Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
Now, it's population rivals the high pop worlds.
Rivals? Mateus is the highest population world now more often than not according to the Lucky Bancho census and has been since the start of Endwalker.

But as for your main point, you're correct. Worlds will start off small and gradually build up over time as more players join the game. Dynamis has a solid population now. The problem is that much of the level cap population got used to going to Aether or the other NA data centers early on so it's a habit for them now. They haven't seen the population increase like those who chose to play on Dynamis have. If they would all stay on Dynamis for a change, there would be little reason for anyone to head to Aether.