If you look closely to the amount of plays mania maps are receiving lately you can see that it is very low. The player base is basically not increasing from my sight and most of top players do not care about ranked maps. The truth is that a lot of people complained for years about the ranked section and basically nothing changed. During 2020 and 2021 we almost didn't had 6*+ maps getting ranked and even 5* maps were rare. We have way more maps today and even with that as you can see it is not good. Blame someone, but the truth is that if the game doesn't evolve with something new people start to get tired of it. Blame who you want, but I prefer to blame peppy and involved people on the moderation of the game. Personal opinion BTW.