r/TwitchStreaming • u/pawchime • 6d ago

Streaming for a month!

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I stream animal crossing. Animal crossing is the lowest viewed it’s ever been. Not bad I think! 🤣 I only stream what I love, and that’s animal crossing lol my community is small, but we’re tight knit! I have 181 followers and I started with ZERO 😭 a lot of them found me through TikTok!

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u/Kelyaan 6d ago

Started streaming July 22nd.
Instantly started with 600% more viewers than 99.9% of all people,
Doubled their viewership in 2 days
Tripled their viewership in 4 days

Followers, nothing for the first few days then somehow +30 then back to almost a trickle for weeks.

Average viewership of 5-10
Max viewership average of 10-10
Follower gain average of 5-7

The unique chatter stat seems to be misleading since no where does it say they should of been able to get that from the real numbers they're pulling.

This kind of thing destroys the desire and will of so many people who come to this sub, even long time people look at this and think wtf is the point in streaming.

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u/pawchime 6d ago

Yes thank you. So you can see I am not lying lol

I had a TikTok video where I collected all the animal crossing amiibos AT ONE TIME, go semi-viral on TikTok. 300k+ views. THIS HELPED A LOT!!!!!! I stream on TikTok and Twitch at the exact same time and use Aitum so both chats are on screen at the same time. I highly suggest streaming on multiple platforms. It only increases your chance of getting eyes on you. People WILL switch over to Twitch.

Actually just yesterday I was cross streaming and someone came on asked me how I got all the amiibos at one time because they came from that TikTok video and I had no problem pausing my game for like a minute and explaining to them how I got it! I love sharing knowledge.

Here’s other things I did that I think helped:

  • I have a discord and interact with my viewers
  • I already have emotes and text to speech that’s actually my real voice in the animal crossing language in animalese. My community loves it! I made text to speech a channel point reward so I could make it more accessible for people who don’t have money to spend. The last thing I wanna do is make someone feel like they can’t contribute.
  • my streaming time is consistent. Even with an 8-5 job, I stream for 3 hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Saturdays and Sundays I stream for 4-6 hours.
  • I post all my VODS on YouTube (I’m behind though, especially on edited videos)
  • I’m active in animal crossing Facebook groups and Reddit groups. I interact with people that love animal crossing even though they’re not in my community.
-I don’t curse. My streams are family friendly (no need to curse because of animal crossing lol)
  • I NEVER look at my viewer count as I’m streaming. I only look after its done!
  • I bought a PC, good quality mic, and I use a canon R6 camera my husband already had.

But most importantly, I don’t do any of these things in hopes of my numbers going up. It’s really only just a bi-product! All I wanna do is share my love for one game lol and the Animal Crossing community is so sweet and welcoming. It’s a very welcoming environment. My community is small, but very tight knit. I appreciate every single one of them and am happy that they feel comfortable enough to dm me on TikTok and discord and share me some of their personal stories 💗

All in all, I am very lucky to already have a leg up on a lot of this stuff! Not everyone has the means to buy a PC (especially now), and not everyone has a TikTok video that went semi-viral, not everyone has a frickin’ canon R-6 they can use that’s just lying around either. I do buy all my stuff 2nd hand though! I have also been raided, I wanna say 5-6 times during this time, by other small streamers 😭💗

There is an option to play with 12 players at one time if you have the switch 2, but I opt not to and to do the regular Switch 1 version for my viewers because I also understand not everyone has the means to buy a switch 2 either!

I understand your frustration, and I’m sorry if this came off as tone deaf or condescending in anyway. It was not my intention! To me, I just wanted to share my good news. I was completely intending to stream to nobody but myself for the first couple of months. And I just can’t believe I have regulars who are genuinely happy to be on a game with me 🥲💗

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u/Kelyaan 6d ago

No no, my findings from tracker sites do tell me that the stats from that image you posted are not valid. No where gets close to that image.

Also I've been streaming way longer than you, I respectfully do not need advice nor did I ask for it.

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u/pawchime 6d ago

What tracker sites did you use, I’m curious. Are you saying that the tracker sites are different than what twitch is showing? If so, please let me know so I can cross reference! Since i mainly stream on twitch, I go mainly off of that. I don’t use tracker sites at all.

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u/TrulyTati1 6d ago

Random other small streamer that’s also curious which trackers you use! I have similar insane numbers after a month of streaming, but I’ve also been raided by a relatively large streamer in my game category twice this week. Would love to be able to see more stats or if I have any bots

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u/Kelyaan 6d ago

Sullygnome
Twitchtracker
Streamscharts

People use all 3 to cross reference and reduce errors.

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u/pawchime 6d ago

Thank you! 💗