Destiel Faves Survey: Preliminary Statistics

magnificent-winged-beast:

winjennster:

unforth:

Happy New Year, everyone! Unfortunately, I won’t have time until at least this weekend to do the full post of top 20s with links, but I wanted to share some basics now that the survey is done!

  • I collected 175 surveys
  • 245 authors received at least one “favorite” vote, bringing the total number of authors who have EVER received a vote up to 480.
  • I am in the early, early stages of (with help) using the survey author data to create a “if you liked this author, you might also like these other authors” database. More on this as it develops.
  • The top 20 authors list is actually the top 26 authors, thanks to a large-scale tie for 20th. They are, in alphabetical order: 60r3d0m, almaasi, Annie D (scaramouche), anyrei and mugglerock (who are frequent co-authors and will be listed together), bendingsignpost, imogenbynight, jemarial, jhoom, jupiter_james, komodobits, ltleflrt, mishcollin, MittenWraith, NorthernSparrow, pantheon_of_discord, riseofthefallenone, saltnhalo, saltyfeathers, sharkfish, thepinupchemist, unforth, violue, whelvenwings, WinJennster and xylodemon.
  • 1054, yes ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY FOUR, fics got at least one vote for favorite. 594 fics were voted into the collection for the first time. The total number of fics that have now received at least one vote in at least one survey is 1768. These fics are by more than 800 different authors.
  • The top 20 fics is actually top 23 do to a tie, and they are (in alphabetical order by story name): 
    • Addicted to You by ltleflrt
    • Angel’s Wild by LimonadeGaby and riseofthefallenone
    • Cinderwings by bendingsignpost
    • Cursed or Not by ltleflrt
    • Flight by NorthernSparrow
    • Four Letter Word for Intercourse by bendingsignpost
    • Get a Whiff of This by bendingsignpost
    • The Graveyard Shift by riseofthefallenone
    • The Walk by PersephoneShadow
    • Not Part of the Plan by Annie D (scaramouche)
    • Into Your Hideaway by thepinupchemist
    • Ninety One Whiskey by komodobits
    • Oddly Shaped Empty by jemariel
    • Out of the Deep by riseofthefallenone
    • Painted Angels by WinJennster
    • Protect and Serve by jupiter_james
    • Riptide by sharkfish
    • Satin and Sawdust by ltleflrt
    • A Turn of the Earth by mishcollin
    • Twist and Shout by gabriel and standbyme
    • The Dick Pic Verse by dangerousnotbroken
    • Vagabonds by amarillogrande
    • You Can Keep Holding On by NorthernSparrow
  • The Destiel Favs Collection on AO3 is up to 1352 items in the main collection plus 435 bookmarks (bookmarks are of works not hosted on AO3 and of works where the author didn’t accept the invite to the collection).
  • I have gone through all the works hosted outside of AO3 and improved how they’re tagged in the bookmarks. However, this is a work in progress. If you’ve read any of these works and can suggest additional tags that would be fantastic - view the works here.
  • Backing up every story that received a vote (including every work in every collection) has resulted in my having a database of 2,980 works, totally 1.43 gigs of fic.
  • I will shortly be creating a spreadsheet that just lists all the authors and works that have gotten a vote, and the links to find the authors and stories. No vote tallies will be shared, but I thought this might help people, especially since some authors’ works are spread over multiple platforms.
  • I’m pondering a means of taking rolling submissions of works not already in the collection. I’m open to suggestions.
  • I have done my damnedest to get a digital copy of every work that received a vote, but I am still missing a few. If you have a copy of one of these please get in touch with me.
    • 239728 - The Fall (can’t C&P from quotev)
    • Alice Zero - What Happens in LA (I have a partial copy)
    • Allantwitty - Silk Chains are Broken Now
    • alternaurora - Gratitude (I have a partial copy)
    • anonymous - Keep Looking for Water (I’m not sure if mine is a partial copy or if this fic was never completed.)
    • Deannathegeek - 2017 Verse (I have a partial copy)
    • InterruptingMoose - I’m Afraid of Paper Cuts (can’t C&P from wattpad)
    • Jo_Winchest1967 - Good Things Do Happen
    • Jo_Winchest1967 - Not In My Experience
    • malicezero - SPN Season 13 Hellatus Fic (I have bits and pieces, but they deleted their Tumblr and I can’t find the rest)
    • RandomFandoms - Two Worlds (can’t C&P from quotev)
    • Superpainful - 18 Dates (can’t C&P from Wattpad)
    • Tate Winchester the Doctor Slayer - Please Leave a Message (can’t C&P from quotev)
    • unicornball - Vassal
  • I have two  one mystery fics that I can’t find at all: Klover Vaseline by @jossujb and Angel’s Diner, which is supposedly by @elizabethrobertajones (I can find zero evidence that such a fic exists?). Help?
  • If you’re an author, don’t forget to do the self-rec survey!

…I think that’s everything for now.

Thank you everyone for helping me out by taking the survey!

It’s super excited to see so many new names and new fics in the top 20!!!

Of course @jemariel @reallyelegantsharkfish @ltleflrt @jupiterjames are in this list.

Congrats to my favorite authors of the past year. 🎉🎊👏🍾

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