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Last Updated: December 10, 2023

[lenky-lenikova]

Fiction Podcasts With the Most Fanworks on AO3 (As of July 24, 2025)

[JULY 2025] TOP 25 FICTION PODCASTS ON AO3 FOUND IN FANDOMS > OTHER MEDIA

The inspiration and legwork for this was heavily drawn from @bakanokiwami 's yearly Top 20 Podcasts, which they do every November. I'm literally using their whole format and criteria and everything. (I just got curious and made a 8-month update with 5 extra ranks!)

To make this ranking, all series titles in Other Media were copy-pasted to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then manually filtered since not all podcasts were marked as such. Because this was my first time running AO3 stats, I followed @toastystats 's guide, which you can find here.

The numbers in the second column indicate how much they rose/fell in the rankings based on last @bakanokiwami's November (Nov. 24, 2023) rankings, which can be found here. "new" means it's their first time appearing in a ranking. "prev" means they appeared on one of bakanokiwami's rankings from a previous year, but not the most recent one.

The numbers in the ^# light grey column represent how many fanworks it gained since bakanokiwami's November analysis 8 months ago. (I don't really know how to do retrospective counts, so I left the ranks I added blank.)

The data for this was taken while logged in, so locked fanworks are included in the count.

In bakanokiwami's yearly analysis, they exclude web series like Critical Role and Dimension 20 which release audio-only versions, but are primarily known as web-series. Out of curiosity, I've constructed a version that includes web series/other media that release podcast versions that you can find here

All nonfiction podcasts and larger franchises where audio is not the main medium have been excluded (ex. Dr. Who audio-dramas).

We have a tie for rank 24 between Unprepared Casters and Stellar Firma!

The Hotel is a genuinely new addition to the rankings!

Both Rolling With Difficulty and Unprepared Casters have been going on for a while, but are listed under Web Series on AO3. However, upon further inspection, they call themselves podcasts in their online presence and are almost exclusively audio productions, so putting them on here feels right.

All mistakes are mine and mine alone, please let me know if you catch any.

Once again, seriously go check out @bakanokiwami's analyses! They're way prettier than mine, and they get all the credit for doing the groundwork!

[lenky-lenikova]

Fiction Podcasts* With the Most Fanworks on AO3 (As of July 24, 2025)

The inspiration and legwork for this was heavily drawn from @bakanokiwami 's yearly Top 20 Podcasts, which they do every November. I'm literally using their whole format and criteria and everything.

* In bakanokiwami's yearly analyses, they exclude web series and other media which release audio-only/podcast versions, but are primarily known as something else. This version includes them!

For my strictly podcast analysis, go here.

I've excluded all non-fiction podcasts, and podcasts/audio content that is part of a larger franchise but not the main part (ex. Doctor Who audio-dramas).

Critical Role, Dimension 20 and Legends of Avantris are all TTRPG actual play web series that release podcast versions.

Cabin Pressure was a radio sitcom that aired on BBC from 2008-2014 and released CD versions and a podcast version in 2019.

Charisma House appears to be a multimedia project which started as a audio-drama, and which that aspect remains the main-focus.

In the event that Charisma House isn't what I think it is, L.A. By Night, an Vampire: The Masquerade actual play web series that released a podcast version should be our final rank, with 338 fanworks.

To make this ranking, all series titles in Other Media were copy-pasted to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then manually filtered since not all podcasts were marked as such. Because this was my first time running AO3 stats, I followed @toastystats 's guide, which you can find here.

The data for this was taken while logged in, so locked fanworks are included in the count.

All mistakes are mine and mine alone, please let me know if you catch any.

Once again, seriously go check out @bakanokiwami's analyses! They're way prettier than mine, and they get all the credit for doing the groundwork!

[bakanokiwami]

[2024] TOP 20 PODCASTS ON AO3 FOUND IN FANDOMS > OTHER MEDIA

To make this ranking, all series titles in Other Media were copy-pasted to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then manually filtered since not all podcasts were marked as such.

The numbers under each rank indicate how much they rose/fell in the rankings based on last year's (Nov. 24, 2023) rankings, which can be found here. NEW means it's their first time entering in the top 20. The gray numbers in parenthesis indicate how much fanworks it gained since last year.

The data for this year and last year's rankings were taken while logged in, so lcoked fanworks are included in the count.

A few web series like Critical Role and Dimensions 20 released audio-only versions of their works too, but I left them out since they were listed was a web series on ao3 and more known as one too.

All nonfiction podcasts have also been excluded (Not that there were many), because with RPFs, it’s hard to tell if the fic in question is just based on the podcast or because of the things the person has done outside of it.

Stella Firma ranks 21st in the rankings this year, dropping 5 places from last year. (Figured they deserve a special mention since The Magnus Protocol is technically under The Magnus Archives).

Still keeping A. Walker, et. al. as is for the f@tt fans.😂❤

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

ETA: Typo at Rank 15! Campaign dropped 1 rank, not 3. Sorry about that!

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 WEB VIDEO SERIES ON AO3 FOUND IN FANDOMS > OTHER MEDIA (2010-2023)

To make this ranking, all series titles in the Other Media category on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then manually filtered since not all web video series were marked as such.

Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

Many authors started locking their works starting December 2022. It's most likely the reason the number of fanworks decreased or slowed down in 2023.

Bar chart starts at 2010 because there were no web series in Other Media in 2009.

The Dream SMP tag was only considered an Additional Tag in 2021-early 2022, which is why it's not listed in Other Media earlier than that.

Please refer to this post for more bar chart races.

Dedicating this post to @vsrobotjulie who requested this bar chart race.💕

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 FANDOMS FOR CROSSOVERS ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (1999-2022)

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Crossovers section and the Crossover entries in the regular Misc section on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

In March 27 2009, FFN launched support for crossover fanfiction. Before this date, authors either posted their crossovers in just one category and noted that it was a crossover in its summary, or posted them in one of the generic crossover categories in the Misc. section (such as X-overs, or Cartoons X-overs). There wasn’t a filter to screen all crossovers of specific fandoms back then.

Originally, the fanfiction list was sorted alphabetically, but was changed to number of fics at around early 2013.

Interestingly enough, the crossover sections don’t seem to be suffering from a total fanfiction discrepancy, unlike the sections for non-crossover fanfiction.

Please refer to this post for more fanfiction bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 PLAY/MUSICAL CROSSOVERS ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (2009-2022)

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Plays Crossovers Section on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

In March 27 2009, FFN launched support for crossover fanfiction. Before this date, authors either posted their crossovers in just one category and noted that it was a crossover in its summary, or posted them in one of the generic crossover categories in the Misc. section (such as X-overs, or Cartoons X-overs). There wasn’t a filter to screen all crossovers of specific fandoms back then.

Originally, the fanfiction list was sorted alphabetically, but was changed to number of fics at around early 2013.

Interestingly enough, the crossover sections don’t seem to be suffering from a total fanfiction discrepancy, unlike the sections for non-crossover fanfiction.

Please refer to this post for more fanfiction bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

any chance you would do a chart race for the web series category?

I can work on one! :) Might take a week or two though. ...Or three.😂 But we'll see!

[bakanokiwami]

just wanted to say i love your bar charts. love love love <3

Thanks! I'm glad to hear it! 🥰

[bakanokiwami]

[2023] TOP 20 PODCASTS ON AO3 FOUND IN FANDOMS > OTHER MEDIA

To make this ranking, all series titles in Other Media were copy-pasted to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then manually filtered since not all podcasts were marked as such.

The numbers under each rank indicate how much they rose/fell in the rankings based on last year's (Oct. 24, 2023) rankings, which can be found here. The gray numbers in parenthesis indicate how much fanworks it gained since last year.

The data for this year and last year's rankings were taken while logged in, so lcoked fanworks are included in the count.

A few web series like Critical Role and Dimensions 20 released audio-only versions of their works too, but I left them out since they were listed was a web series on ao3 and more known as one too.

Cabin Pressure has also been left off the list this time since its podcast format was only released in 2019, years after it aired on the radio.

All nonfiction podcasts have also been excluded (Not that there were many), because with RPFs, it’s hard to tell if the fic in question is just based on the podcast or because of the things the person has done outside of it. Last year, I accidentally included The Misfits in the list since I didn't realize from its description that it was nonfiction.

The Two Princes (Podcast) ranks 21st in the rankings this year, and actually ranked 20th last year when the rankings are adjusted to exclude Cabin Pressure and The Misfits.

The College Tapes is actually a spinoff of The Bright Sessions.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 COMICS CROSSOVER ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (2009-2022)

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Cartoons Crossover Section on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

In March 27 2009, FFN launched support for crossover fanfiction. Before this date, authors either posted their crossovers in just one category and noted that it was a crossover in its summary, or posted them in one of the generic crossover categories in the Misc. section (such as X-overs, or Cartoons X-overs). There wasn’t a filter to screen all crossovers of specific fandoms back then.

Originally, the fanfiction list was sorted alphabetically, but was changed to number of fics at around early 2013.

Interestingly enough, the crossover sections don’t seem to be suffering from a total fanfiction discrepancy, unlike the sections for non-crossover fanfiction.

Please refer to this post for more fanfiction bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 CARTOONS FOR CROSSOVERS ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (2009-2022)

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Cartoon Crossovers Section on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

In March 27 2009, FFN launched support for crossover fanfiction. Before this date, authors either posted their crossovers in just one category and noted that it was a crossover in its summary, or posted them in one of the generic crossover categories in the Misc. section (such as X-overs, or Cartoon X-overs). There wasn’t a filter to screen all crossovers of specific fandoms back then.

Originally, the fanfiction list was sorted alphabetically, but was changed to number of fics at around early 2013.

Interestingly enough, the crossover sections don’t seem to be suffering from a total fanfiction discrepancy, unlike the sections for non-crossover fanfiction.

Please refer to this post for more fanfiction bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 FANDOMS ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (2002-2022)

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the each Section on the same date nearest or on November 29 of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

FFN used to allow Real Person Fics up until October 12th, 2002, which is why NSYNC immediately plummets off the chart at the start of the video.

The Books, TV and Play sections did not have an archived page on January 13, 2013, so I used the January 12 data.

The Play section also did not have an archived page on October 27, 2010, so I used the October 26 data.

The Games, Music & Misc. sections did not have an archived page on June 1, so I used their June 2 data.

In 2000-2001, I couldn't find a date that had all the sections archived, so the bar charts starts at 2002.

By November 2013, FFN started abbreviating numbers above 1,000 to K, so exact numbers aren't available for series with more than 1,000 fanfiction.

This bar chart was made with the assumption that the numbers listed in the each section are correct. I can't seem to get the same numbers for some of these categories when I go to the specific categories' page and toggle ratings, other filters, and language to All though... I'm not sure where the discrepancy is coming from. (And it’s not the crossover fic numbers that need to be added to serie’s total fics from what I’ve observed.)

Please refer to this post for more bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 5 FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS (2009-2022)

To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the All Fandoms page on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

Jossverse was in the top 5 from 2010-2011 (2nd place in 2010 and 3rd in 2011). A lot of fandoms in its subtags contributed to these numbers, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Firefly, Serenity (2005) and Dollhouse. In 2018, it was removed from the TV Show fandom list and lost its subtags. Works tagged with it show up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) instead, so I’ve excluded it from the bar chart.

Marvel (Movies) was used in the Movies category in 2011-2016 and ranked in the top 5 from 2011-2016. lot of fandoms in its subtags contributed to these numbers, such as the MCU movies and the X-men movies. In 2017, it was removed from the Movies fandom list and lost its subtags. Works tagged with it showed up in Marvel instead, so Marvel (Movies) was left out of the bar chart. Its data in 2012 was used for Marvel in this bar chart since its numbers were higher than Marvel in that year.

Please refer to this post for more bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

I checked my Excel file for the TV Shows & Movies categories, and the Star Trek tag didn't exist back in 2009 (At least not on Dec. 3-21 anyway). All the Star Trek fandom tags back then only had separate fandom tags (such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek (2009)). 

If you add up all those fanworks, perhaps the Star Trek tag could've made it in the top 5. Unfortunately, I can't just add up all of the Star Trek tags, since some of them are could be fanworks that listed more than one Star Trek tag. 

For reference though, when I add up the Star Trek tags in the TV Shows & Movies categories in 2009, the result is 829 fanworks. (Didn't check if there were Star Trek tags in other categories too though, haha)

[bakanokiwami]

averythepirate replied to your post “TOP 5 FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS...”

Also quick question: why isn't k-pop RPF?

Hi! I'm not sure. I can only presume it might be because Music & Bands is already a enough category on its own that anything under it is already understood as RPF.

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 5 FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS (2009-2022)

To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the All Fandoms page on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

Jossverse was in the top 5 from 2010-2011 (2nd place in 2010 and 3rd in 2011). A lot of fandoms in its subtags contributed to these numbers, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Firefly, Serenity (2005) and Dollhouse. In 2018, it was removed from the TV Show fandom list and lost its subtags. Works tagged with it show up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) instead, so I’ve excluded it from the bar chart.

Marvel (Movies) was used in the Movies category in 2011-2016 and ranked in the top 5 from 2011-2016. lot of fandoms in its subtags contributed to these numbers, such as the MCU movies and the X-men movies. In 2017, it was removed from the Movies fandom list and lost its subtags. Works tagged with it showed up in Marvel instead, so Marvel (Movies) was left out of the bar chart. Its data in 2012 was used for Marvel in this bar chart since its numbers were higher than Marvel in that year.

Please refer to this post for more bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

I checked my Excel file for the TV Shows & Movies categories, and the Star Trek tag didn't exist back in 2009 (At least not on Dec. 3-21 anyway). All the Star Trek fandom tags back then only had separate fandom tags (such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek (2009)). 

If you add up all those fanworks, perhaps the Star Trek tag could've made it in the top 5. Unfortunately, I can't just add up all of the Star Trek tags, since some of them are could be fanworks that listed more than one Star Trek tag. 

For reference though, when I add up the Star Trek tags in the TV Shows & Movies categories in 2009, the result is 829 fanworks. (Didn't check if there were Star Trek tags in other categories too though, haha)

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 5 FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS (2009-2022)

To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the All Fandoms page on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

Jossverse was in the top 5 from 2010-2011 (2nd place in 2010 and 3rd in 2011). A lot of fandoms in its subtags contributed to these numbers, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Firefly, Serenity (2005) and Dollhouse. In 2018, it was removed from the TV Show fandom list and lost its subtags. Works tagged with it show up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) instead, so I’ve excluded it from the bar chart.

Marvel (Movies) was used in the Movies category in 2011-2016 and ranked in the top 5 from 2011-2016. lot of fandoms in its subtags contributed to these numbers, such as the MCU movies and the X-men movies. In 2017, it was removed from the Movies fandom list and lost its subtags. Works tagged with it showed up in Marvel instead, so Marvel (Movies) was left out of the bar chart. Its data in 2012 was used for Marvel in this bar chart since its numbers were higher than Marvel in that year.

Please refer to this post for more bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 GAMES FOR CROSSOVERS ON FANFICTION.NET BASED ON NUMBER OF FANFICTION (2009-2022)

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Gamess Crossover Section on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

In March 27 2009, FFN launched support for crossover fanfiction. Before this date, authors either posted their crossovers in just one category and noted that it was a crossover in its summary, or posted them in one of the generic crossover categories in the Misc. section (such as X-overs, or Games X-overs). There wasn’t a filter to screen all crossovers of specific fandoms back then.

Originally, the fanfiction list was sorted alphabetically, but was changed to number of fics at around early 2013.

Interestingly enough, the crossover sections don’t seem to be suffering from a total fanfiction discrepancy, unlike the sections for non-crossover fanfiction.

Please refer to this post for more fanfiction bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏