Chris, I disagree that these numbers are a measure of popularity--I say they are a measure of availability, the brands that a person "encounters", as opposed to "shops for". We no longer can go into several stores and pick out exactly what we want. If we could do that, then "popular" might mean something.

And availability has two components: quantity made and quantity that turn up in a buyer's locality, including online. I don't even see many Olivettis here, though I would love to have a 22 or a 32. It will be interesting to see how these lists vary by where they come from.

The tws that people have acquired are often quite different from what they desire to acquire, and the database's numbers do not subtract what typewriters people have gotten rid of, the opposite of popularity. And some tws are counted twice or more as people sell one, change it from Own to Sighting, and the new owner adds it to the DB (a minor point, covered by your disclaimer, but real). Is a tw popular if it changes hands a lot? As many people don't want it as do. Ted, can you track how many times a particular serial number is entered in the galleries?

Here's a list of what brands have passed through my hands in New England since 2010:
Smith-Corona (94)
Royal (70)
Underwood (31)
Olympia (26)
Remington (26)
IBM (13)
Olivetti (13)
Sears (9) (Smith-Corona and Brother, mostly)
Remington Rand (8)
Brother (7)
L. C. Smith (6)
Tower (4) (Smith-Corona)
Facit (3)
Hermes (3)
Olivetti-Underwood (3)
Adler (2)
Canon (2)
Consul (2)
Oliver (2)
Antares (1)
Corona (1)
Juki (1)
Kmart (1) (Brother)
Monarch (1)
Montgomery Ward (1) (Brother)
Optima (1)
R. C. Allen (1)
Torpedo (1)
toy (1)
Webster (1)
Western Auto (1)
Western Stamping Co (1)
Xerox (1)