>>75111238There's only two routes to success as a male streamer
1. Pandering hard to rich fujos/yumes that are willing to support them, which is the route that niji EN took
2. Being a really good or unique streamer, like the so-called "brotuber"
Stars EN tried (initially at least) the 2nd approach and actually had some success for a while, before the novelty wore off and they were relegated to essentially being accessories for the holos they occasionally collabed with
The fundamental problem with this approach is that vtubing doesn't operate in a vacuum - they're also competing against fleshtuber/streamers that are far more popular and established than them
Unlike for the girls, the anime avatar for male streamers is actually a hindrance here rather than synergistic
At best, these avatars far far less expressive than what fleshstreamers are capable of
At worst, it's cringe to the majority of potential audience which includes non-weebs, and can attract horny femcels (from approach 1) which are just incompatible with the rest of the fanbase (just think how cringe it would be to see pregnant emotes being spammed in a "brotuber" chat)
Basically there's no benefit to being a male vtuber unless you're trying to attract a female audience
