Most popular Unix-like OS on consumer devices is Linux (Android).
Most popular Unix-like OS on servers is Linux.
Most popular Unix-like OS in embedded is Linux.
Most popular Unix-like OS on supercomputers is Linux.
Most popular Unix-like OS on IBM PC compatible computers or notebooks is MS Windows with WSL.
Android is not a Unix-like OS, other than having a kernel that was originally devised as a Unix clone. Beyond that, I’m not sure what your point is. Is it just that “most popular” is ill-defined?
To bring us back to the context of this post: I am quite willing to bet that “grep” and “cat” are used by humans more times per day on macOS than on any other OS.
Most popular Unix-like OS on MacBooks is MacOS.
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