Every trope we publish for Contemporary — Love Triangle Romance, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 7,407 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 | Second Chance | 578 | 7.80% | Share change under 15% | 309 |
| 2 | Love Triangle | 485 | 6.55% | Share change under 15% | 55 |
| 3 | Marriage in Crisis | 311 | 4.20% | Share up | 7 |
| 4 | Reverse Harem / Why Choose | 230 | 3.11% | Share down | 88 |
| 5 | Revenge | 182 | 2.46% | Not called | 2,111 |
| 6 | Found Family | 151 | 2.04% | Share down | 345 |
| 7 | Groveling | 146 | 1.97% | Share down | 485 |
| 8 | Infidelity / Cheating | 139 | 1.88% | Share up | 9 |
| 9 | Slow Burn | 138 | 1.86% | Share up | 296 |
| 10 | Betrayal | 122 | 1.65% | Share down | 6,538 |
| 11 | Redemption Arc | 86 | 1.16% | Share change under 15% | 47 |
| 12 | Forced Proximity | 82 | 1.11% | Share up | 758 |
| 13 | Dark Romance (as trope) | 80 | 1.08% | Share down | 170 |
| 14 | Enemies to Lovers | 69 | 0.93% | Share down | 383 |
| 15 | Forbidden Romance | 62 | 0.84% | Share down | 338 |
| 16 | Plot Twists | 60 | 0.81% | Share down | 38 |
| 17 | Paranormal Romance | 49 | 0.66% | Not called | 109 |
| 18 | Angst | 48 | 0.65% | Share down | 4,836 |
| 19 | Character Growth | 47 | 0.63% | Not called | 9 |
| 20 | Hard Magic System | 43 | 0.58% | Not called | 11 |
| 21 | Marriage of Convenience | 42 | 0.57% | Not called | 179 |
| 22 | Boss / Employee | 36 | 0.49% | Not called | 160 |
| 23 | Miscommunication | 31 | 0.42% | Not called | 12,058 |
| 24 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 29 | 0.39% | Not called | 56 |
| 25 | Series Continuation | 27 | 0.36% | Not called | 3 |
| 26 | Fated Mates | 26 | 0.35% | Not called | 215 |
| 27 | Friends to Lovers | 26 | 0.35% | Not called | 84 |
| 28 | Page Turner | 25 | 0.34% | Not called | 2 |
| 29 | Banter | 25 | 0.34% | Not called | 7,977 |
| 30 | Self Discovery | 25 | 0.34% | Not called | 12 |
| 31 | Dark Academia | 25 | 0.34% | Not called | 5 |
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.