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Abbreviations Used:

Af As = Afro-Asian
Ambig = Ambiguous Race
Indig = Indigenous Peoples
MENA = Middle Eastern or North African
N.H. = Non-Human Skin Tone

Welcome to the Year In Review edition of the AO3 Ship Stats!

This list shows the 100 pairing tags which had the greatest gain in total public fanworks posted on Archive Of Our Own during the period 1 Jan 2024 - 1 Jan 2025. There are 65 M/M pairings, 10 F/M, 5 F/F, 12 Gen and 8 Other. (Please note that on AO3, ‘Name & Name’ with an ampersand indicates platonic or familial ‘Gen’ relationships, while ‘Name/Name’ with a slash is used for romantic and sexual pairings.)

Of the 200 names on the list, 20 belong to women, 2 to non-binary people, and 7 to characters of indeterminate gender, compared with 27, 3, and 5 in last year's list. In total here are 86 white characters, 67 Asian characters, 6 Latino characters, 4 Black characters, 2 Middle Eastern or North African characters, 1 Indigenous character, and 1 Roma character, as well as 34 racially ambiguous characters (including those with non-human appearances). There are 80 total Characters of Colour, down from 88 in 2023's list.

Please be aware that this is not an official AO3 account - I am an independent researcher collecting and sharing publicly visible data. If you have any questions about the AO3 Ship Stats project, please see the FAQ for this year's stats.

Happy New Year!