>>57208130>I think that idol/phase could be #2Mate, both Phase and Idol are lower not only than the Raspberry powered Holostars in the EN market but also than the regular ass HolostarsJP.
I don't know if there is a more up to date version for this but they're far away from being even close to Tempoop, let alone one of the branches of the big 2.
And there is no viability for male vtubers, be it in the west or elsewhere. Very soon every NijiEN (male or female) will have a sub 5k median and average and, on the JP side, there are only 18 male vtubers with a 5k+ average
Here is the list of male vtubers with a 5k+ average in 2023 so far with Watame added to provide a "scale"
>28176: Toya (Nijisanji)>20101: Kuzuha (Nijisanji)>13741: Kizuku (Nijisanji)>11968: Maimoto (Nijisanji)<10198: Watame (Hololive)
>9637: Fuwa (Nijisanji)>9612: Lauren (Nijisanji)>9189: NeruMero (Indie)>8994: Gilzaren III (Nijisanji)>8937: Kagami (Nijisanji)>8869: Akina (Nijisanji)>8155: Ibrahim (Nijisanji)>7939: Kanae (Nijisanji)>7798: Mysta (Nijisanji EN) †>6129: GatchmanV (Indie)>6003: Chiroru (Indie)>5787: Leos (Nijisanji)>5387: Hal (Neo-Porte)>5239: Gaku (Nijisanji)That's it. That's the male vtuber field in 2023. Eighteen blokes over 5k with the great majority being a "one trick" specialist