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GX Aura

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About

GX Aura is a virtual YouTuber launched by Opera GX, a web browser created by the team behind the Opera web browser. GX Aura is marketed as a "silly" singing VTuber who speaks in a British accent. She made her debut on Twitch on August 19th, 2023. News about GX Aura supposedly "breaking" Twitch after gathering over 75,000 viewers on her debut stream began to spread on August 20th, but several internet onlookers speculated that the record was inflated due to the stream being embedded in an Opera GX landing page.

Online History

Aura was first created as a mascot for Opera GX's Discord channel,[1] with the corporation holding auditions to give Aura a VTuber persona on April 5th, 2023 (seen below).[2] The post gathered over 11,000 likes in five months.


On June 14th, Aura's voice was revealed in an X post that gathered over 26,000 likes in over two months.[3] Aura then began posting musical covers on her YouTube Shorts channel in subsequent weeks.[4] On August 12th, Aura announced August 19th, 2023, as the date for VTuber Twitch debut.[5]

On August 19th, GX Aura made her Twitch debut, gathering over 75,000 viewers on her stream and becoming one of the most viewed VTuber debuts on the platform.[8] This was noted by X user @MirabelleVtuber[6] on August 19th (seen below, left). Also on August 19th, Dexerto[7] made a post announcing GX Aura's debut, adding that her debut purportedly "broke" Twitch (seen below, right).


Mirabelle Biblically Accurate Vtuber @MirabelleVtuber I have never seen a Vtuber stream on Twitch this HUGE H-------- Congrats to Aura!! LIVE AURA GX_Aura Schedule Videos Clips [DEBUT] GX Aura, Now Loading! | !socials Special Events English Vtuber vtuberdebut Anime 1:26 AM. Aug 20, 2023 500.8K Views 203 Reposts 62 Quotes 6,916 Likes 172 Bookmarks 73,804 React BYE CUTEN Mandinga358 bukigod 0:54:51 : ENENEN can you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet againcan you show your feet a Bestofnicks Dexerto @Dexerto Opera GX debuted their first ever VTuber, GX Aura, which instantly broke Twitch with 75K viewers AURA! GX_Aura [DEBUT] GX Aura, Now Loading! | Isocials LIVE Special Events English Vtuber vtuberdebut Anime React 273,806 05613 3:05 AM. Aug 20, 2023 · 9M Views Subscribe O 1,937 Reposts 1,232 Quotes 53.9K Likes 2,377 Bookmarks

Opera GX View Inflation Controversy

Soon after GX Aura's debut, internet commentators began discussing how Opera possibly helped inflate the views on Aura GX's Twitch stream by embedding her stream in the Opera GX browser.

On August 19th, 2023, X user @DoctorPlato[9] made a post noting this, gathering over 2,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Opera GX's official X account replied[10] to the accusation of artificially inflated views by saying that "Stream embed doesn't count if you don't watch/are not logged in. / GX corner is not the start page. / Ofc we gon' promote our Vtuber on our own site but numbers don't matter."[11]


Plato @DoctorPlato Embedded on the front page of Opera GX browser. Fake viewership numbers. The Fextralife strategy. GX Corner Release calendar WORLD TURTLES 01 MAY PRA 02 | MAY 289 Reposts Lore Video Direction, Design and Editing HiroshiVtuber Art and animation MaxineEclair Music koryovt Voice Acting: AjSparks at Merryweathery A Vicorp jp project Pause 02 | MAY GX_Aura [DEBUT] GX Aura, Now Loading! | Isocials Special Events English Vtuber vtuberdebut Anime AURA 02 | MAY AURA Grands Tang 031 MAY React ♥ 4 273,806 056:13: 4:28 AM - Aug 20, 2023 · 379.6K Views ALL Tiny Life 03 | MAY S WINDOWS PLAYSTATION XBOX SWITCH MAC LINUX VR 105 Ⓒ 300 RAVENLOK 04 MAY 72 Quotes 2,901 Likes 182 Bookmarks FEEDBACK 04 MAY STREAM CHAT Dexerto @Dexerto. Aug 20 Opera GX debuted their first ever VTuber, GX Aura, which instantly broke Twitch with 75K viewers Vinesta Reformed Gambler: hrosh sense Pinned by Vozorage Follow me on Social Media! https://twitter.c... VDavidDLC: ooooh merry MisterBlobs ITS MERRY W www 0 Followers-Only Chat Send a message megamorusan: AuraHeart AuraHeart AuraHeart thatguyfromtwitch: POLSKA GUROM NeroDBlood: AuraHeart QuackuaManco d mia c AuralHeart AurHeart FlattManta god tier youngsters MERRYWEATHER YAAA SIGN IN 04 MAY Ⓒ Ⓒ Chat 0 Opera GX ✩ @operagxofficial This is just wrong Imao. 1. The embed directs people to the actual stream but you don't count as a viewer unless you're logged into Twitch on the browser. This embed could also be switched off with a toggle right above it. 2. The page it was featured on is our own site where we display the games to release during the month, new game trailers, game news and more. It is not the page that appears when you make a new tab 3. The embed also does not violate Twitch's ToS in any way, Twitch encourages embedding their site, they even provide the code for you to use on their dev page. 4. It's not fake viewership. The viewer count were the users who are logged into Twitch on their browser, those who aren't logged in did not count as viewers. The chat's activity both before and during the stream shows that, even with the slowmode enabled. 5. It's natural that we back our talent on our own site for her debut. We will not embed every single stream, only special events such as this one. This debut was an event we've been working on since the beginning of this year and naturally, we did our best to promote it. Our goal wasn't to hit a certain number of viewers or to inflate the numbers, numbers aren't important. What matters to us is that we could display this stream on our own website to give it a huge amount of visibility for those who are interested in VTubers. But feel free to direct any of your questions to our Vtuber manager @realquicc, who has been active in the scene for many years and is leading this passion project of his. quik ** To clarify the browser integration: @realquicc. Aug 20 We put a banner on the GX Corner page of the browser at midnight on 19/08 with a countdown to her debut stream and a CTA prompting people to go to Twitch, this part's pretty much normal promotion, not really that different than the paid ads... twitter.com/dvckyVT/status... Show more 4:19 PM . Aug 20, 2023 · 74.7K Views 39 Reposts 27 Quotes 1,022 Likes 36 Bookmarks

On August 20th, X[12] user @Rev_says_desu posted a tweet countering Opera GX's claims, gathering over 1,000 likes in a day (seen below).


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External References

[1] Dexerto – GX Aura

[2] X – GXAuraOfficial

[3] X – GXAuraOfficial

[4]  YouTube – GXAuraOfficial

[5] X – GXAuraOfficial

[6] X – MirabelleVtuber

[7] X – Dexerto

[8] X – dvckyVT

[9] X – DoctorPlato

[10] X – operagxofficial

[11] X – operagxofficial

[12] X – Rev_says_desu

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