#aaaand i cba to tag the rest

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Stranger Things M/M Pairings AO3 Ranking

It's that time againnnnnn. Ship stats fuck yeah!! These take me hours to do and it's literally only me who cares but WHATEVS ITS INTERESTING!

These numbers are as of 5th March 2025

1. Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson with 31,801 works

2. Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington with 11,828 works

3. Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington with 1,357 works

4. Billy Hargrove/Eddie Munson with 995 works

5. Argyle/Jonathan Byers with 664 works

6. Tommy Hagan/Steve Harrington with 343 works

7. Jason Carver/Eddie Munson with 217 works

8. Jonathan Byers/Billy Hargrove with 99 works

9. Jonathan Byers/Eddie Munson with 98 works

10. Tommy Hagan/Billy Hargrove with 92 works

11. Argyle/Steve Harrington with 65 works

12. Gareth/Eddie Munson with 57 works

13. Andy/Gareth with 55 works

14. Tommy Hagan/Eddie Munson with 41 works

15. Gareth/Steve Harrington with 40 works

16. Argyle/Eddie Munson with 31 works

17. Argyle/Billy Hargrove with 29 works

18. Gareth/Jeff with 24 works

19. Jason Carver/Steve Harrington with 23 works

20. Jason Carver/Billy Hargrove with 22 works

21. Argyle/Gareth with 17 works

22. Andy/Jason Carver with 16 works

23. Jeff/Eddie Munson with 14 works

24. Jason Carver/Chance with 11 works || Jonathan Byers/Tommy Hagan with 11 works 

26. Andy/Chance with 10 works  || Gareth/Tommy Hagan with 10 works  || Steve Harrington/Jeff with 10 works 

29. Billy Hargrove/Patrick McKinney with 7 works  || Jason Carver/Gareth with 7 works 

31. Andy/Eddie Munson with 5 works || Gareth/Billy Hargrove with 5 works || Jason Carver/Patrick McKinney with 5 works || Steve Harrington/Kilt Guy* with 5 works

35. Chance/Patrick McKinney with 4 works 

36. Steve Harrington/Patrick McKinney with 3 works  || Jonathan Byers/Gareth with 3 works 

38. Andy/Steve Harrington with 2 works || Patrick McKinney/Eddie Munson with 2 works  || Tommy Hagan/Patrick McKinney with 2 works || Tommy Hagan/Jeff with 2 works  || Chance/Eddie Munson with 2 works 

43. Fred Benson/Billy Hargrove with 1 work || Fred Benson/Jonathan Byers with 1 work || Fred Benson/Patrick McKinney with 1 work || Argyle/Fred Benson with 1 work || Jeff/Patrick McKinney with 1 work || Jason Carver/Tommy Hagan with 1 work || Jonathan Byers/Jason Carver with 1 work || Chance/Gareth with 1 work || Chance/Tommy Hagan with 1 work || Jonathan Byers/Jeff with 1 work [NEW ARRIVAL!] || Argyle/Jason Carver with 1 work [NEW ARRIVAL!]

54. Gareth/Patrick McKinney with 0 works

*kilt guy, for those who are unaware, is a background extra visible in the scene at Tina’s halloween party. for a while he was doing numbers in the harringove fandom

Compared to last year... (see 2024 rankings)

the top 5 remain in the same ranking position

the largest increase in number of fics is: steddie, with 5,516 new works (goodness gracious you guys are dedicated)

the 2nd largest increase in number of fics is: harringrove, with 684 new works

the largest increase in ranking is: jeff x eddie, with an increase of 12 places

the 2nd largest increase in ranking is: stason, with an increase of 3 places

Pairings with no ao3 tag:

Eddie Munson/Kilt Guy, Tommy Hagan/Kilt Guy, Tommy Hagan/Argyle, Tommy Hagan/Fred Benson, Tommy Hagan/Andy, Billy Hargrove/Kilt Guy, Billy Hargrove/Jeff, Billy Hargrove/Andy, Jonathan Byers/Patrick McKinney, Jonathan Byers/Kilt Guy, Jonathan Byers/Andy, Patrick McKinney/Kilt Guy, Patrick McKinney/Argyle, Patrick McKinney/Andy, Jason Carver/Kilt Guy, Jason Carver/Jeff, Jason Carver/Fred Benson, Gareth/Kilt Guy, Gareth/Fred Benson, Kilt Guy/Argyle, Kilt Guy/Jeff, Kilt Guy/Fred Benson, Kilt Guy/Andy, Argyle/Jeff, Argyle/Andy, Jeff/Fred Benson, Jeff/Andy, Fred Benson/Andy

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M/M pairings for the stranger things have a total of 48,045 fics. This is 35,380 more than F/M pairings and 36,113 more than F/F pairings.