Measuring the fandom
Hey friends! I am trying to measure the size of the Harry Potter fandom, particularly the slash fandom on both lj and ij for my MA thesis. I'm not quite sure how to go about this since there isn't a way to specifically count how many HP slash fics there are on the sites, or even how many authors of the fics there are. I must admit that when it comes to fic I am biased towards Snarry, but I know many of you dabble in other pairings. Would it be too much trouble for you all to list the hp slash communities that you know of? I figure that way I can go through and at least count all of the tagged users.
Furthermore, if there is some magical way of determining the size of the fandom that you know of please let me know! Thanks so much, P_P
***EDIT: After searching for hours... and after your helpful opinions I have come to the conclusion that I may need to narrow this down. I believe I will focus on the two most popular pairings... which I believe are Snarry and Drarry (based on previous research and a quick analysis of fanfiction dot net). So, I guess what need now is maybe a list of Snarry and Drarry centered groups. :)