Expanding on Kelly (2011)—thanks @Gabriel!—I summarized his Table 13 in a word cloud, taking the liberty to borrow Bhante’s terminology.
Here we can see the relative frequency of Dhamma topics addressed to lay people in the four nikāyas and four early books of the Khuddaka Nikāya. The size of each word corresponds with this frequency.
How to make this word cloud
Here is the paper.
I used WordItOut (free), with the following table:
Table
ethics:85
giving:28
Buddha/Dhamma/Sangha:14
faith/ethics/wisdom:10
faith:4
respect for elders:8
marriage:8
qualities of a wife:5
sons/daughters/children:4
sabbath:5
wealth:5
middle way:2
class:1
karma:9
intention:1
householder, higher qualities:9
lay relationship to Sangha:2
aging & death:3
good friendship:1
judging others:8
teachers & training:5
Brahmā meditation:4
equanimity:1
love:1
non-violence:9
hate/annoyance/anger: 7
attachment/lust/desire:24
sensual pleasures:10
sense fields:3
feeling:4
renunciation:10
moderation in eating:2
celibacy:1
spiritual practice:17
rules for nuns:1
seclusion:1
immersion & absorption:14
mindfulness:6
range of Dhamma:2
right view:3
right effort:3
right speech:2
diligence:5
purification:6
greed/hate/delusion:17
aggregates:5
hindrances:4
faculties:3
recollections:3
awakening factors:2
impermanence:4
bases for psychic power:4
proliferation:1
knowing truth:2
reality & perception:1
undeclared questions:1
dependent origination:4
non-self:3
transmigration:1
wisdom:5
defilements:1
beyond fear:1
stream-entry:21
noble ones:1
extinguishment:9