Multifandom Archive
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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.
| Name | Founded | Number of Fics | Number of Users | Focus | Explicit Content | Underage | RPF | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| !a | -1 | -1 | -1 | !a | !a | !a | !a | !a |
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| WWOMB | 1999 | 28,000 | 3,000 | none | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| YaoiGermany | 2000[24] | 9000 | ? | animanga, yaoi | Yes[25] | No shota[26] | No | German |
| ~z | 9999 | 9999999 | 9999999 | ~z | ~z | ~z | ~z | ~z |
For some of these, 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.
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:
| Name | Founded | # of Fics | # of Users | Focus | Explicit Content | Underage | RPF | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Slash Archive | ? | ? | ? | slash | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| BritSlash | ? | ? | ? | slash for British TV | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| The Complete Kingdom of Slash | ? | ? | ? | slash | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Data Annex Fan Fiction Archive | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Fanlib | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Rare Slash Archive | ? | ? | ? | rare slash | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sakura Lemon Fanfiction Archive | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sheshat's Online Library | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Slash Cotillion | ? | ? | ? | historical slash | ? | ? | ? | ? |
References
- ↑ See the Celebrities section at AFF.net, accessed 2010.09.16
- ↑ See the Non English section at AFF.net, accessed 2010.09.16.
- ↑ Animexx is a multimedia archive that also hosts fanart, cosplay photos and doujinshi, but it does have a strong fanfiction section with seperate rules.
- ↑ Animexx e.V. - der Verein
- ↑ Animexx had more than 130,000 fanfics (including original fic) posted on 2010.09.15. The current number can be seen on Animexx - Fanfiction
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ See the second point under Verbote, which addresses shota, lolicon, bestiality and necrophilia
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistics retrieved from http://archiveofourown.org/ on 20 December 2012.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 From the Wikipedia article on FanFiction.Net. (Accessed September 15, 2010.)
- ↑ This is based on the numbers listed on the index pages on September 15, 2010.
- ↑ FF.de had more than 113,000 fanfics posted on 2010.09.15. The current number can be seen on the FF.de homepage
- ↑ According to a user, one of the maintainers claimed ff.de had 25000 users sometime in 2008 in this thread
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ See Verbote und Einschränkungen. Chan is factually forbidden (? I couldn't find the term in the rules --~~~~).
- ↑ With the exception of real persons who contacted FF.de via lawyer to ban fanfiction about them.
- ↑ Although poems written in English are generally tolerated. See Verbote und Einschränkungen
- ↑ Based on the numbers listed in the search dropdowns on September 15, 2010.
- ↑ "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.)
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Statistics retrieved from http://www.notwfanfic.com/index.html 8 November 2010.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 See skyehawke :: statistics, accessed 2010.09.16
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The homepage gives the dates as 2000 - 2010.
- ↑ However, PWPs and rape are explicitly not allowed, while non-con is. Explicit stories can only be accessed during the night.
- ↑ Shota, defined as a sex scenes (anything beyond kissing) where one or both of the participants are younger than 14, is not allowed
