In terms of queue times, there’s one important piece of the puzzle that dictates those that you seem to be missing, and that’s throughput. B&M hypers may often seem to have lower queue times because they usually have incredibly high throughputs; often 1,500pph or higher.
RMCs, on the other hand, while not poor throughput by any means, certainly don’t hit that height. I believe the highest throughput RMC is Steel Vengeance, hitting 1,200pph with 3 trains, and correct me if I’m wrong here, but I don’t think many of the others actually hit 1,000pph; based on RCDB, the only other RMC hitting 1,000pph is Zadra, narrowly exceeding it at 1,050pph, while the other 24-seat RMC coasters typically seem to lie somewhere in the ballpark of 900pph or so. So naturally, RMC coasters might typically have a longer listed queue time than hyper coasters, but that does not necessarily indicate that hyper coasters are less popular.
In terms of award schemes; I won’t deny that RMCs are very popular among enthusiasts, more so than B&M hyper coasters, but I think it’s only really enthusiasts that follow or are overly interested in award and rating schemes (at least, the majority of the voter base and fan base of many of these award schemes are enthusiasts). I’d argue that that wouldn’t really have too much of an impact on commercial success; while an RMC would almost definitely get enthusiasts flocking to a greater degree than a B&M hyper, I think enthusiasts ultimately have a fairly negligible impact on parks’ bottom line; rightly or wrongly, I think your average theme park visitor puts far less weight on “special” ride types than enthusiasts, so I’m unsure whether something being an “RMC” would have too much impact for your average visitor.
As a case study of this type of thing, I seem to remember that when Icon vs Wicker Man was a raging debate back in 2017 or so, when the two rides were under construction, many were convinced that the mere fact that Icon was a “Mack mega coaster” would make it a huge success compared to Wicker Man. However, while Icon was certainly the ride that excited enthusiasts more, it failed to make a splash within the wider market, and Wicker Man was generally viewed to have been a far greater commercial success for Alton Towers, in spite of it perhaps not being the most “enthusiasty” coaster compared to Icon.
I probably don’t have a leg to stand on in this debate, though; you’re older than me and have more experience, so I should concede that you’re probably right. I apologise for wasting your time.
) Mako!!! Even as good as Shambhala is, and it is bloody great!!! it’s not as high in my more up to date rankings unfortunately. 
