>>16597725My takes
Hololive has cohesion, they have enough members for all kinds of collabs but not gross excess of 2view like Nijisanji.
Hololive pandered to more global audiences while still remaining somewhat niche.
Hololive had far more content with long daily streams instead of short videos which created a more interacting community.
Long streams lead to clipniggers delivering large amounts of funny short content, with so many clips with millions of views most people got to Hololive through clips.
Hololive started hiring real talents since they took off, while also hiring gems streamers like Coco, Pekora, Rushia and Korone.
Making it big with English market by nailing with Gura and Mori.
Covid lockdowns
Miko saying nigga. No joke, the clip has 2.4 million views and Miko was one of the least subscribed in Hololive before it.