A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic
more than 70,160 fandoms | 8,030,000 users | 14,410,000 works
The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works.
With an AO3 account, you can:
- Share your own fanworks
- Get notified when your favorite works, series, or users update
- Participate in challenges
- Keep track of works you've visited and works you want to check out later
You can join by getting an invitation from our automated invite queue. All fans and fanworks are welcome!
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Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer's personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today's post is with therealmorticia, who volunteers as Chair of the Board Assistants Team.
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Time to celebrate another milestone, as the Archive of Our Own (AO3) passes eight million registered users. That means one million new members joined the site in less than a year's time; or, in other words, more than 3,000 people a day, 130 people an hour, or two people per minute!
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Open Doors is pleased to announce the completion of 9 archive import projects in 2024, a total of over 13,000 works! We hope that you will find old and new favorites in the collections listed below.