The Graph is just data. If SE is using that data alone to determine job popularity then the (sad) state of the game makes so much more sense now.

That Data should be considered, at best, as a third indicator for job popularity.

As many have recent said in this thread, having a (tank)job lvled does not mean it is being played.

I'm not even going to get into the fact that there are more than twice as many dps as there are tanks. The implications of such should be (at least I hope) well within SE's means of grasping.

What they, and no one, seems to be considering is the fact that many Tanks, be they WAR or PLD, play other jobs. That only reduces the true amount of available tanks available further.

Now, tanks might be playing other jobs because they desire a temporary change and want to mix things up a bit, or they might be playing other jobs because they are fed up of tanking - be it because it is so mundane and repetitive, or because it is too stressful for some to have to deal with the community's blunt feedback about their performance. Be it valid or invalid, many people just do not want to be in the spotlight amongst strangers and subject themselves to abuse. They're crazy. Who doesn't love being abused by total strangers and being the only one other than the healers who is accountable for every last damn mistake they make?

Never mind all that, a mount sounds like the perfect solution.