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>>20063334
Funny, I watched 4 hours of Anime today and didn't once hear について during any episode.

I did however watch an hour of the news and read a bit while at work, and について appears all over the place because its grammatical function appears more useful in those contexts, even though it is very usable in daily life.

You can't just go about replacing every は with について though because while they have a similar "meaning" their actual usage is very different, plus as with almost any grammar you can also は について to talk ABOUT that thing.

It's hard to explain but in context it just makes sense. As I said, if I don't hear it for 4 hours worth of slice-of-life anime, it's probably true that it's used in higher registers more commonly.