Hello friends. I have just spent literally all night making a database of every single pokémon fanfiction I've ever read, and have used what I've learned in university statistics classes to craft several metrics to rank them by.
I'd like to show you one metric in particular though: Votes%, or Votes by % of Reads. This, in my opinion, is the best way to measure the perceived quality of a book. Basically, if you have 1000 reads and 500 votes, you have a 50% vote%. This allows us to look past a book's absolute numbers, as popularity isn't the same as quality.
With all of that being said, here are the top 10 books in my library, ranked by Votes%:
1- It's So Crazy It Might Just Work by LilythePikachu (10.9%)
2- Met in Vegas by acedeea (8.9%)
3- 18 by ShinyStufful (8.3%)
4- Our Symphonies by acedeea (7.5%)
5- Metanoia by Espherer (7.1%)
6- Skechers by _packrat_ (6.6%)
7- Murder Squad Missions by Sylveon12 (6.1%)
8- Each Other by Cobalt2412 (6%)
9- Tryst with Destiny: The End of the Beginning by gogolsarkar (5.9%)
10- Tales of Amour by poke_fan-united (5.8%)
Obviously the list isn't perfect, if it was up to me I'd put To The Moon up there too, but what this list is though is O B J E C T I V E M A T H E M A T I C S .
For the 0 people wondering about my own books, The Kalos Conspiracy has a vote% of 2.2%, and The Journey Continues has one of 2.5%. The average across every book in my library is pretty much exactly 2%, so I'm proud to say I am an above average writer objectively speaking :^]
In case you're curious, here's the google sheet with my entire database, available for your perusal: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sh_6qmbqs9OjXdSlvN8vWPk38Kh2bJzOm-vLCNMuLNs/edit?usp=sharing
There's 181 books accounted for, ranging in quality (imo) from pretty terrible to absolutely amazing, so trust me when I say this little study of mine has a solid sample to take its conclusions from.
Anyway that's it, maybe I'll actually start writing an update again now.
