Isn't pop[ular] culture necessarily an oligopoly, in that in any sort of popularity-driven competition, popular things will always win out over less popular thi

Isn't pop[ular] culture necessarily an oligopoly, in that in any sort of popularity-driven competition, popular things will always win out over less popular things? > oligopoly: a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers. (That's an honest question, not a concrete stance.)