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Many fans enjoy longer stories more than short ones. For example, in a poll by [[kestrelsan]] of over 330 participants more than 55% answered that they get most enjoyment from stories over 20k words length, and over 64% said they think stories they read would be better if they were longer.<ref>kestrelsan. [http://kestrelsan.livejournal.com/92451.html 5k, 10k, 20k....] posted 19 Nov 2008 (accessed 31 Mar 2010)</ref>
Many fans enjoy longer stories more than short ones. For example, in a poll by [[kestrelsan]] of over 330 participants more than 55% answered that they get most enjoyment from stories over 20k words length, and over 64% said they think stories they read would be better if they were longer.<ref>kestrelsan. [http://kestrelsan.livejournal.com/92451.html 5k, 10k, 20k....] posted 19 Nov 2008 (accessed 31 Mar 2010)</ref>
==The Longest Fic==
A five-million-word Hobbit/Lord of the Rings/Silmarillion work titled [https://archiveofourown.org/works/7899862/chapters/18045334 At the Edge of Lasg'len] claims to be "the world's longest English language narrative fanfiction".<ref>{{source| url=https://archiveofourown.org/works/7899862/chapters/18045334 | title= At the Edge of Lasg'len by AnnEllspethRaven and SonaBeanSidhe | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127165340/https://archiveofourown.org/works/7899862/chapters/18045334}} (Accessed 6 February 2021.)</ref> As of February 2021, it is the longest work posted on [[Archive of Our Own]], at 5,078,036 words and counting.
Previous record-holders include two works posted on [[Fanfiction.net]]: [[Ambience: A Fleet Symphony]], a Kantai Collection fanfic 4.5 million words long and last updated in 2019, and [[The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest]], a Supersmash Brothers fanfic 4.1 million words long and last updated in 2018.
== References ==
== References ==