Every trope we publish for Contemporary — Polyamory / Why Choose Romance, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 16,428 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 | Reverse Harem / Why Choose | 2,400 | 14.61% | Share down | 88 |
| 2 | Found Family | 908 | 5.53% | Share up | 345 |
| 3 | Omegaverse | 588 | 3.58% | Share change under 15% | 1,007 |
| 4 | Paranormal Romance | 580 | 3.53% | Share change under 15% | 109 |
| 5 | Fated Mates | 541 | 3.29% | Share down | 215 |
| 6 | Dark Romance (as trope) | 388 | 2.36% | Share down | 170 |
| 7 | Slow Burn | 372 | 2.26% | Share up | 296 |
| 8 | Forced Proximity | 229 | 1.39% | Share change under 15% | 758 |
| 9 | Pack Dynamics | 186 | 1.13% | Share up | 7 |
| 10 | Character Growth | 136 | 0.83% | Share up | 9 |
| 11 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 130 | 0.79% | Share change under 15% | 56 |
| 12 | Trauma Recovery | 121 | 0.74% | Share down | 17 |
| 13 | Second Chance | 120 | 0.73% | Share change under 15% | 309 |
| 14 | Enemies to Lovers | 115 | 0.70% | Share up | 383 |
| 15 | Spicy Romance | 109 | 0.66% | Share up | — |
| 16 | Series Continuation | 106 | 0.65% | Share up | 3 |
| 17 | Ensemble Cast | 104 | 0.63% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 18 | Banter | 80 | 0.49% | Share change under 15% | 7,977 |
| 19 | Plot Twists | 78 | 0.47% | Share change under 15% | 38 |
| 20 | Cliffhanger Ending | 72 | 0.44% | Share down | 8 |
| 21 | Series Arc | 68 | 0.41% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 22 | Groveling | 67 | 0.41% | Share down | 485 |
| 23 | Hurt/Comfort | 63 | 0.38% | Share change under 15% | 218 |
| 24 | Redemption Arc | 62 | 0.38% | Share up | 47 |
| 25 | Strong FMC | 61 | 0.37% | Share change under 15% | 71 |
| 26 | Marriage of Convenience | 59 | 0.36% | Share down | 179 |
| 27 | Angst | 58 | 0.35% | Share change under 15% | 4,836 |
| 28 | Forbidden Romance | 52 | 0.32% | Share up | 338 |
| 29 | Mafia Romance | 50 | 0.30% | Share down | 59 |
| 30 | Magic Academy | 48 | 0.29% | Share down | 7 |
| 31 | Character Driven | 47 | 0.29% | Share up | — |
| 32 | Instalove | 42 | 0.26% | Share up | 1,945 |
| 33 | Revenge | 42 | 0.26% | Share down | 2,111 |
| 34 | Love Triangle | 41 | 0.25% | Share change under 15% | 55 |
| 35 | Sports Romance | 40 | 0.24% | Not called | 91 |
| 36 | Multi Pov | 40 | 0.24% | Not called | 3 |
| 37 | Emotional Depth | 40 | 0.24% | Not called | 29 |
| 38 | World Building | 38 | 0.23% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 39 | Monster Romance | 35 | 0.21% | Not called | 73 |
| 40 | Romantasy | 34 | 0.21% | Not called | 1 |
| 41 | Secret Baby | 34 | 0.21% | Not called | 48 |
| 42 | Humor | 34 | 0.21% | Not called | 6 |
| 43 | Age Gap | 34 | 0.21% | Not called | — |
| 44 | Page Turner | 33 | 0.20% | Not called | 2 |
| 45 | Protective Hero | 33 | 0.20% | Not called | 187 |
| 46 | Morally Grey MMC | 33 | 0.20% | Not called | 266 |
| 47 | Protective MMC | 32 | 0.19% | Share down | 298 |
| 48 | Romantic Suspense | 30 | 0.18% | Not called | 17 |
| 49 | Small Town | 30 | 0.18% | Share change under 15% | 199 |
| 50 | Chosen One | 30 | 0.18% | Not called | 78 |
| 51 | Character Driven Narrative | 30 | 0.18% | Not called | — |
| 52 | Hard Magic System | 29 | 0.18% | Not called | 11 |
| 53 | Alpha MMC | 28 | 0.17% | Not called | 40 |
| 54 | MC / Motorcycle Club Romance | 27 | 0.16% | Not called | 2 |
| 55 | Amnesia | 27 | 0.16% | Not called | 1,646 |
| 56 | Motorcycle Club | 26 | 0.16% | Not called | 5 |
| 57 | Rejected Mate | 26 | 0.16% | Not called | 18 |
| 58 | Happy Ending | 25 | 0.15% | Not called | 3 |
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.