The Rise of the VTubers - Like & Describe Podcast #1

Welcome to the first-ever episode of Like & Describe, RUclips’s official trends podcast!
Each episode, you’ll join host, MatPat, on a journey to find the little known stories behind RUclips’s biggest trends. You’ll get the inside scoop from creators and experts, while hearing insights you can’t find anywhere else.
In this episode, we explore the widespread community of virtual creators who call themselves VTubers, as in Virtual RUclipsrs, and how the pop industry in Japan led to an explosion of animated RUclipsrs worldwide. We’ll hear from special guests and some of the most followed VTubers, ‪@GawrGura‬ and ‪@MoriCalliope‬. As well as RUclips Insiders ‪@earnestp‬ and Makoto Maeoka.