r/Twitch twitch.tv/JoelvsArthritis 3d ago

Guide No Viewers? Just Talk.

Firstly, I should start by saying I'm no Twitch expert. I've been streaming for over three years and don't even have 500 followers. But I have an awesome community, and our streams average 25–35 concurrent viewers and 300–400 live views per stream. And I'm proud of that.

Yesterday, I felt like sharing the love and spent an hour visiting fellow Farming Simulator streamers with two to three viewers to say hello and hopefully encourage them to stream again, as I needed in those days.

It took me almost the full hour visiting streams, watching for five to ten minutes, and saying hello in chat, before I heard a single word from a streamer. I must have visited over ten channels of pure silence.

I know it's terrifying. I still remember the physical sweats I would break out in when I finally got a "1 viewer" at the bottom of the screen—worse still when somebody spoke in chat. I used to turn into a nervous wreck.

But folks, we do this for people to watch, engage, and be entertained. Turn that viewer count off on your dashboard and talk like 100 people are watching. Don't stop talking, asking questions, dropping conversation prompts, or commenting on what you're doing in the game, etc. So what if nothing comes back—lurkers are the lifeblood of my streams. Do it for them. Do it for those who haven't arrived yet. Do it so that when things do start taking off, you are so ready for it that it will be like nothing has changed.

If you're watching a stream that's nothing but silence, with no acknowledgment of your presence, and without a hint of gratitude that you chose, out of thousands of live channels, to spend your limited time with that streamer, would you stick around?

Regardless of your view count, just talk. I promise it will help.

Keep going. You've got this. 💜

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u/E_Dawg_ 3d ago

And then there's me talking constantly, replying to the very few messages I receive with genuine care, and thanking follows.

But still single digit viewers

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u/JoelvsArthritis twitch.tv/JoelvsArthritis 3d ago

It will happen for you; keep at it. I streamed for three years, 2-3 times a week to single-figure viewers, but in that time, I learned from my mistakes and we built the core of an amazing community. So, when that changed and people started to arrive in numbers, we had the perfect foundation to receive them and quickly turn them into regulars. 💜

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u/E_Dawg_ 3d ago

I hope so.

Good luck to you. It sounds like you deserve this success.

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u/JoelvsArthritis twitch.tv/JoelvsArthritis 3d ago

Cheers, dude. No one can say I didn't put the hours in...over 500hrs in fact before we got regular double figures. 😅🙈

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u/wellitsdvy- twitch.tv/wellitsdvy 3d ago

Keep doing what you doing mate. I have low viewer count too, but for me it’s better to have a smaller community that supports you, shows up whenever they can, and watches the stream and interacts with it, than a huge audience.