State of the Trunk
So being bored, but not bored enough to do actual work like making icons, I decided to compile some stats. You may find them interesting, or you may scroll on your merry way!
costume_trunk currently features 257 distinct PBs (excluding stock models), with an average of 63 icons per subject. Subjects are from 41 distinct countries, including Chile, Denmark, Ethiopia, Greece, Guyana, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Switzerland and Uzbekistan.
MOST ICONED WOMEN
Angel Coulby, 293
Shannyn Sossamon, 247
Lysette Anthony, 234
MOST ICONED MEN
John Stamos, 150
Alexander Siddig, 147
John Lynch, 128
(the latter two are likely to move up the list with a quickness in the future. /eyes Merlin caps)
LEAST ICONED
Landon Pigg, 16
Gabriella Riggon-Allen, 16
Samrat Chakrabarti, 15
RACE BREAKDOWN
Necessarily a flawed analysis, since Race Is Complicated(tm), but to give you a general idea:
Of women, 51% are white, 18% are black, 11% are East Asian and 11% South Asian, and 3% Middle Eastern.
Of men, 60% are white, 25% black, 8% East Asian, and 3% South Asian.
Of teenaged and younger PBs, a little over 50% are white.
OTHER
Roughly 5% of female PBs are "plus-sized". (A slightly larger proportion are plus-sized by the fashion industry's standards, which bear no resemblance whatsoever to reality.)
88% of PBs are actors, 11% are musicians, and 9% models (some overlap).
Of period icons, 55% are classed as "medieval", 12% as regency or later.
96% of icon sets are of adults.
A statistically significant percentage of older sets need to be redone SO BADLY.