Nov 20, 2025
👀 re: the AO3 project. Are you considering one-shots vs. multi-fics? If so, how's it looking across the years? If not, I never asked this question.
Hii @cafeinama 👋🏻
In fact, I AM (or will be) currently the project is in its very early stages so I don’t have a combined number to give but from just observing close to ~2000 (out of ~9200) fics so far, there’s FAR MORE one-shots than multi-fics.
One-shots also tend to have more hits but multi-fics tend to have better notability in the fandom, or become “classics” (like The List, Alone In A Crowded Room, Good Again etc)
An interesting observation is that multi-fics had an uptick after 2012 which I currently blame on the move from FFN and livejournal!
Anyway, thanks for the ask!!!