This is shown in the fact that the most popular baby names are not as popular as they used to be.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Apparently,the texts that were the most popular over a bigger geographical space tended to be the ones that got in.

很明显，在较大的地域上,最受欢迎的书籍通常都会被选上。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

We don't expect everybody to be a course six major, contrary to popular opinion, so for those are you not in that category, the second thing we want to do is we want to help students who don't plan to major in course six to feel justifiably confident in their ability to write and read small pieces of code.

和大众意见正相反，我们不希望所有人都变成course，six的主修学生，所以对于那些不在第一梯队里的人来说，我们想做的第二件事情就是,希望帮助还不想,主修这门课的人,都能获得在自己能力范围内,读写小编码的自信。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Their work can be seen in the extreme weather videos that are increasingly popular on television and on the Internet.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

The winner would be the one who captured a majority of the popular votes in New York state.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

for everybody, Disc golf is especially popular on college campuses because it's inexpensive and can be played in any season,day or night.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

While his approval rating in the United States may be slipping, President Barack Obama, whose father was from Kenya, remains popular in Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Robow is reported to be in favor of engaging in talks with al-Shabab rivals and maintaining a popular backing for the militant group.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23