iCarly has a reasonbly large internet following with a wide Periphery Demographic. It's show runners also encourage the idea by using online blogs, and an extensive tie-in website. These examples are in relation to the fanfiction, fan forums and other community areas that follow ICarly. Arguably, the biggest reasons for this are the Getting Crap Past the Radar humor, the huge Carly/Freddie vs Sam/Freddie shipping war and the continued prescence of the Word of God pitting both sides against each other.