VTuber (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "VTuber" in English language version.

Last modified: 21:55:43, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

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10172web.archive.org

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136polygon.com

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88animenewsnetwork.com

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77youtube.com

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11restofworld.org

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11goodsmile.info

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11natalie.mu

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advanced-television.com (Global: low place; English: 8,846^th place)

"Crunchyroll-Hime launches YouTube channel". advanced-television.com. October 25, 2021. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

animecorner.me (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Growing VTuber Community - The Gate's Wide Open". Anime Corner. February 12, 2022. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

animenewsnetwork.com (Global: 44^th place; English: 35^th place)

"hololive English Opens 1st Auditions for Male Virtual YouTubers". Anime News Network. September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
Morrissy, Kim (September 4, 2020). "Bushiroad and NIJISANJI Are Taking Online Harassment Seriously". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
Loveridge, Lynzee (April 25, 2020). "Nozomi Kasuga Confirms She is Kizuna AI Voice Actress". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 14, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
"How Fan Translators Made Virtual YouTubers a Global Phenomenon". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
Morissy, Kim (August 23, 2020). "Playboard: World's Biggest Superchat Earner is Virtual YouTuber Kiryu Coco". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Morrissy, Kim. "Virtual YouTuber Kaguya Luna Breaks Guinness World Record By Holding Livestream at Highest Altitude". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
Cayanan, Joanna (January 19, 2023). "VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream Light Novels Get TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 27, 2023). "VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream Light Novels Get Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

Lufkin, Bryan (October 2, 2018). "The virtual vloggers taking over YouTube". BBC. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2018.

bloomberg.com (Global: 118^th place; English: 85^th place)

"Twitch's New Star Is Anime Avatar Ironmouse". Bloomberg. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
D'Anastasio, Cecilia (June 17, 2023). "Meet Neuro-sama, the AI Twitch Streamer Who Plays Minecraft, Sings Karaoke, Loves Art". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2024.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Otmazgin & Ben-Ari 2020, p. 77. Otmazgin, Nissim; Ben-Ari, Eyal, eds. (April 23, 2020). Creative Context: Creativity and Innovation in the Media and Cultural Industries. Springer Singapore. ISBN 9789811530562. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Dazon, Laura (March 16, 2020). "Virtual Youtubers – What's the appeal?". Quench. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

citynews.ca (Global: 3,877^th place; English: 1,977^th place)

vancouver.citynews.ca

Nadalini, David (September 28, 2024). "SFU holding auditions for first virtual ambassadors". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved April 14, 2025.

crunchyroll.com (Global: 635^th place; English: 471^st place)

Harding, Daryl. "Gawr Gura Swims Past Kizuna AI to Be the Most Subscribed VTuber Ever". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
Harding, Daryl. "VTuber Doggo Inugami Korone Goes Fast As Sonic the Hedgehog's Newest Ambassador". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.

dengekionline.com (Global: 1,206^th place; English: 2,646^th place)

公開, 日時 (June 5, 2020). "尖ったメンバーばかりのVTuberグループ"にじさんじ"の魅力を紹介". Dengeki Online. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
"『パズドラ』新TV-CMに"嵐"の5名が出演！ 6月10日からTV-CM全国放映＆メイキング動画公開". Dengeki online (in Japanese). June 9, 2014. Archived from the original on November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

dexerto.com (Global: 3,872^nd place; English: 2,425^th place)

"How VTube Studio's NVIDIA integration is making VTubing more accessible". Dexerto. September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
"Gawr Gura breaks YouTube milestone to become most popular VTuber ever". Dexerto. July 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
"Law & Order SVU surprises fans with original VTuber character". Dexerto. April 5, 2026. Retrieved April 18, 2026.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Harata, Shinichiro (2023). アバターを用いて活動する者に対する人格権侵害の成否―VTuber 誹謗中傷裁判レビュー [Infringement of Personal Rights of the Person Using the Avatar: Review of VTubers’ Slander Cases]. Journal of Law and Information System. 14: 68–79. doi:10.32235/alis.14.0_68 – via J-STAGE.

dotesports.com (Global: 1,986^th place; English: 1,154^th place)

Martinello, Eva (January 29, 2021). "The best VTuber software". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
Çakır, Gökhan (January 29, 2021). "How to become a VTuber". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
Miceli, Max (February 21, 2022). "VTuber Ironmouse surpasses 95,000 Twitch subscribers, takes the throne for active subs on platform". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on February 21, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

easternprogress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

White, DeForest (October 29, 2020). "Column: Bonus Stage: The Sudden Rise of Vtubers". The Eastern Progress. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

eurogamer.net (Global: 264^th place; English: 185^th place)

"Japanese Sonic Frontiers players receive special V-Tuber DLC costumes". Eurogamer.net. August 25, 2022. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.

forbesjapan.com (Global: 5,995^th place; English: low place)

中沢弘子 (November 25, 2021). "世界中にファン5000万人。VTuber「ホロライブ」が急成長する理由". Forbes JAPAN（フォーブスジャパン） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.

ft.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 127^th place)

Faber, Tom (April 20, 2021). "VTubers and the Women Behind the Masks". Financial Times. Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

gamedaily.biz (Global: low place; English: low place)

Desatoff, Sam (September 23, 2020). "Report: Twitch viewership reached 1.47 billion hours in August (StreamElements, Arsenal.gg)". GameDaily.biz. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

gamespot.com (Global: 115^th place; English: 92^nd place)

Faulkner, Cheri (January 4, 2026). "AI VTuber Neuro-Sama Has Only Gone And Done It Again, Smashing Another World Record". GameSpot. Retrieved January 4, 2026.

gamesradar.com (Global: 378^th place; English: 265^th place)

"Anyone can be a VTuber with Sony's new $360 portable mocap device". GamesRadar+. November 29, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2026.

goodsmile.info (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Nendoroid Kizuna AI". www.goodsmile.info. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

hal.science (Global: 2,005^th place; English: 1,689^th place)

shs.hal.science

Bredikhina, Liudmila (March 1, 2021). "Virtual Theatrics and the Ideal VTuber Bishōjo". Replaying Japan. 3: 21. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

itmedia.co.jp (Global: 670^th place; English: 3,377^th place)

"VTuberは人間か？キャラクターか？止まらない誹謗中傷との戦い方ポイントは「中の人」の存在". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). November 1, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2026.

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 407^th place; English: 286^th place)

Nagata, Kazuaki (July 17, 2018). "Japan's latest big thing: 'virtual YouTubers'". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
St. Michel, Patrick (February 16, 2024). "High-profile shakeups prompt scrutiny of virtual YouTuber industry". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 16, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
"Ibaraki's virtual YouTuber first in Japan used to promote a prefecture". The Japan Times. October 13, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
Nagata, Kazuaki. "Gree-owned firm launches app aimed at boosting Japan's booming world of 'virtual YouTubers'". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

jnto.go.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

us.jnto.go.jp

"Come to Japan with Kizuna AI". Japan National Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

jst.go.jp (Global: 1,248^th place; English: 1,827^th place)

jstage.jst.go.jp

Harata, Shinichiro (2023). アバターを用いて活動する者に対する人格権侵害の成否―VTuber 誹謗中傷裁判レビュー [Infringement of Personal Rights of the Person Using the Avatar: Review of VTubers’ Slander Cases]. Journal of Law and Information System. 14: 68–79. doi:10.32235/alis.14.0_68 – via J-STAGE.

kai-you.net (Global: 3,393^rd place; English: low place)

"AITuber「Neuro-sama」がTwitchの投げ銭イベントで約9000万円を集める" [AITuber "Neuro-sama" Raises Approximately 90 Million Yen in Twitch Donation Event]. KAI-YOU (in Japanese). December 24, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2026.

kb.se (Global: 276^th place; English: 804^th place)

urn.kb.se

Turner, Anna Birna (June 24, 2022). Streaming as a Virtual Being: The Complex Relationship Between VTubers and Identity. p. 35. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

kompas.com (Global: 510^th place; English: 875^th place)

otomotif.kompas.com

Fathan Radityasani, Muhammad; Ferdian, Azwar (November 1, 2024). "Kolaborasi Honda BeAT dengan Kobo Kanaeru, Resmikan Klub Motor Virtual". Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved April 14, 2025.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

"Column: How Gawr Gura and VTubers could help Dodgers further tap into Japanese fan base". Los Angeles Times. July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

livedoor.com (Global: 1,501^st place; English: 5,434^th place)

news.livedoor.com

"二宮和也、『パズドラ』新CMでVTuberデビュー 1秒も出演せず"中の人"に徹する". Livedoor (in Japanese). November 21, 2023. Archived from the original on November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

mashed.com (Global: 8,917^th place; English: 4,994^th place)

Cahn, Lauren (July 27, 2021). "The Taco Bell Anime Commercial Cameo Only YouTubers Will Notice". Mashed.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

mdpr.jp (Global: 399^th place; English: 2,971^st place)

"二宮和也、"VTuber"デビュー本人1秒も登場せず「中の人」に専念". Model Press (in Japanese). November 21, 2023. Archived from the original on November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

merdeka.com (Global: 3,198^th place; English: 6,189^th place)

Rahmadi, Dedi (October 31, 2024). "Kolaborasi Honda BeAT dan Kobo Kanaeru Bikin Klub Motor Virtual". merdeka.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved April 14, 2025.

mixed-news.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Truly, Alan (January 27, 2024). "Sony Mocopi body tracker review with the new app and improved accuracy". MIXED Reality News. Retrieved October 10, 2026.

moguravr.com (Global: 9,169^th place; English: low place)

たまごまご (June 3, 2018). "最古の新人VTuber「ウェザーロイドAiri（ポン子）」が模索した、視聴者との双方向性". MoguLive (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 14, 2025. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
"バーチャルYouTuber、4,000人を突破動画再生回数は合計7億2千万回に". Mogura VR. July 10, 2018. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

natalie.mu (Global: 34^th place; English: 220^th place)

「VTuberなんだが配信切り忘れたら伝説になってた」TVアニメ化、佐倉綾音CVの動画も. Natalie (in Japanese). January 19, 2023. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

nikkei.com (Global: 169^th place; English: 849^th place)

asia.nikkei.com

Nagumo, Jada (January 19, 2020). "Japan's virtual celebrities rise to threaten the real ones". Nikkei Asia. Nikkei. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

panora.tokyo (Global: low place; English: low place)

"ユーザーローカル、バーチャルYouTuberの1万人突破を発表 9000人から4ヵ月で1000人増". PANORA. January 15, 2020. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

pcgamer.com (Global: 406^th place; English: 284^th place)

"Vtuber Ironmouse breaks Twitch subscriber record, surpassing 320,000 paying viewers". PC Gamer. October 1, 2024.
Tyler Colp (October 23, 2024). "An anime catboy just taught Bernie Sanders what vtubers are during a Twitch stream". PC Gamer. Retrieved April 14, 2025.

pcgamesn.com (Global: 1,845^th place; English: 1,151^st place)

"An AI VTuber just beat an impressive Twitch world record with the help of Riot's competitive shooter Valorant". PCGamesN. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.

polygon.com (Global: 215^th place; English: 150^th place)

Hernandez, Patricia (February 18, 2021). "The otter who became an accidental VTuber star". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021. The internet has seen a torrent of different types of 'VTubers' over the last year, and while some models are fusions of humans and creatures, few have broken through as straight-up animals.
Chen, James (November 30, 2020). "The Vtuber takeover of 2020". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
Hernandez, Patricia (September 14, 2020). "Why Pokimane's Vtubing Twitch stream has everyone talking". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
Hashimoto, Kazuma (February 8, 2024). "VTuber Selen Tatsuki's Nijisanji termination creates uproar and backlash". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
Marshall, Cass (May 27, 2021). "Twitch introduces more than 350 new streamer tags, including Vtuber, transgender, queer". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
Diaz, Ana (June 24, 2021). "Sonic the Hedgehog is a Vtuber now". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

researchgate.net (Global: 96^th place; English: 89^th place)

Regis, Rafael (August 25, 2021). "Análise do impacto econômico, da expansão de popularidade e das novas tecnologias do fenômeno VTuber" [Analysis of the economic impact, expansion of popularity and new technologies of the VTuber phenomenon]. VIII Encontro de Engenharia No Entretenimento (in Portuguese). 8. Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).

restofworld.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Japan's virtual YouTubers have millions of real subscribers — and make millions of real dollars". Rest of World. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

rollingstone.com (Global: 57^th place; English: 39^th place)

Cruz, Christopher (October 10, 2024). "Ironmouse Is Twitch's Top Streamer, But She Doesn't Know Why You're Watching". RollingStones.

scmp.com (Global: 302^nd place; English: 189^th place)

"Virtual YouTubers behind famous avatars in Japan make millions from superfans". South China Morning Post. May 9, 2022. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.

sfu.ca (Global: 3,708^th place; English: 2,384^th place)

"Meet Mo and Faye Ayato: SIAT's Virtual Ambassadors Unveiled in Stunning Animated Trailer". www.sfu.ca. Archived from the original on March 1, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
"Virtual Ambassadors". www.sfu.ca. Archived from the original on February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

si.com (Global: 186^th place; English: 107^th place)

Cale Michael (July 24, 2025). "VShojo Officially Shuts Down After Mass Talent Exit, Ironmouse Controversy". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 24, 2025.

siliconera.com (Global: 1,015^th place; English: 597^th place)

Lada, Jenni (February 8, 2024). "Dokibird Says She Made Zero Profit in 2023 as Selen Tatsuki". Siliconera. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
Liu, Stephanie (February 12, 2024). "Elira, Vox, and Ike of Nijisanji EN Make Statement About Selen". Siliconera. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
Lada, Jenni (July 23, 2025). "Ironmouse Raised $1 Million for Immune Deficiency Foundation Charity". Siliconera. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
Lada, Jenni (July 21, 2025). "Vtuber Ironmouse Left VShojo, Cited Missing Charity Funds". Siliconera. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
"Nyatasha Nyanners is the First VShojo Nendoroid". Siliconera. December 12, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
"Gawr Gura and Mori Calliope Among Hololive Vtuber Figures Announced". Siliconera. July 3, 2021. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
"Inugami Korone Will Voice a Character in Yo-Kai Watch Anime". Siliconera. February 28, 2023. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
Lada, Jenni (June 12, 2024). "New Ironmouse Song Appears in Immune Deficiency Foundation Documentary". Siliconera.

sixty-percent.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

mag.sixty-percent.com

"SIXTY60 〜BEST OF ASIA 2021〜 - 60MAG（SIXTYMAGAZINE）". Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.

slate.com (Global: 409^th place; English: 260^th place)

Marinescu, Jake Dean, Delia (June 10, 2021). "The Virtual YouTube World Is in Uproar. What's the Virtual YouTube World?". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

softbankhawks.co.jp (Global: 5,440^th place; English: low place)

HAWKS, Fukuoka SoftBank. "福岡ソフトバンクホークスVTuber 鷹観音海、有鷹ひな紹介サイト". ソフトバンクホークスオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

sucodemanga.com.br (Global: low place; English: low place)

Eriki (November 11, 2020). "Embaixador do Brasil no Japão recebe as Vtubers Ayapan e Jajami". Suco de Mangá (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

techradar.com (Global: 1,513^th place; English: 964^th place)

Weatherbed, Jess (December 24, 2021). "How to be a Vtuber". TechRadar. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

Weatherbed, Jess (August 7, 2023). "Movella brings professional motion tracking to virtual streamers". The Verge. Retrieved October 10, 2026.
Kastrenakes, Jacob (April 28, 2021). "Netflix's official Vtuber is part sheep and promotes anime". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.

vice.com (Global: 247^th place; English: 175^th place)

Valens, Ana (May 28, 2025). "New to VTubing? Don't Discount VRoid Studio. It's Hiding Its Power Level". VICE. Retrieved October 2, 2026.
"The Vtuber Industry: Corporatization, Labor, and Kawaii". Vice. December 22, 2020. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

virtualhumans.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Mancuso, Devin (December 15, 2020). "The Rise of VTubers as Social Media Influencers, Explained". www.virtualhumans.org. Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

vrm-consortium.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"What is VRM?". VRM Consortium. VRM Consortium, Inc. Retrieved May 29, 2023.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Japan's virtual YouTubers have millions of real subscribers — and make millions of real dollars". Rest of World. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
"Virtual YouTubers behind famous avatars in Japan make millions from superfans". South China Morning Post. May 9, 2022. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
"ユーザーローカル、バーチャルYouTuberの1万人突破を発表 9000人から4ヵ月で1000人増". PANORA. January 15, 2020. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
Dazon, Laura (March 16, 2020). "Virtual Youtubers – What's the appeal?". Quench. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
Bredikhina, Liudmila (March 1, 2021). "Virtual Theatrics and the Ideal VTuber Bishōjo". Replaying Japan. 3: 21. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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