My Annual Fic Analysis - Year Five

[smallhobbit]

Have I been consistent in my main writing over the past year? Figures for 2016 - 2019 are included for comparison.

Total works to date 956 [825, 692, 543, 400].

What's your first and second most common work rating?
General: 631, [532, 430, 320, 223]
Teen & Up: 321, [290, 259, 217, 171]
Remarkably consistent.

How many fics have you written in each relationship category?
Gen: 483, [422, 346, 264, 191]
M/M: 426, [368, 315, 247, 181]
F/M: 55, [38, 33, 30, 25]
Other: 3, [3, 3, 2, 2]
F/F: 2, [1, 1, 1, 0]
M/M up slightly against Gen, but I suspect that's partly because it's a toss up whether I label something Gen or M/M when the relationship is there, but not relevant to the plot.  An increase in F/M, but there's no one pairing which stands out - it includes Romeo/Juliet, Little Red Riding Hood/Prince and Gertrude/Claudius.

What are your top four fandoms by number?
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): 240, [212, 173, 121, 79]
Sherlock (BBC): 231, [215, 192, 176, 156]
Spooks: 140, [109, 87, 60, 32]
Lewis: 61, [60, 54, 48,45]
At last ACD Holmes has exceeded BBC Sherlock.  Otherwise, my main fandoms are entirely consistent.  Having just done a quick comparison, this year my top four fandoms represent about 60% of my output, with 40% spread over another 20+ fandoms.

Who are your top seven characters?
Sherlock Holmes: 368, [339, 290, 234, 184]  (ACD 193, BBC 175)
John Watson: 347, [312, 267, 217,167]  (ACD 177, BBC 170)
(Greg) Lestrade: 221, [209, 187, 172, 147]  (ACD 59, BBC 162)
Lucas North: 138, [107, 85, 59, ?]
Stanley Hopkins: 100, [88, 76, 61, ?]  (ACD 52, BBC 48)
Adam Carter: 98, [?]
Mrs Hudson: 96, [86, 75, 60, 49]  (ACD 51, BBC 45)
Adam Carter has overtaken Mrs Hudson, which is why I've gone to seven characters, because Mrs Hudson does not intend to be left out!  If the split between the two Holmesian fandoms is included, the top seven becomes: Holmes,Watson, Sherlock, John, Greg, Lucas, Adam

And top six relationships?
Adam Carter/Lucas North: 86, [62, 51, 29, ?]
Sherlock Holmes/John Watson: 66, [56, 47, 37, 25]  (ACD 50, BBC 16)
Sherlock Holmes/Stanley Hopkins: 45, [42, 34, 28, 18]  (ACD 9, BBC 36)
John Watson/(Greg) Lestrade: 33, [33, 32, 32]  (ACD 12, BBC 21)
Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield: 32, [27, 23, ?, ?]
Guy of Gisborne/Much: 25, [25, 25, 20, ?]
Which in reality is:
Adam/Lucas: 86
Holmes/Watson: 50
Sherlock/Stanley: 36
Bilbo/Thorin: 32
And shows that pure relationship fic (apart from Adam/Lucas) really isn't what I write.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Nice to see you by the numbers. Good to take stock and see where you are.

[smallhobbit]

I think what's more interesting is ignoring the top fandoms, which are my mainstay, I've written in 22 other fandoms, so it is more varied than appears, and looking at my total output for this year, 40% is for other fandoms.

[moth2fic]

Interesting. As usual, I have saved the post with the full intention of doing something similar but as usual, I will probably fail.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. If you do I shall be interested to read it, but because you write original works it will be different for you.

[margaret_r]

That's a lot of figures! Interesting they seem to have increased over the years.

[smallhobbit]

Oops, I should have made it clearer that these are cumulative figures.

[debriswoman]

Fascinating:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

[luthienberen]

Oh this is marvellous ~ really interesting to see your statistics and comparison to previous years. Mrs Hudson is impossible to ignore - in a good way! - and Holmes edging out in the lead is amusing, Watson is gaining! I need to do one when I have time.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - it's proved interesting, looking at the trends over the years.