Every trope we publish for Cosmic & Eldritch Horror, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 3,171 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
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| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmic Horror | 245 | 7.73% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 2 | Body Horror | 139 | 4.38% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 3 | Psychological Horror | 114 | 3.60% | Share up | — |
| 4 | Atmospheric Horror | 104 | 3.28% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 5 | Folk Horror | 64 | 2.02% | Share down | — |
| 6 | Slow Burn | 55 | 1.73% | Share change under 15% | 296 |
| 7 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 37 | 1.17% | Share up | 56 |
| 8 | Horror | 37 | 1.17% | Not called | 204 |
| 9 | Unreliable Narrator | 33 | 1.04% | Share down | 22 |
| 10 | Found Footage | 30 | 0.95% | Not called | — |
| 11 | Found Family | 29 | 0.91% | Not called | 345 |
| 12 | Ensemble Cast | 26 | 0.82% | Not called | — |
| 13 | Survival Horror | 25 | 0.79% | Not called | 1 |
Direction is the change in each trope’s share of the lane between the last 12 weeks and the 12 before — never a raw weekly move. “Not called” means the two bands hold fewer than 30 mentions between them and we will not pretend otherwise. Tagged titles are counted across our whole registry, not just this lane.