Open Thread: YARPP 2026 Update
It’s time again to look at how the Yet Another Related Posts Product is linking my posts! The idea is that if you like one of my posts, you might like similar posts. This is a test of what the algorithm is doing, and you may find the results interesting.
Some trends: Big anthologies do well due to many, many tags. Things with common words in the title get help. If I’ve posted multiple times about a series, this boosts most of the items in the series, but only a bit and it needs ties to outside items to push to the next level.
And here’s that list!
Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales-136
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales-117
Classic American Short Stories-93
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories-64
Weekly Shonen Jump-60
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014-54
Showcase Presents Robin the Boy Wonder Vol. 1-50
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch Volume 3-44
Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents Superman Team-Ups-41
Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1-41
Shonen Jump Weekly-39
Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium-30
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes 1-30
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology-28
Showcase Presents Super Friends-27
Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women Volume 2-25
The Book of Cthulhu-23
Writers of the Future, Volume 34-22
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries-21
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 9: The Millennium Express-21
Essential Ms. Marvel Vol. 1-21
Rin-Ne Volumes 38-40-21
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories Vol. 1-21
Essential Defenders Vol. 6-20
Jewish Noir-20
Rad Women Worldwide-20
The Case of the Fenced-In Woman | Inspector West Takes Charge-19
Dirty Harry-19
Rio Bravo-19
Showcase Presents: Superman Family Volume 4-19
Case Closed, Volumes 74, 75 & 76-18
Case Closed, Volumes 77-79-18
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2021-18
Futaba-kun Change! Vol. 1-18
The Good, the Bad and the Mad-18
The Jail Gates Are Open-18
Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters-18
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Volume 2-18
Analog Science Fiction Science Fact December 1984-17
Batman Archives Volume 1-17
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories-17
Dragon Lord-17
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1949-17
Last Hope Island-17
A Man Lay Dead-17
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror-17
Showcase Presents: Batman, Volume 6-17
Showcase Presents the Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights-17
The Best of Planet Stories #1-16
The Blue Fairy Book-16
Destroy All Monsters-16
Essential Tomb of Dracula, Volume 2-16
Mamma Mia! The Movie-16
The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Two 1937-1939-16
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection 1-16
Shonen Jump-16
Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups, Volume 1-16
Showcase Presents the Flash, Volume 4-16
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories-15
Call Me Princess-15
Conjunctions: 51 The Death Issue-15
Detective Fiction Weekly April 8 1939-15
Essential Captain Marvel Vol. 2-15
Headstrong-15
High Adventure #160: Ten Detective Aces Special-15
Insurrections of the Mind-15
Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition-15
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021-14
Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021-14
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard-14
Dangerous Visions and New Worlds-14
Demon Slayer-14
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1953-14
I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying-14
InuYasha Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island-14
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table-14
Project A 2-14
Rin-Ne Volumes 21, 24 & 26-14
Vampire Princess Miyu Volume Two: Encounters-14
Vinland Saga Volume Ten-14
World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series-14
The Black Bat #1: Brand of the Black Bat & Murder Calls the Black Bat-13
Captain Blood-13
Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?-13
Lapham’s Quarterly: Spring 2015 Swindle & Fraud-13
Magnum Force-13
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics-13
Octavia’s Brood-13
Rin-Ne Volume 33-13
War Wings-13
Action Presidents: George Washington-12
Aeroplane Boys on a Cattle Ranch-12
Batman & the Justice League Vol. 2-12
The Chinese Cat-12
Devilman Crybaby-12
Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space-12
Guilded Age Volume Three-12
High Adventure #170: Best of Science Fiction Stories-12
Jet Scott: Volume 1-12
Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus 1-12
The Man with the Iron Fists-12
Marvel Anime: Wolverine-12
Militant Eagle-12
Monster Collection: The Girl Who Can Deal with Magic Monsters, Volume 5-12
My Love Story!! Volume 1-12
The Pocket Book of Adventure Stories-12
Rin-Ne Volumes 7, 8 & 9-12
Rin-Ne Volume 25-12
A Storm of Swords-12
The Superman Chronicles Volume One-12
Terror By Night-12
USA Noir-12
Wounded Tiger-12
The War of the Worlds-12
The 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies for Modern Business-11
2000 AD #2020-24-11
The Batman Adventures Volume 2-11
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries-11
Black Jack: The Movie-11
The Case of the Rolling Bones-11
The Complete Voodoo Volume 1-11
Doll Face-11
The Duke Is Tops-11
Essential Rampaging Hulk, Vol. 1-11
Fist of Fury-11
High Adventure #171: Far East Fiction of Frederick Moore-11
Lady Snowblood-11
Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures Volume 2-11
One-Eyed Jacks-11
The Pocket Book of Science Fiction-11
The Return of the Five Deadly Venoms-11
Rin-Ne Volumes 36 & 37-11
Season of Marvels: Viking Tales-11
Sherlock Holmes Mysteries Volume One-11
Showcase Presents Men of War-11
Superheroes-11
Tales of Terror-11
Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun! Season Two-11
Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings-10
Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans-10
Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-10
The Black Room-10
Case Closed-10
Case Closed Vol. 42-10
The Comancheros-10
Devilman: The Classic Collection 1-10
Festival of Crime-10
For a Few Dollars More-10
From the Cross to the Church-10
Great Historical Coincidences-10
Horror Hotel-10
Kitaro the Vampire Slayer-10
Legend of the Red Dragon-10
My Hero Academia, Vol. 2-10
Nightmare Castle-10
Orochi: The Perfect Edition 1-10
Princess Knight-10
Servant X Service-10
Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook-10
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice-10
Supercop-10
Superman Adventures Volume 1-10
Treasure Island-10
Twin Dragons-10
Urusei Yatsura-10
Vertigo CYMK-10
Water~Stone Review Volume 9: What Prevails-10
A Weird and Wild Beauty: The Story of Yellowstone, the World’s First National Park-10
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches #1-10
The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume-10
Do any of these intrigue you? Questions about the blog? Feel free to leave a question or comment!
