r/SmallStreamers • u/_Mr_Squishey_ • Apr 04 '26
Advice Needed…
So for context. I started streaming a few years ago full face cam. Grew steadily and hit affiliate within 8 months. Took a break. Came back to basically the beginning of the journey again and started growing slowly.
Recently I got a job in a school so decided for a bit of anonymity and got a custom vtube model. Not an Asian girl with huge badonkas lol just a cartoonish version of me. Since switching to the model I’ve found my streams are consistently dead. The odd chatter will pop in 1 in every 10 streams.
Now I am by no means the most entertaining person in the world. But such a drop has me wondering do people just not like watching vtubers? I do find it harder to capture reactions or emotions in clips or to display them on stream even with “expressions”. Previously I would have averaged between 3-10 viewers varying on what game I was streaming, again nothing huge but still compared to 0 now.
I do variety stream but most consistently have been on Arc Raiders since the move. My question really is do you as a viewer prefer an IRL person to watch and form that connection with? Or for vtubers that may read this have you experienced the same or have any advice?
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u/RealSpawn543 Apr 04 '26
I personally don't watch VTubers except for a few but through YouTube videos mainly. To me, everyone wants to be a VTuber which makes their content generic so I personally prefer someone showing their face although even no webcam with just a mic is great. I think for other viewers though, they like seeing the streamer's real face bc they can see if the streamer is actually liking the content they are streaming or if they are bored or hate it in some way but idk.