I mean, it was published between 2010 and 2015, and it’s extremely rare for fanfiction (or other kinds of online serial fiction) to be more popular after completion than while it’s in progress. I followed it while it was in progress, and am in fact one of those people who found LessWrong through it. There was definitely an observable “wave” of popularity in both my in-person and online circles (which were not, at the time, connected to the rationality community at all); I think it probably peaked in 2012 or 2013.
I mean, it was published between 2010 and 2015, and it’s extremely rare for fanfiction (or other kinds of online serial fiction) to be more popular after completion than while it’s in progress. I followed it while it was in progress, and am in fact one of those people who found LessWrong through it. There was definitely an observable “wave” of popularity in both my in-person and online circles (which were not, at the time, connected to the rationality community at all); I think it probably peaked in 2012 or 2013.
Thanks for chiming in, I remember hearing that there was an influx of HPMOR readers fairly recently.