Tumblr Fandometrics' Year in Review 2020

Commentary
Title:	Year in Review
Commentator:	Tumblr staff aka Tumblr Fandometrics
Date(s):	December 2020
Medium:	tumblr posts
Fandom:	panfandom
External Links:	2020 Year in Review
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	Contents 1 About; 2 Results 2.1 Top 20 of 2020; 2.2 100 Ships; 2.3 Destiel; 2.4 Live Action TV; 2.5 The Witcher; 2.6 Animated TV; 2.7 Avatar: The Last Airbender; 2.8 TV Characters; 2.9 Reality + Variety; 2.10 TV Personalities; 2.11 Movies; 2.12 Movie Characters; 2.13 The Twilight Renaissance; 2.14 Spoilers; 2.15 Actresses; 2.16 Actors; 2.17 Web Celebs; 2.18 Web Series, Webcomics, + Podcasts; 2.19 Incorrect Quotes; 2.20 Memes; 2.21 The Year in Memes; 2.22 Aesthetics; 2.23 Cottagecore; 2.24 Tumblr communities; 2.25 COVID-19; 2.26 Black Lives Matter; 2.27 LGBTQIA+; 2.28 Tech in 2020; 2.29 Video Games; 2.30 Animal Crossing; 2.31 KK Slider Album Redraws; 2.32 Mobile Games; 2.33 Gaming Characters; 2.34 Animal Crossing Villagers; 2.35 Anime + Manga; 2.36 Anime + Manga Characters; 2.37 Music Genres; 2.38 Music Groups; 2.39 Solo Acts; 2.40 K-Pop Groups; 2.41 K-Pop Stars; 2.42 Songs; 2.43 Beauty + Fashion; 2.44 Books; 2.45 Authors; 2.46 Food + Drink; 2.47 Recipes; 2.48 Home + Interiors; 2.49 Art Styles; 2.50 Edits; 2.51 Astrology; 2.52 Athletes; 2.53 Pro Wrestlers; 2.54 Sports; 2.55 Top GIFs; 2.56 Cursed Images; 2.57 Soothing Stuff; 2.58 Tumblr Gets Deep; 2.59 Post of the Year; ; 3 Reaction 3.1 Meta and Media Coverage; 3.2 Fan Comments; ; 4 References;

Tumblr Fandometrics' Year in Review is an annual series of posts listing the most popular fandoms of Tumblr by type.

About

Soooooo…2020, huh?
This is it. It’s December. Only one more month until the year can climb right back into the dumpster fire whence it came. But before the sun sets on this shambolic year, there’s still one thing left to do.
*clears throat*
In 2013, when we first introduced Tumblr’s Year in Review, there was no way to know we’d one day be reviewing a year that in no way, shape, or form deserves a formal assessment. Unless 2020 gave you the gift of prescience, you probably didn’t expect such a complete disaster of a year, either. Nevertheless, here we are!
We all know what didn’t happen this year (life), but what did happen in 2020? We tried (and failed) to make sourdough bread, we loved then quickly got bored of a game we’ve waited eight years to play, we filled our time with fiction while the real world crumbled around us, and we collectively made binge watching a way of life. If nothing else, 2020 gave us time to explore new hobbies and rekindle forgotten ones.
Just as the reality of quarantine began to set in, the world erupted in protest, responding to the killing of George Floyd and systemic issues of racial injustice. Our community took to the streets in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and inspired voters across the United States to fight to have their voices heard. And we did it all while navigating the worst pandemic in over a century. No big deal, right?
This year’s YIR posts account for a full 365 days, from October 21, 2019 to October 20, 2020. We know the world imploded right after that window closed, and we’ll talk about that too, but that won’t be reflected in these lists (sorry, Castiel). Sit back, relax and let’s look back at what happened in 2020.

Results

See all 2020 posts [6].

Kylo Ren | Ben Solo | Star Wars 22
Harley Quinn | DC 29
Bucky Barnes | Marvel 2
Batman | DC 8
Steve Rogers (Captain America) | Marvel 2
Tony Stark (Iron Man) | Marvel 5
Rey | Star Wars 27
Spinel | Steven Universe
Peter Parker (Spider-Man) | Marvel 7
Richie Tozier | IT 1
Anakin Skywalker | Star Wars
Joker | DC 2
Loki Odinson | Marvel 6
Elsa | Frozen 29
Eddie Kaspbrak | IT 2
Poe Dameron | Star Wars
Obi Wan Kenobi | Star Wars
Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) | Marvel 8
Thor Odinson | Marvel 15
Luke Skywalker | Star Wars

The Twilight Renaissance

See The Twilight Renaissance post here

Spoilers

See Top 50 Spoilers here

Actresses

See Top 50 Actresses here

Actors

See Top 50 Actors here

Web Celebs

See Top 50 Web Celebs here

Web Series, Webcomics, + Podcasts

See Top 50 Web Series, Webcomics, + Podcasts here

Incorrect Quotes

See Top 20 Incorrect Quotes here

Memes

See Top 50 Memes Quotes here

The Year in Memes

See The Year in Memes post here

Aesthetics

Top 50 Aesthetics here

Cottagecore

See Cottagecore post here

Tumblr communities

Top 50 Tumblr communities here

COVID-19

See COVID-19 post here

Black Lives Matter

See Black Lives Matter post here

LGBTQIA+

See LGBTQIA+ post here

Tech in 2020

See Tech in 2020 post here

Video Games

See Top 50 Video Games here

Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Among Us
Pokémon Sword and Shield 2
Undertale
Minecraft 3
The Sims 4
Fire Emblem: Three Houses 4
Danganronpa 1
Overwatch 8
Persona 5 3
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 4
Ace Attorney 14
Apex Legends 10
Stardew Valley 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 14
Hollow Knight 3
Final Fantasy XIV 1
Animal Crossing: New Leaf 15
The Last of Us
Team Fortress 2 11

Animal Crossing

See Animal Crossing post here

KK Slider Album Redraws

See KK Slider Album Redraws post here

Mobile Games

See Top 30 Video Games here

Obey Me! Shall We Date?
Choices 1
Twisted Wonderland
The Arcana — A Story of Mystery and Romance 2
Cookie Run 1
Mystic Messenger 1
Fire Emblem Heroes 4
Ikemen Vampire 11
Arknights
Azur Lane 5

Gaming Characters

See Top 50 Gaming Characters here

Lucifer | Obey Me! - Shall we date?
Mammon | Obey Me! - Shall we date?
Tom Nook | Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Link | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Sans | Undertale 2
Cloud Strife | Final Fantasy VII
Dandelion | The Witcher
Kirby | Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate 6
Raihan | Pokémon
Arthur Morgan | Red Dead Redemption 2 9
Akechi Goro | Persona 5 16
Phoenix Wright | Ace Attorney + 36
Byleth | Fire Emblem 6
Ethan Ramsey | Choices
Julian Devorak | The Arcana: A Mystic Romance - Interactive Story 11
Miles Edgeworth | Ace Attorney
Tifa Lockhart | Final Fantasy VII
Papyrus | Undertale 2
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd | Fire Emblem 10
Ellie Williams | The Last of Us

Animal Crossing Villagers

See Top 15 Animal Crossing Villagers here

Anime + Manga

See Top 50 Anime + Manga here

Anime + Manga Characters

See Top 50 Anime + Manga Characters here

Midoriya Izuku | Boku no Hero Academia
Bakugou Katsuki | Boku no Hero Academia
Dabi | Boku no Hero Academia 5
Wei Wuxian | Mo Dao Zu Shi 10
Aizawa Shouta | Boku no Hero Academia 1
Hawks | Boku no Hero Academia 21
Todoroki Shouto | Boku no Hero Academia 4
Kirishima Eijirou | Boku no Hero Academia 4
Lan Wangji | Mo Dao Zu Shi 19
Levi Ackerman | Attack on Titan 3
Present Mic | Boku no Hero Academia 5
Shigaraki Tomura | Boku no Hero Academia 1
All Might | Boku no Hero Academia 3
Kaminari Denki | Boku no Hero Academia 4
Kageyama Tobio | Haikyuu!!
Hinata Shouyou | Haikyuu!!
Jiang Cheng | Mo Dao Zu Shi
Shinsou Hitoshi | Boku no Hero Academia 5
Jotaro Kujo | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 3
Oikawa Tooru | Haikyuu!!

Music Genres

See Top 20 Music Genres here

Music Groups

See Top 50 Music Groups here

Solo Acts

See Top 50 Solo Acts here

K-Pop Groups

See Top 50 K-Pop Groups here

K-Pop Stars

See Top 50 K-Pop Stars here

Jungkook | BTS
Jimin | BTS
V | BTS
Suga | BTS
RM | BTS
Jin | BTS
J-Hope | BTS
Baekhyun | EXO/SuperM 1
Jaehyun | NCT 1
Taeyong | NCT/SuperM 1
Bang Chan | Stray Kids 3
Taemin | SHINee/SuperM
Haechan | NCT 2
Kai | EXO/SuperM
Chanyeol | EXO 2
Mark | NCT/SuperM 5
Momo | TWICE 44
Jennie | BLΛƆKPIИK 9
Hyunjin | Stray Kids 1
Ten | NCT/SuperM 9

Songs

See Top Songs playlist here

Beauty + Fashion

See Top 20 Beauty + Fashion here

Books

See Top 50 Books here

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan 1
The Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter 1
The All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic 2
Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen 3
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
The Secret History by Donna Tartt 10
The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater 1
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 4
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 3
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin 7
The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 9
Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat 4
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien 2
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas 6
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer 1
The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan 4

Authors

See Top 44 Authors here

Food + Drink

See Food + Drink post here

Recipes

See Recipes post here

Home + Interiors

See Home + Interiors post here

Art Styles

See Top 50 Art Styles here

Edits

See Top 50 Edits here

Astrology

See Top 12 Astrology signs here

Athletes

See Top 50 Athletes here

Pro Wrestlers

See Top 10 Pro Wrestlers here

Sports

See Sports post here

Top GIFs

See Top GIFs post here

Cursed Images

See Cursed Images post here

Soothing Stuff

See Soothing Stuff post here

Tumblr Gets Deep

See Tumblr Gets Deep post here

Post of the Year

See Post of the Year here

Reaction

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Meta and Media Coverage

A straight Star Wars pairing topped Tumblr's overwhelmingly queer 2020 relationship list by Palmer Haasch at Insider
Animal Crossing was huge on Tumblr in 2020—but so were a bunch of other unexpected games by Petrana Radulovic at Polygon
Tumblr Trends Expert Amanda Brennan Breaks Down 2020's Top Games, Ships, and More by Jenna Anderson at comicbook.com
Tumblr’s Top Fandoms of 2020 by Kayti Burt at Den of Geeks

Fan Comments

Spotify Wrapped: “I put together a music scrapbook of your year for u <3 We all had some ups and downs, but spotify was here for you and we want you to end on a high note :)))”
Tumblr’s year in review: “We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of your sins across the last eleven months. You can keep it under a sheet in your attic like the picture of Dorian Gray but sooner or later you’ll have to confront your collective degeneracy.″
#thinkin bout mistercaleb's post about how some poor tumblr staff member had to go to work n summarize destiel becoming canon #and laughing #spotify wrapped #spotify wrap 2020 #tumblr2020 #year in review #apparently r*ylo was the no. 1 ship of 2020 and i just about had a stroke^[1]

reylo beating catradora for the #1 spot is an act and evidence of both misogyny and homophobia. i am in no way joking
#zukka beating lumity is the kid’s bop version of this #It’s Bad #year in review #catradora^[2]

Reylo and Ben Solo topping Tumblr’s year in review list for top ship and movie character respectively almost a year after that monstrous final movie is my redemption story
#i feel like this will cause quite the stir ☕️ #this does put a smile on my face #reylo #rey #ben solo #kylo ren #star wars #year in review #my posts #nabenrrie ^[3]

I mean, say what you want about it, but destiel really is THAT bitch for having an entire session in year in review
It came in the eleventh hour and just made tumblr its bitch, and, as someone outside of the supernatural fandom, I respect that ^[4]

tumblr has a lot of fucking nerve putting a BLM post on its 2020 year in review list given how it deleted the contents of whole tags (e.g. ferguson) and has taken pains to quell BLM organising and anti-racist resources on here in the past ^[5]

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Commentary
Title:	Year in Review
Commentator:	Tumblr staff aka Tumblr Fandometrics
Date(s):	December 2020
Medium:	tumblr posts
Fandom:	panfandom
External Links:	2020 Year in Review
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.
Contents 1 About 2 Results 2.1 Top 20 of 2020 2.2 100 Ships 2.3 Destiel 2.4 Live Action TV 2.5 The Witcher 2.6 Animated TV 2.7 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2.8 TV Characters 2.9 Reality + Variety 2.10 TV Personalities 2.11 Movies 2.12 Movie Characters 2.13 The Twilight Renaissance 2.14 Spoilers 2.15 Actresses 2.16 Actors 2.17 Web Celebs 2.18 Web Series, Webcomics, + Podcasts 2.19 Incorrect Quotes 2.20 Memes 2.21 The Year in Memes 2.22 Aesthetics 2.23 Cottagecore 2.24 Tumblr communities 2.25 COVID-19 2.26 Black Lives Matter 2.27 LGBTQIA+ 2.28 Tech in 2020 2.29 Video Games 2.30 Animal Crossing 2.31 KK Slider Album Redraws 2.32 Mobile Games 2.33 Gaming Characters 2.34 Animal Crossing Villagers 2.35 Anime + Manga 2.36 Anime + Manga Characters 2.37 Music Genres 2.38 Music Groups 2.39 Solo Acts 2.40 K-Pop Groups 2.41 K-Pop Stars 2.42 Songs 2.43 Beauty + Fashion 2.44 Books 2.45 Authors 2.46 Food + Drink 2.47 Recipes 2.48 Home + Interiors 2.49 Art Styles 2.50 Edits 2.51 Astrology 2.52 Athletes 2.53 Pro Wrestlers 2.54 Sports 2.55 Top GIFs 2.56 Cursed Images 2.57 Soothing Stuff 2.58 Tumblr Gets Deep 2.59 Post of the Year 3 Reaction 3.1 Meta and Media Coverage 3.2 Fan Comments 4 References