Honestly, this is the most relatable post I’ve read in weeks. I’ve been streaming for six months now and finally started focusing on my regulars. Once I stopped worrying about view count, things actually started growing. It’s wild how true that is.

Thanks for sharing! I just got my first mic (Maono) and was scared it wouldn’t sound right. Your post made me realize I don’t need a studio to grow. Also totally agree on overlays because simplicity always wins.

Bro, this hit me right in the feels because I’m still kinda stuck at 3–5 viewers but recently someone told yo start clipping my streams too. Eventually, I got one short that did 10k on TikTok and suddenly two people showed up from there. It’s wild how cross-promotion actually works.

Yeah same here. I don’t even bother with them on YouTube anymore. On TikTok, I’ll throw one or two just in case, but the algorithm seems to read text and voice now anyway. Still, hashtags make it easier for small creators to get seen, so I’m keeping ‘em for now.

Yesss this hit home I used to post every night thinking that’s when everyone’s online, but my morning uploads always do better now. Like 7:45 AM weirdly pops off for me every time.

We are in the same boat bro, I losted a 10-sec clip fixing my camera settings, boom, 20k views. Then I drop a 1-min tutorial and it dies in the algorithm. I think short and snappy is the move this year for sure.

I 100% agree with this. I had a tutorial that only got like 500 views at first but average watch time was 5 mins. Now it’s sitting at 10k because YouTube kept pushing it in Suggested. Meanwhile my meme video with 4k views died after a week cause everyone clicked off in 15 secs. Watch time is ...

I honestly stopped stressing over keywords. I just make sure the title sounds natural and clickable. Like instead of “YouTube SEO 2025 Strategy,” I’d write “I Tried All the New YouTube SEO Tricks (Here’s What Worked).” Feels more human. And funny enough, those videos get more suggested traffic for ...

Man, I feel this so hard. I had a gaming clip I just tossed up with no tags, no keyword research, nothing… and somehow it hit 10k views in a week because it got thrown into Suggested next to a big streamer’s video. Then I spent hours optimizing another video with “perfect SEO” and it barely hit 100 ...

Yes, I hope to learn many things here.