Popularity Criteria for a Modpack

Fairly recently, a "sequel modpack" came out, Life in the Village 3. Aternos already has all the previous versions of said modpack, but sadly the automated system rejects this one, as "not popular enough", due to it being a fairly recent addition to the CurseForge library.
If it doesn't make for enough of a case to perhaps constitute an exception, then I've tried my best

https://www.curseforge.com/min…cks/life-in-the-village-3

On a similar topic, is there any particular treshold to watch out for, in terms of a modpack's popularity? Any concrete numbers that we might just have to wait for, before a modpack gets considered valid?

It certainly doesn't seem like 10k downloads is the treshold, as this modpack already has over 25k.

That being said, it would be nice if it was possible to add it, on account of it being a sequel to an already well-established modpack.
If not, any sort of extra detail of what this version of the modpack would need to achieve, before it's considered popular enough, would be greatly appreciated.