Many thanks to M_gann who helped me come up with this idea and organized the first few polls, as well as to everyone who voted, commented, and submitted their lists! Now it's finally time to take a look at which DPs we think are most popular and compare them to which DPs actually are most popular. Please take a look at link as well!

11. Merida
Actual rank: 10

Wow, I am legitimately shocked that Merida is more popular than we thought she was. I've always viewed her as Fanpop's most hated princess, but I guess that's not true anymore! Unfortunately she's still very unpopular.

I'm going to tentatively guess Merida, although I think Tiana and Snow White are also pretty disliked around here. Merida has had a long tradition of haters though, ever since her film first came out. This mainly seems to stem from people viewing her as a brat, and also those who think she doesn't "fit" in the lineup. ~MaidofOrleans

^well said. ~disnerdtobe

Not only does she have a ton of really vocal haters here, she also doesn't have as many passionate supporters as the other DPs and people rag on her looks a lot. ~UnholyNoise

Ariel gets a lot of flack but she has a lot of passionate fans here. I haven't seen that for Merida who gets mostly lukewarm support at best. ~jeangreyforever

^ exactly and it kind of sucks. I like her. ~zanhar1

i agree with MaidofOrleans ~anukriti2409

I would say Tiana is the least talked about, but she doesn't get the same continuous hate that Merida gets. ~touchingthesky

i always see people hating on Merida ~pretty_angel92



10. Tiana
Actual rank: 7

Looks like we overestimated Tiana's lack of popularity. Although she certainly isn't universally loved on here, she's more well liked than we thought.

I think her or Snow White. They both tend to be low on people's lists, but both have a few fans on here as well. I went with Tia because I see more outright dislike for her, while in Snow's case people just don't really talk about her. ~MaidofOrleans

I rarely saw her fans as well. ~Sparklefairy375

Or Snow. ~Angelica_AW

Yep ~ApplesauceDoctr

I don't think she appeals much to Disney fans, especially Disney Princess fans. ~jeangreyforever

i agree with MaidofOrleans. There's more negative opinions about Tia in general than positive ones, People appreciate Snow's characteristics but she's mainly low because of low relatablity factor. ~anukriti2409



9. Aurora
Actual rank: 9

Aurora is the first of only two princesses that we got exactly right! Poor Aurora is in Fanpop's bottom three princesses, just as we thought.

On the rare occasion when people actually mention her, it's to talk about how she has no personality, etc. ~UnholyNoise

Honestly I haven't seen much, if any, hate for Ariel lately. People just haven't been talking about her a lot. Aurora isn't talked about much either, but I think she tends to be higher on people's lists than Snow, who also tends to be forgotten on here.

Also, Rapunzel is leading this poll by a huge margin, but there are no comments. I smell a rigger. (Plus people love her on here. She is consistently in people's top 5.)

*edit* Changing my vote! I see more Aurora haters on here than Snow haters. ~MaidofOrleans

At first I chose Pocahontas, because nobody really talks about her much. Same with Mulan. But it's obvious that the least popular of all is definitely Aurora! Everyone says she's lazy (?!), or that all she does is sleep (?!?), or that she's bland and devoid of personality (??!??!??)....which is the farthest thing from the truth. All that one needs to do is actually watch the film. ~ClassicTV

I never see any Poca haters but I do see Aurora haters. ~ace2000

hahaha. Belle never has been and likely never will be unpopular, here or irl. Guys, please stop voting for your already very popular faves just because they don't get the 100% adoration rating you think they should. be a little objective sometimes.

anyway. I was originally gonna vote for Poca, but I realized people are just neutral towards her when they remember her at all. she's not UNpopular, just... there. then I considered Snow. Aurora's popularity has gotten a boost the past couple years, thankfully, but Snow still gets more respect, I think.

I considered not voting for Aurora at all but yeah, she still gets criticized a lot, and a lot of it is towards her having a growing fanbase here. "she's so overrated! she doesn't DO anything!" Like a largely forgotten/ignored princess (for the franchise, at least) to have a small fanbase on ONE website could possibly make her overrated. As I've pointed out many times, most people even online don't get her name right... or know what happens in her movie... or can name anything about her but "sleeping" which isn't even a personality trait. ~AudreyFreak

i think Snow and Poca both gets their fair amount of respect and admiration. Most people have tend to forgotten Aurora or say most obvious that she doesn't have any depth in her personality. ~anukriti2409



8. Pocahontas
Actual rank: 6

I suspected that Pocahontas might be more popular than users were giving her credit for, and it turns out that was the case. We may not hear much about her on here, but she isn't stuck at the bottom of everyone's lists as some people thought.

I don't see hate or love for her here. ~jeangreyforever

^ same ~zanhar1

Same as before. Peoples rarely talk about her here. ~Sparklefairy375

I feel Snow has more lovers. Poca is always mostly in the middle of the list, people neither hate her nor love her. More importantly, she's also thought to be a boring character by many. ~anukriti2409

Poor Pocahontas gets too much hate. She's one of my favourite underrated Disney characters. ~Starfox2000

^yeah, she's underrated, but when has she ever gotten hate? ~AudreyFreak



7. Snow White
Actual rank: 11

I'll admit I'm surprised that Snow White is Fanpop's least favorite princess. I thought that, being the one who started it all, she would be more appreciated, and other users seemed to think so too. Turns out we were wrong.

Ok, it's really time for her to go. She's at the bottom of so many people's lists, and she is rarely talked about on here. ~MaidofOrleans

Compare to the other princesses definitely! ~Angelica_AW

Compared to the other princesses she has very few fans. It is a shame considering she's the star of Walt Disney's first feature length film. But I do understand the hate. Three years ago on here, she was at the bottom or second last on my lists too. ~PrincessAyeka12

A lot of people dislike her. ~jeangreyforever

she's at best respected for what she represents and her being the first princess but as a character i see very little love for her. ~anukriti2409

Although she's the first princess that Disney created, ironically she has a few fans here. ~Sparklefairy375

She has fewer fans and popularity compared to the others here. ~truth76

Not that she is disliked,it´s more like is considered less interesting ~lililc



6. Mulan
Actual rank: 1

Ok, so I'm going to have to give a little disclaimer on this result. From the very beginning of this countdown there was a lot of rigging, which is why M_gann decided to give consideration to the comments as well as the votes in the poll. It all came to a head here, where Mulan won the poll and Jasmine came in second. Mulan had three comments and Jasmine had four. At the time I didn't think that this was a big enough discrepancy to eliminate Jasmine instead of Mulan, but I now regret that decision. It was pretty obvious that rigging was a big issue during all of these polls, and after this point I began eliminating DPs exclusively by comments. My apologies for this mistake!

She isn't that popular I guess.

Trolls again?(same user names) It seams they hate Punzel pretty much :/ ~tiffany88

She's one of my favorites, but so far I've mostly seen a more hate than love for her.

EDIT: I just went to the link up there ^ and Mulan seems to be the number one for a lot of people... Well, I still haven't seen much people talk about here, so I guess she's loved in a way but kinda underrated? ~FloraorStella

I haven't seen much love for her lately either which is weird because I thought she was a fan-fav as well. But I also thought that about Belle and she has a lot of haters here. ~jeangreyforever



5. Jasmine
Actual rank: 8

I was surprised that Jasmine stayed in the running as long as she did, especially considering that her actual rank is much lower than what users thought it was. Jasmine sadly just isn't that well-liked around here.

Hmm, definitely wasn't expecting Mulan to get voted out so early. I certainly think Jasmine is less popular than her. Lots of people dislike that she's historically inaccurate, plus I tend to hear the words "hypocrite" and "b*tch" tossed around whenever she's brought up. ~MaidofOrleans

I'm surprised Mulan went out so soon. I thought she got more praise than Ariel and was considered to the best princess of the renaissance on here.

I agree with MaidofOrleans about Jasmine and the comment I made in the other poll. ~PrincessAyeka12

Same reason as before. She's less popular and some peoples are tend to dislike her.
Seriously? How can Mulan left? I've always think she's one of the most popular in here?! ~Sparklefairy375

Wasn't Jasmine voted for the most as the least unpopular in the previous poll? People change their minds real quick XD

Also, what's with the Rapunzel haters up there with the same names ^^ ~FloraorStella

I smell rigging around Mulan. Jasmine is way less popular than Mulan. I have never heard a bad thing about Mulan ever here. Jasmine is my least favorite too and is mostly criticized for being historically inaccurate and rude princess.

My next vote would be for Belle. ~anukriti2409



4. Cinderella
Actual rank: 4

This round required a tiebreaker between Cinderella and Belle! It was very close, but the fans decided that Cinderella seemed more unpopular than Belle. Although they were wrong about her being less popular (she's actually slightly more liked than Belle), she did end up in the same rank on both lists!

As I said before she is more respected by peoples rather than being loved or hated. Belle have some haters, but she still have a lot of fans. ~Sparklefairy375

I actually wish Mulan wasn't voted out now. She's way more popular than Cinderella without a doubt. That being said, Cinderella is definitely not that popular on this site. ~FloraorStella

On the whole of Fanpop. ~ace2000

Definitely! World wide she is pretty popular but on Fanpop Belle has much more fans. ~tiffany88

So far what I've seen, Cinderella has not been high on any favorites lists that I've read. ~Beastlysoul25

My poor dear is so underrated here on Fanpop :-( ~EmaSomolanyiova

She doesn't get the same attention that Belle does, that's for sure. Belle, despite criticism, ends up at the top of most user's favorite lists on Fanpop. As I've said before, Belle is usually #1, #2, #3 or #4 on people's Favorite lists on Fanpop. Only a couple of people (myself and Ace2000) have Belle at #10 or #11. That's two people out of what, more than 76 Fanpop users? Belle is hardly stuck at the bottom on Fanpop. Contrast this, with seeing only a couple of people, including myself, having Cinderella in their top 5, and only one or two people having Cinderella as their top Disney Princess overall. Owleyes and hatelarxene are the only users I know of, who list Cinderella as their top DP. But at least 12 or more users list Belle in their top five, and of that number, at least 5 users have Belle as their top princess.

My point is that Cinderella is definitely less popular than Belle is around Fanpop. ~wavesurf

Belle has more fans. ~truth76

Wavesurf has a point. ~PrincessAyeka12



3. Belle
Actual rank: 5

Yeah, I saw a few users saying that she was Fanpop's favorite. Nope, she's not, although she did manage to squeeze into the top five. She tends to be high on people's lists, but she's pretty far from the number one spot.

I see far more criticism for Belle than for either Ariel or Punzie. Not only that, but she is in people's top three less often as well. I still maintain that Mulan is Fanpop's most popular, and I'm disappointed she got voted out so early, but I think Punzie is probably second and Ariel is probably third, so I'm not too unhappy with this top three. ~MaidofOrleans

She's the most polarizing. ~jeangreyforever

I'm surprised these three made it this far. I've heard a good amount of criticism of each of them. ~disnerdtobe

Belle gets a lot of criticism and heated debates. ~PrincessAyeka12

Compared with Ariel and Rapunzel, she gets a lot of hatred and criticism. ~Sparklefairy375

100% agree with MaidofOrleans. I think Mulan should have been the winner of this countdown. Belle definitely has lot less lovers than haters. I have hardly seen Rapunzel in bottom end of anyone's list. At best, she's only thought to be of "too-perfect" to be Mary Sue. Even Belle's qualities are considered to be as negative and labelled as "pseudo-intelligence" and "snob". At least Ariel is appreciated and liked for her qualities of being free-spirited, adventurous and fun-loving. ~anukriti2409



2. Ariel
Actual rank: 3

The final poll was extremely close, but Ariel was determined to be slightly less popular because she's a far more polarizing character. Turns out we were right! Despite this she's still a very popular character and it's not uncommon to find her in users' top five favorites.

Both are very popular, but I see more criticism of Ariel, and she also tends to be low on people's lists more often than Punzie. ~MaidofOrleans

It's opposite outside Fanpop but here Rapunzel gets more love than Ariel. ~truth76

Ariel is definitely LESS POPULAR than Rapunzel. The most that Rapunzel gets is being called a Mary Sue on Fanpop. Most of the time users don't have anything else negative to say about Rapunzel.

On Fanpop, Ariel gets derided on her choices. Ariel's hair color is mocked. Ariel's dresses are "ugly" to some people. Users on Fanpop believe Ariel's abusive dad Triton is right to bully her, and she should have stayed in the sea, and never visited the world above. Ariel is considered "stupid" and is seen as "trading her self-worth for a guy." Users think Ariel "tricked" Eric, by pretending not to be who she was....? I don't know how. As soon as Ariel got her voice back, she sang, and Eric knew exactly who she was. Eric shook off Ursula's spell and made a beeline towards Ariel. And Ariel managed to get his attention, even without her damn voice.

I've hardly ever had to really defend Rapunzel, my third princess, on Fanpop. Instead, I have to keep right on defending Ariel, my second favorite princess from yet more "cooked up notions" of how evil she is. Fanpop is really a horrible place...now that I've been here a while.

I don't know how many times "ghost users" and "legit users" on Fanpop have literally come out of their foxholes and attacked me for defending Disney's mermaid princess. I know people are entitled to hate whatever they hate, but one of the major reasons I dislike Fanpop on the whole--- and the damn internet---is because I find it extremely difficult to only get vitriol and horrible blow-back directed at me, for loving a character that I think needs more respect. Other princesses get respect. Even if these princesses are ignored on Fanpop, the fans who like them aren't attacked. Just saying that off of Fanpop and the internet is better for me. I find it really disgusting to be bullied. ~wavesurf

I agree with Wavesurf. Also users hate 80's fashion with passion. However I have seen a rise of Ariel fans recently on the polls. But Rapunzel is still more popular. ~PrincessAyeka12

I don't agree with this at all. Belle is more popular than Rapunzel! ~FloraorStella

A lot of people criticize Ariel for being immature and selfish. ~disnerdtobe

^ Lots and lots of people. ~ace2000

She definitely gets more hate than Rapunzel. Rapunzel is always in this safe zone with fans, she's sweet and a bit naive and jolly person. Hardly I have seen people criticize her. Ariel has her lot of dedicated fans but she also gets criticized equally by the other lot. She basically swings a lot between being at the top end and the lower end of the lists for people. I have hardly seen her in the middle of the list for anyone. ~anukriti2409



1. Rapunzel
Actual rank: 2

Although we were wrong about Rapunzel being Fanpop's favorite, she did land second place in the favorites survey, so I'd say we were pretty close. She is nearly universally loved on this club, consistently landing in people's top three favorites.

I can't believe it! Belle got kicked off???
Well, as much as I don't want to admit it, Ariel is popular. ~Beastlysoul25

I think Belle is much popular than Rapunzel.
But from these two definitely Ariel. Everyone know Ariel, love her or hate her, everyone have an opinion about her. People aren't really passionate about Rapunzel. ~tiffany88

Both are popular but Rapunzel is slightly less memorable if compared with Ariel. ~Sparklefairy375

my top 2 favorite DPs ~twinklestar11

I really didn't expect that Rapunzel would get this far... ~Anaji

I guess I'm too new to have seen much Ariel hate. Maybe because Ariel is my favorite, I've only really seen her lovers and the nostalgic fans. Rapunzel on the other hand I've seen both plenty of love and hate. ~jeangreyforever

I do not think she is popular here. In my country she is so-so liked. ~phalangeregina