ao3 2025 ship stats (jan-dec) pic.twitter.com/KopZLnNsnD
— b (@wwxwashere) January 4, 2026
The annual list of popular fanfiction couples is out
*yes the methodology for this list is notoriously flawed, but the OP is trying their best. they have excluded spam tags this year
some notable points:
– Harry Potter is somehow still going strong
– Real Person fuction is still going strong
– Heated Rivalry is very popular
– the list is dominated by male/male couples: There are 62 M/M pairings, 13 F/M, 8 F/F, 8 Gen, 1 F/F/F Polyamorous relationship, and 8 Other.
another list with a different methodology but less data
reddit user Agamar13 made a list titled “AO3’s 100 Most Tagged Ships of 2025 (includes archive locked fics)” pic.twitter.com/VXfX3qUxf2
— b (@wwxwashere) January 6, 2026