I think you've misunderstood me. Mint is #1 on Distrowatch. That's pretty much it. Everything else suggests that Ubuntu is more popular. So my parent "no evide

I think you've misunderstood me. Mint is #1 on Distrowatch. That's pretty much it. Everything else suggests that Ubuntu is more popular. So my parent "no evidence other than DW clicks" is aimed at Mint, not Ubuntu.