>>4129524There are actually a lot of dedicated Niji clippers for a lot of the talents with dozens of videos. And they all have less than 5000 subs and get maybe a few hundred views per video even when the subs are fine. It's surprising how much you need the algorithm to hit sometimes. I've seen several for Akina, three for donkuzuhonsha, one for Karuta which was surprising, a few that focus on Sara, a furen one, etc.
Honestly i think the real problem with Niji subbed clip popularity is that the few channels that did get big all decided to provide content for the official english channel like Rollcakeboy and makaru where their videos get far fewer views and aren't quickly uploaded to capitalize on a trend or popular event. To the point where some of them will still upload something to their channel to make sure its not mistranslated if it's popular enough to get shitty speedsubs elsewhere
The content's there, it just hasn't been exposed. And the big names took a crunch by working for Niji directly.
