D/G Fic Exchange Statistics

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Fest community: dgficexchange
Master List: Here
Fest type: Anonymous exchange
Premise: Draco/Ginny, theme 'nostalgia'
Ratings restrictions: None given
Length restrictions: 1,500 words minimum; 20,000 words maximum
Creation period: 6 weeks

There were 45 gifts made by 41 participants.eustacia_vye28, gidge_8, writerdragonfly and x0xmemoriesfade wrote 2 fics each. mynuet wrote one fic and collaborated on a second one.

Fics: 44
Art: 1

Art to fic ratio: 2%

By rating:

G - 2
PG - 8
PG-13/T - 20
R - 6
NC-17 - 8
unrated - 1

By word count:
The shortest fic was 1,857 words long. The longest fic was 19,987 words long.

1-2K - 2
2-3K - 7
3-4K - 6
4-5K - 7
5-6K - 4
6-7K - 1
7-8K - 3
8-9K - 4
9-10K - 3
10-15K - 3
15-20K - 4

Total words written: 293,130
Mean (average fic length): 6,662 words
Median (half the fics shorter, half the fics longer): 4,816 words
Mode (most frequent fic length): 2-3K, 4-5K

Most awards:

Charcoal and Paint by jessicakmalfoy: 5 awards (Best Overall, Best Fluff, Best Portrayal of Ginny, Favorite Line, Best Kiss)
Faking It by turkeyish: 2 awards (Snarkiest Conversation, Mod's Choice)

And, because we are now celebrating over a year of statistics, here are some comparisons to my statistics from last year's exchange:
(Yes, if I could do tables this would look a lot cooler and be easier to read...)

Number of gifts last year: 50
Number of gifts this year: 45

Number of artworks last year: 7
Number of artworks this year: 1

Art to fic ratio last year: 14%
Art to fic ratio this year: 2%

Gift ratings, last year vs. this year:

G-rated gifts: 7 vs. 2

PG-rated gifts: 5 vs. 8

PG-13 rated gifts: 27 vs. 20

R-rated gifts: 5 vs. 6

NC-17 rated gifts: 6 vs. 8

Fic lengths, last year vs. this year:

1K - 5K: 13 vs. 22
5K - 10K: 15 vs. 15
10K - 15K: 9 vs. 3
15K - 20K: 6 vs. 4

Some thoughts: What happened to the art? I would have said that maybe people were misled by the name of the community (D/G 'fic' exchange), even though the exchange rules do state that art is welcome, but last year there was a good batch of art. So I don't know.

The ratings showed a good range, with the clear favorite being PG-13 rated fics. However, with 14 fics rated R and above, smut was by no means neglected either.

The word counts show a fairly solid presence of all fic lengths, right up to the maximum allowed. Still, it is clear that the shorter range from 2-5K was a favorite, with nearly half of the fics (45%) in that range.

Looking at the comparison with last year, the numbers are slightly lower for this year's exchange, with 10% fewer gifts produced, but I wouldn't say that is statistically significant. As I mentioned, the amount of art last year was much higher, though. The number of G and PG-13 rated gifts were clearly higher last year, but that is mostly due to the art (which was all either G or PG-13). There was a slight increase in the amount of smut written in this year's exchange.

The fic lengths show a clear reduction in the number of longer fics this year, with half of the fics being shorter than 5K this year, as opposed to only 30% last year.