How popular are variants?

Im not a huge variants players, a bit now and then. How popular are the varients and which are the most popular? (I am thinking 960?)

Is there a chart that shows the variants player stats as in how many are playing each format.

And are their tournaments for the varients (other than 960)

Just wondered.

thanks in advance.

They are very popular, but not as popular as me 🤯

Sean this is true, I shall furnish you with a trophy as a symbol of your popularity,

I was just kidding XD with a bit of sarcasm

I am afraid that it is not true…. 😂

but thx anyways

Sheep are very popular, esp in Wales.

i am not sure if there is a chart or anything but i know chess960 and atomic are popular and actually good

...

Been playing 4 player Chaturaji for a long time now. Think the regular 4 player chess is most popular variant. Other popular ones are 960, fog of war, atomic, Chaturaji, duck chess, crazyhouse…

Oh and if you go to “4 player and variants” it should show you off to the right how many people are playing each

Why is duck chess being played by 8 people 😡😡😡😡

Hey, no offense, but it’s totally obvious that variants, even when tweaked and arranged for most folks, are niche.

.

Chess.com has a schizophrenic attitude towards variants. Some variants, such as 3-checks, King of the Hill, Crazyhouse and 960 are hosted on the live server. But other variants need you go to a separate server when there's like 12 people playing them.

Unpopular. We need Xiangqi and Shogi

what are these please?