South Park Ship Stats

Hi! I’m canvassing and documenting the SP fandom’s knowledge and opinion of various ships. Please take the survey and feel free to ask for the stats on any pairing. Also on Twitter/X @spshipstats

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Are you curious about what South Park ships other people in the fandom know about and how they feel about them?

South Park Shipping Research

Assessing modern SP fandom shipping knowledge and opinions

I've been thinking a lot about how varied the SP fandom's shipping culture is, so I made this! It's a survey containing every single SP ship I've seen in art, or fic, or just heard people talking about (every single ship between the kids, that is). If you have the time, please help me by taking and sharing the survey! I'll be posting results from time to time on this blog.

Additional information below the cut, but feel free to contact this blog if you have any further questions.

Anticipatory FAQs

Is this anonymous?

Yes. There is no place you’re asked to give your name/username, this survey is not collecting emails, and you don’t even have to sign into Google to do it. It’s totally anonymous so please answer as truthfully as you’d like.

What’s this for? / Why are you doing this?

The pursuit of knowledge! South Park is such a huge fandom with so many ships and the fandom's opinion and knowledge have shifted dramatically over the years. I just want to see where it’s at right now. Also I like procrastinating real world responsibilities by making consequenceless projects for myself.

Why are the ships listed in the order that they are?

When writing this all out, I wrote down individual characters and the ships they’re a part of. I started with Stan (arguably the main character of the show) and then went from there. When a character didn’t have a ton of ships by themself, I grouped them with other characters. The ships were inserted into the survey alphabetically but I’ve set the survey to randomize the question order so there’s as little bias as possible.

“OP how dare you not include [insert your OTP I didn’t include here]”

My deepest apologies for forgetting a pairing. I did my best to think up every single ship I’ve ever seen included in fics or depicted in fanart or discussed by people. There is a final question where you may make me aware of one (1) ship you didn’t see. This survey is already a behemoth though, so I don’t think I’ll go back and insert any additional pairings unless a lot of people suggest one particular ship. Same thing for any poly ships and ships between the South Park parents/adults (the latter may get its own poll if I find the inspiration).

Can I post this to [other social media sites/Discord group chats /anywhere]?

Please do! Getting accurate results for a survey like this requires a large crowd. I actively encourage and ask you to please share this with your friends and followers wherever you can. You could even pretend you made the survey for whatever twisted reason. I don’t care, I’ll still get the data I want.

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Stats on all the Heidi ships!! Please 🙏 BTW thank you for doing this survey, it answers soooooo many burning questions I've had

Of course anon! 🥰 I've long been curious myself, which is part of why I'm doing this. Here's stats on all the Heidi ships from v1.0 of the survey, which ended at 154 responses:

Stan Marsh x Heidi Turner

6.49% of people ship it 93.51% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 10% think it's popular 40% think it's uncommon 50% think it's a rarepair

Kyle Broflovski x Heidi Turner

27.92% of people ship it 72.08% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 39.53% think it's popular 58.14% think it's uncommon 2.33% think it's a rarepair

Eric Cartman x Heidi Turner

19.48% of people ship it 80.52% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 46.67% think it's popular 50% think it's uncommon 3.33% think it's a rarepair

Wendy Testaburger x Heidi Turner

42.21% of people ship it 57.79% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 16.92% think it's popular 47.69% think it's uncommon 33.85% think it's a rarepair 1.54% have never heard of it before

Heidi Turner x Nichole Daniels

31.82% of people ship it 68.18% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 10.2% think it's popular 40.82% think it's uncommon 34.69% think it's a rarepair 14.29% have never heard of it before

Heidi Turner x Rebecca Cotswolds

23.38% of people ship it 76.62% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 11.11% think it's popular 19.45% think it's uncommon 44.44% think it's a rarepair 25% have never heard of it before

Heidi Turner x Red McArthur

31.82% of people ship it 68.18% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 16.33% think it's popular 34.69% think it's uncommon 34.69% think it's a rarepair 14.29% have never heard of it before

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What are the most popular ships with Tolkien?

As I've stated in previous posts, "most popular" is hard to quantify. However, going off of high shipped percentage, most # of OTPs, and how prevalent the ship is, here are 5 Tolkien ships that I would say are highly popular:

Tolkien Black x Nichole Daniels

111 people think it's popular

74.68% of people ship it

16 people consider it an OTP of theirs

Stan Marsh x Tolkien Black

53 people think it's popular

48.05% of people ship it

10 people consider it an OTP of theirs

Clyde Donovan x Tolkien Black

62 people think it's popular

40.26% of people ship it

7 people consider it an OTP of theirs

Wendy Testaburger x Tolkien Black

33 people think it's popular

41.56% of people ship it

6 people consider it an OTP of theirs

Kyle Broflovski x Tolkien Black

24 people think it's popular

31.17% of people ship it

3 people consider it an OTP of theirs

Note: These stats come from v1.0 of the survey which ended with 154 responses.

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What are the stats on all the Damien ships?

Hi anon! Here's the stats on all the Damien ships from v1.0 of the survey which ended with 154 responses.

Kyle Broflovski x Damien Thorn

7.79% of people ship it

92.21% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

16.67% think it's popular

25% think it's uncommon

25% think it's a rarepair

33.33% have never heard of it before

Kenny McCormick x Damien Thorn

25.97% of people ship it

74.09% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

15% think it's popular

27.5% think it's uncommon

47.5% think it's a rarepair

10% have never heard of it before

Tweek Tweak x Damien Thorn

12.99% of people ship it

87.01% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

15% think it's uncommon

60% think it's a rarepair

20% have never heard of it before

Henrietta Biggle x Damien Thorn

20.13% of people ship it

79.87% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

32.26% think it's uncommon

51.61% think it's a rarepair

16.13% have never heard of it before

Damien Thorn x Christophe "Ze Mole"

18.18% of people ship it

81.82% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

7.14% think it's popular

28.57% think it's uncommon

39.29% think it's a rarepair

25% have never heard of it before

Damien Thorn x Gary Harrison

10.39% of people ship it

89.61% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

18.75% think it's uncommon

37.5% think it's a rarepair

43.75% have never heard of it before

Damien Thorn x Pip Pirrup

55.19% of people ship it

44.81% of people don't ship it

of those who ship it:

80% think it's popular

17.65% think it's uncommon

2.35% think it's a rarepair

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TBH I enjoy this blog more than I thought I would. I feared these posts would start all kinds of discourse, but it's pleasant to see that nothing of the sort has happened. It's really fascinating to see what kind of ships are popular in comparison to what kind of ships get tons of content

I'm really happy to hear that anon! I'll admit, I too feared this research/experiment/whatever you want to call it would devolve into discourse which is why I've been extra careful to be as neutral as possible in the way I word and present things. Above all else, the South Park fandom (especially its shipping culture) intrigues me! It's great to know that there's others out there who feel similarly ☺️

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What are the stats on all the Henrietta ships?

Hi anon! Here's all the stats from the Henrietta ships from v1.0 of this survey, which, as a reminder, ended on 154 responses.

Stan Marsh x Henrietta Biggle

14.29% of people ship it 85.71% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 4.55% think it's popular 36.36% think it's uncommon 54.54% think it's a rarepair 4.55% have never heard of it before

Kenny McCormick x Henrietta Biggle

59.09% of people ship it 40.91% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 28.57% think it's popular 48.35% think it's uncommon 21.98% think it's a rarepair 1.1% have never heard of it before

Wendy Testaburger x Henrietta Biggle

30.52% of people ship it 69.48% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 4.26% think it's popular 23.4% think it's uncommon 59.57% think it's a rarepair 12.77% have never heard of it before

Bebe Stevens x Henrietta Biggle

38.96% of people ship it 61.04% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 5% think it's popular 26.67% think it's uncommon 41.66% think it's a rarepair 26.67% have never heard of it before

Henrietta Biggle x Damien Thorn

20.13% of people ship it 79.87% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 32.26% think it's uncommon 51.61% think it's a rarepair 16.13% have never heard of it before

Henrietta Biggle x Michael

25.32% of people ship it 74.68% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 30.77% think it's popular 43.59% think it's uncommon 23.08% think it's a rarepair 2.56% have never heard of it before

Henrietta Biggle x Pete Thelman

16.23% of people ship it 83.77% of people don't ship it of those who ship it: 20% think it's popular 56% think it's uncommon 24% think it's a rarepair

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Francis (from Special Ed) x Libby Perkins for the new survey

Do you think Francis ("Special Ed") x Libby Perkins should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMar 6, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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I suggest shelly marsh x jenny harrison

Do you think Shelly Marsh x Jenny Harrison should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMar 3, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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nelly x lizzy for the new survey :)

Do you think Nelly x Lizzy ("Cartman's Silly Hate Crimes 2000") should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMar 3, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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To the anon that has sent in some suggested ships, since I can’t message you privately, may I ask that you (and anyone else looking to suggest ships) please do only one ship per ask? Additionally, I will not be including any ships between the adult characters for this survey so please do not suggest those!

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Can we suggest ships for the new survey through the ask box?

Certainly anon! I’ll give them the same poll treatment I’ve been giving the other suggested ships.

You’ll also have ample time to suggest anything since I don’t think I’ll be releasing v2.0 for a bit. This is partially because the fandom is relatively quiet at the moment so I fear the survey would not reach a lot of people, and partially because I have various stat things I’m preparing with the data collected from v1.0. So feel free to suggest more ships in the mean time!

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Red x Heidi is in the poll? I don't remember

Red McArthur x Heidi Turner was indeed a ship included within the original ship survey! If you put it in the suggestion section it as a ship you thought you didn’t see (there were quite a few that that happened with), I’m sorry but there won’t be a poll about them for v2.0 because they’re already included 😅

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Do you think Kenny McCormick x Leslie Meyers should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onFeb 21, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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Do you think Jimmy Valmer x Henrietta Biggle should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onFeb 20, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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Do you think Red McArthur x Henrietta Biggle should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onFeb 20, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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Do you think Gary Harrison x Jacob Hallery should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onFeb 20, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!

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Do you think Kenny McCormick x Lizzy (Cartman’s Silly Hate Crime 2000) should be included in v2.0 of the shipping survey?

Yes

No

Voting ended onFeb 20, 2024

When originally selecting ships, I did my best to include all ships I’d ever seen people actively shipping. But of course, I am only one person and can’t have possibly seen all the ships ever in this vast fandom. If I add any additional ships, I’d like to survey the public’s feelings before I do so. Please be as objective as possible in your answer!