What does the archive of our own stand for?

The Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a noncommercial and nonprofit central hosting site for transformative fanworks such as fanfiction, fanart, fan videos and podfic. The Archive is a wholly fan-created and fan-run space, where fannish creativity can benefit from the OTW’s advocacy in articulating the case for its legality and social value.

Where does the archive of our own get its funding?

The Archive’s open-source software is currently hosted at GitHub. The Archive’s servers are funded entirely by donations to the OTW. Users do not pay and there are no advertisements on the site. Some of the Archive’s notable features include:

When did the archive of our own open beta?

The Archive entered open beta in November 2009 and reached 1 million uploaded fanworks in February 2014. In July 2018 the Archive passed 4 million uploaded fanworks. In 2019 it is used by over 1.5 million registered users, and has fanworks in over 30,000 fandoms.

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A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic. The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works.

Who is the archive of our own project?

The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works. You can join by getting an invitation from our automated invite queue. All fans and fanworks are welcome! Get Invited! Would you like to help translate OTW/AO3 news posts?

How can I join the archive of our own?

The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works. You can join by getting an invitation from our automated invite queue. All fans and fanworks are welcome! Get Invited! In recent releases, we wrapped up changes to the kudos table and began caching works for logged out users.

How many fandoms are on archive of our own?

Archive of Our Own beta A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic more than 44,320 fandoms | 3,746,000 users | 7,696,000 works The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works.