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Originally Posted by mdo7

And if you want to see more evidence of people in the US watching foreign-language dramas:

By the way, this graph proves my statement that even high-quality English dubbing... is not very high quality, compared to dubbing in other countries.Or, to make my statement sound less offensive, I will still say that the art of dubbing in English-speaking countries is less developed for certain reasons.

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So I'm probably the only forumite on Tokunation that is able to watch tokusatsu, wuxia drama, Korean TV dramas, Taiwanese TV dramas, Mainland Chinese-language TV dramas.

Well, I watch everything too. But the difference is that I can find most other content in my native language, at least with subtitles, and sometimes with dubbing, both fan and professional. But I have to watch tokusatsu on English-language sites, due to the lack of translation and political bans on certain resources. But, recently, the situation is changing for the better due to the initiative of one fan-translator.
To answer your question: "Why is tokusatsu less popular?" I think the reason is in the country of origin, namely Japan. Most Japanese translators work on anime, which are produced in huge quantities. And, if you can still pay attention to films and regular dramas, then tokusatsu is work for the whole year. Well, demand creates supply and the like.
Also features of the genre. Tokusatsu has its own specifics and not everyone is ready to accept costume monsters in the 21st century. Now post-modernism reigns in pop culture, and even expensive superhero blockbusters engage in either deconstruction or parody. Also, anime also took quite a long time to catch on and it took time and several real masterpieces to become a real masterpiece.This is more difficult to achieve in tokusatsu due to the dominance of franchises in the genre. 50 seasons of 40+ episodes will scare off many. Doctor Who needed a new start to gain worldwide popularity. Also, tokusatsu is aimed at children, and, oddly enough, children's translated content is not very popular. That is, it is unlikely that many will include Doraemon in their list of the best anime.
Everything I write is true for my country, but taking into account what I wrote above about dubbing, it should be true for the USA to an even greater extent.