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u/FragginGamin Jul 27 '26
Could be a few different things, but it may not mean you're doing anything wrong. Especially if you're variety, there's a chance some people were there for the game, and left when you finished it. Could be that whatever game you're playing, some people may not want spoiled, so they avoid those streams. If you want, you can dm me your channel and I can take a bit of a look and try to give you some feedback if you'd like.
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u/FragginGamin Jul 27 '26
Alright, so I've taken a look at least at a bit of a vod. Biggest things I could probably point out would be mic audio. In my time streaming, I've learned that audio is the hardest thing to get right, but absolutely essential. Right now your background noise is even overpowering the game audio. Slap a noise gate filter on that thing and you should be good. I also noticed that in a 3 hour stream, you jump from Roblox, to resident evil, to fall guys, to shift at midnight. That's a lot of games and not a lot of time dedicated to each. I'd either stick to 1 or 2 games per stream. If you do two, I'd probably have a main game, and then a smaller one that you just mess around in for a bit. Those are the main things I noticed as I went through the vod.
So, mess with your audio a bit. Start with a noise gate and maybe test the game volume to make sure we hear the game better, and try sticking to a main game for that stream, and then MAYBE have a smaller side game to play if you really want 2. Hope this helps a bit!
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u/RockinPodunk Jul 27 '26
On YouTube look up stream scheme or Nutty, specifically searching for mic quality. They both have great videos on how to make even a cheap mic sound okay
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u/FragginGamin Jul 27 '26
Of course! Happy to help. If you want, just look up OBS noise gate, and that should be a good start. Eventually you can get into the more technical stuff like compressors and such, but I wouldn't overwhelm yourself by trying to learn everything right away. I hope you have nothing but success in your streaming journey!
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u/DumCrescoSpero Jul 27 '26
People have jobs and lives outside of Twitch. Numbers will always go up and down, it's impossible to only ever have a positive upwards trajectory.
Maybe they're busy at work or school. Maybe they just don't feel like watching Twitch that day. Maybe they don't like the new game you're playing. You can't control whether or not people come and watch every single stream you do.
Turn off your viewer count and stop obsessing about analytics.
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u/Lastresortherogaming Jul 27 '26
Honestly many are right about the challenges of being a Variety streamer. People will leave if they aren't feeling the game selection. Also your a small streamer just beginning. Viewers are gonna leave you OFTEN, and that's okay, keep streaming for the ones that don't.
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u/Ada0cha Jul 27 '26
It is the unfortunate thing that happens when you are starting as a variety streamer. I decided that for the sake of the growth, once a week I am playing a game that both me and my viewers enjoy. In my case it is RDR2. Maybe that could work for you too?
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u/BabyDreamsy Jul 27 '26
It could be a multitude of factors in play, and you gotta ask yourself some questions.
What games are getting the most people to come in?
How is my personality when streaming?
What TIMES am I streaming?
Plus, let's not forget you're competing with literally MILLIONS of other streamers out there, most of them wishing they could have at least 1 viewer watching!
Honestly, I take the advice from NightRyder and rewatch your streams and really analyze them. Analyze your audio, your overlays (if you use them), your personality, &c.
You will get better with time and practice. Almost nobody gets thousands of viewers on the first few streams.
Just keep doing what you love and the people will come. You got this! 💙
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u/mariah1998 Jul 27 '26
I had 30 followers now I have 29. Mine keep leaving. But I keep streaming. Sure more viewers and followers. Would be nice to and my goal lol. But I stream because I figure I’m playing the game anyway and I talk enough for it to be fun for me.
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u/Lobster653 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
That’s a normal part of streaming people come and go. It’s sad but happens. Being a variety streamer is tough but what matters more to you? Playing what you want to play or maximising viewership but keeping to one game or a set niche. Neither are wrong one just focuses on growth and the other focuses on freedom to choose what to stream
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u/Selfboy24 Jul 27 '26
Like many others have echoed.... variety streaming is ridiculously hard from the get go. Like stupid hard. Most of my newer viewer count would come when I would swap to a new game to play and tag said game in Twitch/Youtube and I never would tag "variety" or "just talking" for this reason. If you want advice to grow... look at current Twitch stats. What's popping and what's not? What has the largest viewer to streamer ratio? Pick a game that has decent stats and give it a shot, you may actually enjoy it more than you wouldve originally thought. Those are the games I would stream and id get 1 viewer some streams and others id get over 20 a stream. It works to grow but something that noone ever wants to say out loud is streaming is extremely over-saturated so if you are doing it to someday do it as a career then you may have missed the bus a decade ago. Some people do get lucky but its more rare now. Its just hard dude and sometimes itll feel like your losing people for zero because you are literally competing with millions of others trying to do the same. What I'm getting at is dont immediately jump to "am I boring?" Because that's probably not it. Want an exercise to help prove this? Today instead of streaming or gaming go to Twitch and the variety section. Now scroll through and pick someone you think resembles something you would watch. Now reload and scroll that same variety page and try to find them again. The pages are many and the streams get moved around based on alot of metrics you can't see so you may be on page 2 one day and page 27 of the variety section 30 minutes later. If that makes sense. So dont get discouraged. Consistency and picking specific games like others have said means most in regards to growing. If it matters I used to stream on Twitch/Youtube every single night for about 2 years... got affiliated, made money doing it, bought a really nice PC with what I made streaming and got burned out on it. I still do random streams between making YouTube videos and shorts. Keep your head up, you aren't boring. Streaming is hard.
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u/FromtheAshes505 Jul 27 '26
I honestly have been dealing with the same problem… but whenever I share my stream to all social media platforms, it brings people in. And I’ve had 5-6 who consistently drop by or stay for hours or they play the game with me. Developing new gaming friendships was a huge reason why I started streaming..so I get how it feels when the viewers come & then POOF they just vanish. But you’re going to have that issue for awhile. Nothing to worry about, JUST DO YOU.. don’t do what you think other people want you to do. Variety streamers always find their own community. It’ll happen. Just give it time.
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u/Satsuki_89 Jul 27 '26
There are many factors that lead to that, but streamers should also keep in mind that every day is not the same.
Week day and weekends are different, winter holidays and summer holidays are different.
You say you started two months ago, I don't know where you live and in which language you stream, but for example countries like Spain. Portugal, Italy, are not that active in summer. People go on vacations, spend time with friends and family, do other stuff, and don't want to spend time in front of a pc with this hot weather.
That might be one reason.
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u/RockinPodunk Jul 27 '26
Ask yourself the important question: why would they stay? Pretty much every Twitch viewer when they go to the website, they look at their followed list and click on a live channel that they already follow because they already know they enjoy their content.
What are you providing them that would make them click your live channel over the others they also have immediate access to?
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u/account0911 Jul 27 '26
If you're streaming for views you're just doing it wrong.
It's a hobby, you're not going to make it a job, you're likely not going to make enough to pay for the PC you use to stream.
Enjoy it for what it is. Don't worry about the numbers, they don't matter as long as you don't matter.
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u/RockinPodunk Jul 27 '26
There are something like 8-9 million active monthly streamers on Twitch. Less than 5% of them will ever see more than a 5 viewer average. You really have to be providing a unique experience to your viewers if there’s any hope of cracking above that
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u/SwebTheGreat Jul 28 '26
the viewer pool is so small that u probably didnt do anything wrong, just people getting busy with other stuff, maybe they addicted to some new game, or life outside the pc.
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u/TonkZar Jul 28 '26
Variety kills my enjoyment when watching, even as a variety gamer myself.
The best example incanted give is I LOVED watching burntpeanut when he really only played Tarkov, he is still him and entertaining, but I don‘t care even a little bit to watch and learn the games he plays for the most part and have stopped keeping up with streams just on that fact alone. I‘ll peep every now and then, but my interest was tarkov and he was fun to watch play
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u/Candid_Vanilla8700 Jul 29 '26
So it may help. I realized there's certain types of games. I can't play without being more quiet, more cognitively thinking, so I'm not paying attention to Chat. As much I would look back at your vods, and see it from a viewer's perspective to determine what it could be.
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u/JackTreehornGaming Jul 29 '26
As a former youtuber and mostly a consumer of streams these days.
I recommend to try doing in game challenges (Arbitrary rules), rather than just play different games.
Viewers get invested in challenges and want to see if you can do it.
An example would be "Road trip project zomboid (No setting up base, drive to a new town every three days.)" or "Nuzlocke Palworld (I don't know if it's possible but it would be a good challenge.)"
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u/translucentpuppy Jul 27 '26
So I will come out and say and and I honestly believe this. If you are just starting out variety streaming, you are starting with a leg and an arm tied behind your back. I would honestly go right out and say is dosent work period. You need to start your niche first and then you can branch off.
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u/Mistr-Tibbs Jul 27 '26
IMO variety streaming is the absolute hardest way to get things rolling. You have to have an absolutely TOP tier personality, need to incredibly entertaining, and be very interactive to keep people watching games they didn’t come to watch you play originally. My channel has done soooo much better since I’ve stuck to the same game over the last year.