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It’s surprisingly common. Additionally, it can develop as a secondary symptom when temporary neurological impairments induce self-exposure to YouTube comments sections.

How related to the bleeding ear syndrome from listening to certain types of music?

Some people hold their head at an angle and confuse one for the other.

I haven’t researched that but I have read there is significant comorbidity with a low tolerance for “kids these days.”

While I can appreciate the sentiment, there's some ol'timey music that defnitley makes my ears bleed and has been known to make a Martian get all explodey

We’re talking broad-stroke statistics here.

Can confirm, having been coughing for the last week enough to do this to my eyes. Was pretty alarming actually, but turns out to be common, it's gone now.

No. It's not super common.

I don’t know how to quantify “super common” but it’s considered “common” in the literature. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3702240/