People like the most boring characters in Dungeons & Dragons

Thanks to the number-crunching wizards at FiveThirtyEight, we now have scientific proof that Dungeons & Dragons players are a mostly uncreative lot, preferring to stay as close to the mundane as possible. By partnering with D&D Beyond, FiveThirtyEight was able to look at the data of over 100,000 players and see what they liked. Surprise! They like the safe and familiar. The most popular character race and class combination is the dull human fighter. The old sword and board, hacking away like a lumberjack at a log pile. The next most popular character type is, of course, the elf ranger. Lots of Drizzt and Legolas out there.

Pity the poor Aasimar or Aarakocra as the least popular races. Presumably, they hold that dubious honor because no one even knows what they are.