EDIT: The new year has broken a lot of basic functionality - expect wildly varied results here, will be fixed by next month.

What is WAYRStats?

I’m so glad you asked in such an incredibly convenient and properly formatted manner! WAYRStats is a data science script written in Python that passes a search query to the Reddit API and processes the results. In plain English, my script passes a string to Reddit to run as a search on /r/visualnovels; this search string isolates and returns nothing but the WAYR threads. Using this fucking mountain of data I get as a result I can go through ALL that information, parse it in various ways, and set up basically whatever leaderboards/metrics/analytics I (or you!) could want.

Let’s do the important part first: the contest! If you posted three separate times this month in any of the WAYR threads, your name made it to this list, and thus you are eligible for the contest.

Qualifiers for Jan WAYR:

/u/Jaggedmallard26
/u/Panyaaa
/u/alwayslonesome
/u/Alexfang452
/u/OminousTang
/u/deathjohnson1
/u/caspar57
/u/Borizwithaz
/u/fallenguru
/u/TheGorefiend
/u/brpr425
/u/ejennsyahmixcel
/u/donuteater111

/u/SSparks31 did the honors this time, and our winner for this month is /u/Jaggedmallard26! Congratulations! For your choice of prizes you will have access to:

• A custom text flair on old.reddit
• A custom character flair on old.reddit
• Your choice of the sidebar recommendation (new and old)

Over time we’re hoping this list of prizes can expand, especially to include VNs themselves; for now, while this whole thing is just starting out, it’ll be a smaller list.

User Lists and Single Stats

The Perfect Attendees:

/u/alwayslonesome
/u/OminousTang
/u/donuteater111
/u/OminousTang
/u/Alexfang452
/u/Jaggedmallard26
/u/brpr425
/u/deathjohnson1
/u/fallenguru
/u/TheGorefiend

• The Pretty People Coefficient: Percentage of users who have set custom character flairs: [43%]
• A total of [98] unique users commented on the threads this month.
• We had an average of [24] WAYR posts per thread this month.
• We had an average of [60] total comments per thread this month.
• The average length of WAYR posts for this month is [3977] characters.
• The average length of any comment for this month is [1974] characters.
• There was a total average of [118472] characters per thread this month.
• There was a total average of [98436] characters for WAYR posts per thread this month.

Here are the totals this month across all threads:

• [473890] characters typed
• [393746] total WAYR post characters
• [240] total comments
• [99] total WAYR posts

And the individual thread breakdowns:

• [total char] | [comments] | [wayr char] | [wayr posts]
• [Jan 27] - [169238] | [48] | [104516] | [19]
• [Jan 20] - [158638] | [64] | [94740] | [28]
• [Jan 13] - [169126] | [63] | [112504] | [26]
• [Jan 6] - [200339] | [65] | [111588] | [26]

[user] - [char count / # posts = average]

[fallenguru].............[61056/4 = 15264]    [OminousTang].............[59940/9 = 6660]
[alwayslonesome]..........[39997/4 = 9999]    [donuteater111]...........[32714/4 = 8178]
[deathjohnson1]...........[25975/4 = 6493]    [ejennsyahmixcel].........[21813/3 = 7271]
[Jaggedmallard26].........[17831/4 = 4457]    [Intuentis]..............[12133/1 = 12133]
[tintintinintin]..........[12057/2 = 6028]    [Panyaaa].................[10838/3 = 3612]
[brpr425]..................[9423/4 = 2355]    [Alexfang452]..............[8978/4 = 2244]
[ArchydaCookie]............[5875/2 = 2937]    [DarkBlueDovah]............[5491/2 = 2745]
[m0lnarr]..................[5007/2 = 2503]    [TheGorefiend].............[4756/4 = 1189]
[KingDragon64].............[4635/1 = 4635]    [Some_Guy_87]..............[4532/1 = 4532]
[PHNX_Arcanus].............[4333/1 = 4333]    [prrg].....................[4131/1 = 4131]
[superange128].............[4047/2 = 2023]    [Omen111]..................[3476/1 = 3476]
[caspar57].................[3258/3 = 1086]    [amanwithcatss]............[3136/2 = 1568]
[StraxRarus]...............[2877/2 = 1438]    [August_Hail]..............[2366/1 = 2366]
[_Garudyne]................[2096/1 = 2096]    [ruben_0]..................[2064/1 = 2064]
[Borizwithaz]...............[2005/3 = 668]    [JohnAlesi]................[1912/1 = 1912]
[HappyLynx07]..............[1545/1 = 1545]    [Madaoism].................[1453/1 = 1453]
[RingoFreakingStarr].......[1395/1 = 1395]    [gambs]....................[1270/1 = 1270]
[LG03].....................[1179/1 = 1179]    [vnfan]....................[1092/1 = 1092]
[greenhillmario].............[942/1 = 942]    [Necessary_Pool].............[942/1 = 942]
[crism22]....................[842/2 = 421]    [canis_deus].................[828/1 = 828]
[Digibutter64]...............[675/1 = 675]    [ablasina_SHIRO].............[641/1 = 641]
[ZanyDragons]................[583/1 = 583]    [novht]......................[523/1 = 523]
[wishingstarrs]..............[452/1 = 452]    [palerat]....................[351/1 = 351]
[Spazzery]...................[100/1 = 100]    [Professional-Agent22].........[91/1 = 91]
[Luchador1916].................[42/1 = 42]    [Much_Zucchini4110]............[37/1 = 37]
[wewedamdamm]..................[11/1 = 11]

Leaderboards

Monthly: Avg Character Count - Full Output

#1: /u/fallenguru...............[15264]
#2: /u/alwayslonesome...........[9999]
#3: /u/donuteater111............[8178]
#4: /u/ejennsyahmixcel..........[7271]
#5: /u/OminousTang..............[6660]
#6: /u/deathjohnson1............[6493]
#7: /u/tintintinintin...........[6028]
#8: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[4457]
#9: /u/Panyaaa..................[3612]
#10: /u/ArchydaCookie...........[2937]

Leaderboard: Post Streak - Full Output

#1: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/alwayslonesome...........[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/Alexfang452..............[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/OminousTang..............[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/deathjohnson1............[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/fallenguru...............[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/TheGorefiend.............[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/brpr425..................[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#1: /u/donuteater111............[4] posts between Jan 27 and Jan 27.
#10: /u/Panyaaa.................[3] posts between Jan 13 and Jan 27.
#10: /u/Borizwithaz.............[3] posts between Jan 13 and Jan 27.
#10: /u/ejennsyahmixcel.........[3] posts between Jan 13 and Jan 27.

Leaderboard: Big Kids Club - Top 50 Output

This leaderboard tracks the largest posts for the month/year.

#1: /u/fallenguru...............[26811]...[Jan 27]
#2: /u/OminousTang..............[20928]...[Jan 27]
#3: /u/fallenguru...............[16937]...[Jan 13]
#4: /u/donuteater111............[12894]...[Jan 6]
#5: /u/deathjohnson1............[12197]...[Jan 20]
#6: /u/Intuentis................[12133]...[Jan 6]
#7: /u/OminousTang..............[10766]...[Jan 20]
#8: /u/tintintinintin...........[10264]...[Jan 6]
#9: /u/alwayslonesome...........[10000]...[Jan 13]
#10: /u/alwayslonesome..........[10000]...[Jan 6]
#11: /u/alwayslonesome..........[9999]....[Jan 27]
#12: /u/alwayslonesome..........[9998]....[Jan 20]
#13: /u/fallenguru..............[9843]....[Jan 20]
#14: /u/donuteater111...........[9501]....[Jan 13]
#15: /u/ejennsyahmixcel.........[8465]....[Jan 27]
#16: /u/OminousTang.............[7792]....[Jan 13]
#17: /u/fallenguru..............[7465]....[Jan 6]
#18: /u/ejennsyahmixcel.........[7142]....[Jan 13]
#19: /u/OminousTang.............[6508]....[Jan 13]
#20: /u/ejennsyahmixcel.........[6206]....[Jan 20]

Leaderboard: Avg Character Count - Full Output

#1: /u/alwayslonesome...........[9999]
#2: /u/fallenguru...............[8186]
#3: /u/deathjohnson1............[6683]
#4: /u/OminousTang..............[5731]
#5: /u/donuteater111............[5459]
#6: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[4457]
#7: /u/brpr425..................[2355]
#8: /u/Alexfang452..............[2244]
#9: /u/TheGorefiend.............[1189]

Leaderboard: User Level - Full Output

This leaderboard tracks your total character count for the year and uses an algorithm to derive a level from it.

#1: /u/OminousTang..............[Level 32] (68780)
#2: /u/fallenguru...............[Level 31] (65488)
#3: /u/alwayslonesome...........[Level 23] (39997)
#4: /u/deathjohnson1............[Level 21] (33416)
#5: /u/donuteater111............[Level 18] (27298)
#6: /u/ejennsyahmixcel..........[Level 15] (21813)
#7: /u/tintintinintin...........[Level 14] (19639)
#8: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[Level 13] (17831)
#9: /u/Intuentis................[Level 11] (14034)
#10: /u/Panyaaa.................[Level 9] (10838)
#11: /u/brpr425.................[Level 8] (9423)
#12: /u/Alexfang452.............[Level 7] (8978)
#12: /u/PHNX_Arcanus............[Level 7] (8488)
#14: /u/ArchydaCookie...........[Level 5] (5875)
#14: /u/DarkBlueDovah...........[Level 5] (5491)
#16: /u/m0lnarr.................[Level 4] (5007)
#16: /u/TheGorefiend............[Level 4] (4756)
#16: /u/KingDragon64............[Level 4] (4635)
#16: /u/Some_Guy_87.............[Level 4] (4532)
#20: /u/prrg....................[Level 3] (4131)
#20: /u/superange128............[Level 3] (4047)
#20: /u/StraxRarus..............[Level 3] (3544)
#20: /u/Omen111.................[Level 3] (3476)
#20: /u/caspar57................[Level 3] (3258)
#20: /u/amanwithcatss...........[Level 3] (3136)

Leaderboard: Party Goers - Full Output

This leaderboard tracks the number of days your posts have existed in the threads, and your number of posts.

#1: /u/OminousTang..............[47 - 9]
#2: /u/alwayslonesome...........[28 - 4]
#2: /u/Alexfang452..............[28 - 4]
#2: /u/deathjohnson1............[28 - 4]
#2: /u/TheGorefiend.............[28 - 4]
#6: /u/donuteater111............[26 - 4]
#7: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[24 - 4]
#8: /u/Panyaaa..................[21 - 3]
#8: /u/caspar57.................[21 - 3]
#8: /u/Borizwithaz..............[21 - 3]
#8: /u/ejennsyahmixcel..........[21 - 3]
#12: /u/fallenguru..............[14 - 4]
#12: /u/DarkBlueDovah...........[14 - 2]
#12: /u/tintintinintin..........[14 - 2]
#12: /u/superange128............[14 - 2]
#12: /u/m0lnarr.................[14 - 2]

Leaderboard: Sweet Talker's Club - Full Output

This leaderboard tracks total comment replies for the month/year.

#1: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[17]
#2: /u/superange128.............[10]
#3: /u/Some_Guy_87..............[9]
#3: /u/AutoModerator............[9]
#5: /u/fallenguru...............[7]
#5: /u/tintintinintin...........[7]
#7: /u/DarkBlueDovah............[6]
#7: /u/alwayslonesome...........[6]
#7: /u/OminousTang..............[6]
#7: /u/ArchydaCookie............[6]
#11: /u/Panyaaa.................[4]

Leaderboard: Blabber Mouth Club - Full Output

This leaderboard tracks the number of posts you've made exceeding 1,500 characters.

#1: /u/OminousTang..............[8]
#2: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[4]
#2: /u/alwayslonesome...........[4]
#2: /u/deathjohnson1............[4]
#2: /u/fallenguru...............[4]
#2: /u/donuteater111............[4]
#7: /u/Panyaaa..................[3]
#7: /u/brpr425..................[3]
#7: /u/ejennsyahmixcel..........[3]
#7: /u/Alexfang452..............[3]
#11: /u/DarkBlueDovah...........[2]
#11: /u/tintintinintin..........[2]
#11: /u/m0lnarr.................[2]

Leaderboard: Book Worms Club - Full Output

This leaderboard tracks your total post number for the year.

#1: /u/OminousTang..............[9]
#2: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[4]
#2: /u/alwayslonesome...........[4]
#2: /u/Alexfang452..............[4]
#2: /u/deathjohnson1............[4]
#2: /u/fallenguru...............[4]
#2: /u/TheGorefiend.............[4]
#2: /u/brpr425..................[4]
#2: /u/donuteater111............[4]
#10: /u/Panyaaa.................[3]
#10: /u/caspar57................[3]
#10: /u/Borizwithaz.............[3]
#10: /u/ejennsyahmixcel.........[3]

Leaderboard: Travelers Club - Full Output

This leaderboard tracks comment replies excluding replies attached to your own parent comment.

#1: /u/Jaggedmallard26..........[12]
#2: /u/Some_Guy_87..............[9]
#2: /u/superange128.............[9]
#2: /u/AutoModerator............[9]
#5: /u/alwayslonesome...........[5]
#5: /u/tintintinintin...........[5]
#7: /u/DarkBlueDovah............[4]
#8: /u/morphogenic96............[3]
#8: /u/ArchydaCookie............[3]
#8: /u/prrg.....................[3]
#11: /u/_Garudyne...............[2]
#11: /u/tauros113...............[2]
#11: /u/doreifan................[2]
#11: /u/Omen111.................[2]
#11: /u/donuteater111...........[2]
#11: /u/Stefan474...............[2]
#11: /u/whiteweather1994........[2]

Conclusions

A new year! time to wipe the scoreboards clean, crack those knuckles and get to writing again. Since this is the first post for the year monthly and yearly leaderboards are identical, and results aren't going to be as diverse initially.

It's once again that time that I find myself doing a lot of repetitive formatting adjustments to these posts before hitting the submit button, and I think the next bit of work on WAYRStats will involve further automation of formatting and posting. As of right now I have a good 90% of the content of these posts being output by my script, but I wanna say that only takes care of 25% of the formatting; definitely something to work on to help with posting these on time. Till next month!