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the artist said, "honestly, just some random generic characters I made up!" when someone asked them about the plushies, so I am removing the character and copyright request tags. I think this image is finally done with tagging

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This was my 40,000th yuri post at the time of posting.

See post #10582343 for 30k, post #9272521 for 20k, and post #8076361 for 10k.

30k was at the very start of 2026, so it focused on 2025 data. This post covers the first 9 months of 2026. As usual, I'm interested in the rankings of yuri uploaders, who is posting more and who is posting less. The rankings are as follows:

First PlaceUploadsSecond PlaceUploadsThird PlaceUploadsFourth PlaceUploadsFifth PlaceUploads
JanuaryCoreMack997Alixiron409ANON TOKYO290hasu no hassennen78Dark Tzitzimine / kars4166
FebruaryCoreMack1289hasu no hassennen663ANON TOKYO450Alixiron329lavalore241
MarchCoreMack1397hasu no hassennen576ANON TOKYO534Blue Stuff505Alixiron305
AprilCoreMack757ANON TOKYO636Blue Stuff552Placeholder1996370Alixiron220
MayCoreMack1198ANON TOKYO588Blue Stuff481Alixiron325Placeholder1996170
JuneCoreMack1101ANON TOKYO650Blue Stuff375GreenRockWater374Alixiron330
JulyCoreMack1049ANON TOKYO571lavalore352GreenRockWater327Blue Stuff277
AugustCoreMack1212GreenRockWater447Alixiron393Blue Stuff371ANON TOKYO362
SeptemberCoreMack1236Placeholder1996393ANON TOKYO362Blue Stuff340Alixiron241

The interesting development here is that every year there are more big yuriposters who are closer together in post counts, and the rankings become more volatile. In 2024 and early 2025, the top there were very consistent: me, ANON TOKYO, hasu no hassennen. In late 2025, third place became less consistent. Now, in 2026, ANON TOKYO has also had trouble maintaining his second place position, less because he is posting less, and more because a couple other users have reached similar levels of consistent yuriposting.

Particularly notable to me was the rise of Blue Stuff, an ancient and venerable yuriposter who has returned to posting regularly on danbooru after years away. Back in 2024 when I was just starting down this rabbit hole and wasn't even the #1 yuriposter on the site, Blue Stuff was the #4 all-time yuriposter, and the first three were just overall very prolific posters, e.g. Unbreakable and Doragonn. What summoned Blue Stuff from the dead? Cho_kaguya-Hime!, of course. That is the other major story of 2026. See the following table:

2023Posts2024Posts2025Posts2026Posts2026 Projected
original2716original5131bang dream!7002cho kaguya-hime!55487418
touhou1375honkai (series)3718bang dream! it's mygo!!!!!6674original45296055
honkai (series)1231bang dream!3188original4991touhou42815724
genshin impact1198honkai: star rail2997honkai (series)2907genshin impact31834256
gundam1125love live!2832touhou2465bang dream!30914133
gundam suisei no majo1118bang dream! it's mygo!!!!!2808honkai: star rail2276bang dream! it's mygo!!!!!24643294
hololive986genshin impact2167love live!2092honkai (series)19362588
bocchi the rock!931touhou1818zenless zone zero1991umamusume16872256
honkai: star rail845hololive1790hololive1839love live!16772242
lycoris recoil652love live! hasu no sora jogakuin school idol club1650genshin impact1719mahou shoujo no majo saiban16062147

Cho_kaguya-Hime! came out of nowhere and topped the chart by a mile, surprising no one who was paying any attention. CPK was definitely as much a phenomenon on the site as it was in Japanese theatres, getting uploaded mainly by ANON TOKYO and Blue Stuff, as well as hasu no hassennen in February and March. Bang Dream! It's Mygo!!!!! fell off a bit since Ave Mujica ended. Touhou's continuing resurgence is of course thanks to Alixiron. Another interesting change is the revival of Genshin Impact, which had been losing to new Mihoyo IPs in recent years. Genshin Impact owes almost all of this recent success to the immense popularity of Sandrone (Genshin Impact) and Columbina (Genshin Impact). Mahou Shoujo No Majo Saiban was carried mostly by GreenRockWater.

CoreMack uploads 2026 to datePosts
original1114
cho kaguya-hime!1060
bang dream!707
bang dream! it's mygo!!!!!640
genshin impact573
shuuniichido classmate wo kau hanashi559
kamiina botan yoeru sugata wa yuri no hana450
gundam417
gundam suisei no majo413
project sekai381

Clearly, I was not unaffected from the CPK mind virus, though to a lesser extent than some others. Shuuniichido Classmate Wo Kau Hanashi and Kamiina Botan Yoeru Sugata Wa Yuri No Hana are the ones that are the most unique to me, as they have few other dedicated uploaders. Kamiina Botan Yoeru Sugata Wa Yuri No Hana just aired this year, and was very successful (go watch it NOW), so there was a ton of fanart to get uploaded, but unfortunately it will almost definitely decline over time as people move on. Shuuniichido Classmate Wo Kau Hanashi is remarkably big for a light novel, I can't think of any other LNs that have thousands of posts (there is a manga, but it's much less popular than the actual LN itself). I expect/hope it to keep getting more popular. Suletta Mercury/Miorine Rembran continues to have staying power.

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I have now uploaded close to 12% of danbooru's yuri. I am #1 in all-time post count, followed by ANON TOKYO (around 15k). Third place has just recently been snatched by Blue Stuff from Krugger, both around 6.5k. hasu no hassennen (currently 4.5k) will take 4th place eventually.

MonthYuri postsAll posts% yuri
January 202647501737802.73%
February 202660501669153.62%
March 202670421945813.62%
April 202663532102773.02%
May 202666272175623.05%
June 202665472042103.21%
July 202664581991053.24%
August 202668452071163.30%
September 202661331835283.34%
Total (January – September 2026)5680517570743.23%

Compared to last year, the yuri percentage has gone up by half a percent. The reason for that? Very likely Cho Kaguya-Hime!

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Blank_User said in comment #2634894:

That's how she usually speaks. I'm guessing that part of her character was left out of the global release.

Sadly it seems rare for third person speak to be retained when localizing, neither her or Mayano speak like that in the global version (text) even when you literally hear them say it.

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You might never read this, but I admire and love your work; I love how you draw Youmu and Yuyuko—I love your drawings. I would love to be able to write this in Japanese, but writing in English is mandatory here. ❤️

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Yuna_12K said in comment #2634961:

You might never read this, but I admire and love your work; I love how you draw Youmu and Yuyuko—I love your drawings. I would love to be able to write this in Japanese, but writing in English is mandatory here. ❤️

If you write it in the source tweet the artist is more likely to see it