Happy new year, here are some RWBY fanworks stats! I did a one of these way back in 2016 and I thought it’d be nice to to take another look as we start 2020.

It’s interesting to see the similarities and differences between the two platforms. I didn’t look into it last time, but FFN really does have a ton of fic using original characters that you just don’t see as much of on AO3. Or at the very least, people don’t tag an OC if they use one when posting a piece on AO3.



AO3 also finally overtook FFN for the platform getting to most RWBY fic posted to it. I imagine this has more to do with AO3 becoming the more popular site over the years than anything else. I still think it’ll be another 2-3 years before AO3 has more fanworks total than FFN. But who knows, dramatic things happening in canon have helped spike the numbers before so it could very well happen again!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this overview! For anyone wondering, the little illustrations come from the now defunct rwby mobile game by bilibili.

