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Happy Birthday capitu!

(which was really 3 days ago, but you were out of town, so we're doing this now you're back :)

I've updated the old spreadsheet I made for you last year. you can find the new one here:

Masterlist of Capitu's my-drarry-recs (updated)

Just like last time, it's a list of all the recs posted at my_drarry_recs from when you began on 7 May 2012 on through 14 Feb 2016. That's nearly 4 years of continuous reccing.

This year's list is a little more expansive, as in addition to the original sortable fields:

• title
• author
• link to your rec at my_drarry_recs

• word count
• rating
• summary
• link to your rec on tumblr (if it exists)

New stats for 2016:

• The total number of rec posts made (some of which include more than one fic*) = 1,376
• The total number of fics recced so far (when counting sequels as separate fics) = 1,432

* Whenever a work and its sequel were recced in the same post (e.g. The Corruption Sequence by beren_writes), I split that into two (or more) separate records in the sheet . So there are more entries in this sheet than there are individual recs posted at my_drarry_recs.

P.S. Any errors or omissions in the lists are unintentional and entirely my fault. Please let me know and I'll correct them.

P.P.S. Everyone is welcome to use the data for their personal enjoyment and create links back to this post if you would like to share, but please do not repost the spreadsheet without permission, use it for monetary gain, or take credit for the data collection. The selection, coordination, and arrangement of data contained in a database is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

I'm interested in seeing how the popularity in HD fanfic has changed over time, and I thought one way to do that would be to look at how many fics get posted to fests each year.

I did a count for 2014 a couple of months ago, but before I can count how many fics were posted in 2013, 2012, etc. I need to know how many fests there were each of those years.

Question: Has anyone else already done this? I hope I'm not duplicating someone else's efforts!

To start with, I'm just going to look at Drarry-focused fests, not more general HP fests. I went through hp_masterlists and tried to come up with a chart of HD fests through the years. The html table is inserted below the cut. (You may have to use the slider bar at the bottom of the post to see the whole thing - I seem to have trouble formatting wide tables to fit within LJ's specifications. It's very frustrating):

Edit: screenshot here (click to enlarge). HTML table is still below the cut

General observations:

• There were a lot fewer fests before 2010 than after. This could be because I've inadvertently left some out. If anyone has any corrections please let me know.
• 2011 had more HD fests than any other year (counting communities who put on more than one fest that year)
• 2014 had the second most fests of any year, which seems to indicate that interest is not waning :)
• I chose not to include hds_beltane, since that fest also includes fics that aren't HD
• I also chose not to include comment fests, since those are harder to make counts of, but I could be persuaded to change my mind

Of course, more fests don't necessarily mean more fics. If could be that one year had a lot of fests with hardly any fics. I won't know until I've done a count.

But that brings up another question: should I count drabbles in the overall fic count? For example, in 2010, hd_birthdaybash had a couple of drabble-a-thons which produced several dozen drabbles. If I counted each of these as a 'fic', that would probably skew the count for 2010. Anyone have an opinion on this?

And again, any corrections or suggestions are welcome. And if you can't see the full table, let me know and I'll try to fix it (or if you know how to get LJ to like my tables, that would also be helpful :)