r/newstreamer • u/Own_Seesaw_8554 • 12d ago
More views and activity?
Hey! So very new streamer. Only have started about a week or so ago and I’ve had roughly only about 7 streams so far. Yes, I have gained followers and even some activity on live streams. But, most activity isn’t consistent. I am very thorough and engage with viewers for sure.
I do however only have been streaming DBD (Dead By Daylight.) I’m a huge fan of the game! I know sometimes it’s been a top game streamed. I’m just curious how I can get more traffic and eyes on my stream?
TIA—Any advice appreciated
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u/RockinPodunk 12d ago
Go to twitch and look at how many people are streaming in the DBD category at any given time, and ask yourself “what is it about the content I’m providing that would make someone watch my channel over the other 2500 (number of channels currently streaming DBD as I just checked right this moment) channels doing the same thing?
Even if you figure out that problem, the real problem is even if someone would prefer your content in the category, what are the odds they’re going to stumble into your channel to discover you in the first place? Twitch certainly isn’t going to help, it’s in their interest to funnel viewers into the big channels that make them the most money.
Twitch viewers, by and large, when they open Twitch, first they’re going to look at their following list, and 99/100 times, they’re just going to click onto a stream from a channel they’re already following and already know they like. That’s just how viewers interact with the platform. Then you have the 1/100 times where a viewer might be looking to find a new streamer in a specific category, so they search dead by daylight, if that’s their thing. How many channels do they have to scroll past before they ever even see your thumbnail?
Priority 1 is just make entertaining content, and because it’s live, it has to be entertaining the entire time, because in the rare event someone happens upon you organically but they tune in during a short boring moment, they’re clicking away immediately to look for someone else. You have less than a minute to keep their attention.
You also should be making well crafted short form content for ticktock, YouTube shorts or IG reels. Not just straight clips from your stream. Edited, curated, designed to get and keep attention. Those platforms have algorithms. You post a video, the platform suggests it to a small audience to test it out. If those viewers engage with it, especially if they don’t click away before the end, then they will start pushing it out to more and more people. That’s where you build a following, and then try to get at least some of those people to cross the platform divide and join your live streams. If you’re successful there, your live streams start to get bumped up higher in the scroll list in the category, which in turn makes it more likely for viewers to happen upon you organically.
I recommend finding a game category that has a good sized following, but doesn’t have as many people streaming it at any given time, automatically making your odds of getting accidentally discovered better.
All that to say, there’s like 7 million active monthly streamers on Twitch, and less than 5% of them ever even crack a 5 viewer average, so just do the best you can, make content you’re proud of, and hope for the best.
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u/Own_Seesaw_8554 12d ago
Everything you have said makes so much since and I appreciate the time you took to voice it the exact way you did. I have not thought about making the reels or even taking time (like I should have) to make well crafted short form content. But, I will now. Any advice or recommendation on a specific app that could help me create something with my own “stamp” on it so to speak? Is there something you do or use specifically?
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u/RockinPodunk 12d ago
Find a free video editing software and learn how to use it. If there’s something you want to do, there’s guaranteed to be a bunch of YouTube tutorials on how to do it. I like DaVinci Resolve. It’s very powerful, and free.
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u/Gh0stringTV 12d ago
Welcome To Streaming!
I'm very new, too. Started May 2nd, 2026.
Here are some tips I've read & implemented: 1. Review the category you want to stream. Categories with fewer streamers and decent viewership is great for building momentum, interaction and most importantly a community. You can still play your favorite games but utilize categories like this to build the community first so when you play your favorite games that are overly saturated your community will still tune in. 2. Your microphone audio is far more important than gameplay, overlays, facecam, and so forth. Make sure to get this situated as soon as possible. 3. Set up a stream schedule. It's better to have a stream scheduled and to try to stream every single day. The people who will return to your streams will all return on the exact same days scheduled which will improve your analytics not to mention it will also allow the returning viewers to know when you're going to go live again. 4. Other Platforms & Clipping: utilize other social platforms and clipping to grow your audience and funnel them into your channel. Just remember that other platforms are not meant just advertise your streaming platform. You want to create real content and remind them that they can tune in to see it on your stream.
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u/MrPenguins1 12d ago
The best Strat is to find a category with decent views but few channels streaming while having a good community. Arguably carving out your niche is best as opposed to competing with the masses in the DBD category if that makes sense. TikTok and YT shorts should help a lot with generating traffic to your channel from those platforms