I believe that they're popular mainly because well it was the first of all cryptocurrencies to be made. Honestly most of the other coins are scams and greedy ways that the developers make money. The only other coin I can think of that isn't a scam are dogecoins! What do you think?
Right, Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency that was made and still exist today toping all the alternative coins in the market. Continueing to surge its value, more market demands, and more big investors were attracted. Big companies in international businesses are already accepting Bitcoins as a payment. Even the Central Bank in my country already recognizing Bitcoin as a currency and I belong to a 3rd world country. All because of its unique decentralized features, it was created by the use of the revolutionary blockchain technology designed to ease the financial stability of every individual and improving a country's economy. Not half of the features I mentioned posessed by other cryptos, Infairness, they have their own unique innovative feature.