Why are pop music, fast food and sitcoms so extremely popular? They maximize a small amount of appeal across a broad group. Every step deeper, or obscure loses

Why are pop music, fast food and sitcoms so extremely popular? They maximize a small amount of appeal across a broad group. Every step deeper, or obscure loses you more and more mass appeal. Therefore, projects with high max appeal make it to the top of lists like HN. It's no conspiracy.