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Estimated from 8 chart positions in 8 markets.
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- 🇬🇧GB · Animation & Manga#36100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Animation & Manga#1515K to 30K
- 🇸🇪SE · Animation & Manga#7610K to 30K
- 🇲🇽MX · Animation & Manga#1201K to 10K
- 🇵🇭PH · Animation & Manga#2110K to 30K
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78K to 245K🎙 Weekly cadence·71 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
156K to 490K🇬🇧61%🇺🇸6%🇸🇪6%+5 more - Active Followers
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47K to 147K
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Real Person Fiction (RPF)
Jun 15, 2026
Unknown duration
The Mainstreamification of Fandom- BONUS Episode: Paging Dr. Thomas
May 24, 2026
1h 30m 58s
The Mainstreamification of BL and Yaoi
May 10, 2026
2h 30m 26s
The Shoujo to Fujin Pipeline
Apr 19, 2026
2h 17m 57s
How Fanfic Language Has Changed
Feb 9, 2026
2h 32m 35s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/15/26 | Real Person Fiction (RPF) | In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss Real Person Fiction: the ethics, the history and our experience with RPF as fans. oin hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 | The Mainstreamification of Fandom- BONUS Episode: Paging Dr. Thomas✨ | mainstreamification of fandomBoys' Love+4 | Dr. Thomas Baudinette | The Yaoi Shelf | — | Boys' Loveyaoi+5 | — | 1h 30m 58s | |
| 5/10/26 | The Mainstreamification of BL and Yaoi✨ | mainstream culturefandom+4 | — | New YorkerSyundei | — | yaoiBL+4 | — | 2h 30m 26s | |
| 4/19/26 | The Shoujo to Fujin Pipeline✨ | shoujoBL+3 | — | The Yaoi Shelf | — | shoujoBL+3 | — | 2h 17m 57s | |
| 2/9/26 | How Fanfic Language Has Changed✨ | fanfictionBL tradition+4 | — | The Yaoi Shelfpatreon.com/TheYaoiShelf+1 | — | fanficBL+5 | — | 2h 32m 35s | |
| 1/19/26 |  The Vintage OVA Special✨ | Yaoi OVAsBL fandom+4 | — | The Yaoi Shelfpatreon.com/TheYaoiShelf+3 | — | YaoiBL+6 | — | 2h 33m 54s | |
| 12/7/25 |  How We Used to Keep Up with BL News with Special Guest: Tylor Starr✨ | BL newsyaoi+4 | Tylor Starr | BluPetalThe Yaoi Shelf+3 | — | BL newsyaoi+5 | — | 1h 31m 13s | |
| 11/10/25 |  Fanservice & Queerbaiting✨ | fanservicequeerbaiting+4 | — | The Yaoi Shelfpatreon.com/TheYaoiShelf+2 | — | fanservicequeerbaiting+4 | — | 2h 28m 10s | |
| 10/13/25 |  The Summer Hikaru Died Special & The Bury Your Gays Trope✨ | yaoishonen ai+4 | — | MokumokurenThe Summer Hikaru Died+1 | — | yaoishonen ai+4 | — | 3h 00m 12s | |
| 9/14/25 | Sexual Politics- What Gets to be BL with Dr. Khursten Santos✨ | BLyaoi+4 | Dr. Khursten Santos | The Yaoi ShelfDiscord+2 | — | Boys' LoveBL Odo+5 | — | 1h 58m 53s | |
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| 8/17/25 | The Katekyo! (Private Teacher!) Special✨ | yaoishonen ai+3 | — | The Yaoi Shelfpatreon.com/TheYaoiShelf+1 | — | Katekyo!Private Teacher!+5 | — | 2h 15m 10s | |
| 7/14/25 |  The SasuNaru Birthday Special | Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola celebrate their birthday month by discussing the pairing that kicked off the fujin journey for so many: SasuNaru! Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 6/16/25 |  The Women Who Created BL | In this month's episode, join hosts Amanda and Carola as they celebrate Pride Month by discussing BL's female roots, the women who helped create the art form and how a very decidedly female origin molded BL into what it is! Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Our 18+ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4XSupport The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 5/5/25 |  Queering Shonen Anime and Manga | In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola will discuss queering shonen anime and manga, queer theory and why so many of our favorite pairings come from decidedly non-BL series. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelfDiscord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X | — | ||||||
| 3/10/25 |  Gay Sports Anime and Manga | In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, join hosts Amanda and Carola as they discuss the emotional highs and turbulent lowers of sports anime that feels a little too queer not to notice! Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelfDiscord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X | — | ||||||
| 2/2/25 | BL Misogyny | In this episode, join hosts Amanda and Carola in a discussion about misogyny in the BL fandom and in BL works, how to best combat it and the importance of dialectics in fan communities. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 1/6/25 | The BL Economy and BL Economics | Welcome to the start of a brand new season! In this episode, Amanda and Carola talk about fujin spending power, the BL economy and how fujin and fangirls have always been the backbone of fandom. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 12/9/24 | The Clueless Uke Trope | Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. We did it! An entire year of The Yaoi Shelf is in the books! In this episode, your hosts discuss The Clueless Uke trope, it's reign of terror and how to write better and more complex characters. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 11/11/24 | Our Bad Taste in Fictional Men | Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola run from their issues and into the arms of their favorite bad fictional men. We discuss the social aspect of loving not so great fictional men, why we keep going out of our way to say fictional and the implications of calling a fictional man "babygirl". Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 10/7/24 | The Performative Angst of Early BL Fandom | Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In honor of Halloween Month, join hosts Amanda and Carola in a trip down memory lane where we discuss how edgy and problematic early fandom was, the need to prove yourself in fan spaces and the lingering scars from years of trying to act tough. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf | — | ||||||
| 9/16/24 | Queer Representation in BL and Yaoi | This episode is sponsored by: Filthy Figments! Check them out for diverse and smutty 18+ webcomics! filthyfigments.com In this episode, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss the history of queer representation in early BL and yaoi, how far we've come when it comes to queer representation and where readers can find the representation we are all so desperate for. Important Links: theyaoishelf.carrd.co Support the Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X | — | ||||||
| 8/5/24 | The BL Con Scene | In this episode, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss the yaoi and BL con scene including it's past, present and discuss the fact that BL fandom has always been part of convention culture. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf | — | ||||||
| 7/14/24 | The Hetalia Episode | In this month's episode, to celebrate our birthdays: we're finally talking about Axis Powers: Hetalia, the fandom, the shipping, the less than stellar fan behavior and whether this titan of early fandom is worth watching! Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Important Links:https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X | — | ||||||
| 6/2/24 | What's in a Name? MLM Romance vs. BL vs. Yaoi & Shonen Ai | Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss naming conventions in the boy's love and queer media space, talk about how these naming conventions have changed and answer whether this all does or does not fetishize gay men. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf | — | ||||||
| 5/5/24 | An Intro to BL Gaming with Special Guest: Blerdy Otome | Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola are joined by the super talented, Blerdy Otome, to discuss all things BL gaming! Important Links: theyaoishelf.carrd.co Our 18+ Discord: discord.gg/hqURZnnf Find Blerdy Otome: blerdyotome.com Support Blerdy Otome's new microphone fund: https://throne.com/blerdyotome/item/3e502a0c-093d-4a20-9b71-b44acd2185b1 | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.