I disagree, if only to be a dick.
This chart has always shown a roughly equal distribution of players with each star.
https://www.realmeye.com/number-of-active-players-by-rank
The least common rank is 69, hence why some players like Dalla stick at 69. Also because 69 is fun…as a number. (Reminds me of Ying yang)
I agree with @AAAARGHH. Easiest example: you’re in the chat and lots of people are talking. Instinctively most people filter by formality (caps, punctuation) then by star. As in white stars talking is generally more noticed.
@Pixl That used to be true but rip alts. Pets for the most part made it unreasonable to use multiple accounts, as argued by Stu.