End of event round-up!
Thank you to everyone who created such amazing fanworks for Janeuary 2026, and to those who supported the creators by reading, leaving kudos and comments, and liking and reblogging!
Major kudos to @annaofthenorthernlights, @jomiddlemarch, @mageofthepeople, rebobo, @gemilemon, @dcssculpture, and @cocoscurios who each created something for every single day of the event! Wow!
But even if you created for only one day, we’re so thrilled you did. As of today, 63 creators together added 292 fanworks related to Jane Austen into the world! That’s 120 more works than last year!
🙏 Before I give you any other stats, can I ask you to take 1-2 minutes to fill out this survey about the event? You don’t need to have created any works to fill it out. If you follow this blog, I want to hear from you. Thanks!
Hang on, one more thing: just because I’m sending this round-up post doesn’t mean you can’t keep submitting works! It’s not too late to post! I’ll update the stats in this post as people add more stuff.
Ok, now that that’s done, here are some other stats and observations!
Total # of all fanworks: 292
Fanfic: 184 works (view the entire collection on AO3)
Fanart: 53
Gifsets: 20
OC art: 12
Textile art: 9
Memes: 5
Clothing: 3
OC fic: 2
Comics: 2
Edits: 2
Videos: 2
Games: 2
Photography: 1
Animation: 1
Papercraft: 1
Podfic: 1
Interesting observations: While fanfic still dominates the event, many more artists and gifmakers participated this year compared to 2025. There were also completely new types of fanworks created: textile art, clothing, games, paper craft, and podfic. It was such fun to see the range of media used!
All fandoms: 31
Pride and Prejudice: 97 works
Persuasion: 54
Sense and Sensibility: 39
Emma: 34
Northanger Abbey: 23
Mansfield Park: 23
Original works (no fandom): 16
Frozen: 7
Jane Austen herself: 3
Hornblower: 3
Superman: 3
2 works each: Sanditon, Bridgerton, Good Omens, Jurassic Park, Les Colombes du Roi-Soleil, X-men
1 work each: Alster Diamonds, Attack on Titan, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Baldur’s Gate 3, Beauty and the Beast, La Demoiselle d'Avignon, The Edelstein/Ruby Red Trilogy, Encanto, The Golden Compass, Harry Potter, Heated Rivalry, Temeraire, The X-Files, You’ve Got Mail
Top 10 daily prompts used:
1. Day 1 Garden: 33 works 2. Day 6 Navy: 22 3. Day 3 Restraint: 21 4. Day 8 Bath, Day 14 Yearning, Day 21 Secrets, and Day 31 Dearest are tied: 20 works each 7. Day 2 Fireplace: 19 9. Day 4 Needlework: 18 10. Day 12 Looking glass: 17
Interesting observations: In 2025 and 2026, the most popular prompt was for Day 1 both times. Works drop off as the month goes along, which is curious since people have more time to complete works for the later dates. Navy was the least popular prompt in 2025, yet the second most popular prompt in 2026. In fact, 5 of the top 10 prompts were reused from 2025, yet still took the top 4 spots this year, and all of them except Navy were also in the top 10 (actually 13 because of ties) prompts last year.
Top 10 characters used:
1. Fitzwilliam Darcy 2. Elizabeth Bennet 3. Anne Elliot 4. Captain Wentworth 5. Marianne Dashwood 6. Fanny Price 7. Catherine Morland, Colonel Brandon, Emma Woodhouse tied 10. George Knightley
Interesting observations: Darcy beat out his wife Elizabeth by 1 work this year; last year she beat him by 1. Otherwise, the leading ladies always beat out their gentlemen, just like last year. Fanny Price didn’t crack the top 10 last year, but made it to spot #6 this year, booting Henry Tilney from the top 10. Emma fell from spot #4 to #7 this year, and her husband fell from #8 to #10, yet as a ship they stayed strong at spot #3 (see below).
Top 10 ships used:
Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Anne Elliot/Captain Wentworth
George Knightley/Emma Woodhouse
Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood
Catherine Morland/Henry Tilney
Charles Bingley/Jane Bennet, Charlotte Lucas/Mr. Collins, Elinor Dashwood/Edward Ferrars tied
Frank Churchill/Jane Fairfax, Robert Martin/Harriet Smith tied
Interesting observations: The top 6 are identical to last year. 2025 had 3 platonic ships in the top 10, but none cracked the list this year. Elinor/Edward didn’t make the list last year but tied for #6 this year. Edmund/Fanny, another canon MC couple, didn’t make it either year—but at least this year, they got 1 work. Last year, they had 0. Yikes.
A few other interesting observations
More diversity in romantic pairings: In 2025, there were 0 same-sex romantic ships, which made me very sad. This year, there were 9 (6 f/f and 3 m/m), yay! There were also 11 straight but non-canon romantic pairings, compared to 7 last year.
But less diversity in platonic pairings: There were far fewer platonic ships depicted overall. I think this is mostly due to people almost never tagging the platonic pairings in their fics this year, for some reason, but it does also seem to be the case that there were just more romantic works this year than last. A few semi-prominent side characters didn’t appear in a single work this year because of the focus on romantic ships.
Prompt interpretation: My goal with the prompts was that they be somewhat Austen/Regency-specific but not the standard, obvious choices like balls, dancing, proposals, etc., because those wouldn’t be very inspiring since they’re so common already. It was a joy to see the different ways that people used the prompts, just like last year. For instance, navy the color vs Navy the military organization, or silk gloves vs boxing gloves, or court the place vs court the activity. Bravo on everyone’s creativity!
👉 If you have any suggestions for prompts for next year, or other feedback, I’d love it if you shared it with me via this very short and easy survey!
Because of all of you making this event great, Janeuary will definitely be back for 2027! Keep your eyes peeled for the new prompts in September!
(And in the meantime, it’s still not too late to post for 2026!)
