Do you think MX has more casual listeners than stans? I mean, there's not many stans here anyway.
I'm not sure. I think MX have a very loyal fanbase but most are disconnected with the kpop community. I still wonder how busy people like instagram's CEO and the creator of We Bare Bears managed to get time to actually stan Monsta X. The first literally went straight to Inkigayo to meet them.
They're casual more in the sense that they don't really care about doing hardcore fandom stuff like streaming, voting etc. Our fanbase is mostly adult who see kpop just as hobby. If you notice, Monsta X barely has any kids in the fandom which is really easy to find in other fandoms. They also have the most male stans in comparison to any bg, even Big Bang and 2pm, based in a survey on the amount of male attendees in their concerts in 2018 (around 19%). Male stans tend to be the majority in small gg fandoms, and not many them are into doing that hardcore fandom stuff either. So I do think MX have a bit of the same problem as well. Not that all male stans are lazy, I'm female and I'm lazy as hell when it comes to fandom stuff and I've seen a good couple of male mbbs more dedicated than me. But that doesn't mean I'm casual, they're still my ult.
So idk lol. It's a bit complicated to have an answer in their case.