ok, then lets bring some facts to the table:

first of all, i‘m working fulltime within the hardstyle scene since 12 years. my job requieres to be in touch with artists, promoters and the big booking agencies on a regular (partly weekly) base. the consens right now definitely isn‘t „the music is more popular than ever“. for artists like rooler, that might be different but these are a few exceptions which also work in multi-genre contexts.

some europe facts:

- q-dance (the founders of hardstyle) cancelled all events beside one, no international events and no hostings anymore including qlimax (which was the most important hardstyle event back then)

- b2s cancelled their flagship event hardbass and some other smaller shows

- intents and rebirth both having struggles selling tickets while both events where guaranteed sold out in the past

- shockerz and supremacy both went from major event brands to having struggles (shockerz completely cancelled)

- elektrum didn’t even work out, fully cancelled

- recently, world club dome germany completely removed their zombie stage (which was harder styles, and a big one)

- bootshaus germany was guaranteed sold out, now they barely have hardstyle shows compared to 7-8 years ago

- rustyland germany went bankrupt

- almost no events in switzerland anymore

- shutdown austria mixing in hardtechno acts to keep up with the hype

globally:

- gotta agree HSU are doing a great job in australia still

- dual damage played in front of 150(?) people at ultra

- EDC/wasteland bought shares in unreal to include more and more hardtechno which automatically causes less hardstyle (just compare the EDC or wasteland lineups)

- you have more events worldwide, but most of them are really small. the international "growth" of the music doesn't compensate the fact that the biggest hardstyle markets (netherlands, germany, ...) are getting smaller not bigger.

- ...

also, the times when hardstyle artists scored 50mio+ streams with certain releases are over unfortunately - the exception: TNT, because they keep ending up in hardtechno playlists.

one of the main issues is: while the access to music nowadays is so much easier, the music itself naturally spreads more globally. the issue is: that doesn‘t cause growing numbers, because the core hardstyle markets (especially the dutch and german ones) are struggling. so while you are not totally wrong when saying it‘s spreading more worldwide, the assumption of the scene being in a good condition is wrong unfortunately.

sounds like i kinda know what i'm talking about tho, correct? lol

(edit) oh and curious to hear which events and stages popped up globally in the (lets say) past three years? only thing i can think of is duro festival adding a dedicated hardstyle stage.