// SUBREDDIT_PROFILE
r/ao3
› An unofficial sub devoted to AO3. The Archive of Our Own (AO3) offers a noncommercial and nonprofit central hosting place for fanworks. We are proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. We preserve our fannish economy, values, and creative expression by protecting and nurturing our fellow fans, our work, our commentary, our history, and our identity while providing the broadest possible access to fannish activity for all fans.
// MEMBERS
453,987
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
10,000
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
10y
› since 2016-01-24
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
// QUICK_ACTIONS
// Recent posts in r/ao3
[ latest we indexed · by upvotes ]- 01 Situation - AO3.life ↑ 6,081 · 2026-11-02
- 02 AO3 donation discourse on the bird app ↑ 5,771 · 2026-10-19
- 03 I didn't pass the Purity Test :-: ↑ 5,438 · 2026-10-26
- 04 I feel this needs to be reminded whenever twitter discourse rears its head ↑ 4,154 · 2026-11-01
- 05 Me after being on AO3 since 2013 and contributing nothing to my fandoms: ↑ 2,837 · 2026-10-18
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/ao3 about? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/ao3 is a Reddit community with 453,987 members. An unofficial sub devoted to AO3. The Archive of Our Own (AO3) offers a noncommercial and nonprofit central hosting place for fanworks. We are proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. We preserve our fannish economy, values, and creative expression by protecting and nurturing our fellow fans, our work, our commentary, our history, and our identity while providing the broadest possible access to fannish activity for all fans.
02 › How active is r/ao3? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/ao3 has 453,987 subscribers and 10,000 posts in our index. It was created on 2016-01-24, 10 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/ao3? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
Other TV, Movies & Books communities of a similar size include r/ben10 (465,523 members), r/wicked (464,442 members), r/howyoudoin (463,417 members), r/ghoststories (463,318 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.