Fandom Comparisons:

Search-Engine-Based

I gathered these numbers by searching on Google!; details below. All this data was collected for a paper, "The Fanfic Universe".

I originally planned to re-do these searches from time to time, but I ran into some problems.

This table displays only fandoms that got more than 1000 total hits. I have an alphabetical list of fandoms that didn't make the cut this time. I also have a list of fandoms by slash hits.

I was unable to come up with a satisfactory search strategy for several fandoms with excessively normal names: Friends, Emergency, and Oz. I suspect that the total number for ER is inflated by spurious hits, as well. If anyone can come up with a good search strategy for these series, please email me.

source	"fan fiction"+	ff+slash	% slash
Star Trek	19100	1780	9.3
Star Wars	18400	1260	6.8
X-Files	14600	1900	13.0
Xena	13600	3001	22.1
Buffy	12100	1210	10.0
Sailor Moon	10500	723	6.9
Pokemon	10200	503	4.9
ER	9460	663	7.0
Final Fantasy	7550	517	6.8
X-Men	6980	517	7.4
General Hospital	6650	64	1.0
Babylon 5	6600	499	7.6
NSYNC	6340	73	1.2
Backstreet Boys	5910	138	2.3
Hercules	5630	687	12.2
Ranma	5520	528	9.6
Hanson	4930	109	2.2
Dragonball	4310	324	7.5
Highlander	4270	1160	27.2
A-Team	3690	383	10.4
Phantom Menace	3660	339	9.3
Digimon	3540	216	6.1
South Park	3310	96	2.9
Titanic	3180	148	4.7
Sentinel	3070	971	31.6
Harry Potter	2820	148	5.2
Gundam Wing	2770	539	19.5
Doctor Who	2760	343	12.4
Forever Knight	2660	643	24.2
Dawson's Creek	2440	118	4.8
Beatles	2230	55	2.5
La Femme Nikita	2210	202	9.1
Fushigi Yuugi	2030	310	15.3
Quantum Leap	1940	408	21.0
Due South	1790	639	35.7
Rurouni Kenshin	1770	237	13.4
Transformers	1710	107	6.3
Gargoyles	1680	172	10.2
Pretender	1670	389	23.3
WWF	1640	130	7.9
Tolkien	1600	75	4.7
Sliders	1540	164	10.6
Reboot	1460	120	8.2
Farscape	1440	293	20.3
SeaQest DSV	1400	250	17.9
Power Rangers	1390	105	7.6
Anne Rice	1250	123	9.8
Space: Above & Beyond	1240	296	23.9
Elfquest	1240	55	4.4
Animaniacs	1200	40	3.3
Battlestar Galactica	1200	151	12.6
Seinfeld	1130	87	7.7
Tomb Raider	1100	24	2.2
JAG	1070	130	12.1
Mortal Kombat	1070	124	11.6
Law & Order	1060	236	22.3

I ran two searches on each fandom:

"fan fiction" [fandom name]

and

"fan fiction" [fandom name] slash

For anime and manga fandoms I ran two additional searches:

"fan fiction" [fandom name] yaoi

and

"fan fiction" [fandom name] slash yaoi

In Xena f/f is often called "alt". The number in the slash column is actually slash + alt - (slash+alt).

I was unable to come up with a satisfactory search strategy for several fandoms with excessively normal names: Friends, Emergency, and Oz. I suspect that the total hits for ER is inflated by spurious hits, as well.

by Mary Ellen, "Doctor Science, MA"