Most Acclaimed AO3 Authors
Fanfiction writers whose works earn the strongest reader response, ranked by average kudos per work tracked in our database. Only authors with at least 5,000 total kudos are included.
MsKingBean89
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: All the Young Dudes (314k kudos)
lameparties
AcclaimedTop work: you took my heart (i was sleeping) (199k kudos)
sherlocksmyth
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: I Am Groot (178k kudos)
isthisselfcare
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love (102k kudos)
LittleLuxray
AcclaimedHaikyuu
Top work: In Another Life (99k kudos)
Vichan
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Evitative (91k kudos)
thesweetestdream
AcclaimedTop work: talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet (91k kudos)
Sarah1281
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Oh God Not Again! (84k kudos)
MuffinLance
AcclaimedTop work: Salvage (75k kudos)
bafflinghaze
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: The Standard You Walk Past (72k kudos)
Kandakicksass
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: you've got the antidote for me (71k kudos)
mysterycyclone
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: Dark Matter (101k kudos)
cyerus
AcclaimedSherlock BBC
Top work: The Internet Is Not Just For Porn (61k kudos)
motswolo
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: The Cadence of Part-time Poets (58k kudos)
kurtstiel
AcclaimedTop work: so come over now (and talk me down) (54k kudos)
reading_raindrop
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: What The Fuck Did You Just Call Me? (54k kudos)
RogueDruid (Icarius51)
AcclaimedFNAF
Top work: Hero Class Civil Warfare (76k kudos)
SomewheresSword
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Lily's Boy (88k kudos)
pansley
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: Astronomy In Reverse (51k kudos)
tetsurashian
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Full circle (51k kudos)
Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown)
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia, Danny Phantom
Top work: Viridian: The Green Guide (75k kudos)
sarewolf
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: that’s the art of getting by (51k kudos)
Elemental
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: Complicated Creation (50k kudos)
Annacharlier
AcclaimedTop work: Don't Go (50k kudos)
eleventy7
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Running on Air (71k kudos)
maia_archives
AcclaimedTop work: The Songbird and the Sea (49k kudos)
Rizandace
AcclaimedTop work: The Waiting Game (49k kudos)
SunseticMonster
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Hey, Potter (49k kudos)
firestarter09
AcclaimedTop work: Your Long Shot of A Destiny (48k kudos)
idiopathicsmile
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: Mistake on the Part of Nature (47k kudos)
WritingbyAnnie
AcclaimedTop work: Harry Potter and the Shadowed Light (47k kudos)
shadowscribe
AcclaimedTop work: Harry Potter and the Greatest Show (47k kudos)
bonesandthebees (bonesandcacti)
AcclaimedDSMP
Top work: tommyinnit's clinic for supervillains (72k kudos)
subcorax
AcclaimedHamilton
Top work: please leave a message (114k kudos)
Faith Wood (faithwood)
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Then Comes a Mist and a Weeping Rain (81k kudos)
milominderbinder
AcclaimedTop work: frequently, secretly fond of each other. (45k kudos)
snackbaskets
AcclaimedTop work: Watch This (45k kudos)
ruinthatboy
AcclaimedTop work: Love was the Law (45k kudos)
GutterWitch
AcclaimedTop work: I Would Bring You the Stars and the Moon (45k kudos)
blankjournals
AcclaimedTop work: all the things he did (44k kudos)
buzzcut__season
AcclaimedTop work: (the first time) he kissed a boy (44k kudos)
tsk
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: It's Above My Clearance Level (44k kudos)
queercatfan
AcclaimedTop work: Coming Home (But Not to You) (43k kudos)
whitmans_kiss
AcclaimedTop work: The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever (43k kudos)
rikke
AcclaimedTop work: a stone to break your soul, a song to save it (43k kudos)
LovesBitca8
AcclaimedTop work: The Right Thing To Do (42k kudos)
fleezerweezer
AcclaimedTop work: re: hi (42k kudos)
MustardSoup
AcclaimedTop work: Pickup Lines for the Soul (42k kudos)
StormDancer
AcclaimedMerlin BBC
Top work: Dying to Return (42k kudos)
MayMarlow
AcclaimedTop work: Don't Fuck With Florists (They'll Fuck You Up) (42k kudos)
redanick
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: Izuku's Project (42k kudos)
tunamelt (bbang1z)
AcclaimedTop work: hi shane, is this still available? (42k kudos)
cherryfeather
AcclaimedTop work: In the (Second) Beginning (42k kudos)
zeitgeistic
AcclaimedTop work: Azoth (42k kudos)
CheckeredCloth
AcclaimedVoltron
Top work: Sweet Quiznak (42k kudos)
Nokomis
AcclaimedTeen Wolf
Top work: Every Step You Take (42k kudos)
zosofi
AcclaimedTeen Wolf
Top work: Gravity's Got Nothing on You (42k kudos)
gabriel
AcclaimedSupernatural
Top work: Twist and Shout (41k kudos)
icopythefax
AcclaimedTop work: I Like Jane For You (40k kudos)
Child_OTKW
AcclaimedTop work: you belong to me (i belong to you) (40k kudos)
sugamins (orphan_account)
AcclaimedBTS
Top work: House of Cards (40k kudos)
SilentTeyz
AcclaimedDSMP
Top work: Butterfly Reign (39k kudos)
edema_ruh
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: The Way You Used To Do (72k kudos)
katherynefromphilly
AcclaimedMerlin BBC
Top work: And like the cycle of the year, we begin again (39k kudos)
some1_around
AcclaimedTop work: I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) (53k kudos)
eggmacguffin
AcclaimedTop work: A Meditation on Railroading (39k kudos)
ZairaA
AcclaimedMerlin BBC
Top work: That's His Name (39k kudos)
worldaccordingtofangirls
AcclaimedSherlock BBC
Top work: What Meets the Eye (39k kudos)
thequeenofwhump
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: If We’re Being Honest (38k kudos)
who_la_hoop
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Tea and No Sympathy (58k kudos)
wilmonstan12345
AcclaimedTop work: Question of the Day (38k kudos)
suffocatingspring
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: From The Sidelines (58k kudos)
gurlsrool
AcclaimedTop work: I'll be Jane (53k kudos)
platonic_boner
AcclaimedMerlin BBC
Top work: True Love (55k kudos)
Jellofello
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: Regenerate, Fate (37k kudos)
Bruja_oscura
AcclaimedTop work: Our Captain, Their Problem (37k kudos)
owlpostagain
AcclaimedTeen Wolf
Top work: Stilinski's Home for Wayward Wolves (60k kudos)
EtherealBeing
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: Bluebird (43k kudos)
mutalune
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: throw me a goddamn rope - just enough to hang myself with (37k kudos)
Marvel_Fangirl
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: Aliens, Hammers, and Making a Memorable First Impression (37k kudos)
helenabertinellis
AcclaimedTop work: the bat's nest (39k kudos)
outofmygourd
AcclaimedStranger Things
Top work: Not So Bad (45k kudos)
iffervescent
AcclaimedTop work: Woodash and iron and leather (36k kudos)
hppjmxrgosg
AcclaimedMCU, Danny Phantom
Top work: Death Before Inaction (39k kudos)
alizarincrims0n
AcclaimedHarry Potter
Top work: Temptation on the Warfront (35k kudos)
arysteia
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: The Twice-Told Tale (35k kudos)
Onyx_and_Elm
AcclaimedTop work: Breath Mints / Battle Scars (36k kudos)
relenafanel
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: Slide To Answer (35k kudos)
papenathy
AcclaimedTop work: we all have a hunger (tell me what you need) (35k kudos)
DebsTheSlytherinSnapeFan
AcclaimedTop work: My Time (35k kudos)
alphalupi
AcclaimedTop work: back and forth from new york (35k kudos)
ElectricSplatter
AcclaimedTop work: I Was Screaming Your Name Through The Radio (35k kudos)
SeeJayitsWinter
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: The Language of Childhood Friends (35k kudos)
darkbluedark
AcclaimedTop work: Three's Family (48k kudos)
TheTypewriterGirl
AcclaimedTeen Wolf
Top work: Home (35k kudos)
PlotsOfCoffee
AcclaimedDC
Top work: In Love With Justice (49k kudos)
MissDisoriental
AcclaimedHannibal
Top work: The Shape of Me Will Always be You (51k kudos)
battybatzgirl
AcclaimedMCU
Top work: Repeat After Me (35k kudos)
legal_kidnapping
AcclaimedTop work: (How To) Forgive and Forget (35k kudos)
kewltie
AcclaimedMy Hero Academia
Top work: A Demolition Boy & his Cryptid BF (34k kudos)
Rankings are based on the works in our database, which is a curated sample — each author's full AO3 catalog may include more works.
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