Might come off as a little bit of a negative post but it’s more of an observation:
https://youtu.be/iweIyMqUrt4https://youtu.be/a74gzcoJEPQhttps://youtu.be/h-Tts5EBEu0https://youtu.be/Ech7a8QRVZYI think we MIGHT be starting to see glimpses of the “fake audience” as I’d call it in action, aka, the fans of Holos currently out of commission who’re just tuning into a stream to have on and kill the days, because many JPs have started to have this trend of having bloated CCVs with lackluster VODs to show for. This is also particularly noticeable in Mio’s recent VODs, where no amount of CCV gain has resulted in ANY forward movement in her VODs. They’ve all, quite literally, remained the same no matter if it’s 10k, 15k or 19k. And this makes sense; CCV only shows a portion of the actual viewer turnout, and if people are just finding a stream to have on in the background then there won’t be any real churn.
The recent streams from above though seem to support this idea. For the CCV, these VODs are tremendously underperforming. Some might argue that Miko’s VOD is multi-pov, however the fact remains that the stream averaged 30k (29.5k to be exact) and had what was supposedly a set up arc to draw attention in. But that’s just one.
The most egregious case is Laplus, who despite having an overwhelming set of buffs leading into this stream, actually put out what I believe is her worst karaoke VOD to date. Slightly over 200k on a 30k karaoke stream is mediocre for really any Holo, but for her in particular. Her last 2 karaokes of this length are well over 300k and had way lower traction than this one. Also, we literally have a Towa karaoke from this week to compare it to:
https://youtu.be/Tze9IBb7cG8In which this stream peaked less than Laplus’ AVERAGE, yet is pushing its way to 300k.
Another shown was Subaru’s collab with Mio in which their 29k peak stream has failed to even hit 200k.
This isn’t very typical to see. Normally you’d see a lot more UUMPH out of bulky streams, like a large frontloaded portion of views appearing. But in all honesty, these VODs are not even pacing themselves to be faster than Fauna’s offcollab (247k in 1 day, 18k average) except for Miko who already eclipsed that. So I don’t really know what’s going on apart from what I believe is happening above.
