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I've been streaming consistently for 2 months now (4-5 days per week, 3-4 hours per stream) and i'm stuck at 3-7 viewers. some days i'll peak at 10 but usually it's just a handful of people

I talk to chat constantly, i play a variety of games, my stream quality is good (1080p 60fps). but i'm just not growing and it's really frustrating

What am i missing? how did you break out of the low viewer count phase?

Twitch discoverability is terrible so you can't rely on people finding you through twitch alone

you need to create content outside of twitch that drives people to your streams:
- clip your best moments and post to tiktok (this is huge)
- make youtube videos about the games you play
- engage on twitter/x in your gaming community
- make instagram reels of funny stream moments

I was stuck at 8-10 viewers for 3 months. Then one of my tiktok clips got 200k views and i jumped to 40 average viewers basically overnight. now i post 2-3 tiktoks per day from stream highlights and my channel grows consistently

think of twitch as your home base but not your growth engine. you need external traffic sources to actually grow

also check what time you're streaming. if you're going live when all the big streamers in your category are live, nobody will find you. try streaming at off-peak times

The problem is probably "i play a variety of games" - that's killing your growth

people don't follow variety streamers when they're small. they follow you for a specific game or content type. once you're big you can do variety, but not at the beginning

here's what i changed that took me from 5 average viewers to 35:
- picked ONE game and streamed only that for 3 months straight
- became known in that game's community
- created a schedule and stuck to it religiously
- posted highlights on youtube and tiktok between streams

also 3-7 viewers after 2 months is actually not bad. you're in that awkward phase where you have a few regulars but haven't broken through to the next level yet

the key is making your existing viewers feel valued. learn their names, remember details about them, make them feel like part of something. those people will bring their friends and your community will grow organically

growth on twitch is exponential not linear. you'll be stuck at 5-10 viewers forever then suddenly jump to 20-30 when something clicks