Mr. Obama is the only popular politician left in the world. He would win an election in any one of the G-20 countries, and his fellow world leaders will do anything to take home a touch of that reflected popularity.

Musicians are all about celebrity first and foremost, and I just can't do it. The second any sort of popularity contest comes into the picture, I have to walk in the other direction. These people are sociopaths.

In today's world, America's soft power is commonly thought to reside in the global popularity of Hollywood movies, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks.

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Now is a time where there are so many social networks, such need for validation... you don't have to be a star or a politician to want to have likes or dislikes. Now there is a disease of popularity in the whole society.

There are three elements to perceived popularity. A student has to be visible, recognizable and influential.

There's no denying that my popularity helped me a lot.

Britain First has deeply ignoble form on trying to 'hijack' the poppy to increase their popularity and donations.