Yes, Ethereum is the best after Bitcoin. The popularity is very, very important for a coin to be successful. Ethereum is so popular and this is the main reason to be so good.
I agree with you, especially after ETH 2.0 is launched, then of course it will make Ethereum even more popular, because I believe the gas fees from Ethereum will be low and make many projects start using the platfrom from Ethereum again, so of course it will make the price of Ethereum can increase very high and even create a new ATH price.