>>46748208And here is the same chart, but for NIjiEN, starting at August 2021 because that's when niji-mado (and then vrabi and vstats) started tracking them.
The chart speaks for itself, with the rise and fall of Luxiem likely being the biggest contributor to that shape but, if the chart had to be summarized in one sentence, here is it
>NijiEN in May 2023 fell to the average they had on the days of Lazulight-Obsydia.They still didn't fall to their historical lows, but that's because Ethyria debut crashed the branch with no survivors back then and only the debut of Luxiem pulled them back up
With all of that said, this result is definitely not outside of character for Nijisanji as it approximate them to their HQ model of "acceleration" but, for the individual streamers involved, it might sting a little to have been at the top of the world and to have their work diluted into "normality".
