Archive of Our Own

nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works
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Archive of Our Own

Summary

Archive of Our Own is a service on Internet[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of service_on_internet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,373 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Archive of Our Own received the Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3].
  • Archive of Our Own received the Hugo Award[4].
  • Archive of Our Own's instance of is recorded as service on Internet[5].
  • Archive of Our Own's instance of is recorded as fiction repository[6].
  • Archive of Our Own is owned by Organization for Transformative Works[7].
  • Archive of Our Own is operated by Organization for Transformative Works[8].
  • Archive of Our Own's programmed in is recorded as Ruby on Rails[9].
  • Archive of Our Own's Commons category is recorded as Archive of Our Own[10].
  • Archive of Our Own's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • October 2008 marks the founding of Archive of Our Own[12].
  • Archive of Our Own's official website is recorded as http://archiveofourown.org/[13].
  • Archive of Our Own's main subject is fan fiction[14].
  • Archive of Our Own's main subject is fan art[15].
  • Archive of Our Own's main subject is user-generated content[16].
  • Archive of Our Own's described at URL is recorded as https://dc.uwm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=etd[17].
  • Archive of Our Own's web feed URL is recorded as https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts.rss[18].
  • Archive of Our Own's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8419[19].
  • Archive of Our Own's different from is recorded as OTW-Archive[20].
  • Archive of Our Own's uses is recorded as OTW-Archive[21].
  • Archive of Our Own's uses is recorded as Ruby on Rails[22].
  • Archive of Our Own's search formatter URL is recorded as https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?work_search[query]=$1[23].
  • Archive of Our Own's terms of service URL is recorded as https://archiveofourown.org/tos[24].
  • Archive of Our Own's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+46912'}[25].
  • Archive of Our Own's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54089'}[26].
  • Archive of Our Own's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+76402'}[27].

Body

Founding

October 2008 marks the founding of Archive of Our Own[12].

Operations

Archive of Our Own is operated by Organization for Transformative Works[8].

Ownership

Archive of Our Own is owned by Organization for Transformative Works[7].

Recognition

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3], a science fiction award[28], founded in 1980[29] and Hugo Award[4], a group of awards[30], founded in 1953[31].

Why It Matters

Archive of Our Own ranks in the top 5% of service_on_internet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,373 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Archive of Our Own receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3] and Hugo Award[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . numerama.com. numerama.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . archiveofourown.org. archiveofourown.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . archiveofourown.org. archiveofourown.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image of cosplay NärCon 2026 - AO3.jpg
    Booru tag ['archive_of_our_own_(ao3)', 'ao3_(website)', 'archiveofourown', 'archive_of_our
    Gitlab topic id AO3
    Duckduckgo bang ['ao3', 'ao3tags']
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13732]]: ao3, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/227014961|Archive of our Own (#227014961)]] for {{P|13732}}"
  2. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name archiveofourown.org
    Random page url https://archiveofourown.org/tags?show=random
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P13337]]: archiveofourown.org, Adding domain name from official website ([[Property:P856]])"
  3. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses
    Award received
    Main wikidata property P8419
    Main subject fan fiction, fan art, user-generated content
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other:0||98 */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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