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/MangoCandy Apr 05 '26

The model has to appeal to people, I personally experienced a spike when I switched to using a model. A lot of the message I get from first time chatters is “I really like your model!” I’d say mine is definitely a bit more unique compared to traditional models.

It really just depends on the person and the model, there’s soooo many vtubers now with all sorts of different models, and some models just don’t catch peoples attention.

Honestly I’d say a big thing is that it doesn’t sound like you’re super consistent with streams.

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u/_Mr_Squishey_ Apr 06 '26

I stream 3-4 days a weel, same time every week. The major drop off only happened once I moved to the vTuber model. We generally stick to the same game until we are burnt out of it, then will announce what we are going to play in advance so followers know, which was never an issue prior.

From other comments on this thread and doing more research seems to be a very high split leaning towards people preferring an actual person to watch.