AO3 Celebrates 17 Million Fanworks

Image of three books with text '17 Million Fanworks on AO3'

A lot has been going on at the Archive of Our Own (AO3) lately! In January, we celebrated 10 million registered users on AO3. February was all about International Fanworks Day, which we celebrated with several events, culminating in our 30-hour chat and games party over on Discord. And now, we’ve hit another milestone: 17 million fanworks on AO3!

With this many amazing fanworks, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to remember your favorites. This is why we have bookmarks on AO3! Bookmarks are a useful tool to save fanworks for re-reading whenever the mood strikes, or to recommend a work to other users.

And did you know that not only can you bookmark works posted on AO3, but also external fanworks you want to remember? To bookmark an external work, go to your Dashboard, and then to the “Bookmarks” section. In the upper right corner, there should be a button called “Bookmark External Work”. For more information on bookmarks, check out our Bookmarks FAQ!

As always, we are beyond grateful for each and every one of you who contributes their free time, love, and effort to AO3, and helps us grow and flourish! We’re excited to see what other achievements we’ll celebrate together this year.

2026-03-06 therealmorticia
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  1. NerveBy commented:

    Thank you for your amazing work to everyone!! AO3 what I would do without you.

  2. Honigfuchs commented:

    Every time I read a book, saw a movie or a series with character or person I like, the next thing I do is: go to AO3 and have a look if there are any stories about them. AO3 became a great part of my life and it’s been given me so much joy I will never want it to go away.

  3. Pokafroyo commented:

    Congratulations on this amazing achievement! AO3 has been such a big part of my life and I’m so glad to see it reach milestones like this! and thank you to all of the writers out there! :-)

  4. kin_kun commented:

    Incredibly grateful for the work of volunteers. Thank you! Let’s all send writers some love to grow even more. <3

  5. yourmotherisme_ commented:

    AYYYYYYY IM SO GLAD :DDD

    • Emily commented:

      ao3…爱你😍

  6. Batik commented:

    You rock! I so appreciate that AO3 exists and the volunteers who keep it up and running. Not to mention all the fandom people who so generously share their talents in works posted to AO3. Thanks for making my life so much better!

  7. B commented:

    Awesome!!! <3

  8. milk commented:

    You guys are bosses for what yall do!
    Ao3 is the best archive out there thanks to the dedicated managers and moderators 🥹

  9. gucciguccilouielouie commented:

    We love you ao3 soon I will give you all my money to keep running forever and ever til i DIE!!!!

  10. windflowermary commented:

    so grateful for ao3 and the volunteers that keep it up and running. we love you guys!! sending every volunteer and every writer some love <3