I don't know why it's small, but I think the ratio recreational / regulars are even higher than 10NL

I actually have calculated % of 1-tabler for NL10-NL25 Zoom pools sporadically a few weeks ago.
There is not a difference at all it has been in the 30% area for all the pools.

Though one might consider that recs do take more time per hand because of more showdowns and longer decisions for trivial spots.
Thus I think the actual ratio for NL16 you might experience is lower and therefore tougher (assuming you 4-table).

I don't know many people avoid 16z but there is a lot of fishes.

"Do you have any recent experience with the pool and can tell me why is that so? Does it have something to do with rake ? Or the stakes are just not so popular within recreational players ? I don't even see hand reviews from 16NL on the forum." PPl dont like to calculate with oddish pot sizes, imo :D

Well seems like the odd sizing may be the reason, played 4k hands and I don't feel huge difference between 10NL. Definitely plenty of recreationals. Thanks guys!

Odd bet sizes were what put me off. It was plenty fishy but I spent more time trying to divide X$ by 0.16 than thinking about what I should do hahaha