Medium Dawn Felagund of the Fountain

The independent archive survey ran from 23 June through 7 July 2023. Eighty-two respondents took the survey during that time. The survey asked about interest in independent archives and included a section for participants interested in building or volunteering for an independent archive. The survey was open to all creators and readers/viewers of fanworks.

What is an independent archive?

The survey defined an independent archive as "a website where creators can share their fanworks. What makes it 'independent' is that it is run by fans but unaffiliated with any for-profit or nonprofit corporations or organizations. Historically, independent archives have grown out of fan communities that create fanworks."

On Tumblr, I am using the tag #independent archives for survey results and ongoing work to restore independent archives to fandoms that want them. This master post will collect data as they become available. I will post twice per day to Tumblr, so it is very likely that, during that time, this post will have data not yet available there.

How you can use these data

I welcome sharing and discussing the data here. Please credit me as Dawn Felagund with a link to this post. You do not need to ask for permission. I am giving permission right now.

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( Do you currently post/share your fanworks on any sites or archives other than AO3, Fanfiction.net, or Wattpad? )

( If an independent archive existed that accepted some or all of your fanworks, and where you were comfortable with its policies, governance, etc, would you consider posting there? )

( What types of fanworks would you consider posting to an independent archive? )

( If an independent archive existed that accepted fanworks you were interested in reading or viewing, would you consider reading or viewing fanworks there? )

( Would you consider building or otherwise volunteering for an independent archive )

( How interested are you in building or running your own independent archive? )

( Which of the following would interest you as options for building an independent archive? )

( What would worry you about starting an independent archive? )

( What skills do you already have in web design, web development, or site-building? )

( How would you prefer to learn new skills to build an independent archive? )

( In what other ways might you be interested in volunteering for an independent archive? )

( What concerns about independent archives do you have? )

( What concerns about OTW/AO3 do you have? )

( Free response field )