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There is no change in the top 10 in overall hit counts since last year; ain't inertia great.

So instead, this is looking only at hits since April 10, 2022, which is when I did the pull last year. Yet again, I pulled the full works list using flamebyrd's bookmarklet, and then shoved the csv files together using the windows command prompt.


So, the top 10 in hits gained since last year, including fics posted within the last year:

1. Polish Your Boots. (Les Mis) - 28,358 hits total, of which 2,922 were in the last year. The fic was posted May 14, 2013 (9 years, 10 months, 19 days ago)


2. The Family Dursley. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 4,097 hits total, of which 2,005 were in the last year. The fic was posted October 21, 2021 (1 years, 5 months, 12 days ago)


3. The Care And Feeding Of Werewolves, By Severus Snape. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 1,720 hits total, of which 1,720 were in the last year. The fic was posted April 27, 2022 (0 years, 11 months, 6 days ago)


4. Earthlings Gonna Earth. (The Martian - Andy Weir) - 16,957 hits total, of which 1,697 were in the last year. The fic was posted August 22, 2015 (7 years, 7 months, 11 days ago)


5. The Care And Feeding Of Severus Snape, By Remus Lupin. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 1,300 hits total, of which 1,300 were in the last year. The fic was posted May 27, 2022 (0 years, 10 months, 6 days ago)


6. Striking. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 1,430 hits total, of which 1,044 were in the last year. The fic was posted March 27, 2022 (1 years, 0 months, 6 days ago)


7. Drabble: Also Known As. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 1,765 hits total, of which 984 were in the last year. The fic was posted November 11, 2021 (1 years, 4 months, 22 days ago)


8. Find Strength In What Remains Behind. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 7,947 hits total, of which 958 were in the last year. The fic was posted June 28, 2015 (7 years, 9 months, 5 days ago)


9. Scenes From An Inconvenient Espionage Love Story. (James Bond (Movies), Les Mis) - 23,995 hits total, of which 916 were in the last year. The fic was posted June 17, 2013 (9 years, 9 months, 16 days ago)


10. I Was Out Here Listening All The Time. (Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold) - 901 hits total, of which 901 were in the last year. The fic was posted October 14, 2022 (0 years, 5 months, 19 days ago)

And the top 10 by kudos achieved in the last year:

1. The Family Dursley. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 627 kudos total, of which 274 were in the last year. The fic was posted October 21, 2021 (1 years, 5 months, 12 days ago)


2. Earthlings Gonna Earth. (The Martian - Andy Weir) - 2,138 kudos total, of which 217 were in the last year. The fic was posted August 22, 2015 (7 years, 7 months, 11 days ago)


3. Striking. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 340 kudos total, of which 213 were in the last year. The fic was posted March 27, 2022 (1 years, 0 months, 6 days ago)


4. I Must Go Up From The Seas Again. (Persuasion - Jane Austen) - 213 kudos total, of which 213 were in the last year. The fic was posted December 22, 2022 (0 years, 3 months, 11 days ago)


5. The Care And Feeding Of Werewolves, By Severus Snape. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 152 kudos total, of which 152 were in the last year. The fic was posted April 27, 2022 (0 years, 11 months, 6 days ago)


6. Drabble: Also Known As. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 274 kudos total, of which 139 were in the last year. The fic was posted November 11, 2021 (1 years, 4 months, 22 days ago)


7. Drabble: Don't Wait Up. (Glass Onion (2022)) - 127 kudos total, of which 127 were in the last year. The fic was posted January 5, 2023 (0 years, 2 months, 28 days ago)


8. talk to you like you could hear it. (Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling) - 126 kudos total, of which 126 were in the last year. The fic was posted December 26, 2022 (0 years, 3 months, 7 days ago)


9. I Was Out Here Listening All The Time. (Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold) - 122 kudos total, of which 122 were in the last year. The fic was posted October 14, 2022 (0 years, 5 months, 19 days ago)


10. That Was Called Love For The Workers In Song. (Glass Onion (2022)) - 120 kudos total, of which 120 were in the last year. The fic was posted January 8, 2023 (0 years, 2 months, 25 days ago)

Thoughts:

• The most interesting thing this tells me that Yuletide people leave kudos :P That Persuasion fic comes in at #11 in hit counts, so it just missed the top ten there.



• Despite not being ranked here in kudos change (it's at #13), the James Bond/Les Mis is still maintaining its ridiculous hit to kudos ratio, right now it's 23995 hits, 2386 kudos.



• Polish Your Boots is the number 1 overall hit count rank, number 1 overall hit count change and... has gained a total of 24 kudos in the last year. That's not its rank. That's the actual number of kudos achieved. Either this is rereads or people clicking on it because it's so high up and then abandoning it.