I'd say I'm popular in so much as (and this is going to sound very arrogant here), I am yet to meet someone who hasn't liked me. That is until recently though, but that was because I didn't like them and let it be known to them. And only 1 person.
I've only ever had a small group of actual 'friends' though, the largest being 7 including me, and at the present 4, kind of 5, including me. Like at school I only had that small group, but I got on well with and talked to loads of other people.
Edit: Ooh yes, what 'group' was I in. I'd say the Inbetweeners (thank you E4); too popular to be nerds/geeks but not popular enough to be in the 'social elite'.