On average, stream viewers spend 93 billion minutes a month watching Twitch streams. That makes Twitch one of the biggest online platforms in the world.
Despite that massive audience, it can be hard to get more viewers on Twitch. Smaller creators often find themselves drowned out by more popular live streams.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Let’s take a dive into Twitch growth and find out you can increase your viewers.
Keep Stream Viewers Engaged
Viewers might click on a stream because they’re interested in a game, but they stick around because they like the streamer. The key to building an audience that lasts is being unique and engaging.
That means an absolute minimum of dead air. It’s important to keep talking, engaging with the chat, and commenting on the game you’re playing.
Likewise, it’s important to keep your energy high. Some stream viewers like a more relaxed stream, but most people are looking for entertainment. That means you need to stay positive and enthusiastic.
Another good way to keep attention is using graphics and shoutouts. There are plenty of programs that do this, like the one featured in this stream starting soon post. Using bright images that call out stream viewers that have subscribed to your channel is a great way to please your most loyal audience members.
All in all, you need to keep the audience’s desires at the front of your mind! You’re streaming for them, after all.
Promote Yourself
The path to increased viewers doesn’t begin and end on Twitch. The creators with the most viewers on a Twitch stream are relentless about promoting themselves on social media.
Blogs, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, anything that gets the word out is worth using. These social media outlets give you a chance to promote your streams before they happen. Teasing upcoming content on social media is a brilliant way to build hype.
On top of all that, social media also gives your fans places to congregate and discuss your work. Turning your fandom into a full-fledged community is a great way to keep your stream viewers sticking around.
But it doesn’t end at social media. You can even look into paid ads to promote your content.
Advertising online will allow you to reach entirely new kinds of stream viewers. In fact, by finely tuning your ad targeting, you can set yourself up for success by reaching people most likely to love your streams.
And that kind of engagement is vital to building and maintaining a loyal base of stream viewers.
21st Century Content Creation
Streaming stars are the celebrities of our era. But they don’t just luck into it. It takes hard work and endless engagement and self-promotion to build a base of thousands (or millions) of stream viewers.
But if you stick to it, you can get there. It just takes a little grit and determination!
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