Ruin Explorer
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That's out of date, as someone pointed out earlier in this thread. Those figures from 2017. They've declined since then, now down to 4.7% combining subraces. They're doing badly for a PHB race - and the 2020 figures are presumably even worse because Half-Orcs are now in the top 5.Nobody who starts these sorts of threads makes them. (By that measure, I guess nobody plays elves, either, since I never play them.)
In point of fact, halflings are right around the median in how many people play them, per D&D Beyond.
Out of date data - 2019 shows they're basically comparable (3.9% despite only one subrace vs 4.7% on combined subraces). I strongly suspect given the gain/fall rate between them Goliaths are now ahead, in 2021.There's no chance the PHB is going to have just four races in it. And based on the available data, goliaths are significantly less popular than halflings.
The only PHB race doing worse is Gnomes. Soz little guy. Your people are in trouble.