Random Fandom Generator With Fan Names, Years and Fan Facts: how it works
Press the button and five fandoms come up, from pop groups and football clubs to detective stories and tabletop games. Each card says what the fans follow and what they call themselves, or one thing they are known for. The list holds 385 fandoms; the oldest dated entry is a Welsh football club of 1864. Seven chips sort them by medium.
Run a name-the-fans round
Set the count to 10, tap one chip and press Hide all answers. Read out each fandom; teams write down what its fans call themselves, then open the card to score it. The two music chips make the fairest rounds, because nearly every card in them carries a name. To play it backwards, read out only the name: Janeites, Deadheads, the Tartan Army.
Where the names and years come from
A fan name is printed only when Wikipedia documents it. Of the 298 names here, 273 are on its list of fandom names and the other 25 come from the article about the band, show or team itself. Where fans never settled on one, the card gives a fan fact instead: a convention, a campaign that saved a show, a matchday ritual. The year is when the band, show, book or club began; solo artists and national teams carry none. Last checked 18 September 2026.
Tips
Writing a character? Draw 1 and make them a fan of it: the card says what they would call themselves.
For an icebreaker, press 5 and ask each person which one they could talk about for a minute.
Post the fandom of the day in a group chat: everyone sees the same card.
Questions and answers
What is the oldest fandom?
Wikipedia's article on fandom cites a scholar who names the Janeites, the devotees of Jane Austen, as the earliest fan subculture, from around 1870. Readers of Sherlock Holmes held public demonstrations of mourning when the detective was killed off in 1893. The word itself started with sports fans, and Merriam-Webster traces it to 1903.
Why does a big fandom show no fan name?
We print a name only where one is documented. Plenty of large fandoms never agreed on one, and some nicknames are jokes at the fans' expense, which we leave out. Those cards carry a fact about the fans instead, such as a convention or the campaign that brought a cancelled show back.
Can I use the fandom generator for crossover prompts?
Yes. Draw 2 fandoms from different chips and write the meeting: a football crowd at a science fiction convention. For a cast, add a name from the random anime character page. Real singers and teams are listed, so keep invented stories to fictional characters.
2NE12009. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Blackjack.
2PM2008. South Korean boy band. Fans are called Hottest.
5 Seconds of Summer2011. Australian pop rock band from Sydney. Fans call themselves the 5SOSFam.
AB6IX2019. South Korean boy band. Fans are ABNEW, for walking a new path together with the group.
Aerosmith1970. American rock band from Boston. Fans are the Blue Army.
Aespa2020. South Korean girl group. Fans are called MY.
Apink2011. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Pink Panda.
The Aquabats1994. American rock band in masks and matching costumes. Fans are Aquacadets.
Ateez2018. South Korean boy band. Fans are ATINY, a blend of Ateez and destiny.
B1A42011. South Korean boy band. Fans are called Bana.
Babymetal2010. Japanese kawaii metal band. Fans are The One, after the band's song of that name.
Babymonster2023. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Monstiez.
Band-Maid2013. Japanese rock band. Fans are goshujin-sama and ojō-sama, the greetings used in maid cafés.
The Beatles1960. English rock band from Liverpool. The fan frenzy of the 1960s was named Beatlemania.
BigBang2006. South Korean boy band. Fans are called V.I.P.
Bini2020. Filipino girl group. Fans are Blooms.
Black Veil Brides2006. American rock band from Cincinnati. Fans are the BVB Army.
Blackpink2016. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Blinks.
The Boyz2017. South Korean boy group. Fans are called The B.
Bros1986. English pop band. Fans were Brosettes and the music press called the craze Brosmania.
BtoB2012. South Korean boy band. Fans are called Melody.
BTS2013. South Korean boy band. Fans are A.R.M.Y, short for Adorable Representative MC for Youth.
Cardiacs1977. English rock band. Singer Tim Smith called the crowd fish in a pond, so fans are The Pond.
Chloe x Halle2012. American R&B duo of two sisters. Fans are Sirens.
CNBLUE2009. South Korean rock band. Fans are called Boice.
CNCO2015. Latin boy band formed in Miami and active to 2023. Fans are CNCOwners.
Coheed and Cambria1995. American progressive rock band. Fans are Children of the Fence, after the albums' Heaven's Fence.
Day62015. South Korean rock band. Fans are called My Day.
Depeche Mode1980. English electronic band from Basildon, Essex. Fans are known as devotees.
Dreamcatcher2014. South Korean girl group, first known as Minx. Fans are called InSomnia.
Duran Duran1978. English band from Birmingham. Fans are Durannies.
Enhypen2020. South Korean boy band. Fans are called ENGENE.
Everglow2019. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Forever.
Exo2012. South Korean boy band. Fans are Exo-L; the L is for love and sits between K and M in the alphabet.
Fifth Harmony2012. American girl group formed on a television singing contest. Fans are Harmonizers.
Five Finger Death Punch2005. American heavy metal band from Las Vegas. Fans are Knuckleheads.
Fromis 92018. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Flover.
GFriend2015. South Korean girl group. Fans are called Buddy.
Girls' Generation2007. South Korean girl group. Fans are Sone, named after one of the group's songs.
Got72014. South Korean boy band. Fans are IGOT7.
Grateful Dead1965. American rock band to 1995. In the 1970s Deadheads began travelling to as many shows as they could.
Hanson1992. American pop rock band of three brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fans are Fansons.
Hinatazaka462015. Japanese idol group. Fans are Ohisama, the Sun, because hinata means a sunny place.
I-dle2018. South Korean girl group, once (G)I-dle. Fans are Neverland, after Peter Pan's island.
iKon2015. South Korean boy band. Fans are iKONIC.
Illit2024. South Korean girl group. Fans are GLLIT.
Imagine Dragons2008. American pop rock band from Las Vegas. Fans are Firebreathers.
Infinite2010. South Korean boy band. Fans are Inspirit.
Itzy2019. South Korean girl group. Fans are MIDZY, a play on the Korean word for trust.
Ive2021. South Korean girl group. Fans are Dive.
Iz*One2018. South Korean and Japanese girl group, active to 2021. Fans were WIZ*ONE; wiz is short for wizard.
JO12019. Japanese boy band. Fans are JAM.
Judas Priest1969. English heavy metal band from Birmingham. Singer Rob Halford greets fans as Metal Maniacs.
K/DA2018. Virtual K-pop girl group made of video game characters. Fans are Blades, after a line in Pop/Stars.
Kard2016. South Korean co-ed group. Fans are Hidden KARD.
Katseye2024. Girl group based in Los Angeles. Fans are Eyekons.
The Killers2001. American rock band from Las Vegas. Fans are Victims.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard2010. Australian rock band from Melbourne. Fans are Gizzheads.
Kiss1973. American rock band. The Kiss Army began unofficially in 1975 and became the official fan club.
Kiss of Life2023. South Korean girl group. Fans are Kissy.
Le Sserafim2022. South Korean girl group. Fans are Fearnot.
Led Zeppelin1968. English rock band, active to 1980. Fans are Zepheads.
Linkin Park1996. American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Fans are Soldiers.
Little Mix2011. British girl group formed on a television singing contest. Fans are Mixers.
Loona2016. South Korean girl group. Fans are Orbit.
Mamamoo2014. South Korean girl group. Fans are Moomoo.
Megadeth1983. American heavy metal band from Los Angeles. Fans are Droogies, a word from A Clockwork Orange.
Monsta X2015. South Korean boy group. Fans are Monbebe, from the French for my baby.
Motörhead1975. English rock band, active to 2015. The fan club is Motörheadbangers.
Muse1994. English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon. Fans are Musers.
My Chemical Romance2001. American rock band from New Jersey. Fans are Killjoys, after the album Danger Days.
NCT2016. South Korean boy band. Fans are NCTzens.
New Kids on the Block1984. American vocal group from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Fans are Blockheads.
New Model Army1980. English rock band from Bradford. Fans are The Family.
NewJeans2022. South Korean girl group. Fans are Bunnies, and a 2023 fan meeting was called Bunnies Camp.
Nmixx2022. South Korean girl group. Fans are NSWER.
One Direction2010. English and Irish boy band, active to 2016. Fans are Directioners.
P1Harmony2020. South Korean boy band. Fans are P1ece.
Paramore2004. American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee. Fans are the Parafamily.
Pentagon2016. South Korean boy group. Fans are Universe, from the lyric you're my universe.
Pet Shop Boys1981. English synth-pop duo. Fans are Petheads.
Phish1983. American rock band from Burlington, Vermont. Fans are Phishheads.
RBD2004. Mexican pop group that grew out of the telenovela Rebelde. Fans are RBDManiacos.
Red Velvet2014. South Korean girl group. Fans are ReVeluv, or Luvies for short.
Rush1968. Canadian rock band from Toronto. Fans are Rushians.
Sakurazaka462015. Japanese idol group, first called Keyakizaka46. Fans are Buddies, after a song on the first single.
SB192018. Filipino boy band. Fans are A'TIN, said like eighteen.
Seventeen2015. South Korean boy band. Fans are Carat; the debut EP was 17 Carat.
SF92016. South Korean boy band. Fans are Fantasy.
Shinee2008. South Korean boy band. Fans are Shawols, short for Shinee World.
Sistar2010. South Korean girl group, active to 2017. Fans were Star1.
Skillet1996. American Christian rock band from Memphis, Tennessee. Fans are Panheads.
STAYC2020. South Korean girl group. Fans are Swith, said like sweet: the S of STAYC plus with.
Stray Kids2017. South Korean boy band. Fans are Stay.
Super Junior2005. South Korean boy band. Fans are E.L.F, short for Everlasting Friends.
T-ara2009. South Korean girl group. Fans are Queens.
Take That1990. English pop group from Manchester. Fans are Thatters.
&Team2022. Japanese boy group. Fans are Luné, which stands for Light Up New Energy.
Thirty Seconds to Mars1998. American rock band from Los Angeles. Fans are the Echelon.
Tokio Hotel2001. German pop rock band from Magdeburg. Fans are Aliens.
Tomorrow X Together2019. South Korean boy band. Fans are M.O.A, short for Moment Of Alwaysness.
TVXQ2003. South Korean boy band. Fans are Cassiopeia.
Twenty One Pilots2009. American duo from Columbus, Ohio. Fans are the Skeleton Clique.
Twice2015. South Korean girl group. Fans are Once.
U-KISS2008. South Korean boy band. Fans are Kiss Me.
Uriah Heep1969. English rock band from London. Fans are Heepsters.
The Vamps2012. British pop band. Fans are the Vamily.
WayV2019. Chinese boy band. Fans are WayZenNi.
The White Stripes1997. American rock duo from Detroit, active to 2011. Fans are Candy Cane Children.
The Who1964. English rock band from London. Fans are Wholigans.
Winner2014. South Korean boy band. Fans are InnerCircle.
Xdinary Heroes2021. South Korean rock band. Fans are Villains.
XG2022. Japanese vocal group based in South Korea. Fans are Alphaz.
Zerobaseone2023. South Korean boy band. Fans are Zerose.
Solo artists 101
Adam LambertAmerican singer. Fans are Glamberts.
AdeleEnglish singer-songwriter. Fans are Daydreamers, after the song Daydreamer on her album 19.
Alan WalkerNorwegian DJ and music producer. Fans are Walkers.
Ariana GrandeAmerican singer and actress. Fans chose Arianators over her own idea, Tiny Elephants.
AuroraNorwegian singer-songwriter. Fans are Warriors & Weirdos.
Austin MahoneAmerican singer. Fans are Mahomies.
Ava MaxAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are Avatars.
Avril LavigneCanadian singer. Fans are Black Stars, after her song Black Star.
Ayra StarrNigerian singer. Fans are Mobstarrs.
Ayumi HamasakiJapanese singer. Fans are Team Ayu, often shortened to TA.
Barry ManilowAmerican singer. Fans are Fanilows.
Bebe RexhaAmerican singer. Fans are Rexhars.
Becky GAmerican singer. Fans are Beasters.
BeyoncéAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are the Beyhive, said like beehive.
Bob DylanAmerican singer-songwriter. Devoted students of his work are Dylanologists.
Britney SpearsAmerican singer. Fans are the Britney Army.
Bruce SpringsteenAmerican musician and songwriter. Fans are Bruce Tramps.
Bruno MarsAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Hooligans, after his 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
Camila CabelloAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Camilizers.
Carly Rae JepsenCanadian singer and songwriter. Fans are Jepsies.
Charli XCXBritish singer. Fans are Angels.
Charlie PuthAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Puthinators.
CherAmerican singer and actress. Fans are the Cher Crew.
Cher LloydEnglish singer. Fans are Brats, because a talent show judge once called her one.
Christina AguileraAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are Fighters, after her 2002 song Fighter.
Clay AikenAmerican singer. Fans are Claymates.
Conan GrayAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Coneheads.
Demi LovatoAmerican singer and actress. Fans are Lovatics.
Dimash QudaibergenKazakh singer. Fans are Dears.
Dua LipaEnglish singer. Fans are Loves.
Ed SheeranEnglish singer-songwriter. Fans are Sheerios.
Ellie GouldingEnglish singer and songwriter. Fans are Goulddiggers.
EminemAmerican rapper. Fans are Stans, after his 2000 song Stan; stan is now a dictionary word for a superfan.
Frank SinatraAmerican singer, 1915 to 1998. His teenage fans of the 1940s were the bobby soxers.
Gary NumanBritish musician. Fans are Numanoids.
Grace VanderWaalAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are FanderWaals.
Harry StylesEnglish singer and songwriter. Fans are Harries.
Hatsune Miku2007. Japanese virtual singer built on voice software. The Magical Mirai concerts have run since 2013.
Imogen HeapBritish musician. Fans are Heapsters.
IUSouth Korean singer-songwriter and actress. Fans are Uaena.
Janelle MonáeAmerican musician. Fans are Fandroids.
Janet JacksonAmerican singer and dancer. Fans are the JanFam.
Jennifer LopezAmerican singer and actress. Fans are JLovers.
Jessie JEnglish singer-songwriter. Fans are Heartbeats, after her first concert tour.
JewelAmerican musician. Fans are EDAs, short for Everyday Angels.
Jimmy BuffettAmerican singer-songwriter, 1946 to 2023. Fans are Parrotheads and their children are Parakeets.
Josh GrobanAmerican singer. Fans are Grobanites.
Justin BieberCanadian singer. Fans are Beliebers.
Justin TimberlakeAmerican singer born in Memphis. Fans are The TN Kids; TN is short for Tennessee.
Kali UchisAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Kuchis.
Kang DanielSouth Korean singer. Fans are Danity.
Katy PerryAmerican singer. Fans are KatyCats.
Kelly ClarksonAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Kellebrities.
Kendrick LamarAmerican rapper and songwriter. Fans are Kenfolk.
KeshaAmerican singer. Fans are Animals, after her song Animal.
Kim PetrasGerman singer and songwriter. Fans are Bunheads.
Kylie MinogueAustralian singer. Fans are Lovers, after her song All the Lovers.
Lady GagaAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are Little Monsters.
LaliArgentine singer and actress. Fans are Lalitos.
LaufeyIcelandic singer. Fans are Lauvers.
Lindsey StirlingAmerican violinist. Fans are Stirlingites.
LisaThai rapper and singer. Fans are Lilies.
Louis TomlinsonEnglish singer-songwriter. Fans are Louies.
Mariah CareyAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are Lambs.
MarinaWelsh singer-songwriter, once billed as Marina and the Diamonds. Fans are Diamonds.
Meghan TrainorAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Megatronz.
Melanie MartinezAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Crybabies, after her 2015 debut album Cry Baby.
Michael JacksonAmerican singer, 1958 to 2009. Fans are Moonwalkers, after his signature dance move.
MikaBritish-Lebanese singer. Fans are Mikafreaks.
Miley CyrusAmerican singer and actress. Fans are Smilers, from her childhood nickname, Smiley.
Neil DiamondAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Diamond Heads.
Neil YoungCanadian and American musician. Fans are Rusties, after the album Rust Never Sleeps.
Niall HoranIrish singer and songwriter. Fans are Lovers.
Olivia RodrigoAmerican singer-songwriter and actress. Fans are Livies.
Olly MursBritish singer. Fans are the Murs Army.
Phoebe BridgersAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are Pharbs.
PoppyAmerican singer and songwriter. Fans are Poppy Seeds.
RihannaBarbadian singer. Fans are the Rihanna Navy.
Rina SawayamaJapanese-British singer-songwriter. Fans are Pixels.
Rita OraBritish singer-songwriter. Fans are Ritabots.
RoséNew Zealand and South Korean singer. Fans are Number Ones.
Sam SmithEnglish singer and songwriter. Fans are Little Sailors.
Sarah GeronimoFilipino singer and actress. Fans are Popsters, after her nickname, Popstar Royalty.
Selena GomezAmerican actress and singer. Fans are Selenators.
ShakiraColombian singer-songwriter. Fans are Shakifans.
Shawn MendesCanadian singer. Fans are the Mendes Army.
Sơn Tùng M-TPVietnamese singer. Fans are Sky.
SZAAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Camp, also written Camp Ctrl.
Tate McRaeCanadian singer and dancer. Fans are Tater-Tots.
Taylor SwiftAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Swifties, and a few call themselves Swiffers.
TinasheAmerican singer. Fans are SweeTees.
TiniArgentine singer and actress. Fans are Tinistas.
Tori AmosAmerican singer-songwriter. Fans are Toriphiles.
TylaSouth African singer and songwriter. Fans are Tygers.
Van MorrisonNorthern Irish musician. Fans are Vanatics.
The WeekndCanadian singer and songwriter. Fans are XO, the name of his record label.
"Weird Al" YankovicAmerican comedy musician. Fans are Close Personal Friends of Al.
Whitney HoustonAmerican singer, 1963 to 2012. Fans are Nippians; her father nicknamed her Nippy.
WonhoSouth Korean singer. Fans are Wenee, which stands for We Are New Ending.
YungbludEnglish musician. Fans are the Black Hearts Club, after matching heart tattoos on their fingers.
ZaynEnglish singer. Fans are the Zquad.
TV, radio and web shows 36
The Archers1951. British radio drama. Archers Addicts was the official fan club, run by members of the cast.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013. American police sitcom. Cancelled on 10 May 2018 and picked up by another network a day later.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997. American supernatural drama. Academic writing on it has its own name, Buffy studies.
Chuck2007. American action comedy. Fans bought a sponsor's sandwiches on finale day to help win a renewal.
Community2009. American sitcom. Fans are Human Beings; their rallying cry is six seasons and a movie.
Critical Role2015. American web series of voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons. Fans are Critters.
Doctor Who1963. British science fiction series. Fans are Whovians; Gallifrey One has met in Los Angeles since 1990.
Eurovision Song Contest1956. Yearly song contest. Fans are Eurofans; the OGAE network of fan clubs was founded in Finland in 1984.
The Expanse2015. American science fiction series. Fans are Screaming Firehawks; over 100,000 signed to save it in 2018.
Farscape1999. Science fiction series. Fans began a campaign within hours of its cancellation; a miniseries followed.
Father Ted1995. Sitcom set on an Irish island. The Friends of Ted Festival is held on Inishmore.
Firefly2002. American space western. Fans are Browncoats, the name of the losing side in the show's war.
Glee2009. American musical comedy-drama. Fans are Gleeks, a blend of Glee and geek.
Gravity Falls2012. American animated mystery series. Fans solved the Cipher Hunt, a real treasure hunt, in summer 2016.
Jericho2006. American drama. Fans mailed the network just over 20 tons of nuts to protest its cancellation.
Lost2004. American drama series. Fans are Losties or Lostaways.
Lucifer2016. American fantasy series. Fans are Lucifans; the #SaveLucifer campaign followed its 2018 cancellation.
Manifest2018. American supernatural drama. Cancelled in June 2021, it topped streaming charts and won a final season.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic2010. Animated series. Adult fans are bronies; BronyCon ran from 2011 to August 2019.
Mystery Science Theater 30001988. American comedy series. Fans are MSTies, and a crowdfunding drive brought it back.
Nashville2012. American musical drama. Fans, the Nashies, signed a petition before its 2016 move to another network.
One Chicago2012. American franchise of dramas set in Chicago. Fans are ChiHards.
One Day at a Time2017. American sitcom. Cancelled on 14 March 2019 and revived by another network on 27 June 2019.
Psych2006. American detective comedy. Fans are Psych-Os.
Red Dwarf1988. British science fiction sitcom. Fans are Dwarfers, and their convention is Dimension Jump.
Roswell1999. American science fiction drama. Fans mailed bottles of hot sauce to the network to save it.
Star Trek1966. American science fiction series. Fans are Trekkies or Trekkers; the first fanzine came out in 1967.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008. American animated series. Fans rallied under #SaveTheCloneWars, and a final season came in 2020.
Supernatural2005. American dark fantasy series of 15 seasons. Its large fanbase holds conventions and does charity work.
Thunderbirds1965. British puppet series. Fanderson, the Gerry Anderson appreciation society, formed in 1981.
Veronica Mars2004. American teen mystery drama. Fans are Marshmallows; 91,585 of them backed a crowdfunded film in 2013.
Wake Up to Wogan1993. British radio breakfast show, to 2009. Listeners were TOGs, short for Terry's Old Geezers or Gals.
Wynonna Earp2016. Supernatural western series. Fans are Earpers; they bought Times Square billboards to save it.
The X-Files1993. American science fiction drama. Fans are X-Philes, from the Greek root -phil- for love.
Xena: Warrior Princess1995. Fantasy series filmed in New Zealand. Fans are Xenites.
Young Justice2010. American animated superhero series. Cancelled in 2013 and revived in 2019 after years of fan support.
Films and stage 17
Alita: Battle Angel2019. American science fiction film. Fans are the Alita Army.
Dear Evan Hansen2015. American stage musical. Fans are Fansens.
Der Ring des Nibelungen1876. Cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner, first staged complete at Bayreuth. Fans are Ringheads.
Disney1923. American entertainment company. D23, its official fan club, was founded in 2009.
Ghostbusters1984. American supernatural comedy film. Fans are Ghostheads, the title of a 2016 crowdfunded documentary.
Gilbert and Sullivan1871. Victorian comic opera partnership. Fans are Savoyards, after the Savoy Theatre built for the operas.
Godzilla1954. Japanese monster film series. G-Fest, a yearly fan convention, was founded in 1994.
Hamilton2015. American stage musical. Fans are Hamilfans, and a ticket lottery is held before every show.
James Bond1953. British spy novels by Ian Fleming and the films made from them. Fans are the Bond Community.
Jaws1975. American thriller film. Fans are Finaddicts.
& Juliet2019. Jukebox musical. Fans are Amperstans, a blend of ampersand and stans.
Raiders of the Lost Ark1981. American adventure film. Three Mississippi teenagers spent seven years on a shot-for-shot remake.
Rent1996. American rock musical. Rentheads first meant fans who camped out for $20 rush tickets.
Six2017. British musical about the six wives of Henry VIII. Fans are The Queendom.
The Sound of Music1965. American musical film. Sing-along screenings began at a London film festival in 1999.
Star Wars1977. Space opera film series. Some fans say Warsies; the 501st Legion costume club formed in 1997.
Stargate1994. Science fiction franchise that began with a 1994 film. Fans are Gaters.
Books, comics and manga 34
A Song of Ice and Fire1996. American fantasy novels. The Brotherhood Without Banners fan club formed in 2001.
The Adventures of Tintin1929. Belgian comic series. The study of it has a name, Tintinology.
Anime and mangaMedium. Devoted fans are otaku, a word spread by a 1983 essay; Anime Expo has run since 1992.
Batman1939. American comic book superhero. Fans are Batmaniacs.
The Brontë sistersEnglish novelists. The Brontë Society, among the oldest literary societies, runs the Parsonage Museum.
Charles DickensEnglish novelist, first published in book form in 1836. The Dickens Fellowship was founded in 1902.
Comic booksMedium. Free Comic Book Day, launched in 2002, falls on the first Saturday of May.
Discworld1983. British comic fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. The Australian fan convention is Nullus Anxietas.
Divergent2011. American dystopian novels. Fans are Initiates.
DōjinshiSelf-published fan comics. Comiket, the Tokyo market for them, began in 1975 with about 700 people.
Girls und Panzer2012. Japanese anime. Its real-world setting, the town of Ōarai, became a destination for fans.
Gone with the Wind1936. American novel and 1939 film. Fans are Windies.
Gundam1979. Japanese robot anime franchise. Fans build Gunpla model kits and compete in a Builders World Cup.
Harry Potter1997. British fantasy novels. Fans are Potterheads; some form wizard rock bands and meet at LeakyCon.
Haruhi Suzumiya2003. Japanese light novels and anime. Fans filmed their own versions of the ending dance, Hare Hare Yukai.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy1978. British comic science fiction, first a radio series. Fans carry a towel on Towel Day, 25 May.
Homestuck2009. American webcomic by Andrew Hussie that ran to 2016. Fans are Homestucks.
The Hunger Games2008. American dystopian novels. Fans are Tributes, the word for the contestants in the story.
Jane AustenEnglish novelist, first published in 1811. Fans are Janeites, a word coined by a critic in 1894.
K-On!2007. Japanese manga and anime. Fans travel to Toyosato, home of the old school the setting was modelled on.
Lucky Star2007. Japanese comedy anime. Fans visit Washinomiya Shrine and leave plaques drawn with the characters.
Marvel Comics1939. American comic book publisher. Stan Lee started the Merry Marvel Marching Society fan club in 1964.
The Maze Runner2009. American dystopian novels. Fans are Gladers, after the place in the story called the Glade.
Middle-earth1937. J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world. Fans are Ringers or Tolkienites; Tolkien Reading Day is 25 March.
The Phantom of the Opera1909. French novel by Gaston Leroux, later a stage musical. Fans are Phans.
Red Rising2014. American science fiction novels by Pierce Brown. Fans are Howlers, after a squad in the books.
Sailor Moon1991. Japanese manga and anime. Fans are Moonies.
Science fictionGenre. Organised fandom began in the letter columns of Hugo Gernsback's magazines.
Sherlock Holmes1887. British detective stories. Fans are Sherlockians; the Baker Street Irregulars society dates from 1934.
Twilight2005. American vampire romance novels. Fans are Twihards.
Ulysses1922. Novel by James Joyce. Fans mark Bloomsday on 16 June, the day on which the story is set.
The Wheel of Time1990. American fantasy novels. JordanCon meets every year in Atlanta.
Winnie-the-Pooh1926. English children's stories. The World Poohsticks Championships have been held since 1984.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz1900. American children's novel. A thirteen-year-old founded the International Wizard of Oz Club in 1957.
Games and toys 31
Animal Crossing: New Horizons2020. Life simulation game. Players have held weddings and graduations on their islands.
Beanie Babies1993. American plush toys. The 1990s collecting craze has been called the first Internet sensation.
Counter-Strike2000. Team shooter series. It began in 1999 as a Half-Life mod made by two people.
Doom1993. First-person shooter. Fans trade custom levels as WAD files; speedrunning as a community began with it.
Dota 22013. Battle arena game. It is the sequel to a fan-made mod for Warcraft III.
Dungeons & Dragons1974. Tabletop role-playing game. Co-creator Gary Gygax founded the Gen Con convention in 1968.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim2011. Role-playing game. Fans build mods for it with the game's own Creation Kit.
Eve Online2003. Space role-playing game. Players have voted for their own Council of Stellar Management since 2008.
Five Nights at Freddy's2014. American horror game series. The Fazbear Fanverse, announced in 2020, backs fan-made games.
Half-Life1998. First-person shooter. Black Mesa, a fan-made remake, was released in full in 2020.
Halo2001. Science fiction shooter series. Red vs. Blue, a comedy filmed inside the game, began on 1 April 2003.
Hot Wheels1968. American toy car line. Adult collectors now get their own limited edition models.
League of Legends2009. Battle arena game. Its World Championship is held every year.
Lego1949. Danish building toy. Adult fans are AFOLs; Lego Ideas reviews any fan design with 10,000 supporters.
Magic: The Gathering1993. Trading card game. Friday Night Magic is a weekly event played in games shops.
Minecraft2011. Sandbox game. Minecon, its fan gathering, first met in 2010, a year before the full release.
Mother1989. Japanese role-playing series. Fans at Starmen.net released an English translation of Mother 3 in 2008.
Pokémon1996. Japanese game franchise. The World Championships began in 2004, first for the trading card game.
Quake1996. First-person shooter. QuakeCon began in August 1996 in a hotel conference room in Garland, Texas.
Rubik's Cube1974. Puzzle invented in Hungary. Speedcubers compete under the World Cube Association, founded in 2004.
Shenmue1999. Japanese adventure game. Fans crowdfunded Shenmue III in a campaign launched in 2015.
Sonic the Hedgehog1991. Japanese platform game series. Sonic Mania (2017) was built by people from the fan game scene.
SpeedrunningPlaying games as fast as possible. Games Done Quick has run charity speedrun marathons since 2010.
Street Fighter1987. Japanese fighting game series. Evo, the big fighting game tournament, began as Battle by the Bay.
Super Smash Bros. Melee2001. Fighting game. Its fan community kept tournaments going long after sequels arrived.
Team Fortress 22007. Team shooter. Fan-made films compete in the Saxxy Awards.
TetrisPuzzle game from the mid-1980s. The Classic Tetris World Championship has been held since 2010.
Touhou Project1997. Japanese shooting game series. Fan works fill Comiket, and the fan convention is Reitaisai.
Transformers1984. Toy line of robots. BotCon, the fan convention, first met in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1994.
Warhammer 40,0001987. British tabletop wargame. Players build and paint their own armies of miniatures.
World of Warcraft2004. Online role-playing game. BlizzCon, first held in October 2005, meets in Anaheim, California.
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AFC Wimbledon2002. English football club founded by supporters of the former Wimbledon F.C.
Arsenal1886. English football club from London. Fans are Gooners, a play on the club nickname, the Gunners.
Boca Juniors1905. Argentine football club. Fans are Los Xeneizes, the Genoese, after the Genoa migrants who founded it.
Borussia Dortmund1909. German football club. The Yellow Wall is the South Stand terrace, the largest of its kind in Europe.
Boston Red Sox1901. American baseball team. Red Sox Nation was coined by a Boston Globe writer in 1986.
Buffalo BillsAmerican football team. Fans are the Bills Mafia, a name that dates from about 2010.
Chicago CubsAmerican baseball team. The Bleacher Bums are the fans who fill the Wrigley Field bleachers.
Cleveland BrownsAmerican football team. The Dawg Pound is the bleacher section, where fans bark like dogs.
Denmark football teamNational football team. Fans are roligans, from the Danish word for calm, a 1980s answer to hooliganism.
Detroit Red Wings1926. American ice hockey team. Fans throw an octopus onto the ice at home playoff games for luck.
Ducati1926. Italian motorcycle maker and racing team. Fans are Ducatisti.
Duke Blue Devils basketballAmerican college basketball. The Cameron Crazies camp in the tents of Krzyzewskiville for tickets.
England cricket teamNational cricket team. Fans are the Barmy Army, named by Australian media during the 1994–95 tour.
F.C. United of Manchester2005. English football club founded by supporters opposed to a takeover of their old club.
FC Barcelona1899. Spanish football club. Fans are culés.
FC St. Pauli1910. German football club from Hamburg. Supporters adopted the skull and crossbones in the 1980s.
Feyenoord1908. Dutch football club. Fans are Het Legioen, The Legion, and squad number 12 is kept for them.
Green Bay Packers1919. American football team, community-owned and non-profit. Fans are Cheeseheads in foam cheese hats.
Iceland football teamNational football team. Fans became known in the mid-2010s for the Viking Thunder Clap.
India cricket teamNational cricket team. The Bharat Army took 11,000 fans from 23 countries to the 2019 World Cup.
Kansas City ChiefsAmerican football team. The official fan club is Chiefs Kingdom.
Las Vegas Raiders1960. American football team. Fans are Raider Nation; in Oakland their section was the Black Hole.
Liverpool1892. English football club. Fans are Kopites, after the Kop stand; the anthem is You'll Never Walk Alone.
Manchester City1880. English football club. Fans sing Blue Moon and took up the Poznań celebration in 2010.
Minnesota UnitedAmerican soccer club. The supporters' section is the Wonderwall, after the song the fans sing.
Minnesota Vikings1960. American football team. Fans sing the fight song Skol, Vikings.
Nashville Predators1998. American ice hockey team. Fans have thrown catfish onto the ice since 30 October 2003.
Netherlands football teamNational football team. Fans in orange travel as the Oranje Legioen, the Orange Legion.
New Orleans Saints1966. American football team. Fans are the Who Dat Nation, after the Who dat chant.
New York Yankees1903. American baseball team. The Bleacher Creatures open every home game with a roll call of players.
New Zealand cricket teamNational cricket team. The Beige Brigade began in 1999 with home-sewn beige uniforms.
Newcastle UnitedEnglish football club. Fans are the Toon Army; toon is how Geordies say town.
Northern Ireland football teamNational football team. Fans are the Green and White Army, GAWA for short.
Philadelphia UnionAmerican soccer club. The Sons of Ben formed in January 2007, three years before the club's first match.
Pittsburgh Steelers1933. American football team. Steeler Nation was coined by the narrator of the team's 1978 highlights film.
Portland TimbersAmerican soccer club. The lumberjack mascot cuts a round from a log with a chainsaw after every Timbers goal.
Portsmouth1898. English football club. Fans sing the Pompey Chimes.
Real Madrid1902. Spanish football club. Fans are Madridistas.
Republic of Ireland football teamNational football team. Fans won a UEFA award at Euro 2012 for singing while 4–0 down to Spain.
Sacramento KingsAmerican basketball team. Fans chant Light the Beam after wins, a custom from the 2022–23 season.
Scotland football teamNational football team. Fans have been the Tartan Army since the 1970s and once won a good behaviour award.
Scuderia Ferrari1929. Italian Formula One team. Its fans are known as the tifosi.
Seattle Kraken2021. American ice hockey team. Honoured players throw plush salmon into the crowd, a nod to the fish market.
Seattle Seahawks1974. American football team. Fans are the 12s and twice set a crowd noise record in the 2013 season.
Seattle Sounders FCAmerican soccer club. Emerald City Supporters, founded in 2005, are known for tifo displays.
Swansea City1912. Welsh football club. Fans are Jacks.
Texas A&M AggiesAmerican college teams. Students are the 12th Man, after a 1922 game when one was called from the stands.
Union Berlin1966. German football club. Fans gather at the stadium every year to sing Christmas carols.
United States soccer teamsNational soccer teams. Fans took up the chant I believe that we will win for the 2014 World Cup.
Wales football teamNational football team. Fans are the Red Wall.
West Ham United1895. English football club. The anthem is I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.
Wrexham1864. Welsh football club. A 2020 takeover by two actors and a documentary series won it fans worldwide.
How this list was compiled: List chosen and every line written for this site; nothing is copied from Wikipedia, a fan wiki or an official page. Each entry was checked on 2026-09-18 against the English Wikipedia article for the band, artist, work, game or team (each article is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ plus the title, read through the Wikipedia API). Fan names: 298 of the 385 entries carry one. 273 of those names are on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fandom_names (checked 2026-09-18). The other 25 are not on that list and are printed because a Wikipedia article about the subject documents them: the article for the team, band or show itself (Raider Nation, Steeler Nation, Dawg Pound, Chiefs Kingdom, Cameron Crazies, Bleacher Creatures, Bleacher Bums, Bharat Army, Beige Brigade, Yellow Wall, Oranje Legioen, Xeneizes, roligans, Emerald City Supporters, Sons of Ben, Deadheads, Marshmallows, Earpers, Nashies, Blooms) or a dedicated article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janeite, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_fandom, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_(musical)); each was looked up again on 2026-09-18. A name found in neither place was taken off and the card given a fan fact instead. Checked for every entry: the fan name or the fan fact in the line, the nationality or kind of work, and the year. Year rule: a band's first active year, the year a show first aired, a book was first published, a film opened or a game was first released, and for a club the founding year in its infobox. Solo artists, national teams, clubs with more than one founding date and general fan cultures carry no year. Left out on purpose: fan names for actors, politicians, streamers, comedians, directors and individual athletes; vulgar or insulting nicknames; hooligan firms, ultras, barras bravas and political groups; works made for adults only; and any fan name we could not find documented. On 2026-09-18 the supporters' groups were screened again against their own Wikipedia articles: one barra brava was replaced by the club's fan nickname (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Juniors), and two groups whose articles carry a section on politics or controversy were replaced by a matchday custom. No private person is named. Text only: no artwork, logos, crests or team colours. Checked against the Wikipedia articles named here on 2026-09-18; details we could not find stated on Wikipedia were cut. Review interval: every 12 months, and sooner when a group disbands, a team moves or a fan name changes. Licence: own work