#ship popularity

[the-kuzusouda-hideyhole]

Oh hey, Kuzusouda is now included in the top 10 most-tagged ships for SDR2 on AO3, as long as you specifically include M/M ships!

If we exclude M/F, DR1 and V3, it rises up to #5, or #4 if we discount platonic Komahina. (Don't mind the platonic Hinanami sneaking in as well.)

Granted, these numbers are probably inflated by the sheer number of Kuzusouda ficlets and drabbles I've written over the years, but it's still pretty significant and I personally fail to be convinced that Kuzusouda is a rarepair with each passing day.

I believe that Kuzusouda is a mid-tier ship as far as popularity goes. It's not as popular as Kuzupeko or Mahiyoko (Komahina is in its own tier), but it's not quite as rare as, say, Gundam/Mikan or Peko/Sonia. It lives in the same spot as most Hajime ships, I'd say, along with other decently-popular same-gender ships such as Nanamiki and Soniaki.

It's a pretty good spot to be, really.

[sak-supernatural]

It’s so interesting to see how some ships are dominant on different platforms (YouTube/TikTok/Instagram/Tumblr/e.c.t). It doesn’t even matter how new or old they are like there are some newer ships that really don’t have a presence on TikTok but some from like the 2000s that have so much content. There are some ships that cross every platform like Destiel and some that I that I haven’t really been able to find much content for anywhere other than YouTube e.g Coldflash (The Flash T.V show). And there are some ships that are just a product of their time and if you weren’t in the fandom at that time you’ll probably never understand why and how they got so popular.

(I’m talking more about edits and amvs in this, not fanfic🙃)

[twotales]

Stargate Atlantis | Ship Popularity Over Time: Top 10

Click here for all SGA fandom stats.

*The AO3 date function starts from the day you search. This means year 2022 is actually July 2021 - July 2022 and so on. (I originally had 21/22 on the graphic but it made it look cluttered.) I could account for this if I had more time but sadly I do not. I may do a chart in January to get an accurate account. But, since SGA came out in July 2004 this is technically an accurate year count by release date.

(Further breakdown is necessary)

Please do not remove my username from the graphic.

[twotales]

Stargate Atlantis | Ship Popularity Over Time Part 2: Top 2-10

Part One Ship Popularity

All SGA fandom stats

Note:

McShep has been removed in order to see a better breakdown of the top 2-10 ships over time.

I find it rather fascinating that John/Todd was in the #17 spot with a fic count of 141, until 152 fics were written in just the past two years shooting it up to #9.

This really shows how close the fic counts are between ships 3-20 (and lower), which means only a little bit of effort would be needed to elevate other ships higher up the chain.

(Further breakdown is necessary.)

*The AO3 date function starts from the day you search. This means year 2022 is actually July 2021 - July 2022 and so on. (I originally had 21/22 on the graphic but it made it look cluttered.) I could account for this if I had more time but sadly I do not. I may do a chart in January to get an accurate account. But, since SGA came out in July 2004 this is technically an accurate year count by release date.

Please do not remove my username from the graphic.

[twotales]

Stargate Atlantis | Ship Popularity Over Time Part 3: Top 11-20

Part One: Top 10 Part Two: Breakdown Top 2-10

All SGA fandom stats

Note:

The fluctuations between the ships are quite intense, which you can feel even just looking at the chart. This further shows how close in number the tags for the ships are and that any of them could be elevated easily.

*The AO3 date function starts from the day you search. This means year 2022 is actually July 2021 - July 2022 and so on. (I originally had 21/22 on the graphic but it made it look cluttered.) I could account for this if I had more time but sadly I do not. I may do a chart in January to get an accurate account. But, since SGA came out in July 2004 this is technically an accurate year count by release date.

Please do not remove my username from the graphic. Edit/ I decided to just re-post the fixed charts I mention in this post.

[twotales]

Stargate Atlantis | Jump Ship: #20 Teyla/Elizabeth

How do we jump a ship up to the top ten?

All SGA fandom stats

*Producing two-hundred fics in a year isn’t impossible but highly improbable. But, Jack/Daniel will overpass it within a year or two at most if it isn’t retained.

**I made this plan based off how John/Todd jumped up, but found that without maintaining a fic count consistently the same or higher than Jack/Daniel the ship will fall back down within a few years. I am interested to see if this happens to John/Todd in the coming years.

- The AO3 date function starts from the day you search. This means year 2022 is actually July 2021 - July 2022 and so on. (I originally had 21/22 on the graphic but it made it look cluttered.) I could account for this if I had more time but sadly I do not. I may do a chart in January to get an accurate account. But, since SGA came out in July 2004 this is technically an accurate year count by release date.

Please do not remove my username from the graphic. Edit/ I decided to just re-post the fixed charts I mention in this post.

[twotales]

Stargate Atlantis | Ship Popularity Over Time Part 3: Top 11-20

Part One: Top 10 Part Two: Breakdown Top 2-10

All SGA fandom stats

Note:

The fluctuations between the ships are quite intense, which you can feel even just looking at the chart. This further shows how close in number the tags for the ships are and that any of them could be elevated easily.

*The AO3 date function starts from the day you search. This means year 2022 is actually July 2021 - July 2022 and so on. (I originally had 21/22 on the graphic but it made it look cluttered.) I could account for this if I had more time but sadly I do not. I may do a chart in January to get an accurate account. But, since SGA came out in July 2004 this is technically an accurate year count by release date.

Please do not remove my username from the graphic.