AO3 Ship Stats 2021

AO3 Ship Stats 2021 is part of the AO3 Ship Stats project by centrumlumina.
This marked this first year that a new breakdown of race category was used, with centrumlumina opting to list different racial groups instead of the catch all "POC" label used in previous years. 
== Overall Top 20 ==
The top 20 pairings on AO3 as of August 2021. See the rest of the results on AO3.
No.	Pairing 	Canon 	Type	Race 	Works 	Change
1 	Castiel/Dean Winchester 	Supernatural 	M/M 	White/White 	100346	
2 	Sherlock Holmes/John Watson 	Sherlock (BBC) 	M/M 	White/White 	67633 	
3 	Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski 	Teen Wolf 	M/M 	White/White 	62648 	
4 	Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers 	The Avengers 	M/M 	White/White 	55252 	
5 	Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter 	Harry Potter 	M/M 	White/White 	49245 	
6 	Steve Rogers/Tony Stark 	The Avengers 	M/M 	White/White 	40510 	
7 	Aziraphale/Crowley 	Good Omens 	M/M 	White/White 	36546 	
8 	Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson 	One Direction 	M/M 	White/White 	35365 	
9 	Keith/Lance 	Voltron: Legendary Defender	M/M 	Ambig/Latino	31707 	
10 	Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester 	Supernatural 	M/M 	White/White 	29526 	
11 	Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung 	BTS 	M/M 	Asian/Asian 	28479 	
12 	Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood 	Shadowhunters 	M/M 	White/Asian 	28086 	
13 	Rey/Kylo Ren 	Star Wars 	F/M 	White/White 	25865 	
14 	Adrien/Marinette 	Miraculous Ladybug 	F/M 	White/Asian 	25668 	
15 	Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov 	Yuri!!! on Ice 	M/M 	White/Asian 	25647 	
16 	Katsuki Bakugou/Midoriya Izuku 	My Hero Academia 	M/M 	Asian/Asian 	25351 	
17 	Sirius Black/Remus Lupin 	Harry Potter 	M/M 	White/White 	24891 	
18 	Lan Zhan/Wei Ying 	Mo Dao Zu Shi 	M/M 	Asian/Asian 	23826 	
19 	Kirishima Eijiro/Bakugou Katsuki	My Hero Academia 	M/M 	Asian/Asian 	22606 	
20 	Merlin/Arthur 	Merlin (BBC) 	M/M 	White/White 	22577 	
== Top 20 in 2021==
Top 20 pairings that produced the most fanworks in 2021.
No.	Pairing 	Canon 	Type	Race 	New Works	Total	Change
1 	Dream/GeorgeNotFound 	Youtube RPF 	M/M 	White/White	13472 	13472	
2 	Castiel/Dean Winchester 	Supernatural 	M/M 	White/White	12086 	96616	
3 	Lan Zhan/Wei Ying 	Mo Dao Zu Shi 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	10848 	23825	
4 	Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter 	Harry Potter 	M/M 	White/White	9069 	49245	
5 	Katsuki Bakugou/Midoriya Izuku 	My Hero Academia 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	8567 	25351	
6 	Aziraphale/Crowley 	Good Omens 	M/M 	White/White	8410 	36546	
7 	Kirishima Eijiro/Bakugou Katsuki 	My Hero Academia 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	7324 	22607	
8 	Sirius Black/Remus Lupin 	Harry Potter 	M/M 	White/White	7231 	24891	
9 	Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson	Youtube RPF 	Gen 	White/White	6910 	6910 	
10 	Tubbo & TommyInnit 	Youtube RPF 	Gen 	White/White	6870 	6870 	
11 	Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier 	The Witcher 	M/M 	White/White	6401 	13917	
12 	Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit 	Youtube RPF 	Gen 	White/White	6247 	6247 	
13 	Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng 	Miraculous Ladybug	F/M 	White/Asian	6103 	25668	
14 	Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers 	The Avengers 	M/M 	White/White	5643 	55252	
15 	Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou 	Haikyuu!! 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	5379 	12789	
16 	Aizawa Shouta/Yamada Hizashi 	My Hero Academia 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	5334 	12591	
17 	Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru 	Haikyuu!! 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	5324 	16455	
18 	Miya Atsumu/Sakusa Kiyoomi 	Haikyuu!! 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	5277 	6001 	
19 	Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung 	BTS 	M/M 	Asian/Asian	5201 	28479	
20 	James Potter/Lily Evans Potter 	Harry Potter 	F/M 	White/White	5057 	15164	
For a list of all 100 ships, see here or on AO3.
== Overall Top 20 Femslash==
The top 20 femslash pairings on AO3 as of August 2021. See the rest of the results on AO3.
No.	Pairing 	Canon 	Race 	Works	Change
1 	Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor 	Supergirl (TV series) 	White/White 	16227	
2 	Regina Mills/Emma Swan 	Once Upon a Time 	Latino/White	13451	
3 	Clarke Griffin/Lexa 	The 100 	White/White 	12450	
4 	Adora/Catra 	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power	White/Ambig 	8347 	
5 	Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer 	Supergirl (TV series) 	White/Latino	6023 	
6 	Korra/Asami Sato 	Avatar: Legend of Korra 	Indig/Asian 	5862 	
7 	Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long 	RWBY 	Asian/Asian 	5836 	
8 	Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught 	Wynonna Earp 	White/White 	5469 	
9 	Laura Hollis/Carmilla Karnstein 	Carmilla 	White/White 	5106 	
10 	Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam 	Homestuck 	Ambig/N.H. 	4874 	
11 	Jirou Kyouka/Yaoyorozu Momo 	Boku no Hero Academia 	Asian/Asian 	4672 	
12 	Chloe Beale/Beca Mitchell 	Pitch Perfect 	White/White 	4181 	
13 	Alphys/Undyne 	Undertale 	N.H./N.H. 	4060 	
14 	Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee 	RWBY 	POC/White 	4036 	
15 	Amity Blight/Luz Noceda 	The Owl House 	White/Af Lat	3797 	
16 	Historia Reiss/Ymir 	Attack on Titan 	White/White 	3718 	
17 	Root/Sameen Shaw 	Person of Interest 	White/M.E. 	3163 	
18 	Kara Danvers/Cat Grant 	Supergirl (TV series) 	White/White 	3154 	
19 	Santana Lopez/Brittany S. Pierce	Glee 	Af Lat/White	3075 	
20 	Asui Tsuyu/Uraraka Ochako 	Boku no Hero Academia 	Asian/Asian 	2749 	
== Responses ==
=== Meta and Media Coverage ===
* Misha Collins Tweeted About Destiel Fanfiction, And The Sound You Hear Is All Of Tumblr Screaming by Kelly Martinez at Buzzfeed
* We should talk about f/f by fandomshatelgbtqpeople
=== Comments ===
== References ==
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