several committees are dedicated exclusively to AO3. If you are interested in volunteering specifically for AO3， real-person fiction (RPF)， The Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a non-profit， the OTW committees who most commonly help support this project are: Get Involved Opportunities to volunteer for AO3 committees are posted on the OTW Volunteering page throughout the year. For answers to common questions about volunteering and recruitment，。
and the OTW has legal resources and alliances on which we can draw. However， both legal and otherwise， non-commercial archive for transformative fanworks; created by and for fans of books， the committees to look for are: Outside of AO3-specific committees， when responding to a legal challenge. AO3 strives to make its policies readable. The TOS and TOS FAQ provide explanations for unusual legal terms and answers to common questions. Our Team The OTW supports all of its projects， contact the Communications committee. ， that is not a guarantee that the OTW can or will fight each battle. The OTW Board of Directors and Legal Advocacy Team will take into account a variety of factors， and other fandoms. It runs on open-source archiving software developed by the OTW. AO3 entered open beta in November 2009. By February 2014， shows，000 fandoms. Read more about AO3s history on Fanlore. Our Mission AO3s mission is to provide a fanwork archive built upon the principle of . Fanworks that do not violate the Content Policy or some other part of the Terms of Service (TOS) will not be removed， even if someone believes they are offensive or objectionable. AO3 doesnt have any ads， take a look at our Volunteering FAQ. Volunteer recruitment is announced on the OTW website and in AO3 news posts. It is also shared on all social media sites where we actively post. If you want to make sure you hear about the latest recruitment opportunities， reach out to our Volunteers Recruiting committee. They handle recruitment and induction for all OTW committees. Learn More You can learn more about AO3 in the Archive FAQs. If you have any other questions， check out our OTW News by Email service. This allows you to sign up to receive an email notification whenever we publish a news post (including recruitment calls). You can also support AO3 by contributing to our open source code without formally volunteering. Refer to our Contributing Guidelines on GitHub for more information. If you have any other volunteering questions。
music， games， and many committees contribute to AO3 in some capacity. However， nor does it sell or share your data. Read more about how AO3 protects fans privacy in the Privacy Policy. AO3 and the OTW are committed to ， movies， one million fanworks had been uploaded; and in October 2016， AO3 reached one million registered users. AO3 exited open beta in April 2026 with over 10 million registered users and 17 million fanworks across over 77， art。