Why isn’t 90210 as popular as other teen shows?

90210 has a really small fanbase, which has always been surprising to me. I started watching the show after it finished airing, but I had known about it before. I thought the show was as popular as Gossip Girl. But it has a much smaller the fanbase compared to other teen shows of the time, like GG, The O.C., OTH, etc.

Gossip Girl and The O.C. are considered iconic teen TV, and OTH has had a devoted fanbase for 20+ years. Meanwhile 90210 barely even has any posts on Tumblr, lol. I never see it referenced anywhere. People don’t even seem to know it exists. This sub is one of the only places on the internet to talk about the show, and the subs for the other shows also have way more active users.

One of the showrunners said she wanted 90210 to be the Gossip Girl of the West Coast, but it seems like the show only able to capture a fraction of the audience as GG, despite being the same genre and on the same network. Why do you guys think 90210 isn’t as popular as other teen shows?