What our questions are about: topic coverage
Of the 797 tagged questions in the bank, the six subject domains split almost evenly: social science 20.1%, business 20.1%, humanities 19.8%, law 17.1%, science 16.4%, and civic/everyday life 6.5%. No domain dominates.
The method
A script counted the topic field on every question in the bank. 797 questions carry a topic tag; 384 earlier questions were written before tagging started and have none. Computed 2026-10-12. Shares below are shares of tagged questions.
The numbers
| Topic domain | Questions | Share of tagged |
|---|---|---|
| Social science | 160 | 20.1% |
| Business | 160 | 20.1% |
| Humanities | 158 | 19.8% |
| Law | 136 | 17.1% |
| Science | 131 | 16.4% |
| Civic / everyday life | 52 | 6.5% |
Untagged (pre-tagging questions): 384.
What this means for students
The LSAT tests reasoning, not subject knowledge, but the reasoning always arrives wrapped in a subject. A student who only practices science passages will feel lost in a humanities passage, not because the logic changed but because the reading felt foreign. Even topic coverage keeps the wrapping varied so the skill transfers.
Civic/everyday life is the smallest slice at 6.5%. That is fine: those questions read the most like ordinary prose, so they are the least likely to throw you. The academic domains, where dense writing lives, get the weight.
The 384 untagged questions are the bank's earliest batches. They are still full questions with explanations; they just predate the tagging system. Tagging started with the October 7 batches and applies to everything written since.
Computed from the LSATPathway original question bank (N=1,181 questions) on 2026-10-12.
See also: how the bank breaks down by type, comparative reading in the glossary.
Last updated October 12, 2026