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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Ao3-screenshot.png/300px-Ao3-screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Ao3-screenshot.png/450px-Ao3-screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Ao3-screenshot.png/600px-Ao3-screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="693" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fanfiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanfiction">Fanfiction</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">October 2008<span class="noprint">; 16 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Transformative_Works" title="Organization for Transformative Works">Organization for Transformative Works</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archiveofourown.org/">archiveofourown<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Registered_user" title="Registered user">Users</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7,669,000<sup id="cite_ref-homePage_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homePage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">14 November 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-11-14</span>)</span> (Open beta)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruby_(programming_language)" title="Ruby (programming language)">Ruby</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Archive of Our Own</b> (<b>AO3</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit</a> <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open source</a> repository for <a href="/wiki/Fanfiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanfiction">fanfiction</a> and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Transformative_Works" title="Organization for Transformative Works">Organization for Transformative Works</a> and went into <a href="/wiki/Open_beta" class="mw-redirect" title="Open beta">open beta</a> in 2009 and continues to be in beta.<sup id="cite_ref-OTWBeta_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OTWBeta-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 4 November 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Archive of Our Own hosts 13,910,000 works in over 68,230 <a href="/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom">fandoms</a>, including those related to real people.<sup id="cite_ref-homePage_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homePage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site has received generally positive reception for its curation, organization, and design, mostly done by readers and writers of fanfiction.<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-time_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, a website called FanLib was created with the goal of monetizing fanfiction. Fanfiction was authored primarily by women, and FanLib, which was run entirely by men, drew criticism. This ultimately led to the creation of the nonprofit <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Transformative_Works" title="Organization for Transformative Works">Organization for Transformative Works</a> (OTW) which purported to record and archive fan cultures and works.<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OTW created Archive of Our Own in October 2008 and established it as an <a href="/wiki/Open_beta" class="mw-redirect" title="Open beta">open beta</a> on 14 November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-auction_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auction-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1_million_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1_million-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IJCS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJCS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site's name was derived from a blog post by the writer <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Novik" title="Naomi Novik">Naomi Novik</a> who, responding to FanLib's lack of interest in fostering a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fannish" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:fannish">"fannish</a>" community, called for the creation of "An Archive of One's Own."<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name is inspired by the essay <i><a href="/wiki/A_Room_of_One%27s_Own" title="A Room of One's Own">A Room of One's Own</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Woolf" title="Virginia Woolf">Virginia Woolf</a>, in which Woolf said that a writer needed space, time, and resources in order to create.<sup id="cite_ref-syfy_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syfy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-verge_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AO3 defines itself primarily as an <a href="/wiki/Archive" title="Archive">archive</a> and not an <a href="/wiki/Online_community" title="Online community">online community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-verge_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2013, the site's annual expenses were about $70,000. Fanfiction authors from the site held an auction via <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a> that year to raise money for Archive of Our Own, bringing in $16,729 with commissions for original works from bidders.<sup id="cite_ref-auction_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auction-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the site's expenses were budgeted at approximately $260,000.<sup id="cite_ref-2018Budget_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018Budget-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, the actual yearly expenses of AO3 were $290,688.25, most of which was used for server hosting and maintenance, and revenue from fundraising efforts reached a reported $512,358.90.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fundraising for the platform is accomplished through multiple means. Primary fundraising efforts such as their April and October drives as well as other non-drive donations have raised $621,454.87 as of 30 September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  Some revenue is also collected in the form of royalties from books written by some of the initial OTW members.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 July 2023, an unnamed hacker group attacked the site with a DDOS attack or <a href="/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack" title="Denial-of-service attack">Denial-of-service attack</a>. <a href="/wiki/Anonymous_Sudan" title="Anonymous Sudan">Anonymous Sudan</a> (likely Russian-backed according to cybersecurity company CyberCX<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) claimed responsibility in a <a href="/wiki/Telegram_(software)" title="Telegram (software)">Telegram</a> post, saying it was motivated over the website's <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> registration as well as its sexual and LGBT content.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group then demanded $30,000 worth of <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> within 24 hours to end the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site came back online the next day with <a href="/wiki/Cloudflare" title="Cloudflare">Cloudflare</a> protection added.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archive of Our Own runs on <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open source</a> code programmed almost exclusively by volunteers in the <a href="/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails" title="Ruby on Rails">Ruby on Rails</a> <a href="/wiki/Web_framework" title="Web framework">web framework</a>. The developers of the site allow users to submit requests for features on the site via a <a href="/wiki/Jira_(software)" title="Jira (software)">Jira</a> dashboard.<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AO3 has approximately 700 volunteers<sup id="cite_ref-syfy_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syfy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who help the organization by working on volunteer committees. Each of these committees, which include AO3 Documentation, Communications, Policy & Abuse, and Tag Wrangling, manages a part of the site. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tags">Tags</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archive of Our Own has a system for labeling and categorizing uploaded works, referred to as tags. The tagging system allows users to sort content based on intended audiences, included content, <a href="/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom">fandom</a>, characters, relationship pairings, and additional tags.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writers are generally free to choose whatever tags they like for their stories without restrictions on tag length, spaces, characters, or non-Roman characters.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The maximum number of tags was capped to 75 for works created after September 2021;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> previously, authors used to be able to add an unlimited amount of tags to their work, which resulted in a <i><a href="/wiki/The_Untamed_(TV_series)" title="The Untamed (TV series)">The Untamed</a></i> fanfic titled <i>Sexy times with Wangxian</i> creating issues with site navigation due to its over 1,700 tags.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When browsing or searching for a tag, any work which has used the tag, or determined related tags, will appear in the search in a curated <a href="/wiki/Folksonomy" title="Folksonomy">folksonomy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All uploaded works on Archive of Our Own are required to use Rating Tags, Archive Warnings, and Fandom Tags. Rating Tags are self-appointed by writers and allow users to rate their stories by intended reader age ("General Audiences", "Teen And Up Audiences", "Mature", and "Explicit"), which are depicted as G, T, M, and E icons when searching. If the Not Rated tag is chosen, an empty icon is displayed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archive Warnings are used to alert readers about certain <a href="/wiki/Trigger_warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Trigger warning">content warnings</a> such as "Graphic Descriptions of Violence", "Major Character Death", "Rape/Non-Con" and "Underage"; there is also the option to tag "Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings".<sup id="cite_ref-census_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fandom Tags are used to sort the work into the appropriate <a href="/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom">fanbase</a>. Multiple Fandom Tags can be used which is frequently used for crossovers. </p><p>Additional tags can range from indicating the type of relationship, character pairings or <a href="/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)" title="Shipping (fandom)">ships</a>, individual characters, and a space for open tags.<sup id="cite_ref-census_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tags that indicate the type of relationships depicted in the work are called Category Tags and are of six types ("F/F", "M/M", "F/M", "Multi", "Other", and "Gen").<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these tags use a <a href="/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)" title="Slash (punctuation)">slash</a> to depict a romantic and or sexual relationship pair. This style of depicting relationships with a slash traces its origin to <a href="/wiki/Slash_fiction" title="Slash fiction">slash fiction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While slash fiction previously only indicated <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexual</a> pairings, it has since been adapted as a shorthand for all types of relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If there are non-romantic relationships within the work, the slash can be replaced with an "&" symbol. </p><p>The tagging system is maintained by <a href="/wiki/Volunteering" title="Volunteering">volunteers</a> called "Tag Wranglers". Approximately 300 of them manually connect synonymous tags to bolster the site's search system, allowing it to understand "mermaids", "mermen", and "merfolk" as constituents of the "merpeople" tag, as an example.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accounts">Accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The site does not require users to sign up using their legal names, allowing the use of usernames. In addition, users may identify themselves by one or more <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonyms</a>, referred to as "pseuds", linked to their central account.<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to sign up, users must request an invitation which will be sent to their email addresses.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Receiving an Invitation can take a few days to weeks because there are only a few Invitations sent out per day. The invitation system is a metered signup queue to protect the website from spammers and mass influxes of users.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An account is not required to view posted content as long as the author has not chosen to show their works only to registered users.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only those with an account can publish works, participate in writing challenges, create a reading queue, follow authors and stories to receive notifications of updates, and bookmark their favorite works.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kudos_and_comments">Kudos and comments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kudos and comments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to sharing certain allowed fanfiction and works,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archive of Our Own users can interact with posted materials. Like many other online platforms, readers with AO3 accounts can leave comments on publications which have not had comments deactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-most_popular_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-most_popular-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Readers can give stories kudos which function similarly to <a href="/wiki/Like_button" title="Like button">likes</a> on other sites. Kudos are permanent and cannot be taken back. Added in 2010, the kudos feature, however, has been negatively received by various AO3 authors who claim that the simple act of leaving a 'like' discourages the reader from interacting further with the author's work through leaving comments or reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, in 2012, a number of authors banded together with the shared goal of creating an 'opt out' feature that allows authors on AO3 to remove the kudos feature from their published works.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legal team working on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Transformative_Works" title="Organization for Transformative Works">Organization for Transformative Works</a> believes that the publication of fan fiction on AO3 is legal under the <a href="/wiki/Fair_use" title="Fair use">Fair Use</a> doctrine, meaning that they need to be "transformative", which they interpret as giving new meaning to the original work.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AO3 hosts controversial content including works depicting <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">rape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incest" title="Incest">incest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pedophilia" title="Pedophilia">pedophilia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-syfy_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syfy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-verge_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowance was developed as a reaction to the policies of other popular fanfiction hosts such as <a href="/wiki/LiveJournal" title="LiveJournal">LiveJournal</a>, which at one time began deleting the accounts of fic writers who wrote what the site considered to be pornography, and <a href="/wiki/FanFiction.Net" title="FanFiction.Net">FanFiction.Net</a>, which disallows numerous types of stories including any that repurpose characters originally created by authors who disapprove of fanfiction.<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-verge_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to AO3 Policy and Abuse Chair Matty Bowers, a small fraction (1,150) stories submitted to the Archive were flagged by users as "offensive".<sup id="cite_ref-verge_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Organization for Transformative Works Legal Committee volunteer Stacey Lantagne has stated that: "The OTW's mission is to advocate on behalf of transformative works, not just the ones we like."<sup id="cite_ref-verge_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-verge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The OTW's Open Doors project, which launched in 2012, invited maintainers of older and defunct fic archives to import their stories into Archive of Our Own with the aim of preserving fandom history.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site is also open to certain original, non-fanfiction works,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hosting over 250,000 such original works as of 27 January 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png/220px-Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png/330px-Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png/440px-Largest_Fandoms_on_%22Archive_of_Our_Own%22_by_Works.png 2x" data-file-width="1786" data-file-height="854" /></a><figcaption>A chart of some of the largest fandoms (as of March 11, 2024).</figcaption></figure> <p>AO3 reached one million works (including stories, art pieces, and podcast fic recordings, referred to as podfics) in February 2014. At that time, the site hosted works representing 14,353 <a href="/wiki/Fandom" title="Fandom">fandoms</a>, the largest of which were the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supernatural (U.S. TV series)">Supernatural</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">Sherlock</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1_million_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1_million-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2019 it was announced that the site had 2 million registered users and 5 million posted works.<sup id="cite_ref-OTW5Million_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OTW5Million-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the top 100 character pairings written about in fic on the site in 2014, 71 were male/male <a href="/wiki/Slash_fiction" title="Slash fiction">slash fiction</a> and the majority of character pairings featured white characters.<sup id="cite_ref-superwholock_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superwholock-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, about 14% of fics hosted on the site took place in an <a href="/wiki/Alternative_universe_(fan_fiction)" title="Alternative universe (fan fiction)">alternative universe</a> (often shortened to AU) in which characters from a particular canon are transplanted into a different context.<sup id="cite_ref-quantify_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quantify-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The length of a story on Archive of Our Own tends to correlate with its popularity. Stories of 1,000 words often received fewer than 150 hits on average while stories that were closer in length to a novel were viewed closer to 1,500 times apiece.<sup id="cite_ref-census_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AO3 does not allow social media posts, prompts or requests, and any works that AO3 moderators consider to be spam or non-transformative. The decision to delete works for alleged violations of their Terms of Service (TOS) is handled on a case-by-case basis and users (not merely accounts) can be banned for it.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, fan fiction published on AO3 is expected to be "noncommercial" – the author cannot legally make any money off of their fan fiction because they are using another author's characters, setting, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AO3's nonprofit status prohibits it from commercializing works of fan fiction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, in an article entitled "Where to find the good fanfiction porn", Aja Romano and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Dot" title="The Daily Dot">The Daily Dot</a></i> described Archive of Our Own as "a cornerstone of the fanfic community", writing that it hosted content that other sites like <a href="/wiki/FanFiction.Net" title="FanFiction.Net">FanFiction.Net</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wattpad" title="Wattpad">Wattpad</a> didn't allow and was more easily navigable than <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-good_fanfiction_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-good_fanfiction-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> listed Archive of Our Own as one of the 50 best websites of 2013, describing it as "the most carefully curated, sanely organized, easily browsable and searchable nonprofit collection of fan fiction on the Web".<sup id="cite_ref-time_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Casey_Fiesler" title="Casey Fiesler">Casey Fiesler</a>, Shannon Morrison, and <a href="/wiki/Amy_S._Bruckman" title="Amy S. Bruckman">Amy S. Bruckman</a>, Archive of Our Own is a rare example of a value-sensitive design that was developed and coded by its target audience, namely writers and readers of fanfiction. They wrote that the site serves as a realization of <a href="/wiki/Feminist_HCI" title="Feminist HCI">feminist HCI</a> (an area of <a href="/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction" title="Human–computer interaction">human–computer interaction</a>) in practice, despite the fact that the developers of Archive of Our Own had not been conscious of feminist HCI principles when designing the site.<sup id="cite_ref-HCI_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Archive of Our Own was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo Award</a> in the category of <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Related_Work" title="Hugo Award for Best Related Work">Best Related Work</a>, a category whose purpose is to recognize <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a>–related work that is notable for reasons other than fictional text.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fiesler wrote positively of the nomination: "...its nomination signals a greater respect for both fan fiction as an art form and for the creators and users of this remarkable platform. It's a recognition of the power of these diverse spaces and voices that have, for so long, been marginalized—both in genre fiction and in computing."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Censorship">Censorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Censorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xiao_Zhan_controversy">Xiao Zhan controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Xiao Zhan controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Xiao_Zhan_boycott_incident" title="Xiao Zhan boycott incident">Xiao Zhan boycott incident</a></div> <p>On 29 February 2020, Archive of Our Own was <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China" title="Internet censorship in China">blocked in China</a>, after fans of Chinese actor <a href="/wiki/Xiao_Zhan" title="Xiao Zhan">Xiao Zhan</a> reported the website for hosting an explicit fan fiction novel about Xiao Zhan.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The banning of the site led to several incidents and controversies online, in the Chinese entertainment industry, as well as to professional enterprises, due to heavy backlash from mainland Chinese users of Archive of Our Own.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Users called for a <a href="/wiki/Boycott" title="Boycott">boycott</a> against Xiao Zhan, his fans, endorsed products, luxury brands, and other Chinese celebrities involved with the actor.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 13 December 2022, the site was indexed by the German <a href="/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons">Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons</a> due to "child pornography content", temporarily removing it from Google search results.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2023, the restrictions were lifted since the agency had committed administrative errors in the indexing process.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2023, <a href="/wiki/Roskomnadzor" title="Roskomnadzor">Roskomnadzor</a> had requested Archive of Our Own to delete 16 fics, containing "child pornography".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site was subsequently <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Russia" title="Internet censorship in Russia">blocked in Russia</a> on 14 April 2023, after failing to comply with the request. A Ukrainian Twitter user claimed responsibility for the report in a deleted tweet.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archive_of_Our_Own&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-homePage-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-homePage_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-homePage_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241104145222/https://archiveofourown.org/">"AO3 Home Page (via Wayback Machine)"</a>. <i>Archive of Our Own</i>. 4 November 2024. 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title="Wattpad">Wattpad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xlibris" title="Xlibris">Xlibris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xulon_Press" title="Xulon Press">Xulon Press</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Self-publishing#Publishing_platforms" title="Self-publishing">Self-publishing<br />e-book platforms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Amazon <a href="/wiki/Kindle_Direct_Publishing" title="Kindle Direct Publishing">Kindle Direct Publishing</a></li> <li>Apple <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="App Store (iOS)">App Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blurb,_Inc." title="Blurb, Inc.">Blurb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bookmate" title="Bookmate">Bookmate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobo_Inc." title="Kobo 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