I'm going to make analytical research. I'm interested what small and not popular exchanges you really like? And why?
What exchange do you recommend to young ICO projects to list their coin?
I am not sure based on what are criteria, you are marking some exchanges small or big because I do see some exchanges are not having big volume yet they are listing wide range of coins and tokens and in big numbers too. I assume by popularity you are classifying small exchanges from rest of exchanges. Because, when an exchange becomes popular, it will become big too in terms of reputation and volume.
I used tidex and I guess they are not grabbing big attention from this community but my withdrawal requests were processed on time. Mercatox is another exchange I am following but not yet trading there. When I need to sell some new tokens then I look for new exchanges hence I do not need to look for more exchanges frequently.