I wouldn't be surprised if the simplicity of the style made it interesting for constrained budgets and time tables. Kurzgesagt mentions on its patreon that the

I wouldn't be surprised if the simplicity of the style made it interesting for constrained budgets and time tables. Kurzgesagt mentions on its patreon that they used to spend on average 150 hours on each episode and are now at up to 500. While the style stayed mostly the same I think there is now also a lot more going on visually than in the early videos.