did v-tubers seriously get that big in the US?

>Outkick: When ESPN re-signed Stephen A. Smith to a five-year, $100 million contract earlier this year, we predicted that ESPN would come to regret the investment by the end of the deal.
was he that popular, americans? I know he has some one-liners about staying off the WEED-uh, and lamar odom being on CRACK, but jfc

who is rating this highly, exactly? cosplay girls?