>>3662165Niji was doing really well with clippers then Miko's nigga blew up, then Coco primed a lot of EOPs with her English, then a there just so happened to be quarantine greatly increasing demand for streaming entertainment, plus EN debut strapped a rocket to Hololive and boosted the whole brand by several hundred thousand subs at least. Niji didn't offer anything to bored EOPs because they're almost completely lacking in streamers who pander to English, and clip+sub content doesn't fill the several hours people spend quarantined at home. Reminder that in 2019 many holos struggled to reach even 50k subs, 2020 was just a completely perfect storm for Cover