Smosh Fandom Half-Year AO3 Data
Hey! So, last time I did this was December of 25. I thought it would be fun to check the differences in the fandom (if any) over the last six months!
Last year I did not include how many fics were posted at the time of my collecting the data but I want to start including it so here it is. I remember when people had discussed the fandom as a whole getting close to 4,000 fics and now we're half-way to 5,000!
Interesting from here is that all the numbers increased well but explicit actually overtook general audiences as a rating being tagged. In December the difference between General Audiences and Explicit was a mere 20 or so fics and now that has been surpassed.
Curious to see too if this is because towards December a lot of fluffy Christmas/Holiday fic is posted whereas other times of the year explicit could come out anytime.
These have all just about stayed the same with minor increases. Again, do not kinkshame the warnings applied. They are applied so you can avoid those kinds of fics!
So, these are the same, but F/F is only about 100 something fics away from overtaking F/M fics in the fandom!
These are mostly the same except Smosh Sketches seems to be a new tag on the side there. Sadly, Spud Hut has also dropped off the frequent fandom list though it seems to be included under Smosh Sketches while also having it's own tag. (This reminds me I now need to go and add the Smosh Sketches tag to some of my own fics)
Shayne is yet again the most written about cast member which makes sense because even if you write a pairing not involving him he is excellent to use as a supporting character and or a side pairing. Plus, Shayne generally gets along with everyone and is a good straight man.
A new thing is that Angela went up two spots above both Damien and Anthony to be the fourth most written about person! Not surprising really considering she is a huge favorite in the fandom. She has her pairings but also can be written in gen with others or with a reader.
Everyone else has stayed the same for now with the increases in their fics but no one else has jumped places.
Between December and now Ianthony went over 1,000 fics! Shourtney has come up into third place over Shaymien. Damangela has a steady 5th place which is impressive compared to some older ships that have existed fandom wise longer and are less polarizing to the fandom, but good for the Damangela folks!
Platonic amangela and Spommy are neck and neck and whilst Spommy content has slowed there are still very dedicated writers out there, where I also feel the fandom has shifted more towards Spencer/Shayne and Tommy/Chanse, but Spommy just feels like a classic comforting meal.
The last three on this ship list are the platonic flavors of the other top ships and I wonder if they're being used in conjunction with the romantic one or just all gen, etc.
(out of curiosity I looked up Shayncer and Bowcrary numbers. Shayncer has 88 and Bowcrary has 63) so, realistically Shayncer fans could get that fic up there. I also looked up Shaynse and they have 52 I think? WAIT I JUST LOOKED UP TREVRASHA and they have 82!)
The tags for fics pretty much stayed in the same order just with numbers increasing except that not beta read moved up like 4 spaces? All of these make sense to me for the fandom! In doing the @fanfic-reading-challenge there were quite a few types of fics I'd consider staples for fandoms that we don't have! Perhaps I need to cook up a new challenge?
So, here is the data for now and I'll be back with it again in December! Hope you enjoyed! Interested in knowing y'all's thoughts or opinions!
