You wait for invitations rather than invite people to events, as proof of your popularity.
Indeed, Italy's vibrant hip-hop scene is less a confirmation of the supremacy of American exports than proof of the popularity of homegrown offerings.
Proof of his popularity came with the continued runaway success of his bisexual Captain Jack Harkness on Russell T Davies's 'Torchwood', and as a judge on 'I'd Do Anything'.
In parliamentary elections that February, the nationalist movement Sajudis scored an overwhelming victory – although Brazauskas himself was triumphantly elected, proof of his popularity and of his ability to adjust to the changing times.
(As quantitative proof of his popularity, Mr. Trump's spokeswoman called immediately after the interview to note that he has 1.4 million Twitter followers, a number that she said is growing by about 40,000 a week).
Erdoğan was not shy in demanding support, and this was the ultimate proof of his popularity – and, more broadly, of the Turkish will to resist the violent coups that have characterised past decades.
Here's proof of that popularity: five million people have visited Tate Modern since its opening, which was the kind of national self-congratulatory event that in Britain has accompanied only coronations, wars and celebrity funerals.
Publicly, Mr. Morley was unapologetic, pointing to the show's huge audience as proof of its popularity and once famously retorting to a critic, "If it's shameful to women, then the best thing they can do is turn it off".
The answer is obvious and so much for Kuhn's proof of regime popularity.
New data from Compuware finds conclusive proof of the popularity of iPads as a shopping device.
