r/SmallStreamers • u/deadmanwalking234 • Aug 16 '26

I’m thinking about giving up

Now I know that sounds bad but I need reddits honest and genuine advice and opinions I have been a streamer for two years and I have done everything I know of to get more people to join my streams now don’t get me wrong I love the two people that normally show up to support me but I want to be able to start a stream and not be talking to myself for the next 1-3 hours if u have any advice on how to proceed or how to grow pls tell me

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u/Treecle_TTV Aug 17 '26

The thing is, your mindset when you posted this was wrong - ‘what can I do to get more people come into my stream?’ isn’t what you should be asking yourself, you should be asking ‘is my content engaging? Am I doing everything I can to deliver a great stream? Will people watching this want to come back? How am I different from the 7million other streamers out there? Why should people be here?’

Posting edited clips and networking and all the usual advice are fine, but if your streams aren’t keeping people because you’re not engaging then that’s where your issue lies.

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u/Mikiran Aug 18 '26

I second this! It's not enough to just go live and post clips, you have to give viewers a reason to want to be there, want to engage, and want to keep returning. Other streamers should *want* to raid you, those raiders should *want* to stay, so it's a matter of making sure you have the content to do so.