You appear to have caught Druids on a good day. They're usually on top but not typically by that large a margin. I would expect Druids to be somewhat over-represented in the 35-55 bracket; I don't see a lot of them at 60. Enchanters are either gaining popularity or you caught them on a good day because historically they tended to occupy about 5th place after Necromancers and Monks. Bards are somewhat less common out and about than the list would suggest owing to their popularity as tunnel mules.
Overall the rankings haven't changed all that much since 2009, except in the case of Magicians continuing a gradual downward trend. Strong solo'ers remain on top while Wizards and Hybrids occupy the bottom slots. Tanks are the least popular general archtype, with two of the tank classes being unpopular and the third (Warrior) being only mid range. Priests fare well, consistently occupying two of the top four places and the third priest class (Cleric) typically being upper mid-range. Casters have two popular classes and two not-so-popular classes, but are seen less often than their numbers would suggest owing to their propensity for solo gameplay. Light melee classes are about where I'd expect them to be, with Monks unsurprisingly the most popular of the four on a server that stops with Velious.
I get a chuckle at folks who dismiss the Druid as "bad" when it has consistently been the most popular class for going on seven years now. It's very good at what it does, just what it does is best described as "all the little jobs people need to do outside normal grouping and raiding." Nobody ever went wrong having a Druid alt.
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