Back in 2015, WotC conducted a survey. It covered many things, amongst which were D&D's various worlds and settings.
The settings fell into three 'tiers' of popularity:
They also noted that "Spelljammer has often lagged behind the broad popularity of other settings, falling into love-it-or-hate-it status depending on personal tastes. Greyhawk and Dragonlance hew fairly close to the assumptions we used in creating the fifth edition rulebooks, making them much easier to run with material from past editions. Of the top five settings, four require significant new material to function and the fifth is by far our most popular world."
The settings fell into three 'tiers' of popularity:
- Tier 1: Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Planescape, Forgotten Realms
- Tier 2: Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Spelljammer
- Tier 3: Everything else
They also noted that "Spelljammer has often lagged behind the broad popularity of other settings, falling into love-it-or-hate-it status depending on personal tastes. Greyhawk and Dragonlance hew fairly close to the assumptions we used in creating the fifth edition rulebooks, making them much easier to run with material from past editions. Of the top five settings, four require significant new material to function and the fifth is by far our most popular world."
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