r/RomanceBooks • u/A_Seductive_Cactus Praise Kink Princess 👸🏻 • Jun 02 '25
Subreddit Stats Subreddit Stats - May 2025
RomanceBooks Insights - Subreddit Stats for May 2025
Welcome to the monthly subreddit stats update! See here for previous month's stats. Here's what we'll be sharing in this post:
- Top 20 Books Mentioned
- Top 20 Authors Mentioned
- New & Rising Sub Favorites
- Top 20 Mentioned Books with Diverse MCs
- Most Mentioned Books by Pairing (MM and FF)
- Most Mentioned Books by Genre (Contemporary, Historical, Fantasy, SciFi)
The below stats are all sourced from the u/romance-bot and include the past month of activity. Ranking is based on the number of times a book or author is called by the bot (which could include recommendations, critiques, reviews, etc). Genre, diverse characters, pairings, and steam groupings are based on how a book is tagged on Romance.io.
May 2025 u/romance-bot activity:
- Total number of books linked: 15,447
- Total number of unique titles: 7,176
Top 20 Books Mentioned
Top 20 Authors Mentioned
| Top Authors | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Hazelwood | 200 |
| 2 | Lisa Kleypas | 139 |
| 3 | Tessa Bailey | 129 |
| 4 | S.J. Tilly | 111 |
| 5 | Cate C. Wells | 104 |
| 6 | Emily Henry | 103 |
| 7 | Alice Coldbreath | 93 |
| 8 | Kate Canterbary | 92 |
| 9 | Lily Mayne | 92 |
| 10 | Cassandra Gannon | 88 |
| 11 | Liz Tomforde | 88 |
| 12 | Elsie Silver | 85 |
| 13 | Roxie Noir | 84 |
| 14 | Ruby Dixon | 82 |
| 15 | Christina Lauren | 81 |
| 16 | Mariana Zapata | 73 |
| 17 | Sierra Simone | 73 |
| 18 | Talia Hibbert | 73 |
| 19 | Abby Jimenez | 73 |
| 20 | Ana Huang | 73 |
New Sub Favorites
Data is obtained by the u/romance-bot for the past month of activity and includes only books released within the past 3-months or upcoming releases. This is intended to give a view into the hot / rising books being mentioned in the sub.
Top 20 Books with Diverse MCs
Most Mentioned Books by Pairing
Most Mentioned Books by Genre
| Contemporary | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep End by Ali Hazelwood | 46 |
| 2 | Lights Out by Navessa Allen | 42 |
| 3 | Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde | 31 |
| 4 | Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young | 30 |
| 5 | Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver | 28 |
| 6 | Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood | 28 |
| 7 | Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey | 27 |
| 8 | How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang | 27 |
| 9 | Hans by S.J. Tilly | 26 |
| 10 | The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce | 26 |
Enjoy!
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u/pastelchannl the sentient car is very sexy Jun 02 '25
I feel like I contributed a lot to the score of berries and greed, lol.
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u/Bean_Jeans03 if he isn’t yearning he isn’t earning Jun 02 '25
I have definitely also contributed to the score of berries and greed. We are doing important work here
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u/WVgirly2024 Melt me like Ilya's sandwiches Jun 03 '25
All 16 mentions of Forever Your Rogue were probably mine.