Diet Coke is the King of sodas? No accounting for taste I guess. Since it was first put on the market, I had taken a sip of it & of it & decided that it was about the nastiest soft drink that ever passed my lips. I doubt I’m the only person who feels this way, but would be interested in seeing an honest survey as to who likes it versus who hates it.
The first version of Diet Coke was saccharin based. It got a LOT more popular when they added Aspartame. It had both for a while. Then Diet Pepsi and Diet Squirt went Aspartame only, and Diet Coke went to straight Aspartame (except in fountain syrups).