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    The Most Searched D&D Classes and Subclasses (2026 Data)

    Warlock is the most searched class in D&D 5e, at about 34,000 US searches a month. We ranked all 12 classes by US search volume, set each one against the search demand for its spell list, and checked 20 subclasses: the 12 in the free SRD rules and 8 well-known ones from other books.

    Source: Ahrefs Keywords Explorer, US search volume.

    Last updated October 12, 2026. Methodology

    Key findings

    • Warlock is the most searched D&D 5e class, at about 34,000 US searches a month. Paladin is second at 32,000.
    • Bard and Wizard are the least searched classes at 22,000 each. The most searched class gets only 1.5 times the searches of the least searched, so demand is spread fairly evenly across all 12.
    • Paladin is the second most searched class, and its spell list has the highest average search volume per spell of any class (4,597 per spell across 31 SRD spells).
    • The free SRD rules give each class one subclass. Searched by their official names, those 12 subclasses total 2,540 searches a month; Champion (Fighter) is the most searched at 800.
    • 7 of the 8 well-known non-SRD subclasses we checked get more searches than any SRD subclass. Swashbuckler (Rogue) leads at 6,000, then Echo Knight (Fighter) at 4,100.

    The 12 D&D 5e classes, ranked by searches

    Classes with the same volume share a rank. The last column is the average search volume of the spells on that class's SRD spell list, from our spell search data; classes without a spell list show a dash.

    D&D 5e classes ranked by US monthly searches
    RankClassMonthly US searches
    1Warlock34,000
    2Paladin32,000
    3Cleric29,000
    4Fighter27,000
    4Ranger27,000
    4Sorcerer27,000
    7Barbarian26,000
    8Monk24,000
    8Rogue24,000
    10Druid23,000
    11Bard22,000
    11Wizard22,000

    SRD subclasses

    The one subclass per class in the free SRD rules, searched by its official name.

    SRD subclasses by US monthly searches
    RankSubclassClassMonthly US searches
    1ChampionFighter800
    2Oath of DevotionPaladin500
    3ThiefRogue300
    4The FiendWarlock250
    5HunterRanger200
    6College of LoreBard150
    7Path of the BerserkerBarbarian100
    8Life DomainCleric60
    8Way of the Open HandMonk60
    10Circle of the LandDruid50
    10School of EvocationWizard50
    12Draconic BloodlineSorcerer20

    8 well-known non-SRD subclasses

    A hand-picked sample from other books, not a full list. Same keyword pattern.

    Selected non-SRD subclasses by US monthly searches
    RankSubclassClassMonthly US searches
    1SwashbucklerRogue6,000
    2Echo KnightFighter4,100
    3HexbladeWarlock3,200
    4Battle MasterFighter2,800
    5Arcane TricksterRogue2,600
    6Gloom StalkerRanger1,900
    7Oath of VengeancePaladin1,800
    8Circle of the MoonDruid800

    Methodology and limitations

    Source. Ahrefs Keywords Explorer, United States database. Each number is Ahrefs' estimate of the average monthly search volume over the last 12 months for one keyword. Class volumes were pulled on October 3, 2026; subclass volumes on October 12, 2026.

    Keywords. One keyword per class ("warlock 5e") and per subclass. Subclasses use the official name plus "5e" ("college of lore 5e", "oath of devotion 5e"). Where the name alone is a common word, the class is added ("champion fighter 5e", "thief rogue 5e"). People often search subclasses by a short form such as "lore bard", which this pattern misses, so subclass numbers undercount more than class numbers do.

    Subclass sample. We checked the 12 SRD subclasses and 8 non-SRD subclasses chosen because they are widely discussed. That is a small sample of the 100+ official subclasses, so it can't tell you which subclass is the most searched overall, and comparing the SRD total with the non-SRD total says nothing about all non-SRD subclasses.

    Estimates. Search volumes are modelled and rounded by Ahrefs, so small gaps are not meaningful. Search volume shows how often people look a class up, not how many people play it. "druid 5e" also picks up people looking for the Druid stat block, and the "5e" keyword does not separate the 2014 and 2024 rules.

    No player data. Everything here is public search data. It does not use any data from Loreify users or their sessions.

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    Loreify, "The Most Searched D&D Classes and Subclasses (2026 Data)", https://loreify.ai/data/most-searched-dnd-classes (Ahrefs US search volume, pulled October 12, 2026).

    Embed the top 10 table

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<caption style="text-align:left;font-weight:bold;padding:4px 0">Most searched D&amp;D 5e classes (US, monthly)</caption>
<thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:4px">#</th><th style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:4px">Class</th><th style="text-align:right;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:4px">Searches</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td style="padding:4px">1</td><td style="padding:4px">Warlock</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">34,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">2</td><td style="padding:4px">Paladin</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">32,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">3</td><td style="padding:4px">Cleric</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">29,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">4</td><td style="padding:4px">Fighter</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">27,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">4</td><td style="padding:4px">Ranger</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">27,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">4</td><td style="padding:4px">Sorcerer</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">27,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">7</td><td style="padding:4px">Barbarian</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">26,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">8</td><td style="padding:4px">Monk</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">24,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">8</td><td style="padding:4px">Rogue</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">24,000</td></tr>
<tr><td style="padding:4px">10</td><td style="padding:4px">Druid</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px">23,000</td></tr>
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<p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin:4px 0 0">Source: <a href="https://loreify.ai/data/most-searched-dnd-classes">Most searched D&amp;D classes</a> by Loreify (Ahrefs US data, October 3, 2026)</p>

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