/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>58139365
>how hard is it for cover to just get male talents that appeal to the female audience
Mate, there is no viability AT ALL for male vtubers.and, SPECIALLY, not for any male vtuber "appealing to the female audience" in the entire market.

Here is again the YTD for male vtubers, with Nene and Roboco serving as "bellwether" to give context.
Take the top 6 vtubers in that list (the only ones in the whole industry outranking Nene)

>Toya: mixed appeal, claim to fame is zatsus and variety
>Kuzuha: mixed appeal, claim to fame is FPS and eceleb collabs
>Chiroru: audience predominantly male. Claim to fame is to cover baseball games
>Fuwa: appeals to woman
>Lauren: like Kuzuha, mixed appeal and FPS
>Yashiro: mixed appeal
and the only other 10k+ in that list
>Nerumero: mixed appeal, claim to fame is to be "the Genshin vtuber"

Male vtubing is a place for "specialists". "Generalists" like the Holostars will NEVER find success in it, any male vtuber that is not "THE X vtuber" will likely see himself below the Roboco line.

Right now, YTD; there are only 15 vtubers with a 5k+ median.
>Actually, 13 alive ones, plus Maimoto and Mysta
Any attempt to make male vtubers work is an exercise in futility for a company with as many top ranked girls as Cover has in Hololive

>>58002078
>I just don’t think the west ‘likes’ male vtubers
Abslutely nobody (to a significant extent) likes male vtubers, not to the same level female vtubers are liked.

Here is the table for all tracked male vtubers (with 40 or more streams between Jan 1st and Aug 31st), plus two lines

>THE NENE LINE
to compare with a mid ranged Holo (JP); and
>THE ROBOCO LINE
to compare with the lowest ranked Holo

Here are the stats
1) Only SIX (6) male vtubers outrank Nene so far in 2023
>Toya
>Kuzuha
>Chiroru
>Lauren
>Yashiro
2) Only THIRTY (30) male vtubers outrank Roboco

That's the extent of the size of the audience for male vtubers:
One side note:
- Magni and Vesper "died" both slightly over a 2k median for the year. With their death Roberu is the highest ranked Holostar by live audience and the only remaining over 2k
also
- Astel outranks the remaining active Holostars EN (other than the graduated and Bettel)