I feel like it's a weird question that really wants you to say who but the situations where it's actually better is vanishingly small. If you want to be a profe

I feel like it's a weird question that really wants you to say who but the situations where it's actually better is vanishingly small. If you want to be a professional musician you're way better off having a large fanbase making music snobs turn their noses up to then be a brilliant composer with 1000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Van Gogh realized none of the spoils of his work. I couldn't care less if I'm famous or influential after I'm dead, I only get these 80 years or so. Being the influential underground artist that inspired the people who got famous is an empty victory. Even for something as simple as a blog having a large following is exposure. You have a better chance of finding quality discussion given more eyeballs.