Femslash week in review: 2026-07-28 - 2026-08-03
High-level stats for week of 2026-07-28 - 2026-08-03
Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 11508 (+426 from last week)
Works I classified F/F: 6143 (+161 from last week) (2720 new, 3423 continued)
0.58% of all 1056588 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
RWBY, Stranger Things, and Supergirl return, replacing Bridgerton, Coronation Street, and Deltarune.
Amazing Digital Circus, currently at rank 2, celebrates 20 consecutive weeks on the chart.
The Mistynat Weekend prompt event revealed this week with 15 works about the Misty Quigley/Natalie Scatorccio ship from Yellowjackets. A prompt meme celebrating the 3rd anniversary of Baldur's Gate 3 revealed with 11 F/F works. I Also Choose This Guy's Wife: A Sleeping with Married Women Flash Exchange revealed this week with 11 F/F works.
Full top-20 table and description of methodology after the jump.
Most active classified fandoms:
RankFandom (and top three ships)Rating for weekF/F works updated this week% of F/F works updated this weekF/F:M/M ratio (all works) 1League of Legends Caitlyn (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (170) Jinx (League of Legends),Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard (43) Jinx (League of Legends),Vi (League of Legends) (33)223.49234 (-9)0.91%1:1.0 2The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series) Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus),Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) (109) Gangle (The Amazing Digital Circus),Zooble (The Amazing Digital Circus) (97) Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus),Ragatha (The Amazing Digital Circus) (66)179.50189 (-11)6.73%2:1 3 (โ3)Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Dorcas Meadowes,Marlene McKinnon (103) Lily Evans Potter,Mary Macdonald (38) Lily Evans Potter,Pandora Lovegood (32)151.19266 (+31)0.64%1:5 4KPop Demon Hunters (2025) Mira (KPop Demon Hunters),Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters),Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters) (113) Mira (KPop Demon Hunters),Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters) (36) Mira (KPop Demon Hunters),Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters) (36)136.24142 (+3)1.80%5:1 5ใใญใธใงใฏใใปใซใค ใซใฉใใซในใใผใธ๏ผ| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game) Akiyama Mizuki,Shinonome Ena (42) Azusawa Kohane,Shiraishi An (24) Asahina Mafuyu,Yoisaki Kanade (21)133.06136 (+2)1.09%1:1.1 6 (โ3)The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Andrea Sachs,Miranda Priestly (65) Andrea Sachs,Emily Charlton (61) Emily Charlton,Miranda Priestly (8)124.07127 (-48)2.55%99:1 7 (โ4)Yellowjackets (TV) Jackie Taylor (Yellowjackets),Shauna Shipman (43) Misty Quigley,Natalie Scatorccio (22) Taissa Turner,Van Palmer (19)109.01110 (+18)1.23%40:1 8 (โ5)Marvel Cinematic Universe Agatha Harkness,Rio Vidal (46) Kate Bishop,Yelena Belova (45) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (28)108.46153 (+47)0.52%1:5 9 (โ2)The Pitt (TV) Trinity Santos,Yolanda Garcia (40) Baran Al-Hashimi,Trinity Santos (30) Cassie McKay,Victoria Javadi (21)106.76121 (-14)3.45%1:2 10Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) Charlie Magne | Morningstar,Vaggi | Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel) (76) Charlie Magne | Morningstar,Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel) (32)103.89125 (+1)1.94%1:4 11 (โ2)ๅ็ฅ | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Columbina (Genshin Impact),Sandrone (Genshin Impact) (53) Arlecchino (Genshin Impact),Furina (Genshin Impact) (7) Clorinde (Genshin Impact),Navia (Genshin Impact) (6)95.33124 (+4)0.53%1:4 12 (โ4)Addams Family - All Media Types Enid Sinclair,Wednesday Addams (89) Divina (Wednesday),Yoko Tanaka (14) Enid Sinclair,Yoko Tanaka (12)87.4994 (-31)0.80%7:1 13 (โ2)The Owl House (Cartoon) Amity Blight,Luz Noceda (61) Eda Clawthorne,Raine Whispers (21) Masha (The Owl House),Vee (The Owl House) (9)70.1174 (+6)0.53%4:1 14 (โ)Supergirl (TV 2015) Kara Danvers,Lena Luthor (55) Cat Grant,Kara Danvers (14) Alex Danvers,Kara Danvers (7)69.5581 (?)0.22%30:1 15 (โ)Stranger Things (TV 2016) Nancy Wheeler,Robin Buckley (42) Eleven | Jane Hopper,Maxine "Max" Mayfield (25) Robin Buckley,Vickie (Stranger Things) (21)61.8091 (?)0.65%1:5 16 (โ2)Alien Stage (Web Series) Mizi (Alien Stage),Sua (Alien Stage) (67) Hyuna (Alien Stage),Mizi (Alien Stage) (4)61.4868 (-2)2.22%1:3 17 (โ)RWBY Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (34) Ruby Rose (RWBY),Yang Xiao Long (13) Penny Polendina,Ruby Rose (RWBY) (8)60.3375 (?)0.40%4:1 18 (โ)ใฆใๅจ ใใชใใฃใผใใผใใผ | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime) Mejiro McQueen (Uma Musume),Tokai Teio (Uma Musume) (12) Air Groove (Uma Musume),Symboli Rudolf (Uma Musume) (4) Daiwa Scarlet (Uma Musume),Vodka (Uma Musume) (4) Silence Suzuka (Uma Musume),Special Week (Uma Musume) (4)59.5070 (+0)2.94%72:1 19 (โ3)ๅใฎใใผใญใผใขใซใใใข | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Toga Himiko,Uraraka Ochako (64) Jirou Kyouka,Yaoyorozu Momo (22) Asui Tsuyu,Uraraka Ochako (6)58.01115 (+5)0.69%1:7 20 (โ2)A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Alicent Hightower,Rhaenyra Targaryen (60) Mysaria | Lady Misery (A Song of Ice and Fire),Rhaenyra Targaryen (14) Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys),Rhaenyra Targaryen (6)57.9599 (-4)1.04%1:1.9
What is all this again?
Mission statement: help out people (including myself) who read fic on AO3 and wish they were reading more femslash, but don't know what's out there. Plan: do a week-in-review post every week which contains general stats about new fic and a few recs.
I am starting with the list of all works on ao3.org which were updated within a given week, and which were categorized as F/F, but I am not reporting stats on 100% of those works --- I'm narrowing down to a subset of fandoms and works for which it's tractable for me to actually look at all the character tags, and then I'm excluding ships containing what I believe to be cis-male characters. I'll give overall stats about how many works I've reported on and how many I've excluded. If you think I'm excluding a fandom you care about, please let me know!
More info about column headers:
Fandom (and top three ships): If multiple tags that seem to correspond to the same fandom (e.g. "The 100 (TV)" and "The 100 Series - Kass Morgan") show up in my ranking, I report the one with the best rating. There's totally a judgment call here about what things are "the same fandom" --- I'm going to err on the side of reporting more different things when I can, but I won't skip something with a lot of works which aren't otherwise accounted for. When measuring the top three F/F ships in a fandom, I count both "A/B" and "A & B" as "A,B". Ties are broken by including all of the ships, but I only include a maximum of five ships per fandom to keep the table length reasonable.
Rating for week: This is the number of works I classified as F/F, multiplied by what I call "F/F fidelity", which is the fraction of all works tagged F/F on AO3 that I classified as containing at least one F/F ship.
F/F/ works updated this week: includes both new and continued works.
% of F/F works updated this week: This is the percentage of all F/F works I've ever categorized in the fandom, so a big number probably means a brand new fandom, or at least one which was unusually active this week.
F/F:M/M ratio (all works): This ratio is taken from all works in the fandom tag, and is just a hint to readers about how F/F-dominant the fandom is. Obviously there's no reason you can't find great F/F works in a predominantly male fandom (we've all read those), but the ratio may give a hint about whether the F/F pairing is likely to be the dominant one in a work with multiple pairings. Note that the "F/F" and "M/M" numbers for this column are taken directly from AO3, not from my compiled character and ship stats. (Since I don't categorize M/M works, I couldn't do it any other way.)
Known bugs which affect the accuracy of this data:
AO3 does not modify the "last updated" date of a work in a revealed exchange when the exchange reveals, so my database can miss exchange works entirely if they're last edited awhile before the exchange works are revealed. This probably leads to a serious undercount of works in revealed exchanges.
Share and enjoy, and let me know what I can do to make this more useful.
