>>10113615It's a few things that caused this, it's not a linear causal relationship.
One is because anime and nerd culture is super mainstream now(thanks big bang theory) and social media encourages people to form communities around their interests.
Cosplay was also a huge part of anime getting more popular because it was a cross between girls getting to play dressup and dudes being horny.
Cosplay girls who were hot and into their hobbies used to be super rare so they had huge followings.
I think other girls saw this and got interested.
There's also the whole inclusivity push that these spaces have been seeing.
>>10113621>Anime is a bit for not normal people.This is also a but true.
I remember back in 5th grade I knew this slightly weird sceneish chick with family issues who was super into anime.
Generally a lot of the people who I saw were into anime growing up were always kinda social outcasts.
This new wave of complete normalfags getting into it is really strange to see.
