Yeah, that sort of thing helps! I'm still fairly recent for all my fandoms, and I have one big fandom and a handful of small or medium-sized ones, but even in the big fandom I mostly don't write the most popular pairings. I also write a lot of ken, which tends to get read less than shippy fic. (Considering how much more attention my Thirteenth Doctor fics get than anything else, I should probably try to write even one Thirteen/Yaz just for statistical observation reasons. *g* I mean, I do like the idea as well, I just haven't had good story ideas for them yet. And I have a contrary nature that tends to shy away from really popular pairings.) But megafandom and juggernaut pairing or not, you're clearly getting a great reception in any case, so yay for that! ♥

And I totally get still being floored by that! Even with my much more modest numbers, I still sometimes go to my stats just to stare at that one kudos rate above 100, or at the particularly good hits-to-kudos rate on some fics. :-)