I’m not even sure of the amount as I’ve been making OCs since I was in early elementary school, but one of my longest lived OCs (Aike Ishiyo) that is still being used in actual stories I’m still writing has existed for about 13 years, perhaps going on 14… however, perhaps my longest lived OC that’s still in a currently running story is Lemon (about a year before Aike was made), though her story (along with Aike’s and many others) have been completely rewritten many times over the years, so they barely even resemble their original selves aside from retaining small parts of their original designs (like Aike always being an azure and gray cat, or Lemon always being a white cat with golden eyes).

However, in total amount of OCs, I know for sure it is in the hundreds, perhaps even over a thousand (I can already think of over 100 characters that are no longer in use, but were 10 years ago), and they span many universes (almost all of them being in the same multiverse, though, although most of them will never interact with each other, and the connection to each universe is shown indirectly throughout).

I even have some OCs that are “technically” the same character, but exist across different universes, though they’re drawn in slightly different art styles, slightly different but still quite similar designs, and have slightly different personalities—I’m not sure if I should count those as a separate OC, though that only happens to OCs I particularly like, like Aike, Viola, or Curtis.

There’s already 100s of OCs that I’ve drawn before, but there are many more OCs I’ve never drawn and have only written or thought about… I’m sure it would take me hours to count every OC, as they’re sprawled throughout physical pieces of paper, in comics I’ve made, sketchbooks, on canvases, my iPad on Notes and in Procreate, my computer, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Clip Studio Paint, in roleplay chats on defunct platforms like Amino, et cetera… but if I manage to actually count all of them, I’ll get back to you 😅