the majority of music I listen to is created by smaller artists id say, but in general, I don’t really care :D I just listen to whatever sounds cool to me without thinking about popularity

I like music.

I don’t really care at all. A lot of the music I like tends to be less mainstream, but it’s not intentional. I really like metal stuff, and especially more niche stuff like blackgaze. But I also like a lot of rap that’s more mainstream. So it’s a mixed bag for me.

I guess all this to say that mainstream status doesn’t factor into my tastes

It doesn’t matter to me at all. I have all kinds of things on shuffle—it can go from Deicide and cannibal corpse to EDM.