/gen Yes Yes ? ?
Library of Congress ? 100 823 TV Yes No ? English-Only
Lunaescence ? 18,838 19,452 slash/het/gen Yes No No ?
Mega Fan Fiction ? ? ? adult/romance Yes No No ?
...Mightier Than the Sword 1997 1082 1,536 slash/het/gen Yes Yes ? ?
Moon Shadow Tribe 2002 ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Movie_Slash Archive 2002 450+ ? slash Yes ? ? ?
The Mpreg Archive Forum ? ? 2909 Mpreg Yes ? ? ?
Mpreg Archive and Thematic Masterlist 2008 ? ? Mpreg Yes Yes ? ?
Multi-Fandom Mpreg Archive ? 15 139 Mpreg Yes Yes Yes ?
MyFandoms.com ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Open Scrolls ? ? ? Het Yes No No ?
Passion & Perfection ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Portal, The 2004 80 67 Het, Slash, Gen Yes Yes ? ?
Realm of the Shadows 2001 ? 120+ femslash ? ? ? ?
Slashfanfiction.com ? 3684 4441 Slash Yes ? ? ?
Slashy Santa Fiction Archive, The ? 379 285 Slash/Holidays Yes ? ? ?
SuperStories 2001 ? 1300+ ? ? ? ? ?
Unlimited Fan Fiction ? 23 26 ? Yes ? ? ?
Wolf Moon ? 202 465 slash Yes Yes Yes ?
World of Slash ? 116 3029 slash Yes ? Yes English-Only
Wraparound Porch, The ? ? ? BDSM Yes ? ? ?
Write Wrote Read ? ? ? Anime & Manga Yes ? ? Multilingual
X-Over Fanfic Archive ? 281 ? Cross-overs Yes Yes ? ?

Other Multifandom Archives

There are many notable multifandom archives that host other types of media. Some of these include:

Former Multifandom Archives

Multi-fandom archives that have gone the way of the dinosaur include:

Multifandom Fanfiction Archives
Name Founded # of Fics # of Users Focus Explicit Content Underage RPF Languages
Australian Slash Archive ? ? ? slash ? ? ? ?
Better in Texas Fiction 2015? - 2017 ? ? ? ? ? ? English
BritSlash ? ? ? slash for British TV ? ? ? ?
The Complete Kingdom of Slash ? ? ? slash ? ? ? ?
DarkGate Archive 2002 - 2010? ? ? darkfic yes ? ? English
Data Annex Fan Fiction Archive ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Fanlib ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rare Slash Archive ? ? ? rare slash ? ? ? ?
Sakura Lemon Fanfiction Archive ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sheshat's Online Library ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Slash Cotillion ? ? ? historical slash ? ? ? ?
scifi morgue ? ? ? slash ? ? ? ?

References

  1. ^ See the Celebrities section at AFF.net, accessed 2010.09.16
  2. ^ See the Non English section at AFF.net, accessed 2010.09.16.
  3. ^ Animexx is a multimedia archive that also hosts fanart, cosplay photos and doujinshi, but it does have a strong fanfiction section with seperate rules.
  4. ^ Animexx e.V. - der Verein
  5. ^ Animexx had more than 130,000 fanfics (including original fic) posted on 2010.09.15. The current number can be seen on Animexx - Fanfiction
  6. ^ More than 34,500 authors have published a story (see Animexx - Fanfiction, although original stories are allowed as well), while the site has a total of over 120,000 users (see the Onlineclub-Statistik
  7. ^ The sexually explicit content has to be marked as "adult", however, and it can only be accessed by registered users who have proved that they are over 18 by sending in a copy of their identity card. Sending adult chapters to underaged readers is explicitly forbidden, as are stories that contain the rape of underaged Harry Potter characters, and glorification of violence.
  8. ^ See the second point under Verbote, which addresses shota, lolicon, bestiality and necrophilia
  9. ^ The archive entered open beta in November 2009, see Announcing Open Beta!, accessed 2010-09-14. Before that, account creation was extremely limited and not open to the general public.
  10. ^ a b Statistics retrieved from http://archiveofourown.org/ on 20 December 2012.
  11. ^ a b From the Wikipedia article on FanFiction.Net. (Accessed September 15, 2010.)
  12. ^ This is based on the numbers listed on the index pages on September 15, 2010.
  13. ^ FF.de had more than 113,000 fanfics posted on 2010.09.15. The current number can be seen on the FF.de homepage
  14. ^ According to a user, one of the maintainers claimed ff.de had 25000 users sometime in 2008 in this thread
  15. ^ FF.de has a number of rules regarding sexually explicit content. For example, PWPs are against the rules and BDSM and rape stories can only be posted in the adult section.
  16. ^ See Verbote und Einschränkungen. Chan is factually forbidden (? I couldn't find the term in the rules --~~~~).
  17. ^ With the exception of real persons who contacted FF.de via lawyer to ban fanfiction about them.
  18. ^ Although poems written in English are generally tolerated. See Verbote und Einschränkungen
  19. ^ Based on the numbers listed in the search dropdowns on September 15, 2010.
  20. ^ "This site is home to over 130,000 registered members. Though only a portion of these members are active, they post stories and art on a daily basis." -- Fanilia in a post on the official MediaMiner blog. Originally posted January 31, 2007. (Accessed September 15, 2010.)
  21. ^ a b Statistics retrieved from http://www.notwfanfic.com/index.html 8 November 2010.
  22. ^ a b See skyehawke :: statistics, accessed 2010.09.16
  23. ^ See General Information: underage or minor(s) engaging in sex where defined as 'child pornography' in publications by Australian law is defined as exploitative and thus not allowed on the archive.
  24. ^ The homepage gives the dates as 2000 - 2010.
  25. ^ However, PWPs and rape are explicitly not allowed, while non-con is. Explicit stories can only be accessed during the night.
  26. ^ Shota, defined as a sex scenes (anything beyond kissing) where one or both of the participants are younger than 14, is not allowed