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Gawr Gura is the English-language VTuber persona operated under Cover Corp's Hololive Production, debuting in September 2020 as part of the inaugural…
Total Followers -0.2%
4.6M
Across YouTube
Primary Platform
YouTube
4.6M followers · 100% of audience
Engagement
9.3%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Macro
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Her final broadcast surpassed her own historic 3D debut concurrent-viewer count, marking the end of an era for VTubing.
The announcement livestream peaked at roughly 229K–240K concurrent viewers, setting a record for English-speaking VTubers.
Shares of Hololive's parent company dropped sharply after the news, underscoring her commercial importance to the agency.
Industry coverage noted Cover Corp retains the Gawr Gura character/IP, so any solo return would likely require a new identity.
| Platform | Followers | 30d Growth | Engagement | Posts / wk | Last upload |
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| YouTube | 4,630,000 | +-9723 | 9.3% | — | 1 years ago |
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 |
| Last 30 days | -9723 -0.2% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -9723 |
| Last 90 days | -28706 -0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -28706 |
| Last 365 days | -28706 -0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -28706 |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Gawr Gura is the English-language VTuber persona operated under Cover Corp's Hololive Production, debuting in September 2020 as part of the inaugural Hololive English 'Myth' generation. The character — a shark-girl idol framed in lore as a descendant of the Lost City of Atlantis — became the breakout figure of the English VTuber wave, reaching one million YouTube subscribers faster than any other channel on the platform at the time of her debut. Her content blended casual gaming streams (Minecraft, Rust, indie horror), karaoke and original song covers, 3D live performances, and short-form 'shark' bits that traveled widely as memes. As of April 30, 2025, the talent behind Gura officially 'graduated' from Hololive, retiring the persona while leaving behind a multi-million-subscriber archive.
GawrGura is a Hololive EN VTuber whose catalog skews toward music covers, original songs, and casual gaming streams — a content mix that maps cleanly onto gaming peripherals, anime/manga streaming services, collectible merchandise, mobile games (especially gacha and JRPGs), energy drinks, and snack brands targeting the otaku/Western anime audience. Engagement runs well above category median, signaling a deeply parasocial fanbase that converts on merch drops and limited collaborations. Audience is majority male, concentrated in 18–34, and anchored in the US with a meaningful Japan tail — useful for brands wanting bilingual Western-anime reach. As a Cover Corp talent, sponsor activations historically flowed through agency-brokered deals with gaming and anime-adjacent partners; however, her April 2025 graduation means the channel is now legacy inventory rather than an active media buy.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at GawrGura's tier (Macro, 4.6M combined followers, Japan). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Yes. Gawr Gura graduated from Hololive English on April 30, 2025, ending her run as the shark-girl idol of the Hololive EN branch under Cover Corp. Her YouTube channel and uploads remain online, but she no longer streams as an active Hololive talent.
Cover Corp announced her graduation in April 2025, framing it as a mutual decision to close out her chapter as a Hololive talent. No specific scandal or controversy was tied to the departure — it was presented as the natural end of her time with the agency.
Her YouTube channel has been dormant since her graduation, with her last upload before that being song covers and farewell content. The channel is preserved with her archive of streams, covers, and shorts, but new content from the Gawr Gura persona is not being released.
In her Hololive lore, Gawr Gura is a descendant of the Lost City of Atlantis who swam up to the surface because life underwater was boring. She wears a shark hat she bought on land and is said to enjoy talking to marine life — the whole shark-girl identity is core to her character.
Her catalog includes original tracks and covers such as Ash (a collaboration with composer Casey Edwards), blue horizon!!, a Renai Circulation cover with Murasaki Shion, and her viral cover of 粛聖!! ロリ神レクイエム☆. Her music uploads consistently performed as some of the most-watched content on her channel.
Yes, for most of her active career Gawr Gura held the title of most-subscribed VTuber on YouTube, peaking at over 4.6 million subscribers. She was the first VTuber to cross several major subscriber milestones in the English-speaking VTuber scene.
Cover Corp has never officially confirmed the identity of the person behind Gawr Gura, and following Hololive policy the talent's real identity is kept separate from the character. Speculation circulates online, but there is no official confirmation tied to her graduation announcement.
Her streams leaned casual and variety-focused, including Hololive collab events like HoloRust and HoloCure, plus party games, horror titles, and Minecraft sessions with other Hololive members. Her gaming content was classified under casual gaming rather than competitive play.
As a Hololive English talent under Tokyo-based Cover Corp, she's operated out of the Japan-based Hololive ecosystem, though her content was English-language and aimed at a global audience. Her largest viewership came from the United States, followed by Japan and the United Kingdom.
Her channel sits in the Macro creator tier with over 4.6 million subscribers, and engagement on her uploads ran well above the gaming-category median even after she stopped streaming. Her audience skews 18–34 and is predominantly male, with strong fanbases in the US and Japan.
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