I couldn't find this data so I made a chart myself. Based on all games played on lichess in May 2023. The popularity of different time controls based as a function of player's rating.
The games popularity is weighted by time control (so 1 game of 10+0 is worth as much as 10 games of 1+0)
Here is the image.
i.gyazo.com/9b617222179183a7a8a316b6433b0be3.png
Clear winners are 10+0 below 1900, 3+0 1900-1500. and 1+0 for 2500+. rankings above 2800 have too few games and it's just noise over there so I didn't include it.
Known issue: the ratings between e.g. bullet and rapid aren't comparable so one has to adjust for that.
The games popularity is weighted by time control (so 1 game of 10+0 is worth as much as 10 games of 1+0)
Here is the image.
i.gyazo.com/9b617222179183a7a8a316b6433b0be3.png
Clear winners are 10+0 below 1900, 3+0 1900-1500. and 1+0 for 2500+. rankings above 2800 have too few games and it's just noise over there so I didn't include it.
Known issue: the ratings between e.g. bullet and rapid aren't comparable so one has to adjust for that.