Ro Laren has placed in several polls featuring the characters of the franchise over the course of several years. In a list of the strongest female characters on the official "Star Trek" website by Jordan Hoffman in 2012, Ro Laren was placed second behind Edith Keeler from the "" episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". He said that Ro was one of the "richest figures in "Trek"", and wished to be able to see an alternative timeline where Forbes had accepted the main cast position on "Deep Space Nine". A poll at the Creation Entertainment official "Star Trek" convention in 2013, conducted by Hoffman, placed Ro Laren as the fifth most popular recurring character among fans, behind Elim Garak, Q, Gul Dukat and General Martok. Hoffman expressed a view that he had expected her to place higher in the rankings, due to the number of her vocal supporters, however she also had many booing her. On a poll run on the official "Star Trek" website in 2014 regarding the fans' favourite supporting character, Ro came eighth out of ten. In 2015, she was included in a list of the 21 "most interesting" supporting characters in the franchise by Lisa Granshaw at Blastr. Granshaw called Ro "a complicated, strong character", and said her "different layers and motivations made her a great character to watch interact with the loyal crew of the "Enterprise"."