The status of "popular" is achieved through Steem Power. The more you have, the more popular you are. Having a large number of Steem Power allows many things, Steemit then considers that you are influential, each comment will give more pay to the author of the publication, Steemit considers the opinion of popular people more important and therefore offers better pay . Having a lot of Steem Power also allows you to generate more earnings for each publication, you are also better referenced on the site, especially with the Trends tab. It is in this same tab that we can find articles that generate several hundred, see thousands of euros to their author.
So, I told you about Steem Power, but you do not know how to get it. It will just write publications, create a community. The more popular you become, the faster you will be. When you write a publication, you have the opportunity to distribute your winnings, 50/50, a part in Steem, so directly in money, and the other to Steem Power, or 100% in Steem Power, and that's what advise you early, to become quickly popular
