The statistics on this page are calculated live, as new characters and shows are added to the database. As such, the full accuracy is dependent on the depth of data we have acquired. The tl;dr? We don’t have every single lesbian ever added yet, so stats are imperfect but accurate.
For detailed information, you may also want to visit the following:
- Character Specific – Organized by sexuality, gender identity, and role
- Show Specific – Data relating only to shows
- Nations – Show and character data by nation
- Trends – Trendlines of various changes
- Death Related – Organized by character and show information
Raw data used to generate charts is also included on the page, so you can extract and make your own infographs and charts as desired.
The statistics are not all inclusive yet. We’re working on the intersection of some rather odd orthangonal data, which means we don’t quite have everything sorted. If there are specific kinds of stats you’d like to see us add, please let us know!
Total Characters (2744)
Total Shows (904)
Character Clichés
Show Tropes
Character Clichés
- Abusive — 7 characters - 0.3%
- Addict — 68 characters - 2.5%
- Alien — 35 characters - 1.3%
- Artist — 262 characters - 9.5%
- Athlete — 57 characters - 2.1%
- Bartender — 22 characters - 0.8%
- Based on a Real Person — 7 characters - 0.3%
- Cartoon — 88 characters - 3.2%
- Celibate — 5 characters - 0.2%
- Closeted — 55 characters - 2%
- Conditional Queerness — 9 characters - 0.3%
- Cougar — 3 characters - 0.1%
- Criminal — 356 characters - 13%
- Cross-Dresser — 18 characters - 0.7%
- Dead Queers — 308 characters - 11.2%
- Educator — 69 characters - 2.5%
- Fictionalized Self — 11 characters - 0.4%
- Firefighter — 7 characters - 0.3%
- Forced to Transition — 5 characters - 0.2%
- Gender Swapped — 28 characters - 1%
- Intimacy Issues — 27 characters - 1%
- Journalist Type — 54 characters - 2%
- Just A Phase — 35 characters - 1.3%
- Just One of the Guys — 33 characters - 1.2%
- Law Enforcement / Military — 210 characters - 7.7%
- Lawyer — 64 characters - 2.3%
- Mentally Ill — 51 characters - 1.9%
- None — 281 characters - 10.2%
- Parent — 265 characters - 9.7%
- Politically Inclined — 92 characters - 3.4%
- Promiscuous — 229 characters - 8.3%
- Queer IRL — 371 characters - 13.5%
- Robot — 5 characters - 0.2%
- Science Nerd — 197 characters - 7.2%
- Sex Worker — 97 characters - 3.5%
- Student — 538 characters - 19.6%
- Supernatural — 82 characters - 3%
- Undead — 35 characters - 1.3%
- Vegetarianish — 7 characters - 0.3%
Show Tropes
- Background Queers — 52 shows - 5.8%
- Big Queer Reveal — 128 shows - 14.2%
- Big Queer Wedding — 19 shows - 2.1%
- Bisexual Love Triangle — 152 shows - 16.8%
- Bury Your Queers — 200 shows - 22.1%
- Coming Out — 199 shows - 22%
- Erased Queerness — 25 shows - 2.8%
- Everyone's Queer — 93 shows - 10.3%
- Fake Relationship — 10 shows - 1.1%
- Freakout Hetero Sex — 33 shows - 3.7%
- Gal Pals — 6 shows - 0.7%
- Gaybies — 55 shows - 6.1%
- Happiness then Tragedy — 42 shows - 4.6%
- Happy Ending — 35 shows - 3.9%
- In Love With a Str8 Person — 76 shows - 8.4%
- In Prison — 13 shows - 1.4%
- Literary Inspired — 40 shows - 4.4%
- None! — 40 shows - 4.4%
- Queer for Laughs — 47 shows - 5.2%
- Queer for Ratings — 54 shows - 6%
- Queerbaiting — 10 shows - 1.1%
- Queerbashing — 43 shows - 4.8%
- Queers in Law Enforcement — 131 shows - 14.5%
- Sex Workers — 74 shows - 8.2%
- Subtext — 4 shows - 0.4%
- The Big Bad Queers — 92 shows - 10.2%
- Unrequited — 17 shows - 1.9%