>>22109518Kronii shot up to the top of Council because of her model and voice, and because she had the strongest debut and pandered hard initially before going depressive burnout mode. People find gap moe in the difference between her feigned egotism and her actual self.
Mumei was second place before and after debut, and happened to find her footing before her genmates. She’s Council’s top singer, one of the few who can compete with Gura in sheer weirdness or trade jabs with Haachama. People tune in to hear her sing or to hear her bizarre stream-of-consciousness ramblings. On top of this, she streams almost as frequently as Bae.
Bae was at the top before debut, fell down to fourth after failing to meet audience expectations, and had to claw her way back to third. Her early schedules suffered from trying to pander to different regions, rather than focusing on a specific timeslot.
Most importantly, numbers beget numbers, and Kronii and Mumei got hit less by Susan than the others. Moreover, this means they can more easily pull in casual viewers, attract clippers, and get boosted by the algorithm, like how Mumei’s first Animal Crossing stream keeps showing up in recommended lists.
TL;DR: Kronii and Mumei left a better first impression.