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There are 102 MLP-related entries and 230,478 images; here are some stats on them

Last posted Dec 23, 2017 at 09:13PM EST. Added Dec 20, 2017 at 07:49PM EST
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(Fair disclaimer: I haven't been a fan of the show since 2013, but I have nothing against people who are.)

Somehow, when I made my post on the number of SpongeBob SquarePants entries 7 months ago (I counted 80), I thought certainly that show had more than the one that dominated this site from 2011 to 2013, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. With MLP clocking in at 102, I was clearly mistaken. On the other hand, I've long known the staggering image presence ponies have had on KYM (much larger than any other franchise, >230,000 of the >1.3 million total). So I've decided to collect some stats on both of them this time, instead of just entries like I usually do.

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ENTRIES
Some entries aren't easy to determine if they're "pony-related". I counted entries I deemed originally mostly associated with MLP or the Brony community, even if it spread elsewhere (like Thread Simulators). Since compiling this data, I regret not counting HotDiggedyDemon (of PONY.MOV fame) because he's done non-pony work, even though I counted The Living Tombstone who also hasn't exclusively done pony work (due to him being a key Brony musician and even having a ponysona). However, I stand by not counting Lauren Faust and Tara Strong since they've both had work since long before MLP:FiM.

(Note: I didn’t count any deadpooled entries, only submissions and confirmed ones.)

Status:
Confirmed: 27 (~26.5%)
Submission: 75 (~73.5%)

Year added:
2009: 1 (~1.0%)
2010: 0
2011: 27 (~26.5%)
2012: 14 (~13.7%)
2013: 12 (~11.8%)
2014: 2 (~2.0%)
2015: 31 (~30.4%)
2016: 11 (~10.8%)
2017: 4 (~3.9%)

Category:
Meme: __ 87 (~85.3%)
Subculture: 9 (~8.8%)
Event: ___ 3 (~2.9%)
Site: _____ 2 (~2.0%)
Person: __ 1 (~1.0%)

Character involved:
(24 characters, 69 entries; only counted if focused on one character)
1. Twilight Sparkle: _______ 9 (~13.0%)
2. Rainbow Dash: _______ 8 (~11.6%)
3. Fluttershy: ___________ 6 (~8.7%)
3. Rarity: ______________ 6 (~8.7%)
5. Pinkie Pie: ___________ 5 (~7.2%)
5. Derpy Hooves: ________ 5 (~7.2%)
7. Applejack: ___________ 4 (~5.8%)
8. Celestia: _____________ 3 (~4.3%)
8. DJ Pon-3 / Vinyl Scratch: 3 (~4.3%)
8. Lyra Heartstrings: _____ 3 (~4.3%)
11. Luna: ______________ 2 (~2.9%)
11. Sweetie Belle: _______ 2 (~2.9%)
11. Fluffle Puff: _________ 2 (~2.9%)
The other 11 characters are tied for 14th with 1 entry (~1.4%): Spike, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Discord, Big Macintosh, Tirek, Doctor Whooves / Time Turner, Party Favor, Lemon Hearts, Tom Dan, and Fausticorn.

Nature of meme:
(not every entry counted; each only in one category)
Character: 16 (fan-named/background: 5; fan-made: 2)
Face/pose/vector: 12
Exploitable: 10
Quote/phrase: 9
Fan art: 9
Character variant: 8
Game: 6
Brony term: 5
Fanfiction: 4
Controversy: 3
Remix fad: 3

Users by entries added:
(58 users; average ~1.76 pony entries per user)
1. Particle Mare: __________ 22 (~21.6%)
2. Cordyceps, Lord of Nothing: 5 (~4.9%)
2. RandomMan: ___________ 5 (~4.9%)
4. Platus: ________________ 4 (~3.9%)
4. Wesley: _______________ 4 (~3.9%)
6. Gabenus Trollucus: ______ 3 (~2.9%)
6. MediExcalibur2012: ______ 3 (~2.9%)
8. Epic Fail Guy is a Brony: __ 2 (~2.0%)
8. Peacock Roy: ___________ 2 (~2.0%)
8. Teh Brawler: ____________ 2 (~2.0%)
8. thememehelper: _________ 2 (~2.0%)
8. The Cute Master :3: ______ 2 (~2.0%)
The other 46 users are tied for 13th with 1 entry (~1.0%) (they don't get recognition).

Sources:
2 entries come from the Equestria Girls movie series: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and Inside the Cake. 1 entry comes from the IDW comic book series: Nature is so Fascinating. 4 entries are inspired by something from before G4 (the current MLP era): The My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade Troll (the only entry before the MLP:FiM one and its airing), Rainbow Dash Always Dresses in Style, Who's A Silly Pony?, and Seaponies / Seapony Lyra. The other 95 entries come from MLP:FiM or its associated fandom.

Full list of entries.

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IMAGES:
At the time of typing this (as all totals will be), there are 1,213,086 images on KYM. Of these, the MLP:FiM gallery houses the most of any (219,195, ~18.1%), the second most being Pokémon (36,695, ~3.0% of all, ~16.7% of MLP:FiM's size).

To find the closest estimate to the total number of MLP images (not all of which are in the FiM gallery), I searched "my little pony" to get 230,478 (~19.0% of all). Of these, the FiM gallery has ~95.1% and the Equestria Girls gallery has 3,382 (~1.5%), while searching "equestria girls" gives 4,956 (~2.2%).

Character image ranks:
For each character, I go by how many images are tagged with their name (for those with 2 separated by a slash, I add the total of both of the tags and subtract the number of images with both of them as tags). I chose who I thought were the most popular characters, but I may have forgotten some, so I preemptively apologize. Percents are of the "my little pony" search total of 230,478 (though I realize they aren't the real percents as many images containing the characters aren't tagged).
1. Twilight Sparkle: ______ 21,432 (~9.3%)
2. Pinkie Pie: ___________ 16,740 (~7.3%)
3. Rainbow Dash: _______ 15,482 (~6.7%)
4. Fluttershy: ___________ 14,543 (~6.3%)
5. Rarity: ______________ 12,249 (~5.3%)
6. Applejack: ___________ 11,843 (~5.1%)
7. Luna: ________________ 8,780 (~3.8%)
8. Celestia: _____________ 7,235 (~3.1%)
9. Spike: _______________ 5,722 (~2.5%)
10. Derpy Hooves: _______ 4,967 (~2.2%)
11. Scootaloo: ___________ 4,192 (~1.8%)
12. Sweetie Belle: ________ 3,995 (~1.7%)
13. Apple Bloom: _________ 3,511 (~1.5%)
14. Lyra: _______________ 3,475 (~1.5%)
15. Discord: _____________ 3,353 (~1.5%) (may be inflated by the app)
16. Trixie: _______________ 3,298 (~1.4%)
17. Cadance / Cadence: ___ 2,252 (~1.0%)
18. Octavia: _____________ 2,142 (~0.9%)
19. DJ Pon-3 / Vinyl Scratch: 2,129 (~0.9%)
20. Sunset Shimmer: ______ 1,402 (~0.6%)
21. Shining Armor: _______ 1,397 (~0.6%)

A Wolf wrote:

I love how there's basically nothing in the year of 2010. Usually years than end in zero would garner something.

Well, the show started in late 2010, but it didn't really pick up and get an entry until 2011. There shouldn't have been anything in 2009, but this entry was an early fluke that had nothing to do with the current show.

Brb. Writing another pony entry and confirming them all.

(Some how none of these statistics surprise me and seem to represent the site in some areas. Considering pony has been around during most of this site's popularity, there had to be some overlap. #Pone4ever)

PatrickBateman96 wrote:

Proof Particle Mare is the best mod.

Is Bateman indirectly admitting here he actually finds me 2nd best mod? ?

Particle Mare wrote:

Sucks the admins removed the "Researching Now" section from the front page. Kinda hard to justify spending time making an entry now when like ten people are going to see it.

Even if the admins don't appreciate you, I always will.

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