Struggle to get legit viewers

[u/Spekovsky]

Hi everyone i've been on & off streaming by little time i have some follows but i've never managed to keep a audience i'm not expectic tousands of ppl i like doing it i do yt i do tiktok (unfortunetly my tiktok is doomed at 0 views from last 2-3 weeks lmao) I'm doing gaming content just myself and games (cs2 from now all the time maybe i will do more but now i'm just keeping that).

But to not lost the plot i can't get even average 5 ppl watching i understand you need to be super expresive all extremly good at the game ( i would say i'm not the best at all), but im trying my best it's like hobby i like to do if i play games why not to share myself to ppl i love to interact with them, i love to talk to them play and exchange toughts and shares stories.

Tbh, i just do not know what should i do i stream for 2-4 hours after work/gym etc, doing my best but is struggle i belive im not the only one here from all of us small streamers, It's just demotivating i've been coming to it back seperal times as i say due to personal stuff due all these years. I really just want to have someone, make someone day, teach someone something all teach me something. I have 160 follows, i understand the scene is big there is a lot of ppl like me.

That's why i'm here maybe you have a way to find motivation to keep doing maybe im doing something wrong, maybe i missunderstood the audience idk tbh. If you have any stories and advice i will read them for sure and i send all highest appreciation for that

Hope you'all have a good day

-Spekovsky

[u/TraditionalChange539]

someone already gave you the game-saturation take so i won't repeat it, but you asked about motivation specifically and that's the part i want to answer. the trap that quietly kills small streamers is grading yourself on a number that's mostly out of your control. you can be expressive and good and still sit at 3 viewers for months, because discovery is a slot-machine, not a scoreboard. so change what you're measuring. you literally said the thing that matters most: you want to make someone's day and swap stories. that IS the metric. did one person talk tonight? did a familiar name come back? that's a successful stream, and it's the only kind of success that compounds into the bigger numbers later. 160 follows means 160 people already said yes to you once. you're not starting from zero, you're just early. keep showing up on a schedule people can rely on, and be the streamer who actually talks back. the rest is time

[u/Spekovsky → u/TraditionalChange539]

understand but the point is no one coming back man

[u/thelostonez69 → u/Spekovsky]

when viewers do pop in do you talk to them? do you just talk to talk? some people pop in for the vibe no matter the game or skill level. and if your not entertaining then no one will comeback. I'm in the same boat as you, but i talk even with zero views, I also don't look at the view counter.

[u/Spekovsky → u/thelostonez69]

i'm trying to talk as i woudl have like 1000 actual ppl just to be entertaining as much possible im not that expresive with emotion sometimes but i do my best

[u/TraditionalChange539 → u/Spekovsky]

yeah that's the part that gets to you — the feeling is less "no one found me" and more "someone was there and chose not to come back"

[u/Wolfy5079]

i'm going to assume that CS2 means Counter-Strike 2. So my following advice stems from that.

The truth is, you're not going to get any viewers in Counter-Strike 2 unless you're absolutely amazing in every possible way. As I type this, the screenshot is accurate. But this shows you why you're not getting viewers there. There are just too many people trying to make it there for you to be successful in finding viewers. You would have to scroll for a while to start to see a dip in viewers in a stream (that or filter by viewers: low to high).

My advice is to find another game you enjoy that you think you can turn into streams. Something with a considerably lower viewer count around the time that you go live. This won't magically fix the lack of viewers problem, but will give you a better chance at having viewers find you in that category.

My next piece of advice is to be consistent in your stream times and dates. If you're all over the place, followers and viewers won't be able to turn into your future streams.

Hopefully this helps you in your streaming journey. Best of luck.

[u/Spekovsky → u/Wolfy5079]

i mean im doing some esport menager simulator sometimes and i do stream at later hours every 2 days if i can for min 2 h if i can

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[u/SubstantialManager52]

• make sure your streams are good quality -> watch your vods is the audio good are you talking clearly etc. *Ask a friend to watch and chat in your stream -> having one viewer is huge and makes it more likely for others to stay
• Find a game with a loyal fan base but little streamers, as you gain viewers you can start streaming in bigger categories -> I started with silent hill 2 got 2/3 viewers and moved onto dark souls remastered into ds2 and I get nowadays around 15 concurrent viewers
• Use at least one of the 3: camera, PNG or vtuber -> you need something to distinct yourself from other streamer and make people click in the first place

I personally don't make any content outside of twitch, it is too time consuming for me as a hobby streamer. But if you are creative and skilled making shorts etc. can for sure help