7 EASY Tips To Get MORE CHATTERS On Twitch!

did you know that if a brand new  viewer type something in your chat   they are 50 more likely to return to your stream  this means giving new viewers a reason to chat   or a reason to engage is crucial for growing  your average viewers and creating a successful   channel i asked over 4 000 twitch users  how active they are in twitch chat   what makes them become more active with a brand  new streamer and what makes them just lurk   and or leave you'll be amazed how little you have  to do to actually make them chat and engage them   so let's cover it all today with seven tips  to increase your chat activity on twitch! Hey i'm Eljay with streamscheme.com i'm also  a variety streamer over at twitch.tv/eljayem_   there's a link in the description to that if  you want to check me out i'm actually live   right now so yes it is crucial that you guys do  everything you can to make someone use that chat   box without you know threatening them but there is  a small warning attached to this video attached to   all seven of these tips if you focus only on your  chat activity you can actually hurt your content   and hurt your potential growth but i'll cover all  that at the end first let me show you guys our   sponsor own.tv you guys should know about own.tv  by now they are your one stop shop for all things   streaming related and all things streaming  resources not only do they have high-end animated   overlay packs alerts sub badges and everything  else you might need but i was talking to them   recently and they said that they're focusing on  creating even more unique and exciting overlays   and there's 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so if you are brand new and just  starting out i recommend asking a few friends   to hang out in your chat and well have a chat  with you not only does this boost your average   viewership but if someone new does happen to drop  by they're able to join in on an already active   conversation and your friends can welcome them not  just into the conversation but into the community   the important thing to remember with this though  is that the new viewer has to be able to join in   i'll talk about this more later but essentially  if the conversation is super in-depth unrelatable   or personal and they can't join in they'll  most likely leave or simply lurk fostering a   community that welcomes new users in and includes  them in the conversation is crucial for viewer   retention and this is going to be a recurring  theme throughout this video community culture   increases chat activity oh sorry lj can i just  quickly ask what about discord calls with friends   and other streamers excellent question lj discord  calls are a great way to ruin your chat activity   every single time a streamer enters a discord  call it tends to slow down it's hard to balance   comms and also responding to your chat the less  you respond to your chat the less they're going   to try and talk this isn't a bad thing it's just  natural so remember the golden rule the reason   people send messages is because they want it to  be read out they just want attention otherwise   they wouldn't be sending the message next up let's  talk about some really amazing tools to increase   chat engagement that you can set up right now one  of the ways that i've increased my activity since   day one of being a streamer is using bots  such as stream elements to create timers or   really fun commands that people just can't help  but join in on stream elements timers are just the   bot being told to say something on well a timer  for example every 30 minutes you can tell the bot   to ask people to follow if they're enjoying the  stream or tell them to try out certain commands or   anything you really want to remind your chatters  of on a timer every time my stream elements timer   mentions you can follow if you're enjoying the  stream i would always get a few followers or at   least just one i'm a lot bigger now so it's harder  for users to see the timers amongst the rest of   the chat but it was a great way when i was smaller  to increase engagements and follows the second set   of tools inside stream elements that i love to  use are commands i have covered these a lot for   cloudbot and it is the same thing but essentially  i set up loyalty points which are different to   channel points and i'll cover those as well in  a second don't worry but if a user is in chat   they'll earn loyalty points and then they can  type commands such as exclamation mark gamble or   exclamation mark heist to use those points in chat  based games i see huge spikes in chat activity   when a heist is used because heist in particular  are a group chat game meaning everyone does it   together they all type exclamation mark heist  or they all type exclamation mark join and then   the bot runs a little custom high story i've made  up about how my chat is trying to steal my secret   sauce collection and then some people win they  get points others lose and it's just a lot of fun   to add to this and increase the activity whoever  has the most loyalty points at the end of the   month gets a gift sub from me which incentivizes  joining the heists i have two other commands that   i want to quickly show off because they are huge  for increasing my chat activity but essentially   one is called exclamation mark iq and the other  is called exclamation mark base when someone   uses these it rolls a random number gen between  0 and 100 and then it spits back that the user is   69 based or 73 percent iq which obviously isn't  how iq works but it's a lot of fun because users   can not only target this for themselves but each  other they can type exclamation mark iq space   at me or another chatter and it says that my iq  or the other chatter's iq is a certain percentage   another command that i think every single person  should use to increase chat activity and also to   engage new chatters is the exclamation mark what  up command typing this command gives the user a   small rundown of what is happening on that stream  and to take this a step further i actually edited   my chat rules to be much shorter and to just tell  people to try typing exclamation mark what up   and i have seen a huge increase in new  chatter's first message being exclamation mark   what up to which i then look back at chat and say  oh hey brand new user what up to you too it's so   good it works so good i promise the command idea  i actually joined from stan's another streamer but   i'm pretty sure he yinked it from northern lion  the chat rules that's all me i've just gone a   little step further whenever i talk about commands  i get asked the question well how do my users know   to use it well you either add it to your title or  if you naturally have a few chatters using them   then twitch chat will just be lemmings and  they'll all join in and try them as well   speaking of being active by the way did you know  that only 20 of people who watch my videos are   subscribed to the channel if you're not subscribed  maybe go give it a little click you can always   unsubscribe later but it really helps us out in  the algorithm if we go back to our golden rule   and say that every chatter just wants attention  from the streamer then this one is gonna seem   very obvious to you and so obvious you're probably  gonna say lj shut up nobody is stupid enough not   to do that the tip is that if someone is in your  chat and they say something just say something   back acknowledge them say hello ask them a  question answer their question just reply   uh lj shut up nobody is dumb enough to ignore  their chatters look you say that but i've got   on my alt account and i've clicked on hundreds of  small streamers from the browse on twitch from the   sidebar and the stream scheme discord and from the  youtube comments on this channel i've said hello   or i've followed your channels and zilch has been  said back to me so many of you are just sat there   stone-faced not commentating not saying anything  you're just playing a game ignoring everything   that is supposed to be done to make your stream  entertaining you never even glance to see my   message where i say hey how you doing or if you  do glance over for some reason you don't reply   do you think i'm a bot saying hello just  say hello back to me for [ __ ] sake this   especially shouldn't be a problem anymore because  twitch just recently added a feature called first   time chatter highlights this feature is absolutely  amazing and the name kind of explains what it does   but essentially it highlights when someone  is new to the stream but before they had   this tool i had to get clever and use the  old brain box then it'll come up with a way   to find when someone is brand new to my stream  and i did this using channel points and i still   use these channel point tools in conjunction with  first time chatters so let me run through a few   that you should set up once you're an affiliate  the first one i've talked about before but it is   the say hi i'm new here you'll set up a channel  point reward that costs around 200 channel points   it's called hi i'm new if someone is lurking in  your stream and they've been there a little bit   they'll earn 200 channel points or if they follow  you they'll earn just over 200 channel points as   well when they hit that 200 point mark twitch will  pop up and say why not use this redeem and twitch   will always pick the cheapest redeem that you can  afford which means because of how we've set it up   it'll tell them to just say hi and if they do then  it comes up as a big highlighted message in chat   so that you can reply to it and welcome  in a brand new chatter there are two other   channel points that i have set up that i really  like for engaging brand new chatters as well   the first one is hi i'm a lurker some people want  to say hello but they don't want to be forced to   engage so this is a bit less daunting to say hello  without the expectation of becoming a chatter   it still gets them active and it's a nice way to  meet them in the middle the second channel point   that i've got set up is something that a viewer  sent me a few months ago but i'm really sorry i   can't find who it was anymore essentially it's  first you make it redeemable once and you just   call it first and whoever is in chat first can  redeem it when the stream goes live the internet   has always loved spamming first whenever they  reach a video well first or in this channel's   case everyone spams hashtag earlygang which is  awesome so this really just matches that increases   activity so i still need to go into my big warning  about how by focusing too much on chat activity   you can hurt your stream but that's going to be  at the end of the video so if you choose to leave   at any point that's totally fine just skip ahead  to the end and watch that because it is crucial   that every creator understands how important this  is if you've ever desperately googled how to make   friends like i did as a teenager then you've  probably figured out that one of the best ways   to start conversations is by using open-ended  questions granted we're not looking to make   friends with our viewers in any way but it's the  same concept if you have a few lurkers and you   want them to be more active in chat then asking  yes or no questions is one of the worst ways to do   that i see you guys doing it all the time you need  to use open-ended questions that allow for them to   elaborate on a topic they're interested in for  example you'd say man i was watching a movie   on the weekend and i watched my favorite movie it  was stardust and i haven't watched it since i was   a kid what is your favorite movie from when you're  a kid that just holds up today this allows them to   engage and talk about their favorite movies and  you can talk about which ones you like as well it   creates a conversation another great way to engage  chatters with open-ended questions without forcing   yourself to ask them is to simply put the topic  or the question in your title or as a command   such as the exclamation mark qotd command which  stands for question of the day if your title poses   a question or sparks an emotional response from  a potential viewer they're more likely to click   it and engage with you in conversation this is  why i tell you guys to stop naming your stream   chill vibes you're kind of promoting the idea of  a lurker-friendly place which is great but if you   want active chatters you want them to come in hot  and be like hey how dare you say that coffee is   better than tea you can do this with any relatable  topics such as white chocolate is better than   dark chocolate because everyone agrees that dark  chocolate is trash and white chocolate's the best   literally everyone on the planet here's a few more  examples for you hey did you guys skip cut scenes   on the first playthrough do you guys hate side  quests do you guys like trying on clothes when you   go out clothes shopping all of these are relatable  ways to increase activity as long as you follow up   on the question don't just get their answer read  it out and move on you need to unravel the string   what you guys like dark chocolate that's crazy  it's so bitter and disgusting why do you like it   this is called a yes end and it's used in improv  all the time someone says something you say yes   and and you build on it it's literally just having  a conversation okay moving on it is a fact that   during a just chatting segment you are more likely  to have a faster and more active chat because   remember our golden rule is if you are reading  out chat messages and chatters just want attention   then they're more likely to be active this means  that if you switch from just chatting to a game   you will see a drop-off in activity this can be  incredibly jarring for you and make you feel like   you're a boring streamer but it's totally normal  that said there are a lot of games out there that   i'll go over that can spark a lot of chat activity  and others that can go even more quiet than just a   normal switch games like super liminal or skyward  sword are puzzle games and very atmospheric as   well this means that you kind of have to focus on  the game and a lot of the time chat will go very   quiet and just start lurking to enjoy the content  and spoiler alert for a lot of small streamers out   there who don't understand this yet but a quiet  chat doesn't mean that a streamer is boring and   doesn't mean they're viewbotting either it just  means their viewers are lurking and enjoying the   content there are a lot of games where you can  add your own twists to increase productivity   such as pokemon if you name all of your pokemon  after your chatters then it increases activity you   say something like hey who wants to be magikarp  suddenly you have 20 people spamming me and then   you've named it after it if the magikarp messes up  and dies later or kills something you really want   to catch then you call them out laugh at them and  everyone in chat starts tagging them as well and   laughing along it's a great community building  idea there are also games that are specifically   designed to increase your chat activity such as  words on stream marvels on stream gartic on stream   and mods that will take a game and allow chat  to control it from your twitch chat box all of   these games have a huge chat based component that  allow the chat to engage with the game directly   and can be massive in increasing activity and  again that also feeds back into my first tip   that people will be more active if they see others  already being active to add to that if you're   looking for ideas for your just chatting segment  to create engaging content then i recommend   looking at things like tier lists bracket  fights buzzfeed quizzes and one of my all-time   favorites google feud tier lists and brackets  are essentially ranking relatable topics into   the best and the worst buzzfeed quizzes are just  completely dumb but they're very fun and google   feud is about picking a category then trying  to guess the top 10 search things under that   category these are all great fun things to do with  your chat that will increase your chat activity   for our second last tip i want to talk about one  of the hardest ways to increase tech activity   but also one of the most effective ways and you  need to work on this from day one as a streamer   and that is your community culture you cannot  force community culture you cannot fake community   culture it takes a huge amount of time and energy  to build a community culture around chat activity   and if you misrepresent that or ignore that or  try and force the chat to be a different way   well then you'll lose your viewers that's just  a fact by empowering and encouraging your chat   you'll see a community culture begin to spread if  people rock up early and start saying early gang   then join in spam it and encourage it with them  if new memes appear even if it's a creepy gnome   called gary with two hours instead of one which  is important i promise then encourage it but most   importantly if you encourage and build a culture  where your current viewers welcome new viewers in   they get excited for rage they get excited for new  subs well that is indispensable that is one of the   most powerful things because when someone joins  if they feel welcomed they'll always come back   obviously it would be weird if someone joined  and said hello and like 30 people said hi with a   smiley face like that's creepy but just a general  hey how you doing welcome in is so powerful this   is a constant process that you'll have to work on  and encourage but once you're large enough once   your community is built into that enough it goes  so far to just continually grow and become this   thing that you don't even have to manage anymore  and now for the tip that is incredibly important   to increase chat activity but also it's the one  you're going to not want to hear that's right   it's the warning about how focusing on tractivity  can destroy your stream straight out of the gate i   have to tell you it isn't actually your viewers  responsibility to be active in your chat small   streamers have a terrible habit of looking  at lurkers and thinking they're a bad thing   and that is so detrimental they don't realize that  not every streamer has 10 000 viewers spamming lul   w over and over again this sets themselves up  to have such high expectations of how fast their   chat has to be and it causes them to become very  disheartened when their chat isn't at that speed   if you want an active chat you have to produce  good quality engaging content that makes someone   want to spam lol w because just to reiterate at  the end of the day the best way to create chat   activity is by producing good quality content  and to back this up almost every single person   who commented and said why they engage with  a new streamer said pretty much you just make   sure you're actually doing something engaging if  you're sitting there drooling stone-faced they're   not going to engage because that isn't engaging  content that said a slow chat does not mean you're   producing bad content honestly a lot of the time  it is the exact opposite there are times where   i will play a game and my chat activity will slow  right down but my average viewers will pick up and   start to skyrocket in comparison this is because  people are enjoying the content and lurking and   just chilling in this situation what do i do do  i start asking a bunch of open-ended questions   do i run polls do i go out of my way to try and  engage them no i just have to make good quality   entertaining content with a slow chat because  if you take anything away from this video at all   it's that if you try and force someone to chat  they will leave and if i can't be entertaining   with a slow chat or no chat then i can't be  entertaining as a streamer when i have a chat   an important lesson that i learned and a lot of  streamers who are just chatting streamers like   myself learn is that if you are growing because  you're reading out every single message well then   eventually you're gonna get to a point where you  can't read every single message giant streamers   can only read one or two messages here and there  they don't focus on engaging individuals they   focus on creating entertaining content for the  collective that is their chat this is also crucial   to learn as a content creator because as someone  who's been editing a lot of my streams lately   i've learned that the more i talk to my chat and  the more i try and engage my chat the harder it is   to make an engaging or entertaining youtube video  out of that stream i actually don't know what you   guys think about this and i'd love to hear what  you have to say in the comments but personally   i will take a massive hit to my average viewers i  will also take a massive hit to my active chatters   if it means that afterwards i can edit down a  banger video that'll help me grow across multiple   platforms while i'm offline and not streaming  because at the end of the day 6 000 chat messages   or 300 unique chatters on a stream is awesome  but it doesn't help me to become a better content   creator or to grow when i'm offline the moment i  hit end stream those chatters are gone so while   it is fine to want to increase your chat activity  remember lurkers are the backbone of twitch and   the focus should always be creating good engaging  content speaking of youtube thinks that if you   click this video it'll help you grow and become  a better content creator so why not check it out   and let me know if the youtube algorithm was  onto something i'll see you guys next week

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Length: 19min 33sec (1173 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 20 2021