[viraptor]

Why is that shocking? Her existing subscribers continued to support her, but also multiple other famous youtubers talked about her which got her new attention/subscribers. I've seen at least 3 other channels giving her a dedicated video and YouTube is still serving me her shorts.

[lupire]

Subscriber is the technical term but really it's donor, because they aren't paying for access to new work product.

Most people who suffer a GoFundMe-type catastrophe don't attract new long-term financial backers over time.