How Pure Am I Based on My AO3 Tags?

See how innocent (or wicked) your taste in fanfic is!

Some of the steamiest, shadiest, freakiest stuff happens in the shadowy corners of AO3 (Archive of Our Own), the internet's largest fanfiction hub. But what do your tag preferences say about you? Are you a totally pure angel who only reads fluff? Or an unhinged demon who's in it for the filth? Let's find out!

We'll show you some lists of AO3 tags, and you tell us which ones you'd include in your search. Then, we'll tell you how pure you are with a purity rating!

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Questions Overview

1. Level 1: The Wholesome Zone 😇 Select all the tags you would happily click on:
  1. Fluff
  2. Humor
  3. Marriage
  4. Romance
  5. Soft
  6. Slice of Life
  7. Yearning
  8. Wholesome
  9. True Love
  10. Family
  11. Friendship
  12. None of these, tbh
2. Level 2: Getting Steamier 😏 Select all the tags you would happily click on:
  1. Angst
  2. Hurt/Comfort
  3. Touch-starved
  4. Feels
  5. Mutual Pining
  6. Firsts
  7. Flirting
  8. Kissing
  9. Enemies
  10. Awkwardness
  11. Mild Spice
  12. None of these, tbh
3. Level 3: Turning Up the Heat 😈 Select all the tags you would happily click on:
  1. Pain
  2. Manipulation
  3. Roughness
  4. Smut
  5. Blood
  6. Kink
  7. Biting
  8. Whump
  9. Dark
  10. BDSM
  11. Crimes & Criminals
  12. None of these, tbh
4. Level 4: The Radioactive Zone 🚨 Select all the tags you would happily click on:
  1. Gore
  2. Violence
  3. Death
  4. Drugs
  5. Humiliation
  6. Torture
  7. Kidnapping
  8. Intoxication
  9. In Public
  10. Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  11. Trauma
  12. None of these, tbh

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Most Popular Tags on AO3

AO3 (Archive of Our Own) is basically the wild west of fiction online. There, you'll find fanfic, fluff, parallel universes, and alternate timelines. Of course, you'll also find some freakier stuff if you're looking for it, everything from kink to gore and beyond. With so many tags though, we got to wondering: What are the most popular tags and genres on AO3? We found some answers![1]

  1. Fluff
  2. Angst
  3. Relationships
  4. Sexual Content
  5. Love
  6. Hurt/Comfort
  7. Family
  8. AU/Canon Divergence
  9. Slow Burn
  10. Humor
  11. Pining
  12. Romance
  13. First Time
  14. LGBTQ Themes
  15. ABO Dynamics
  16. Family
  17. Happy Ending
  18. Smut
  19. Friends to Lovers
  20. First Kiss[2]


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References

  1. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/tags
  2. ↑ https://yvonne-gonzales.com/2021/08/06/exploration-ao3-tag-analysis/