Actually there is something sort of:
Because from this we can derive what people find the most interesting and fun, including different types of classic content
So… the hilarious part is that raiding in classic is more popular than it is in Dragonflight, but that’s probably just because there’s not much to do endgame-wise on Classic considering that “Classic Era” and “Classic Raiding” are identical, and when other forms of content related to Classic you find a significant drop of interest unless its about the Classic “hardcore” servers
So, people go to classic for Nostalgia but the folks who stay are the ones who stay because they find tank’n’spank an engaging form of raiding:
In all honesty though if folks are having fun, that’s all that matters … but I seriously don’t get this superiority complex that folks praising Classic has - its quite weird all things considered