>>94682095Vtubing was never meant to be profitable, especially if you're an indie. Only 3views (in the 200 to 300ish viewers) and upwards can make enough money to pay rent, and that's stretching it. Even when quarantine happened, it wasn't enough to be a good long-term plan. That's why so many chuubas, if they don't have another job irl, will usually do commissions (art, voice work, music), set up other streams of revenue (merch, Patreon, videos (like essays, compilations, highlights, shorts), sponsorships if you're big enough) or work within vtubing in very labor intensive stuff like art for vtubing models (2D or 3D) and animations, notably, live2D. Good live2D models cost a pretty penny, even if you outsource it to someone living in Bumfuck, Sri Lanka
