The fact that more people play SOD can be explained by the simple inertia of thinking and the unwillingness (due to sheer laziness) to learn something new, even if it is much better. Just an idea.
But overall, sorry. This level of discussion is uninteresting. When someone says "it can be confidently stated," they are saying something that cannot be "confidently" stated based on the available information. I'm out of such discussions. It will turn into a banal flame war, "without coming to one's senses."
Sorry, I misspoke. :D

You are wrong. I won the first Hota Tournament. I sat down, studied everything, and prepared thoroughly. But after the tournament, I stopped playing Hota. And I can say that it has nothing to do with laziness, but as they say, it's a completely different story.
And Nitro is right, fewer players play Hota, and the strength of Hota tournaments cannot be compared with the tournaments that Nitro described (OnlyHL, FB, Favorites).
You can only feel the seriousness and strength of a tournament by winning it; everything else is just empty talk.