Count of canonical appearances of characters in Questionable Content through #5817. I made this table in response to a controversy (triggered by the introduction of Marigold) over which characters are "major" and ought to be listed in the article.

character namefirstlastcount
Marten Reed 1 5816 2141
Faye Whitaker 3 5790 2100
Dora Bianchi 75 5717 1215
Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham 515 5750 1021
Claire Camilla Augustus 2203 5792 741
Bubbles 3003 5790 590
Pintsize 1 5650 454
Marigold Louise Farmer 1413 5702 446
Clinton P. Augustus 1898 5692 352
Tai Hubbert 691 5437 336
Roko Basilisk 3311 5814 317
May 2491 5703 286
Elizabeth Appleboom 4970 5816 276
Momo 1298 5702 256
Elliot 1864 5685 236
Sven Bianchi 328 5742 236
Steve 3 5450 228
Brunhilde Khoury 3210 4510 207
Angus McPhee 710 2815 189
Emily Azume 2203 5817 186
Samantha Bean 1957 5764 183
Yay Newfriend (Spookybot) 3391 5814 182
Dale 1640 5703 180
Moray 4858 5817 180
Raven Pritchard 102 2079 153
Renee 1845 4919 145
Penelope Gaines 698 5113 140
Winslow 527 5259 135
Aurelia Augustus 2804 5692 135
Beepatrice 3883 5639 124
Anh Dang 5404 5790 123
Veronica Vance 431 5436 122
Ayomide 5109 5750 122
Willow Dragonfang 4390 5704 107
Melon 3486 5501 87
Millefeuille 4066 4777 79
Iris 4390 5704 79
Ellen 191 789 62
Jim Bean 1926 5764 60
Emmett Bennett 4691 5769 58

Some of the AIs have moved to new bodies: Momo in 2001; May between 2515 and 2710; Winslow in 3542; Roko in 3912; May again in 4347; Pintsize in 4531; Momo again between 4602 and 5051.

The greatest number of named characters in a single strip is twelve, in 4316. Ignoring strips where no character appears in two panels, it's nine: 3071 and 3522 and (if Emily's unnamed parents count) 2329.

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Have Ayomide and Yemisi been given a surname? How about Steve?

Can you name these people? Most are probably ‘extras’ but, I think, not all.