Every trope we publish for Military Sci-Fi Science Fiction, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 3,236 trope mentions counted in the lane in that window. Pick one for the full readout.
Changing the genre and pressing Check demand reloads the trope list for that lane. 3,851 trope-and-lane readouts, last counted 2026-09-16.
| # | Trope | Mentions | Share of lane | Direction | Tagged titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Found Family | 204 | 6.30% | Share down | 345 |
| 2 | Space Opera | 130 | 4.02% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 3 | Ensemble Cast | 125 | 3.86% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 4 | Series Continuation | 83 | 2.56% | Not called | 3 |
| 5 | Military Sci Fi | 76 | 2.35% | Share change under 15% | — |
| 6 | Character Growth | 42 | 1.30% | Not called | 9 |
| 7 | Political Intrigue | 39 | 1.21% | Not called | 20 |
| 8 | Action Adventure | 35 | 1.08% | Not called | 5 |
| 9 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 33 | 1.02% | Not called | 56 |
| 10 | Series Arc | 33 | 1.02% | Not called | — |
| 11 | High Stakes | 30 | 0.93% | Not called | 26 |
| 12 | Page Turner | 29 | 0.90% | Not called | 2 |
| 13 | Slow Burn | 28 | 0.87% | Not called | 296 |
| 14 | Hard Sci Fi | 27 | 0.83% | Not called | — |
| 15 | Coming Of Age | 27 | 0.83% | Not called | 4 |
| 16 | Character Driven Narrative | 25 | 0.77% | 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.