u/Ayra_Bolinstra

After being a while on this subreddit, I've seen multiple complaints about the same topics being brought up over and over. For example, u/DirectorAgentCoulson in this thread, about three weeks ago in a discussion about genres:

>People enthusiastically pontificating about some series they just discovered or that they hated and want to criticize a little, without realizing it's talked about 10 times a week? Vaguely annoying. People endlessly recommending The First Law, Realm of the Elderlings, and Malazan? Also annoying. But not really infuriating.

I have noticed this too and wanted to do a little research about the amount of times some popular authors are actually discussed in a main post in the subreddit.

Love and hate for R. F. Kuang
I included reviews, rants, discussions and a question. The post must have Kuang/her books as the main topic, so not included are: smaller reviews in posts like '5 bingo reviews', asks for recommendations (e.g. 'I loved Babel, what should I read next?'), Kuang's books as a big example in a post with another main theme and a comparison with another series.

January:

February:

March:

For_babel_readers

April:

May:

The_issues_with_both_the_poppy_war_and_babel

On average: a post per 8.4 days.

Evoked feelings caused by Robin Hobb

I included reviews, rants, discussions and asks for recommendations after reading (only/mainly) Hobb's work (e.g. 'I loved the Farseer Trilogy, what should I read next?'). The post must have Hobb/her books as the main topic, so not included are smaller reviews in posts like '5 bingo reviews', a comparison of Hobb to another writer, and a news article.

January:

February:

March:

April:

May:

On average: a post per 3.5 days.

Love and struggles with Steven Erikson

I included reviews, rants, discussions and asks for recommendations after reading (only/mainly) Erikson's work (e.g. 'I just finished Malazan, what should I read next?'). The post must have Erikson/his books as the main topic, so not included are smaller reviews in posts like '5 bingo reviews', 'if you love Malazan, you'll also love x', and a post about a book based on Erikson's work.

January:

February:

March:

April:

May:

On average: a post per 6.1 days.

Conclusion

So we can truly speak about our weekly Kuang post and our weekly Malazan post on r/fantasty! And even about a biweekly Hobb post (what the hell happened in April?).

The most posted types of posts:

Kuang posts seem to be: 'I love/hate her books' and 'why do people love/hate it?'
Hobb posts are like: 'I just want to share my thoughts'
Among the Malazan posts are: some reviews and 'Is it for me?/it is/isn't for me' posts.

Of course you could do this for many more authors, but I'll leave that up to someone else ;).

What do you think of the results? Do they surprise you?

Some last notes:

Some posts are probably listed under the wrong month, because I discovered too late that I can see the exact date when a post was posted, instead of '16 days ago' or '3 months ago'. I did check if the posts were posted in December 2025 or January 2026.
For the averages I assumed all the posts were posted between 1/1/26 and 5/15/26.
I searched for posts with the search function, with keywords like 'Fitz', 'Kuang', and 'Malazan'. I didn't put every book title of all series in the search bar, so I may have missed some posts.

How often Kuang, Hobb and Erikson are discussed in posts on r/fantasy in 2026