regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"

carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"

representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction"

(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)