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1) Under 500 words.
2) Under 1,000 words.
3) Between 1,000 words and 5,000 words.
4) Between 5,000 words and 10,000 words.
5) Between 10,000 words and 40,000 words.
6) Over 40,000 words.

I read most of those except 1. I tend to skip over those. I bookmark stories that are generally 10,000 words or longer.

I've noticed something of a trend that the best written ones in my fandom tend to hover around 7,500 words in length (a good plot VS porn ratio) so I guess I actively seek out between (4) 5,000 - 10,000 words.

5) Between 10,000 words and 40,000 words

IF I want a good story.

4) Between 5,000 words and 10,000 words

If I'm looking for a shippy oneshot or PWP

I'll read anything up to 10K. Maybe 15-20K if it's a one-shot with lots of sexual tension.

Over 20K? Nope.

3-6. Never 1.

If it's 6, I usually check out the ending first to see if it's worth reading all the way through.

I don't read anything under 1k, period.

Once you're over 10k,what I've found is that I like longer fics more but the quality becomes much more important the longer a fic gets, and it becomes really hard to find fix that's both satisfyingly long and enjoyable. So in practice the most common is 5k to 10k probably.

4-6. I try not to start anything that's over, like 80k if it's not finished though. Nothing like getting to chapter 15 of ??? at 150k and you're like... WELL FUCK, NOW I HAVE A LOT TO REMEMBER WHEN THIS UPDATES IN FOUR MONTHS. Or next year. Or the next year and a half when a notification pops up on that fic that literally started in 2000 when you were a teenager and WELL, HERE WE ARE.

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I'll read under 1000 if the summary sounds really good and/or it has a ship or specific tag that I'm looking for and its one of the few fics there.
Otherwise I read pretty much between 3 & 4 (and at most up to 17,000 words) when I want a relaxing read that I know I can finish in one sitting. If I have the time to do so I'll read 40,000 once in a while.

I'll read any length, but I do prefer fics that are 5k and up. Loooove the fics that are 50k+ or even 100k+ (or are very clearly going to end up being that, in the case of WIPs). It's great having what's basically a whole book to read.

I don't really care if they're WIPs, either; I just subscribe and follow the updates. And if it never gets finished...eh, there're a couple fics that I'm dying to see get updated, but it's not a dealbreaker. I enjoyed what I did get to read.

Most of mine are one shots and are a little over a thousand words, but I'm working on a longer one right now and it's past the 5,000 word mark.

Oops, replied to the wrong thread! Most of the fics I read are one shots and they tend to be between 1,000 and 3,000 words.

Over 40k! Though I enjoy reading WIPs and if a shorter story has an interesting enough premise/summary I'll give it a go, but I like having a fic that'll take me hours and hours to read.

A long fic is nice sometimes. I usually don't do over 100k though because it feels like they probably don't really know where they're going. I feel like with a 100k word count, they could probably trim the fat.

I tend not to read a whole lot of fanfiction these days, but I probably read #3 most if I do. Not because I aim to do so, but just because it works out that way. I'm good with any length fic (used to read several from #5 and #6), but it had better be a damn good story.

3,4,5, or 6

My preference would be 5 or 6, but I probably read 3 and 4 more often since there's more of it.

I will only stop filtering out 1 and 2 if the fandom is tiny.

I generally read fics that have over 10k words (your 5th and 6th options seem the best). Sometimes less.i honestly never do a word count because...eh. I mostly check out the number of chapters. I generally don't like to touch things under 10 chapters (if they're not complete).

Granted, some people write short chapters, but majority have at least a couple of pages that constitute a chapter.

I happily read #3-6, but my first choice tends to be over 40K. Unless it's late and I want something I can finish before bed, in which case I'll look for something around 5K give or take.

Mostly #5 there, I suppose - I do read a huge amount of fic that's over 40k, but it's not certain that I'll actually finish it. I guess once a story clears 200k and there's still no ending in sight, that's usually the point that I give up because the author doesn't seem to know where they're going.

Any time I search for fic the first thing I do is sort by word count. I'll basically go down the list until I get to around 700 words. I'll read any length fic for writers I really enjoy or ships that are rare/I really like. (or when I run out of fic to read since I basically live off fic) So I want to say #5-6 as a majority, (probably around the range of 25,000+ words) unless there isn't any.
Recently I've been a fan of rarer pairs so most of what I can find is around #2-4.

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