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Because of some posts being made, wondering about where has all the [fill in pairing name here] fic gone, I decided to take a look at LJ interest rankings when it comes to ships. It looks like this is what shows up in the Buffyverse fandoms when browsing the top 2000 interests that users listed in their profiles on LiveJournal as of the past few days.
Because pairings can be listed in different ways, I've combined synonyms and listed a total where applicable. The first number is where the pairing ranks among LJ interests, the one in parentheses is the total number of profiles it appears in. So for the first item below, it ranks at number 18 and shows up 956 times, and the other two versions of that pairing show up at #248 and #679 and show up 148 times and 61 times respectively. That means that Buffy/Angel has 1165 people listing it as an interest.
18. buffy/angel (956) + 248. angel/buffy (148)+ 679. buffy/angelus (61) = 1165
19. buffy/spike (904) + 39. spike/buffy (599) + 1321. buffy/spike fanfic (33)+ 1401. buffy/spike fanfiction (31) = 1647
33. willow/tara (723) + 380. tara/willow (99) = 822
42. spike/xander (589) + 103. xander/spike (288) = 876
52. angel/spike (478) + 54. spike/angel (454)+ 335. angelus/william (111)+ 656. spike/angelus (62) + 786. william/angelus (53)+ 1559. angel/william (28) = 1186
85. buffy/faith (336) + 305. faith/buffy (122) = 458
92. willow/oz (318) + 485. oz/willow (80) = 398
160. angel/wesley (205)+ 420. wesley/angel (91) + 541. angel/wes (74) + 756. wes/angel (55) + 1368. angelus/wesley (32) = 457
176. buffy/giles (186) + 1392. giles/buffy (31) =277
215. angel/cordelia (164) + 340. cordelia/angel (110) + 359. angel/cordy (106) + 364. cordy/angel (104) = 484
224. xander/anya (158) + 869. anya/xander (50) = 208
231. wesley/fred (156) + 553. wes/fred (72) + 287. fred/wesley (128) = 356
272. wesley/lilah (135)+ 543. wes/lilah (73) + 778. lilah/wesley (54) = 262
299. spike/willow (123) + 387. willow/spike (98) = 221
300. spike/drusilla (123) + 422. spike/dru (91) = 214
329. spike/dawn (113) + 956. dawn/spike (46) = 159
352. xander/cordelia (106) + 783. cordelia/xander (54) + 1360. cordy/xander (32) = 192
361. angel/xander (105) + 542. xander/angel (73) + 1934. angelus/xander (22) = 200
398. angel/lindsey (96)+ 1342. lindsey/angel (32)= 128
416. spike/wesley (92)
437. spike/tara (88)
468. giles/ethan (83) + 1144. ethan/giles (38) = 121
544. spike/fred (73)
559. buffy/xander (72)
561. wes/faith (71) + 609. wesley/faith (66) + 664. faith/wesley (62)+ 1043. faith/wes (42) = 241
585. willow/giles (68) + 1174. giles/willow (37) = 105
594. giles/wesley (68) + 1188. wesley/giles (36) = 104
598. willow/xander (67)+ 740. xander/willow (56) = 123
599. willow/kennedy (67) + 1836. kennedy/willow (23) = 90
635. giles/anya (64) + 755. anya/giles (56) = 120
636. faith/spike (64) + 715. spike/faith (58) = 122
712. angel/darla (59) + 1503. angelus/darla (29)= 88
726. wesley/gunn (57) + 986. wes/gunn (44) = 101
784. cordelia/doyle (54) + 1250. doyle/cordelia (35) + 1361. cordy/doyle (32) = 121
801. giles/xander (53) + 1128. xander/giles (38) = 91
810. xander/oz (52) + 1036. oz/xander (42) = 94
828. angel/faith (52)
865. giles/jenny (50)
887. fred/gunn (49) + 1850. gunn/fred (23)= 72
964. angel/doyle (46)
1029. dawn/connor (43)+ 1601. connor/dawn (27) = 70
1033. spike/giles (42) + 1918. giles/spike (22) = 64
1320. buffy/spike/angel (33)
1322. buffy/cordelia (33)
1325. andrew/xander (33)
1436. faith/cordelia (30) + 1788. cordelia/faith (24) 54
1454. willow/fred (29)
1493. faith/xander (29) + 1510. xander/faith (28) = 57
1494. faith/willow (29) + 1680. willow/faith (25)= 54
1504. angel/willow (29) + 1942. willow/angelus (21) = 50
1514. spike/anya (28)
1607. angel/fred (27)
1618. spike/lindsey (26)
1671. buffy/tara (26)
1782. dawn/xander (24)
1787. cordelia/wesley (24)
1849. gunn/gwen (23)
1855. dawn/wesley (23)
1856. darla/drusilla (23)
1879. spike/wall (22)
1939. xander/lindsey (21)
1941. willow/anya (21)
Also food for thought (out of the first 1000 interests):
16. brian/justin (1338) + 322. justin/brian (117) = 1455
25. veronica/logan (821) + 30. logan/veronica (762) = 1583
61. mal/inara (421)
93. simon/kaylee (317) + 217. kaylee/simon (161) = 478
156. mal/simon (207)
166. zoe/wash (191) + 210. wash/zoe (165) = 356
168. gale/randy (190)
236. veronica/duncan (153)
241. apollo/starbuck (151) + 242. lee/kara (150) + 495. starbuck/apollo (79)= 380
275. jayne/river (134) + 282. river/jayne (130) = 264
285. ennis/jack (129)
314. veronica/weevil (119)
356. mal/river (106)
452. jayne/kaylee (86)
461. jayne/simon (84)
497. simon/jayne (79)
587. mal/kaylee (68)
649. kaylee/inara (63) + 977. inara/kaylee (45) = 108
777. logan/duncan (54)
790. river/simon (53)