When I attempted a SOBO through-hike way back when, I stayed about 80% of nights in shelters, using my tent when needed for various reasons. Watching various YouTubers do their through-hikes this year and last, as well as comments I have seen here, it seems like a lot of people's default is tenting near shelters. It seems like people are spending 90% of their nights in tents, if not more.
Is this just a skewed view of reality? It might just be that the YouTubers I am watching are solo hikers, who are more likely to stay in tents, and who need the privacy of a tent to do video editing at night?