AO3 Top Hits Meme

[brighteyed_jill]

Stolen from igrockspock, I bring you a list of my top ten stories on AO3, ranked by number of hits, with commentary:

Comments

[purplekitte]

There's probably a difference in that most people on lj find works by authors they aren't specifically following through comms, but someone might be too nervous to post there or not know about it or their might not be an appropriate comm. I certainly read a lot more obscure fandoms on AOOO even outside of Yuletide, along with all the stuff where someone's lj post linked there for the story. I like being able to read the entire archive for a fandom or pairing, or to read a bunch of multifandom stuff for a tag that's caught my interest.

As for popularity, back when I used ff.net a lot, Bleach and Sailor Moon were quite popular and those stories got a lot of comments. My stories that were most popular on ff.net are comparatively popular on AO3 too in their fandoms, but those fandoms are less active at the moment. My most popular things are amusingly almost all in fandoms that I've written only one or two fics for and recently, or FFVII.

One thing I have noticed is that kinkier stories have a lot of anonymous kudos and very few logged in responses, compared to gen stories of similar popularity. I haven't actually made charts and graphs, but I don't think I'm imagining this and it makes a lot of sense considering the structural differences from lj.

[brighteyed_jill]

someone might be too nervous to post there or not know about it or their might not be an appropriate comm.
Good point. I remember finding LJ very intimidating when I first stumbled onto it. If you don't devote the time to following comms and making friends, I suppose it could seem insular.

I like being able to read the entire archive for a fandom or pairing, or to read a bunch of multifandom stuff for a tag that's caught my interest.
Oh man, I do, too. Sometimes I despair about how difficult it is to find stuff I read ages ago on LJ but never bookmarked. AO3 makes that way easier.

One thing I have noticed is that kinkier stories have a lot of anonymous kudos and very few logged in responses, compared to gen stories of similar popularity.

I'd believe that. People don't necessarily want to wave their kink flag under their own internet identity. I, on the other hand, have no shame :D