beagoldfish | Be a Goldfish 2025: Statistics

Two weeks till means two posts, right?

As Be a Goldfish: Round 2 approaches, we wanted to share a compilation of some rudimentary statistics regarding our inaugural round earlier this year.

The following figures have been synthesized from the 2025 round's Entry Form results. They include medium, rating, and character distributions, plus some other things that caught the mods' interest.

If there are any stats you're curious about for the 2025 round or if there's anything you'd like to see quantified for the upcoming 2026-A round, let us know and we will try to accommodate! Further, if there are any issues with how these figures are described, please don't hesitate to leave a comment or send us an email.

Medium Distribution

A two-pie chart. First: eighty-five percent Fic and fifteen percent non-fic. Second: breaks up non-fic into eight mediums. Values in body.

Figure 1. Distribution of mediums. Fic and non-fic.
Fic: 140, AMV: 1 Art: 4, Crafts: 2, Food: 4, Gifs: 8, Playlist: 2, Web Weave: 2, and Zine 1

A stacked bar chart, showing relative mediums by user out of 100 percent. Most bars are only fic. Values in body.

Figure 2. Relative distribution of mediums by user, out of 100%.

A stacked bar chart showing number of contributions by each user. The bars are divided into sections by medium. Values in body.

Same as previous chart, with the largest bar removed to zoom in on the remaining bars. Values in body.

Figures 3 and 4. Distribution of mediums by user. Shown with (top) and without (bottom) outlier contributor.

artsyspikedhair: Fic: 20
deargalileo: Fic: 1
devinwolfi: Fic: 1, Food: 2, Gif: 3; Total: 6
Hopefulromance: Fic: 8
jamiesfootball: Fic: 1
KittyMcCormick: Fic: 5
readwing: Fic: 1
shnuffeluv: Fic: 1
tarttymissk: Art: 3, Fic: 2; Total: 5
theurbanspaceboi: AMV: 1, Craft: 2, Fic: 1, Food: 2, Playlists: 2, Web Weave: 2, Zine: 1 Total: 11
trentcrimminallybeautiful: Fic: 100, Gif: 3; Total: 103

Rating Distribution

A pie chart with four slices labeled Gen, Teen+, Mature, and Explicit. Gen and Teen+ are the largest, both take up over thirty percent. Values in body.

A pie chart with three slices: Gen, Teen+, and Mature. Gen takes up over eighty percent. Values in body.

Figures 5 and 6. Distribution of Ratings. Shown with (top) and without (bottom) outlier contributor.

Top: Gen: 39% (63), Teen+: 35% (57) Mature: 16% (26), Explicit 10% (16)

Bottom: Gen: 83% (49), Teen+: 7% (4), Mature: 10% (6)

User Distributions: Ratings and Work Totals

A stacked bar chart, showing relative work ratings by user out of 100 percent. Most bars are mostly Gen. Values in body.

Figure 7. Relative distribution of ratings by user, out of 100%

A stacked bar chart showing number of contributions by each user. The bars are diveded into sections by rating. Values in body.

Figures 8 and 9. Distribution of mediums by user. Shown with (top) and without (bottom) outlier contributor.

artsyspikedhair: Gen: 19, Teen+: 1; Total: 20
deargalileo: Gen: 1
devinwolfi: Gen: 6
Hopefulromance: Gen: 8
jamiesfootball: Gen: 1
KittyMcCormick: Teen+: 2, Mature: 3; Total: 5
readwing: Teen+: 1
shnuffeluv: Gen: 1
tarttymissk: Gen: 2, Mature: 3; Total: 5
theurbanspaceboi: Gen: 11
trentcrimminallybeautiful: Gen: 14, Teen+: 53, Mature: 20, Explicit: 16; Total: 103

Character Distribution

Pie chart with sixteen slices. All are less than eight percent except Trent Crimm and Ted Lasso at thirty-five and twenty-seven percent. Values in body.

Pie chart with fourteen slices. All are under fourteen percent except Other, Roy Kent, and Jamie Tartt at fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen percent. Values in body.

Figures 10 and 11. Character distribution across works. OCs and canonical characters never shown onscreen discounted. Shown with (top) and without (bottom) outlier contributor. 'Other' includes all characters who only appeared in one work.

Top: Beard 4% (11), Henry Lasso 1% (4), Jamie Tartt 6% (17), Jan Maas 1% (2), Jane Payne 1% (2), Keeley Jones 5% (15), Nate Shelley 1% (4), Nora Collins 1% (2), Ted Lasso 27% (82), OC 5% (14), Rebecca Welton 2% (6), Roy Kent 8% (25), Sam Obisanya 1% (2), Sharon Fieldstone 1% (2), Trent Crimm 35% (106), Other 4% (13)

Other: Greyhounds, Colin Hughs, Dani Rojas, Deborah Welton, Dottie Lasso, Sassy Collins, James Tartt, Leslie Higgins, Michelle Lasso, Niece Shelley, Nicole Shelley, Rupert Mannion, and Yoga Mums

Bottom: Beard 3% (3), Henry Lasso 2% (2), Jamie Tartt 18% (17), Jan Maas 2% (2) Keeley Jones 11% (11), Nate Shelley 4% (4), Nora Collins 2% (2), OC 6% (6), Roy Kent 17% (16), Sam Obisanya 2% (2), Sharon Fieldstone 2% (2), Ted Lasso 7% (7), Trent Crimm 8% (8), Other 15% (14)

Other: Rebecca Welton, Jane Payne, Greyhounds, Dani Rojas, Deborah Welton, Dottie Lasso, Sassy Collins, James Tartt, Leslie Higgins, Michelle Lasso, Niece Shelley, Nicole Shelley, Rupert Mannion, and Yoga Mums

Male and Female Distribution

A pie chart with two slices: eighty-eight percent men and twelve percent women.

Another two-slice chart. Seventy-three percent men and twenty-seven percent women.

Figures 12 and 13. Distribution of male and female characters, OCs and canonical characters never shown onscreen discounted. Shown with (top) and without (bottom) outlier contributor

Top: Average female characters per contributor: 3.09; total: 34. Average male characters per user: 23.55; total 259.

Bottom: Average female characters per contributor: 2.18; total: 24. Average male characters per user: 6.00; total: 66.

Some characters were represented as having different gender identities than in canon, but were counted here as their canonical genders.