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= Tagging Project = The Supernatural Fic Link Archive is a project by black_samvara, who tags all the stories listed in the [[spnnewsletter]] producing a [http://del.icio.us/supernatural_fic searchable archive of links] to 29. To date there are 39,077 425 works of fan fiction at delicious as of December 2009.

By analysing the categories, the following charts were Statistics are producedfor every 50 newsletters tagged, providing a fascinating insight into the distribution giving an overview of stories in different categories. 83% of stories were based in growth and trends within the Supernatural verse, and 17% were [[RPF]]. These divisions have remained generally stable over timefandom. It should be noted however that not all fics are included in the newsletter, which requires that a work lists both a pairing and a rating. [[WIP]]s are counted as one work.  [[Image:Supernatural fic published per 50 days(2).png|400px|Fic categories in Supernatural fan fiction]] == Categories ==By analysing the categories, the following charts were produced, providing a fascinating insight into the distribution of stories in different categories.  [[Image:Categories from edition 400 - 1250.png|400px|Fic categories in Supernatural fan fiction]] These can also be represented as a percentage. Below are the categories taken in snapshots every 50 newsletters. In April 2007 [[RPF]] consisted of 15.58% of the total, rising to 22.05% by August 2009. [[Image:Newsletter editions 400 - 1250.png|400px|Fic categories in Supernatural fan fiction]] == Supernatural fanfiction ==Statistics effective 17 August 2009. Please note: for the purposes of this tagging system 'Wincest' includes Sam/Dean, Sam/John & Dean/John {| class="wikitable" border="1"|-! Category! 24/01/09! 05/05/09! 17/08/09|-| Wincest| 39.67%| 39.11%| 38.49%|-| Other Slash| 4.35%| 5.72%| 7.92%|-| Gen| 37.74%| 37.20%| 36.16%|-| Het| 16.72%| 16.48%| 16.09%|-| Femslash| 0.38%| 0.39%| 0.42%|}

[[Image:Fic categories within RPF10 most popular pairings excluding s d and j2 ed 400 - 1250.jpgpng|400px|Fic Categories in Supernatural fan fiction]]