Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26213067-20150406152058/@comment-53539-20150408193442

HoneyCandiez wrote: Dizzyzebra wrote: HoneyCandiez wrote: Angel Emfrbl wrote: http://ch.nicovideo.jp/kadotanimitsuru/blomaga/ar699704Going to plop this here to let everyone know the rankings for Vocaloids on Nico Video last year. -snip-

I think I should also point out that the most sucessful male is 5th. In the top 10 we get three males to seven females. That's... not very good... but higher than I expected. 17% of released males made it into the top 10.

16% of released females made it into the top 10.

This suggests that males and females have a roughly equal chance of making it to the top 10. Of course, this is a very simplified calculation and there's probably a lot more factors to think about.

(I counted 43 non-private females and 17 non-private males) Oh, wow. Didn't know that. So stastically they have a HIGHER chance, which I think only helps point to the fact that people in general are buying males more, thanks for all your facts! Popularity doesn't necessary mean "sales".

Examples;
 * SeeU is popular, but didn't do fantastically well sales wise, she has more artwork and songs then some other more successful vocaloids.
 * Avanna has barely any popularity and pulls up less then 1,000 entries on sites like Deviant Art... but has sold well enough to win top sales for Zero-G products two years in a row.

Males are popular, there is no doubt about it, its just back to the main issue of them not selling well. This is why the studios mostly stick to the females, because their certain to sell well, whereas males tend not to sell as fast. The issue is to the point where the studios don't want to take risks unless their confident the product will sell.