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>maybe newer Touhou fans will make more content of her?
I hope so, but I've seen a lot of content creators move on just when they started getting much better. In fact, a lot of great 2D artists started drawing with Touhou, but haven't touched it for years.
>Bit of a shame it took so much in terms of new people but it can't be helped.
It's not just that Youmu has a huge influx of new fans, Youmu voters are also much younger than the average.
This is most likely the reason for Youmu's surge in popularity.
There's also a 75% for previous voters to vote for her again in the next year despite the influx of new people every year.
(And then there's the consistently high 1st choice rate.)
In any case, this is a good sign. It means that the Youmu fandom will get passed down to the next generation. And she's doing much better than most other characters.