A non-profit, non-commercial archive for transformative fanworks; created by and for fans of books, music, art, games, shows, movies, real-person fiction (RPF), and other fandoms.

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  • Updates to "No Fandom" Additional Tags, April 2026

    Published: Thu 30 Apr 2026 07:34PM UTC Comments: 49

    AO3 Tag Wranglers continue to test processes for wrangling canonical additional tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete) which don't belong to any particular fandom (also known as "No Fandom" tags). This post overviews some of these upcoming changes.

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  • April 2026 Membership Drive: Thanks for your Support

    Published: Mon 27 Apr 2026 12:08AM UTC Comments: 82

    The Organization for Transformative Works's April Membership Drive is over and we are delighted to say that we are finishing with a total of $362,171.85 raised, far exceeding our goal of US$150,000. These donations came from 9,702 people in 87 countries: thank you to every single one of them, as well as to all of you who posted and shared the news about the drive!

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  • April 2026 Membership Drive: Behind the Scenes of AO3

    Published: Fri 24 Apr 2026 12:02AM UTC Comments: 124

    In case you missed it, earlier this month AO3 exited open beta! Earlier this year, we also reached 10 million users and 17 million fanworks. We’re awed by all these milestones we’ve reached as a community, and, as always, are very grateful for all your support.

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