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Archive of Our Own

Who runs Archive of Our Own, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest fanfiction archive alternatives.

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Online since
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Trackers
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Prices
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Archive of Our Own

Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org

Wikidata: nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience

02 · Privacy

What Archive of Our Own tracks

We couldn’t read archiveofourown.org’s homepage (HTTP 418), so we can’t say what it loads.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Archive of Our Own

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20 of the 60 sites closest to Archive of Our Own match.

We can’t read archiveofourown.org’s homepage (HTTP 418), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

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    Quotev quotev.com No trackers

    Quotev

    Read or write a story, book, quiz, survey, or poll. Follow others who share your interests

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    Weasyl weasyl.com No trackers

    Home — Weasyl

    online art gallery

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    SoFurry sofurry.com No trackers

    Explore - SoFurry

    Discover artwork, stories, music, games and more from the furry community. Join SoFurry and share your creations.

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    Inkbunny inkbunny.net No trackers

    Welcome | Inkbunny, the Furry Art Community

    Inkbunny is a furry art community that helps you showcase your art, comics, stories, music and animations. Join For Free to start exploring, sharing, and selling!

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    Главная - прикольные картинки, мемы, комиксы, гифки на JoyReactor

    Главная страница JoyReactor - это смешные картинки, арты, игровой юмор и гифки (с котами). Но стоит копнуть чуть глубже, и можно найти больше постов и разделов, интересных именно вам, и подписаться на них. Полезно каждый день поглядывать в разделы Тренды и Наши любимые теги на главной странице, можно повстречать много неожиданного и, как минимум, занятного.

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    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English No trackers

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

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    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

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    Kakuyomu kakuyomu.jp Top 10K Japanese No trackers

    無料で小説を書ける、読める、伝えられる - カクヨム

    様々なWeb小説を無料で「書ける、読める、伝えられる」、KADOKAWA × はてな によるWeb小説サイトです。ジャンルはファンタジー、SF、恋愛、ホラー、ミステリーなどがあり、二次創作作品も楽し…

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    MangaDex mangadex.org Top 10K English No trackers

    MangaDex

    Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!

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    mastodon.social Top 10K English No trackers

    Mastodon.social

    The original server of Mastodon, operated by Mastodon GmbH for the common good.

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    tilde.club English No trackers

    Welcome to ~tilde.club~

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    ListenBrainz listenbrainz.org English No trackers

    ListenBrainz

    Track, explore, visualise and share the music you listen to. Follow your favourites and discover great new music.

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    note note.com Top 1K Japanese 1 tracker

    note ――つくる、つながる、とどける。

    クリエイターが文章やマンガ、写真、音声を投稿することができ、ユーザーはそのコンテンツを楽しんで応援できるメディアプラットフォームです。だれもが創作を楽しんで続けられるよう、安心できる雰囲気や、多様性を大切にしています。

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    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

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    Vocal vocal.media English 3 trackers

    Vocal

    Vocal is a platform for supporting, discovering and rewarding creators.

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    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

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    Nyaa nyaa.si English No trackers

    Browse :: Nyaa

    A BitTorrent community focused on Eastern Asian media including anime, manga, music, and more

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    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

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    Open Library openlibrary.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

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    SensCritique senscritique.com French 1 tracker

    Avis de musiques, films, jeux vidéo, BD, livres et séries TV à découvrir sur SensCritique

    Donnez votre avis sur la culture et découvrez les avis de vos amis. Votre collection en ligne accessible à tout moment sur Senscritique.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Archive of Our Own adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 3 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,213
Vector
384-d
Query
33 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Archive of Our Own’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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