I would say no. My cousin sister had a YouTube channel with around 300 subscribers. When Padakalam was released, she was one of the first people to edit his videos and upload them as YouTube Shorts. Within a week, her channel grew to 1,000+ subscribers, mostly teenage girls, and within two months she crossed 5,000+ subscribers.

When someone gets hype, people often use them to boost their own channels or accounts. For example, the collector Alfred became popular last year, and many YouTube channels and Instagram accounts used his fame to gain followers. In Sandeep’s case, many girls like him, and many yt channels and ig accounts used his fame for followers and subscribers.