The most common dreams, counted

Lists of "most common dreams" usually come from small surveys or from nowhere at all. This one is counted directly from the 122,762 real dream reports in the Terra Somnia archive, spanning 1800 BCE to 2024. Counts are of dreams that mention each theme, tagged by a transparent keyword method, so one dream can carry several themes. Every theme links to its primary sources. For how these themes were read across history, see how the world has read dreams.

Theme	Dreams	Recorded
Dreams About Houses and Rooms	47,535	560 BCE to 2024
Dreams About Family	43,197	1800 BCE to 2024
Dreams About Cars and Travel	32,256	145 CE to 2024
Lucid Dreams	26,588	1897 to 2024
Dreams About School and Exams	21,485	145 CE to 2024
Dreams About War	21,146	560 BCE to 2021
Dreams About Death	17,657	145 CE to 2024
Dreams About Love and Romance	16,549	1800 BCE to 2024
Dreams About Animals	16,359	145 CE to 2021
Dreams About Flying	15,723	44 BCE to 2024
Dreams About Falling	15,235	1800 BCE to 2024
Dreams About Water	15,163	600 BCE to 2024
Dreams About Monsters and Ghosts	10,591	145 CE to 2024
Dreams About Illness and Healing	9,319	145 CE to 2021
Dreams About Being Chased	7,351	145 CE to 2024
Nightmares	3,839	1876 to 2020
Dreams About Being Lost	3,234	1191 to 2023
Dreams About Being Naked in Public	3,108	145 CE to 2024
Dreams About Celebrities	2,949	145 CE to 2021
Dreams About Snakes	2,525	1191 to 2024
Dreams About Teeth Falling Out	1,763	145 CE to 2021
Dreams About Your Ex	1,336	1908 to 2020
Dreams About Weddings	1,175	1867 to 2021
Dreams About Being Pregnant	1,168	1191 to 2021

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