> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.humanize.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Themes

> Patterns across all your sessions with supporting quotes, counts, and segment attribution.

Themes are patterns Humanize finds across all your sessions — ideas, sentiments, or behaviors that came up with multiple participants, often across different topics.

## Why it matters

Individual quotes tell a story. Themes tell you whether it's a common story. When five participants independently bring up the same frustration across three different sessions, that's a theme — and it's probably worth acting on.

## What's in it

Each theme shows:

* **Name and description** — what the pattern is about
* **Participant count** — how many people expressed it
* **Connected objectives** — which research questions it ties to
* **Connected moments** — which discussion topics it came from
* **Quotes** — direct quotes, attributed by segment and age ("Lapsed user, 38") or participant number, never by name
* **Quantitative data** — charts and breakdowns showing how widespread the theme is
* **Emotion fingerprint** — the distribution of [emotions](/results/emotion-analysis) participants showed while expressing it
* **Segment tags** — which [segments](/study/segments-and-quotas) drove the theme, if your study uses them
* **Supercut** — an auto-edited [video reel](/results/supercuts) of participants expressing the theme in their own words

Themes aren't limited to a single moment. A theme about "frustration with onboarding" might pull evidence from your onboarding moment, your feature wishlist moment, and your competitive comparison moment — giving you a cross-cutting view you wouldn't get from reading moments one at a time.

## Filtering

Narrow down themes by objective, moment, or participant. Helpful when you're writing up findings for a specific research question — filter by objective and you see just the relevant themes with their evidence.

## Using themes in your work

* **Research reports** — use themes as your main sections, with quotes as evidence
* **Stakeholder presentations** — lead with top themes and participant counts
* **Affinity mapping** — themes work as pre-built affinity groups
* **Tracking over time** — compare themes across studies to see how perspectives shift