Every trope we publish for Contemporary — Medical Romance, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 7,032 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 | Forced Proximity | 388 | 5.52% | Share change under 15% | 758 |
| 2 | Second Chance | 325 | 4.62% | Share down | 309 |
| 3 | Slow Burn | 322 | 4.58% | Share up | 296 |
| 4 | Found Family | 247 | 3.51% | Share up | 345 |
| 5 | Boss / Employee | 151 | 2.15% | Share change under 15% | 160 |
| 6 | Enemies to Lovers | 128 | 1.82% | Share up | 383 |
| 7 | Friends to Lovers | 114 | 1.62% | Share down | 84 |
| 8 | Dark Romance (as trope) | 101 | 1.44% | Share up | 170 |
| 9 | Age Gap | 93 | 1.32% | Share up | — |
| 10 | Small Town | 82 | 1.17% | Not called | 199 |
| 11 | Hurt/Comfort | 82 | 1.17% | Share down | 218 |
| 12 | Single Parent | 79 | 1.12% | Share down | 154 |
| 13 | Grumpy MMC | 75 | 1.07% | Not called | 181 |
| 14 | Banter | 71 | 1.01% | Share down | 7,977 |
| 15 | Redemption Arc | 67 | 0.95% | Share down | 47 |
| 16 | Fake Dating / Fake Relationship | 63 | 0.90% | Not called | 92 |
| 17 | Protective Hero | 62 | 0.88% | Share up | 187 |
| 18 | Instalove | 60 | 0.85% | Not called | 1,945 |
| 19 | Forbidden Romance | 55 | 0.78% | Share change under 15% | 338 |
| 20 | Secret Baby | 53 | 0.75% | Not called | 48 |
| 21 | Character Growth | 47 | 0.67% | Share down | 9 |
| 22 | Trauma Recovery | 41 | 0.58% | Not called | 17 |
| 23 | Contemporary Romance | 40 | 0.57% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 24 | Fated Mates | 37 | 0.53% | Not called | 215 |
| 25 | Grumpy Sunshine | 35 | 0.50% | Not called | 227 |
| 26 | Emotional Depth | 35 | 0.50% | Not called | 29 |
| 27 | Mafia Romance | 34 | 0.48% | Not called | 59 |
| 28 | Possessive Hero | 34 | 0.48% | Not called | 98 |
| 29 | Ensemble Cast | 34 | 0.48% | Not called | — |
| 30 | Opposites Attract | 32 | 0.46% | Not called | 122 |
| 31 | Meet Cute | 28 | 0.40% | Not called | 18 |
| 32 | Betrayal | 25 | 0.36% | Not called | 6,538 |
| 33 | Spicy Romance | 25 | 0.36% | Not called | — |
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.