/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

mysta is more popular than vox but I can understand why people wouldn't want to acknowledge that menhera as the top dog of NijiEN

Luck, consistency, and/or brand name recognition.
They obviously don't have to be good at streaming.

Popular things are interesting to a lot of people. A lot of people are watching them, this makes them popular. I feel like aliens are posting on this board with how little any of you understand humans, entertainment, social cues, etc

Design, voice and the ability to entertain.

A clear identity. Those weird greetings might seem cringy and gimmicky but they really help establish a character. Konpeko konpeko konpekooo ahoooy houshou marine desuuuuu a same desu shuba shuba eliiite. Extraverted chuubas generally have more success, though someone like akutan is still reasonably successful.

Gonna listen to Mito's album again

>>20995445
Does Vox actually do anything deserving to be on this image? Aren't most of his biggest streams some type of ASMR with a fujo-baiting thumbnail?

>>20996112
>Extraverted chuubas generally have more success
Pekora, Miko, and Korone are all massively introverted though.

>>20995445
Synergy between design and personality is huge, I think a lot of chuubas and corporations alike underestimate this.

>>20996067
You've figured out that /#/fags are aliens

There's to aspects to understand.
Vtuber and audience.
Vtuber's rely on their design as their first impression, but reaching that point depends on stuff like their marketing, their company, their social networking, etc.
The design itself plays a big role, it needs to be attractive catchy fun and unique and it will influence what niche they can appeal to, ideally a vtuber matches their design well too.
If they ever go trending they can capitalize on that for momentum but they need to trend first. Often this can be accidental, like a funny clip going viral.
Stuff like their voice is also a huge plus, it's not as superficial as their looks but it's the second thing people will notice.
Besides that their skill in games, their chat interaction, their ability to socialize all play a role in making their content engaging and making people come back for more. Some vtubers are good at games, some are creative, some are just good at conversation, all of it is engagement.

The other aspect are the viewers and this ties to demographics and timing.
Debuts are when new viewers tune in to check out, that's why vtubers who fuck up after their debuts have a harder time making up for it.
It's also why first mover advantage is huge, HoloEN had a massive start because there was no EN market, Luxien got a big start because there was no male vtuber pressence.
People often latch on to one or few vtubers as "oshis" and they become attached to them.
Successful vtubers capitalize on a demographic and gain an audience that way.
In companies specially different members often benefit from splitting the demographics and appealing to different niches.

So what makes a vtuber successful?
It's a mix of stuff outside their own traits as entertainers, their designs, their company and pure luck.
They need something to give them momentum, but they won't be able to keep it up if they don't actually offer their audience something entertaining in the long term.
For example gura trended with "a" but she managed to ride that momentum because she's genuinely funny too.
So both are important factors to success.

>>20995445
>who?

I still want a Miko x Mito eroge stream.

>>20998260
They're male vtubers. You don't hear about them much because not many women or homos come here.

>>20998260
>american clipwatcher

>>20998260
the absolute state of holobronies

Unique voice and unbeatable confidence.

>>20996067
>I feel like aliens are posting on this board
south east asians are basically aliens yes

>>20995445
>How well they play the character, everyone on that picture has a personality that fits their design almost exactly.
>Being successful in a past life
>Unique voice or gimmick
>Giving insightful commentary on the thing they are doing
>Making boring things fun
>Buying youtube bots
>Being shilled by your company on social media (4chan, reddit)
>Giving fanservice at the right times to keep your fans hooked
>luck

>>20998260
NijiCN i believe

>>20995499
Vox more subs more viewers more recognition

>>21000031
>REEEEEEEEEE WHY DON'T YOU KNOW MY IRRELEVANT CHUUBAS

Just have SOVL

>>21005095
If you don't know who Kazuha is, you're probably just retarded.

>>20995445
>4niji 5holo
the ratio should be 1 niji and 8 holo because there's only one of them with 1m subs

>>21005095
>irrelevant
the absolute state of holobronies x2

>>21005405
Who the fuck is Kuzuha

>>21005513
the guy who won at life

>>20995445
The only one i dont know is the top middle, whos that

I could give you the answer but wait until I join HomoEN and get more subs than the others. Code word Spaghetti

>>21005513
More popular than any EN vtuber

>>20996439
they don't seem like it on stream. kronii seems more introverted than they are

>>20995445
Marine is a Japanese national treasure endorsed by ZUN

>>20995445
A minimum level of skill or talent. Then luck to a certain point, then consistency. No different than any other field of entertainment. It's a really simple discussion that's muddled up by most of this board being underaged.

>>20995445
Luck and hard work (consistency) and a bit of talent but talent alone isn't working. That's from Kuzuha.

>>20996365
He was fine on his debut week, he played games that were more his style like civ 5 and prison architect, nowadays he splurges bout fnaf and panders, nowadays i just watch him if he plays smash, since i take enjoyment from his malding moments

>>20995445
apart from the superficial aspects and luck/timing, vtubers are just streamers and have to be entertaining for hours on end in some way such as being good at monologuing, chat interaction and rambling, failure to do so means no one will stick

>>21005095
That's fine, a lot of people start only knowing surface level knowledge. When you actually delve into vtubers you'll learn more vtubers, unless you're Implying you're a trend hopper.

>>20995445
Ability to attract new market. Vtuber market is capped, if you can't gather new viewers outside current pool then you'll never be big.
mito with her new streaming market, fubuki/aqua with their chink market, kuzuha with his gaming/bros/fujo market, gura with her non-jp market & vox with his non-jp fujo market, nimu with spic?

>>20995445
ADHD

>>21010943
I wonder what is it about ADHD but a lot of top non vtuber streamers exhibit similar behaviours e.g. the most watched streamer xqc. While I cant seem to think of many popular vtubers at the top of my head like nyanners, kuzuha?

>>21015383
It's pretty simple. NORMALFAGS ARE FUCKING BOOOORIIING!!!!!!

>>20998260
The guys who fucked your oshi

>>20995445
Luck, talent(to be entertaining) and Hardwork. If you have 2 you're good if you have 3 you're golden.

>>21005807
Tell that to the shark

>>21005492
Literally who?