popular to someone vs popular with someone

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Popular with someone' is the more common and idiomatic phrase used to indicate that something or someone is liked or admired by a particular person or group. On the other hand, 'popular to someone' is less common and may sound awkward in most situations.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 5172 views

popular to someone

This phrase is not commonly used in English. 'Popular with someone' is the more appropriate choice.

It is not common to use 'popular to someone' in English. Instead, use 'popular with someone' to indicate that something or someone is liked or admired by a particular person or group.

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I'm more popular than someone!
I think it was someone really popular.
- Well, someone's popular.
I seemed too strong, too popular to them.
I know it's not popular to say, but I hate balloons.
Plenty of people do, just not popular to admit it.
In two months, Luke went from Mr. popular to lone-wolf-hermit boy.
Nowadays it's very popular to think of reality and fantasy... in conjunction with each other.
I know that it has become popular to talk about simplification and better regulation.
These days it's very popular to believe that this push for transparency, this kind of a combination between active citizens, new technologies and much more transparency-friendly legislation can restore trust in politics.
I might add from the point of view of an Austrian MEP that it was not always very popular to campaign in Austria for the accession of the Czech Republic.
She spoke to someone named Barriss.
I realized it belongs to someone else.
Usually not to someone so nice.
The lower body belonged to someone else.
You lost her to someone else.
Then/ realized this crown would mean even more to someone else.
I answer to someone's whose instructions supersede yours.
Imagine watching that happen to someone who you...
They're only frightening to someone emotionally involved.

Alternatives:

popular with someone
liked by someone
admired by someone
well-received by someone
appealing to someone

popular with someone

This phrase is commonly used in English to indicate that something or someone is liked or admired by a particular person or group.

'Popular with someone' is the correct phrase to use when indicating that something or someone is liked or admired by a particular person or group.

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I'm more popular than someone!
I think it was someone really popular.
- Well, someone's popular.
With someone else in office, personal issues could get in the way, keeping apart the two most popular houses on campus.
And I can't get involved with someone... who's 35 and... still obsessed with sitting at the popular table.
Fiery death not popular with voters.
It's popular with young couples.
Popular with Hollywood starlets and cancer patients.
These instruments have proven popular with consumers and producers alike.
The Standish is popular with married men who value discretion.
No wonder it's so popular with India's 1.24 billion people.
And for whatever reason, champagne is still very popular with vow renewals.
- You boys are quite popular with the press.
- You boys are quite popular with the press.
Although, he wasn't very popular with the locals either.
Must be popular with the wife.
This made CDO's popular with retirement funds... which can only purchase highly rated securities.
Very popular with the inhabitants of these catacombs.
Very popular with London gangs at the moment.
They've been popular with America's youth for over 60 years.

Alternatives:

popular to someone
liked by someone
admired by someone
well-received by someone
appealing to someone

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