How To Grow Your Viewers On Twitch In 2021

have you been struggling to get more viewers on twitch yeah i've been there too i think we all have i've been streaming for about eight months now and when i first started off guys i was streaming to about two three people sometimes even zero and eight months later fast forward to now and i just hit an average of 28 on my channel and we're still going strong we still have a long journey ahead of us and i wanted to make this video today to show you guys what i did to go from zero to 28 viewers average in eight months now let me preface this video real quick with this statement your average viewers your viewership does not define who you are as a content creator or a streamer it's just a number don't let that define you no matter how many people you stream to you are still important it does not define the quality of your content or the quality of your streams it's just an analytic it's an analytic though that i look at to kind of gauge how my streams are progressing but you should not get obsessed about it but i thought it'd be a fun idea to give you guys a few tips on how to have that number grow and to grow your audience so i'm gonna go over the five things that i've been doing the last eight months on growing my twitch channel and viewership so if you liked the video leave a like down below and if you're not subscribed to the channel yet hit that subscribe button it shows me that you guys like this type of content and you want me to make more of it i also stream live on twitch every tuesday thursday and friday the link is in the description below join in on a stream one day and we can talk more about this kind of stuff all right so let's just get into the video tip number one is stream on a consistent schedule i've said this before in past videos i actually have a video talking about schedules you can check it out right here but having a consistent streaming schedule is really important i always use this analogy which is think of your stream as your favorite tv show it comes on every tuesday at 7 00 pm and sometimes you plan your day around it or your plans so you can catch your favorite tv show right or the last episode had a cliffhanger and you can't wait for that next episode to hit and you expected the hit on tuesday at 7 pm that is how you should treat your stream there are people out there that look forward to your stream even if you believe it or not there are and if you're constantly changing your schedule or streaming at random times of the day it's going to kill your viewership now some people can kind of get away with that but if you want to see consistent growth what i've been doing is i picked a schedule that worked around my life that i knew i can stick to and did that i only stream three times a week for four hours each stream and that's it i don't throw random streams in i don't like to confuse my audience um they can expect me on those same days and that same time now i used to stream actually in the evenings um but one day i actually had to change it to a day stream and i noticed that my numbers were better during the day so then i thought to myself okay let me experiment a little bit and i switched over to day streams for a week just to see how the numbers would compare and for me in my streams it was better for me my average viewers went up my follow count went up that's what works for me now that doesn't work for everybody which is my second point it's not number two but it's a sub point of when you pick your schedule don't be afraid to experiment do a couple of day streams if you can and then do a couple of night streams and see which ones work better for you and your viewership but having a consistent schedule at the end of the day is proven to help your viewership it's what's been working for me for the last eight months all right my second point would be to pick a game that's not too saturated now i've talked about this in another video as well which i'll plug right here it's a how to pick a game to stream on twitch go check it out apparently you guys really like that video but anyway picking your game is actually a strategy in itself now i'm not saying to pick a game that you absolutely hate playing but would be good for your growth because that's not gonna last there's a fine formula to picking your game and for some people they can play whatever game they want and they'll still grow but that's not the case for most people what i did was instead of picking one game because honestly i can't stick to just one game for the rest of my life i'm gonna burn out on it and eventually i'm gonna hate it i picked a genre of games that i really like to play and i base my channel around the genre so i play rpgs and i play dark souls games mainly on my channel so people know oh dorro plays dark souls games and rpgs that's what i can expect from his channel variety streaming is very tough on twitch it's honestly playing twitch on hard mode if you're constantly jumping from genres and games it's harder to build a more unified community now again it works for some people but not everybody so if you see that if you're jumping around from game to game and from genre to genre you're playing an fps one day and a racing game the other day and you're not growing in viewership try sticking to either one game or a genre and see how that works for you now i talked more about that in my video that i mentioned earlier but the way i pick my game is it has to have a good community behind it the least amount of viewers i like to see on a game that i want to play is around 200 and the max 2000 because the more saturated a game is and your viewership isn't that high yet you're going to be lower on that directory list and it's going to be harder for people on twitch to find you so at least in the beginning play games that have lower viewership so that you're higher in the directory and then as you progress and as your viewership grows you can take that viewership more saturated games and then you're higher in that directory that's at least what i've been doing and it's been working for me so try it out and let me know in the comments down below if you try it out is it working for you are you seeing your viewership grow but jumping on over to number three being active on social media now to be honest social media and getting to know people is the more important part than actually streaming you really want to be active on social medias getting to know other people and presenting yourself to a bigger audience on different platforms that actually have a growth algorithm in place so like twitter tick talk instagram and youtube all of those platforms actually have algorithms in place to help a person grow if they're consistent with their content you really want to be active on these social medias now what i've done is i've picked a couple that i knew i can be consistent on and that i actually enjoyed being on you don't want to overburden yourself with too many things because then at the end of the day you're going to burn yourself out and then you're going to be really inconsistent pick one or two and go really hard on those social medias now i'm definitely not saying to just post going live going live going live going live don't post that because that's not content you want to post good content on the social media platform so what's been working for me for the last eight months is posting motivational things posting funny content and then most importantly posting relatable shareable content that's all you need to know like i said earlier everything that's been working for me might not work for you so try different things now jumping on over to point four talking to your chat and being active with your community in and outside of your streams too many times too many times do i see people not talking to their chat or ignoring messages or if nobody's talking in their stream they're just dead silent sitting there playing a video game and what i like to do occasionally is just pop into someone's stream and check somebody new out and if they're just sitting there silent looking bored i leave i'm gonna be honest with you and i see that too many times and that's gonna hurt you just because nobody's talking in your stream or maybe you're only averaging two people or one person does not mean you should just be quiet because if somebody new pops in they are more likely to leave because you're just sitting there quiet looking bored just because nobody's talking what i did in the beginning when i started streaming i was constantly talking like expressing what i was doing in the video game talking about my day just having a conversation with myself now at first you're going to seem like you're crazy you're going to think oh this is weird i'm not used to this but trust me at least for me it works and once you get to the point where you actually do have people in your chat talking making sure you take the time to read people's messages because honestly from what i've noticed twitch isn't a platform to really just play video games otherwise you wouldn't have the camera on you you'd just be playing video games in your living room right it's a platform to be engaging with people in your chat people like that so if you actually talk to your chat to your viewers they feel engaged in a part of the stream and they're more likely to stay for a longer period of time so talk to them try not to skip messages and most importantly read from the oldest chat message to the newest chat message and not vice versa because too many times do i see people do that and then they tend to miss older messages and even outside of streams make sure you're engaging with your audience with your followers that you gain over time if you have a discord make sure you talk to the people who watch you and interact with them because then they're more likely to keep watching your streams and feel more a part of your community that you're trying to build so moving on to our last point number five which is honestly the most important one in my opinion and what's really helped me grow from zero to 28 average viewers on my streams and that's make friends support other streamers and be part of other people's communities it's really easy to get focused on your own things and what you are doing and what you have to do and we tend to forget that there are other streamers out there doing this exact same thing and trust me guys you probably heard this a million times but teamwork makes the dream work when i was first starting to stream i wasn't really active in other people's streams or communities and i was really just focused on what i was doing then i started making more friends and supporting other streamers and their communities and helping them grow and then i noticed that they started helping me and it wasn't a thing where we were doing that to get something out of each other we genuinely were friends and we liked each other's content and we bounced back and forth and then we started sharing viewers and then new viewers in their stream would come into my stream because i was active in their community and then vice versa and we helped each other grow now i'm a part of a community that is amazing i don't know what i would even do without them and they're probably watching this video right now and i just want to let you guys know that you're very important to me you guys are amazing and the awesome thing about the community that i'm a part of right now we're a community filled with streamers there's also a lot of viewers in there too but with the streamers we help each other grow we have that abundance mindset meaning there are enough viewers to go around there's enough money in the world to go around there's no competition between us we're all going for the same thing to make a difference on twitch it's a platform that allows us to help each other inspire people and we're all going for the same thing so why not help each other right if you can find a community that is like that or a couple of streamers that think that way and you guys can help each other grow versus compete with one another i guarantee you'll grow quicker than ever but guys those are the five things that i've been doing for the last eight months that have helped me get from zero to 28 average viewers on twitch let me know in the comments down below what you've been doing to help grow your viewership and what tips you might have for other people that i didn't mention in this video i'd love to hear what you have to say but guys i hope you liked the video and i'll see you live on twitch

Channel: doro44twitch

Views: 2,008

Keywords: how to grow your viewers on twitch 2021, how to grow on twitch, how to, grow on twitch 2020, how to grow from 0 on twitch, how to get more viewers on twitch, grow from 0 to 30 viewers, 0 viewers on twitch, twitch, how to grow fast on twitch, how to get more viewers on twitch 2020, get more viewers on twitch, streaming tips, how to pick a game, how to pick a game to stream on twitch, how to grow on twitter, how to grow on social media, How to gain more followers on twitch

Id: J35u4MPASIU

Length: 13min 0sec (780 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 01 2020