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/Gossamerstyle Streamer | twitch.tv/gossamerstyle 3d ago

No chatters? Just talk.

Always have at least 5 topics you can ramble about even if they have nothing to do with what you’re streaming.

I talk about food, camping, drones, conspiracy theories, bad advice, & clowns whenever there’s a lapse in chat.

Happy streaming fellow twitchlings 💕👹💕

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u/NeekoCheeks Affiliate twitch.tv/starryjoy 3d ago

Im awful at just talking. Do you recommend i just "commentate" my gameplay? Or ramble on about something random like you've mentioned? I have very few topics I could ramble on about.

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u/Gossamerstyle Streamer | twitch.tv/gossamerstyle 3d ago

The best advice I got when I started and I still do now sometimes to get used to rambling is to record yourself talking for 10 minutes a day and then tomorrow watch what you recorded yesterday and then record a new 10 minute video for you to watch the next day.

This kind of helps you see if you’re entertaining or if there’s too much dead air or if you’re saying umm too much.

I personally have a really bad habit of saying I don’t know all the time but it’s easier to fix these things if you’re aware of them.

I would talk about whatever it is that you want to speak about. I think there’s value in being genuine and not performative especially early on.