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* In recent years, VTubers have amassed massive fan-following across different platforms.
* Gawr Gura, Houshou Marine, and Usada Pekora are among the most popular VTubers on YouTube.
It has been quite a few years since Virtual YouTubers (VTubers) found mainstream success with a massive online following. Many VTubers amassed a steady increase in viewership and subscriber counts across live-streaming platforms like Twitch and YouTube. Most VTubers on YouTube, Twitch, or any other platform either interact with the audience, produce music, stream video games or provide entertaining content centered around Anime or Manga fandom.
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If you are new to the world of VTubers and don’t know much about any of the famous content creators. In the following section, you can check out the list of five of the most popular VTubers on YouTube.
Who Are The Most Popular VTubers On YouTube?
Japan-based Kizuna AI is among the first generation of content creators who pioneered the VTuber culture. She shot to fame with her primary YouTube channel, A.I.Channel, often featured on the “most-subscribed” listicles. Although Kizuna AI is inactive these days, she paved the way for the following creators that one can call some of the most popular VTubers on YouTube:
Gawr Gura
- YouTube Link – https://www.youtube.com/@GawrGura
The first name on the list of most popular VTubers on YouTube is Gawr Gura, who boasts over 4 million subscribers on her channel. She debuted in 2020 and has since achieved tenfold growth in terms of numbers courtesy of her quirky and likable persona. Gawr Gura often plays different games or interacts with her audience in her live streams while also releasing songs occasionally.
Houshou Marine
- YouTube Link – https://www.youtube.com/@HoushouMarine
Houshou Marine is second on the list of most-subscribed VTubers on YouTube, with 3.16 million subscribers. She is well-known for cosplaying a pirate. Having debuted in 2019, she has been actively producing new content via YouTube, be it collaborating with other VTubers, streaming video games, releasing new songs, or just engaging her fans by chatting with them regularly.
Usada Pekora
- YouTube Link – https://www.youtube.com/@usadapekora
Much like Houshou Marine, Usada Pekora also debuted in 2019 as a part of Hololive’s third-generation VTubers under “hololive Fantasy.” Pekora currently has over 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 185K followers on Twitch. Fans can check her channel for random funny content or music videos. Although the content featured on the channel is in Japanese, fans can enable English subtitles.
Kobo Kanaeru
- YouTube Link – https://www.youtube.com/@KoboKanaeru
Unlike previous entries on this list, Kobo Kanaeru hails from Indonesia. She debuted in 2022 and is also associated with Hololive. Over the years, Kobo Kanaeru has garnered over 2.42 million subscribers on YouTube due to the variety of content she has to offer. Fans can check out her channel for free talk streams and gameplay content featuring popular titles, while she also plays horror video games from time to time.
Shirakami Fubuki
- YouTube Link – https://www.youtube.com/@ShirakamiFubuki
Shirakami Fubuki, with over 2.36 million subscribers, easily finds a place on the list of most popular VTubers on YouTube. The Japanese Virtual YouTuber is also associated with Hololive and produces content in her native language. Like most other VTubers, Shirakami Fubuki also engages in free talk live streams and churns out plenty of content around different video games.
This concludes our list of the most famous virtual YouTubers (on YouTube), but fans can also check out the list of the most popular VTubers on Twitch.
