Statistics on Shows

Data specific to TV shows with queer characters.

Trope Alignment

Good
327

Shows that carry a clearly positive trope.

Maybe
471

Shows that carry a trope which is only good depending on context.

Bad
258

Shows carry an actively harmful trope.

Ploy
291

Shows with token representation.

Trope Load

How many tropes a show carries, by share of all shows

  • 0 tropes 9.8%
  • 1 trope 39.8%
  • 2 tropes 28.3%
  • 3 tropes 12.9%
  • 4+ tropes 9.2%
The L Word
The L Word carries the most tropes of any show (13).

Mixed Alignment

21.6% of shows with a categorized trope carry more than one alignment at once, most often pairing a Good trope with a Maybe one.

22% mixed
  • Pure (one alignment) 846 · 78.4%
  • Mixed (2+ alignments) 233 · 21.6%

Common Pairings

Tropes that appear together on the same show, by number of shows

110 shows together Bury Your Queers Queers in Law Enforcement
91 shows together Bury Your Queers Literary Inspired
90 shows together Queers in Law Enforcement Literary Inspired
81 shows together The Big Bad Queers Bury Your Queers
66 shows together Bisexual Love Triangle Coming Out
62 shows together Literary Inspired Unrequited
61 shows together Coming Out Happy Ending
60 shows together Bisexual Love Triangle Bury Your Queers

Shows with only one Trope

909

Trope Breakdown

37 tropes, by number of shows

Literary Inspired 489 · 21.4%
Bury Your Queers 429 · 18.8%
Coming Out 399 · 17.5%
Queers in Law Enforcement 369 · 16.1%
Bisexual Love Triangle 233 · 10.2%
None! 223 · 9.8%
The Big Bad Queers 189 · 8.3%
Big Queer Reveal 180 · 7.9%
In Love With a Str8 Person 177 · 7.7%
Happy Ending 175 · 7.7%
Everyone's Queer 167 · 7.3%
Unrequited 143 · 6.3%
Sex Workers 113 · 4.9%
Background Queers 105 · 4.6%
Gaybies 100 · 4.4%
Queer for Laughs 94 · 4.1%
Big Queer Wedding 92 · 4%
Queerbashing 80 · 3.5%
Happiness then Tragedy 66 · 2.9%
Queer of the Week 63 · 2.8%
Based on a True Story 60 · 2.6%
Queerspawn 60 · 2.6%
Queer for Ratings 57 · 2.5%
Cliffhanger 47 · 2.1%
Freakout Hetero Sex 41 · 1.8%
Fake Relationship 39 · 1.7%
Erased Queerness 33 · 1.4%
In Prison 27 · 1.2%
Outed 21 · 0.9%
Slow Burn 21 · 0.9%
Gal Pals 14 · 0.6%
Teacher/Student Romance 14 · 0.6%
Subtext 13 · 0.6%
Queerbaiting 12 · 0.5%
Video Game Inspired 7 · 0.3%
Secret Spouse 4 · 0.2%
Forbidden Love 3 · 0.1%

Statistics are updated daily.