Chapter 1: ACE Works on Ao3 as of 2024
Summary:
These were handouts for a panel on Ace Rep in Media given at 221B-Con this year (2025). I wanted to make these sheets available to a wider audience. It is an update of Destination Toast's wonderful stats from 2017, and in her post she allowed others to use her stats. I have linked to both the original and to my full spreadsheet as well. You are welcome to copy my spreadsheet and play with your own stats!
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The tables on this page were generated from a copy of Destination Toast's work from 2017. The link to that is here: Destination Toast's Stats
If you are interested in looking at the spreadsheet data in detail, here is the link to my google doc: Copy of ACE Spreadsheet 2024
Breakdown of ACE Spectrum Stories
Top 20 Fandoms on the ACE Spectrum by Tagged Works in 2024
Percent of ACE Stories in a Fandom in 2024 (Top 20)
Percent Stories tagged Asexual[Name] with A Fandom’s Entire Works
(i.e., Gen, M/M, F/F, etc. – example Asexual Sherlock Holmes)
Most Fandoms have less than 2%
Percent of Stories tagged Asexual [Name] When Fandom also has Asexual Character Tag (Top 20)
Characters tagged Asexual[Name] With at Least 200 Stories on Ao3
Chapter 2: Aro Ace Characters in Media
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The chart below was extracted from a wonderful database/spreadsheet that is being put together to show ACE characters in media and whether they were confirmed or not. I copied the database and removed the ones that the creator listed as Headcanon for this handout.
This is the link to the original database: Aro Ace Characters
This is an Extracted List of Characters. It should not be considered a complete list of ACE characters in media, as several people at the panel mentioned characters in games. It is just a starting place.
