Seems the popularity of the masses is based around the year of release of the newest game. New Leaf launched in 2013, and that year, into 2014, anime conventions I went to had meetups for it, but at one I went to today which had a scheduled meetup, no one showed up, and it kind of figures, New Leaf is now an "old" game, and Happy Home Designer is yet to debut, so it's declining in popularity- trading posts kind of confirm the majority have moved on sadly...