>>25655464More evidence supporting the conclusion that her viewers are from outside of the vtuber sphere. Holofans love their box and love to spam the chat, that's nothing new. Go on twitter and look at her fans, read her superchats—people are saying again and again that they're new to vtubers.
Are all hundreds of thousands of views on clips and tens of thousands of likes on the constant stream of fanart all bots? Or could it be that she's been able to tap into the larger otaku subculture of gaming, manga, anime, illustration on the japanese internet where she is still going viral? Remember that this broad otaku audience is what Hololive broke into in 2020.
A big reason why I think the vtuber scene has stagnated is that would-be fans in this broader demographic are repulsed by the shameless zeal of current fans. Salome has been able to overcome this by bringing in enough people that there isn't the sweaty atmosphere of degenerate fandom spewing out from the chat. That's why average corporate vtubers plateau so hard, they have instant access to a large pool of viewers, but it's more or less a hard cap. We are seeing something different here.
