![]() VTubers thrived for years in Japan, but the genre turned heads around the world during the pandemic. Many credit Kizuna AI, a project of Japanese tech company Activ8, who started her channel in 2016 and coined the term “vTuber.” VTuber avatars usually resemble anime characters since the genre first emerged in Japan. READ MORE: Takanashi Kiara opens up on Hololive fans “recognizing” her during Korea trip (Dexerto) vTuber Gawr Gura is the most subscribed vTuber worldwide, boasting more than 4 million subscribers. Hololive has 71 active streamer accounts with more than 64 million subscribers on YouTube. Many of the most popular vTubers are created or managed by agencies like Hololive, Nijisanji and VShojo. Who were the six streamers who out-earned Calliope’s superchats? They were all vTubers, of course. This was from superchats (a YouTube livestream monetization feature) alone, making her the seventh-most superchatted YouTuber in the world. Mori Calliope (2 million subscribers), accurately described by TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling as “a red-eyed rebel with pastel pink hair, a black crown and veil,” made $854,595 in 2021 according to analytics site Playboard. ![]() READ MORE: After Tony the Tiger took to Twitch to play games with streamers, we find out more about the growing phenomenon of VTubing. Streamers who use digital avatars, known as vTubers (short for Virtual YouTubers), are part of a growing creative community primed to take the internet by storm.Īccording to Twitch, vTubing content increased 467% year-over-year in 2021, reports The Drum’s Chris Sutcliffe, and some of them are raking in the cash. VTuber Gawr Gura READ MORE: VTubers are making millions on YouTube and Twitch (TechCrunch)
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