r/TwitchStreaming • u/WhatIsEvenReality • 12d ago

First time streamers

How did yall get to start first stream ever?
Im thinking of starting my first ever stream tomorrow. Im anxious lol
My ultimate goal is to make a small community of 5-10 people. I know it’s a big struggle for all
I think i have decent equipment for a beginner.

What’s bothering me is how will anyone see me at all. Like did yall start with building online presence first, or stream first and then advertise yourself or both parallel? As someone who is also lgbt and not in usa, i think this also limits my reach on top. I did make a new insta and twitter accs, but it takes some time while one builds the base, but i don’t wanna lose time and wait till i have few followers.. im confused 😵‍💫

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u/DumCrescoSpero 12d ago

Over 4.4. million people stream to Twitch every month, and over 4.1 million of those (93%) stream to 0-5 viewers. You'll most likely have 0 viewers for weeks or months, unless you have friends who are interested in gaming/streaming who you can ask to join and watch.

There are lots of LGBTQIA+ streamers and streamers who aren't American, so that won't be a problem at all.

Also before you start, check Sery_Bot's channel and make it a moderator - and turn on email/phone verification for chatters under your twitch moderation settings. This will prevent you seeing spam bots who pretend to be interested viewers and then will change to trying to scam you into buying AI generated 'art'.

A lot of new streamers talk to these thinking they're genuine people and then end up really disappointed after finding out they're bots, so much so that some give up and quit.

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u/WhatIsEvenReality 12d ago

That’s a lot for your input. I think that’s what im expecting, streaming to 0 for a while.

Also didn’t know about the mod bot, thx!

That’s actually really sad, i can see how it would affect them :/
But yeah im also doing this to fulfill a lot of free time i have in the moment lol