LMsA I believe he learnt the power of his potential grift when he had that virtual baby shower for his oldest daughter.
Interesting.
If you ever stayed on long enough on his livestreams, you’ll notice more than a few donations in Brazilian Real and Polish Zloty. The language gap also works to his advantage when controlling the flow of information.
Yes I have noticed a lot of the breathlessly positive comments under his you tube videos are from people with non Anglosphere names, too. Even people with a good grasp of English don't always hear the nuance in conversation and as you say it is interesting that his British supporters tended to be the first one's to suss him out and drop him.