Every trope we publish for Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, ranked by demand-signal mentions counted over the 28 weeks to 2026-09-07. 4,160 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 | Post-Apocalyptic | 224 | 5.38% | Share up | 496 |
| 2 | Found Family | 190 | 4.57% | Share change under 15% | 345 |
| 3 | Survival | 147 | 3.53% | Share down | 497 |
| 4 | Litrpg | 66 | 1.59% | Not called | — |
| 5 | Slow Burn | 58 | 1.39% | Not called | 296 |
| 6 | Zombie Apocalypse | 54 | 1.30% | Not called | — |
| 7 | Ensemble Cast | 54 | 1.30% | Not called | — |
| 8 | Survival Thriller | 53 | 1.27% | Not called | 1 |
| 9 | Dystopian | 44 | 1.06% | Not called | 144 |
| 10 | Apocalypse | 41 | 0.99% | Not called | 20 |
| 11 | Mystery / Suspense Element | 36 | 0.87% | Not called | 56 |
| 12 | Progression Fantasy | 35 | 0.84% | Not called | — |
| 13 | Unreliable Narrator | 34 | 0.82% | Not called | 22 |
| 14 | World Building | 34 | 0.82% | Not called | — |
| 15 | Speculative Fiction | 33 | 0.79% | Not called | — |
| 16 | Apocalyptic | 32 | 0.77% | Not called | 11 |
| 17 | Hard Sci Fi | 31 | 0.75% | Not called | — |
| 18 | Character Driven | 31 | 0.75% | Not called | — |
| 19 | Forced Proximity | 29 | 0.70% | Not called | 758 |
| 20 | Page Turner | 28 | 0.67% | Not called | 2 |
| 21 | Coming Of Age | 28 | 0.67% | Not called | 4 |
| 22 | Series Continuation | 27 | 0.65% | Not called | 3 |
| 23 | Dystopian Society | 27 | 0.65% | Not called | — |
| 24 | Character Growth | 26 | 0.63% | Not called | 9 |
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.