User blog comment:Kirbyna321/Things I Don't Like About Vocaloid/@comment-53539-20140621131647

To be honest... For all Miku's faults, more people are buying Vocaloid now overall. There are still people who believe without doubt the Japanese vocaloids are "best vocaloids", but more people buy Vocaloids now in English then they ever did. :-/

Avanna took Zero-G's no.1 spot for the ENTIRE year last year, this never occured before... And this is considering she doesn't have a starter pack included. And Oliver is popular also thanks to the "Bee and Puppycat" series. People know now that it was Lola used in Paprika and there was crys of sorrow when the Vocaloid trio were retired earlier this year.

There is a issue in regards to Miku's popularity, but she impacts even other CFM also.

Part of the problem is getting producers to use other Vocaloids. Despite her popularity, other Vocaloids claim more search its, even though she gets more content. The other issue is, being already established in popularity, she has the strongest hold on the fandom, and newbie vocaloids are less likely to be used owed to the fact "why use a unknown vocal when you can use a familiar one?".

Miku was not expected to make it popular, her raise to popularity was random and unpredictable... CFM expected her to be a little popular then Meiko V1, but not to be THIS popular. She barely had any promotional stuff upon her release and most has come since her raise.