Every trope we publish for Contemporary — Military Romance, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 11,479 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 | 611 | 5.32% | Share up | 758 |
| 2 | Found Family | 596 | 5.19% | Share change under 15% | 345 |
| 3 | Protective Hero | 394 | 3.43% | Share up | 187 |
| 4 | Slow Burn | 394 | 3.43% | Share up | 296 |
| 5 | Second Chance | 367 | 3.20% | Share change under 15% | 309 |
| 6 | Romantic Suspense | 275 | 2.40% | Share down | 17 |
| 7 | Dark Romance (as trope) | 202 | 1.76% | Share change under 15% | 170 |
| 8 | Enemies to Lovers | 160 | 1.39% | Share up | 383 |
| 9 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 122 | 1.06% | Share up | 56 |
| 10 | Small Town | 122 | 1.06% | Share change under 15% | 199 |
| 11 | Grumpy MMC | 102 | 0.89% | Not called | 181 |
| 12 | Protective MMC | 101 | 0.88% | Share down | 298 |
| 13 | Trauma Recovery | 100 | 0.87% | Share up | 17 |
| 14 | Reverse Harem / Why Choose | 98 | 0.85% | Share down | 88 |
| 15 | Grumpy Sunshine | 97 | 0.85% | Share up | 227 |
| 16 | Instalove | 96 | 0.84% | Share up | 1,945 |
| 17 | Friends to Lovers | 87 | 0.76% | Share down | 84 |
| 18 | Plot Twists | 84 | 0.73% | Share change under 15% | 38 |
| 19 | Ensemble Cast | 83 | 0.72% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 20 | Redemption Arc | 82 | 0.71% | Share change under 15% | 47 |
| 21 | Banter | 78 | 0.68% | Share change under 15% | 7,977 |
| 22 | Single Parent | 77 | 0.67% | Share change under 15% | 154 |
| 23 | Series Continuation | 73 | 0.64% | Share up | 3 |
| 24 | High Stakes | 71 | 0.62% | Share up | 26 |
| 25 | Series Arc | 62 | 0.54% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 26 | Hurt/Comfort | 59 | 0.51% | Share up | 218 |
| 27 | Bodyguard Romance | 58 | 0.51% | Not called | 15 |
| 28 | Single Parent Romance | 57 | 0.50% | Share down | 1 |
| 29 | Omegaverse | 57 | 0.50% | Not called | 1,007 |
| 30 | Alpha MMC | 57 | 0.50% | Share down | 40 |
| 31 | Age Gap | 54 | 0.47% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 32 | Emotional Depth | 52 | 0.45% | Share down | 29 |
| 33 | Fake Dating / Fake Relationship | 51 | 0.44% | Share change under 15% | 92 |
| 34 | Possessive Hero | 49 | 0.43% | Share down | 98 |
| 35 | Opposites Attract | 48 | 0.42% | Share change under 15% | 122 |
| 36 | Fated Mates | 48 | 0.42% | Share down | 215 |
| 37 | Page Turner | 47 | 0.41% | Share change under 15% | 2 |
| 38 | Series Romance | 44 | 0.38% | Not called | 3 |
| 39 | Character Growth | 44 | 0.38% | Not called | 9 |
| 40 | Romance | 42 | 0.37% | Not called | 1 |
| 41 | Historical Romance | 41 | 0.36% | Not called | 19 |
| 42 | Forbidden Romance | 41 | 0.36% | Not called | 338 |
| 43 | Rescue Romance | 40 | 0.35% | Share change under 15% | 22 |
| 44 | Strong FMC | 40 | 0.35% | Not called | 71 |
| 45 | Mafia Romance | 40 | 0.35% | Not called | 59 |
| 46 | Action Adventure | 39 | 0.34% | Not called | 5 |
| 47 | Paranormal Romance | 35 | 0.30% | Not called | 109 |
| 48 | Marriage of Convenience | 33 | 0.29% | Not called | 179 |
| 49 | Morally Grey MMC | 32 | 0.28% | Share down | 266 |
| 50 | Spicy Romance | 31 | 0.27% | Not called | — |
| 51 | Amnesia | 29 | 0.25% | Not called | 1,646 |
| 52 | Secret Baby | 29 | 0.25% | Not called | 48 |
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.