With subscriptions, yeah, that's the only thing I can figure, but it would be nice if they were a little clearer about it. I remember when I first saw that stat, I was like ".... :(" because I know I've got something like 100 people who have me on Author Alert on ff.net, and I was expecting maybe a few at AO3... And then I noticed "author subscriptions" above and at least that was more what I expected (nowhere near 100, hahah, but indeed, more than 0).
And eh, the word count totally confused me at first, because there were no commas, and I was like "What do you MEAN my total word count is a little over a hundred thousand? I've got one fic that's over 100,000 all on its own, and multiple others over 50,000... oh wait. *painstakingly counts tiny digits* ...Hmm. Well, better..." But I've been writing fic for like 15 years, and most of the stuff that's been written at least within the last 10 (which wasn't a silly commentboxed fill for a meme) is uploaded there. I thought I was longer-winded than that. ;)
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And eh, the word count totally confused me at first, because there were no commas, and I was like "What do you MEAN my total word count is a little over a hundred thousand? I've got one fic that's over 100,000 all on its own, and multiple others over 50,000... oh wait. *painstakingly counts tiny digits* ...Hmm. Well, better..." But I've been writing fic for like 15 years, and most of the stuff that's been written at least within the last 10 (which wasn't a silly commentboxed fill for a meme) is uploaded there. I thought I was longer-winded than that. ;)