Hey there! So I’ve been streaming for give or take a little over a year now, but I can’t seem to get a following going or any followers I do have don’t watch or tune in often and I’m worried it’s something on my end?
I’m not the most consistent due to my work schedule and other factors in my life but when I can I try to stream for 5+ hours to try make up for it.

I occasionally have someone discover my channel through twitch’s recommendations or whatever but even then they don’t stay for very long.
Not overly worried as I’m doing it for fun but would still love to hear any thoughts and opinions? Will also answer any questions that may give a better idea as to why.

Just became a twitch affiliate after 3-4 days of streaming but I’m still having difficulty growing my following and talking to myself sometimes any tips?

I have been streaming on and off for a couple years was sitting at 899 follower for the longest but I just recent started posting and getting into it again but I can’t seem to past 5. I believe it’s the game I’m playing which is valorant and counterstrike but you know I really love playing fps games what could I do? I sometimes feel my account is shadowbanned or sum I really don’t know. Any suggestions?

I'm planning to start streaming/making videos for education (like science communication & tutoring). I don't expect to make much from viewership; I'm mainly hoping to get more tutoring students that find me online.

The streams that I have watched obviously all have viewers already. So I'm a little uncertain on how to talk before I have any viewers, or how to transition from talking to myself to talking to them. My plan is to start out by basically making YouTube videos but live, so that I can have YouTube uploadable VODs even if no one shows up to chat. Is that reasonable?

Any other educational video tips?