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Perhaps this is not the right question for Quora. Explaining a rapper's success is akin to asking why Simon Cowell is as good as he is at what he does?

Personally to me Quora is great for answering questions that do not require very deep analysis but require specific knowledge in an area.

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Disagree. There's actually a pretty significant collection of answers around the "Why is X popular?" tag, though most of the questions are about startups and traction, etc. "Why is Instagram popular?" is the perfect question for Quora.

Let me clarify, if a question has already been asked such as "Why is x popular?" a search engine is likely to give you a good answer.

If you are the first person to ask a question and you need an opinion then something like Quora can be a great place.

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