Red Mages need some love

[Malkria]

This is why we don't go by anecdote.

https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/21
In the last two weeks:
Total Black Mage uploads: 15,992
Total Red Mage uploads: 18, 889
Total Summoner uploads: 24,099

For keks and farts:
Total Machinist uploads: 11,450

Which is why you can't go by parser. First off those who use parser are already per-dispositioned to wanting to stick to the highest numbers over a job that they enjoy. Meaning you are more likely to see parsers from people who are heavily into the meta, which in turn is smaller (as in every game) compared to the population at large. Furthermore, many don't use FFlogs at all so again the numbers will be skewed. While it IS quantifiable data, I hesitate to accept it as representational data.

A much better way to judge the popularity would be to have a simple unbiased poll of what players determine to be their main job and how happy they are with it.