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How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

I've read a lot. I'm curious.

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

How many… ever? Thousands, easy. And back-buttoned out of thousands more. I have been known to re-read favourites too.

For Star Wars since TFA? Hmm, probably no more than 100-200, at a generous estimate, and many of those were shorter.

On the kinkmeme? Well, there are 35 pages worth of fills and a quick revisit tells me on average that no more than 1 or 2 fills per page really catch my eye (not including my own fics, obvs), so probably <70 all up here.

I am curious about how these numbers stack up with others now.

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

What, since I started reading fanfiction? Averaging, I'd say around 50,000. Who keeps track of that anyway? LOL

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

okay this is interesting to know. I have around 600 bookmarks on AO3, 400 favorites from my fanfiction.net days, and numerous bookmared fics from various kinkmemes....I always thought this was a bit embarrassed of this but idk. Id say I probably read at least a fic a day, usually just short one shots but i awlays felt embarassed that i had that much time on my hands lol.

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

I've been reading fanfic since 2003, so...too many?

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

2003. Aw, bless you, youngin!

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm at least a padawan! XD

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, so many favs. I have some kind of system I cycle my current favorits through. Simple bookmark for reading later/again > fanfic folder in my bookmarks for keeping up with updates > "super bookmark" for "ohmygod, I have to go home to read the next chapter!" > Final stage: convert to e-book on my kindle. This is the holy gral. Only awarded to complete novel-length fic of supreme quality. I chose this fics over canon material. Only two fics made it so far. (one fic is stuck in "no updates"-limbo, but man, I keep this story with me as long as I can.)

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

I read fic for 17 years. Started with mostly Harry Potter and changed with every fandom I became part of.
I did a every rough calculation and came up with 15000 fics, but I would say it is more likely to be around 20000.

Form this kink meme? Hmm... maybe 30 fics? 50?
I have to admit that I enjoy reading the prompts more than the fics most of the time.

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

Unsure. I read in fits & bursts. For the tiny fandom with rarepairs, I can tell you I've read every single one, even when I haven't liked it. When you've got only 10 fics, beggars can't be choosers. For massive fandoms like TFA? I get pickier. I'd say probably my average for a big fandom is 40-50 fics tops?

Unless I'm actively in the mood to make a rec list, I don't keep track. I also don't have an ao3 acct so I couldn't give you a real # anyway

Re: How many fics have you guys read in total?

[(Anonymous)]

Easily several hundred thousand, if you count drabbles... Ive been doing this since at least 1999, and my first taste of slashfic was a tiny Batman/Robin thing in a dirty book my mom got as a gag gift.