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[crude pike]

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[ionic matrix]

Yes
(On is much more common though, "nous" as "we" is pretty much only used in very formal situations for a defined group of people including the speaker)

[heady swallow]

Note that the above applies to the subject pronoun only. As an object or tonic pronoun, « nous » still gets used all the time.

[heavy osprey]

On nous pourchasse
not to be confused with
ils nous ont pourchassé (orally, of course)

Also, literary, when you encounter "on", it could be an indefinite pronoun and in this case it can't be replaced with the same meaning
as in On dit que, in this case we can say "nous disons que*, but the meaning is not the same, as in on dit que is a general case of everyone within a given community.

for the common usage, I don't think "nous" or "on" are particularly more common than the other, but on is definitely more casual, and nous is more universal, when it comes to subject pronouns, on is far broader in its meaning than nous, it can be an indefinite pronoun, it can translates to subject X or to everyone or to humans, and probably a couple of other cases, whereas nous is mostly the pronominalization of subject X or Object Y, there's also an other case of the community as well but it's quite literary

Usually, when you write something down formally, it is highly preferred to use "nous" instead of "on".

It also depends on the flow, often on form is faster than nous form.