Twitch has grown in popularity as a popular live-streaming platform, particularly among gamers. Twitch’s popularity soared in 2020 as many gamers got bored and confined at home on lockdown. Although the world is slowly reopening, Twitch has remained popular, with 9.36 million active streamers in April 2021. Ninja was the top-ranked streamer at the time, with 16.6 million followers.
Of course, most of those 9+ million broadcasters do not have 16 million followers. Many people can’t even bring 16 people to their live stream. And streaming without an audience is pointless; instead, you could play your game alone.
This is a problem that many streamers are familiar with. There are far too many other people streaming to expect an organic audience. Instead, it would help if you made a serious effort to grow a fan base. And once you’ve established a core audience, it’ll be a lot easier to develop a community of supporters.
Ways to Attract More Viewers to Watch your Stream
1. Select Games Wisely
Streamlining oversaturated games will make it challenging to get your channel noticed if you’re just getting started on Twitch. Even though there are numerous oversaturated games, it can be frequently seen that users have trouble with the following titles:
- Fortnite
- Call of Duty
- Apex Legends
- Valiant
- League of Legend
When building your channel, it’s best to avoid the games listed above (unless you have a great marketing strategy to go past Twitch’s ranking system) and instead focus on finding entertaining games with a high viewer-to-streamer ratio.
Twitch Tracker can help you find the best games to stream on Twitch. Look for games where your average viewing count allows you to rank in the top three rows. And the game may also have a significant fan base.
2. Play Games With Your Community
Many Twitch viewers, especially on Livestream, like playing games with streamers. So, create a once-a-week or twice-a-month community night where you can play party games, join a Minecraft server, or play FPS rounds together. This involvement will help you build a relationship with your community and increase Twitch followers count. Even on non-community days, many people will return stream after stream.
3. Enhance Your Stream’s Overall Appearance
So, how can you improve your stream’s overall aesthetic to make it stand out among the other streams in your category? Twitch has made it simple to customize the look of your stream by allowing you to use overlays, alerts, panels, and other features. By using programs like OWN3D’s Emote Maker, you can even make your Twitch emotes. The better your stream appears, the simpler it will be to attract more Twitch viewers.
4. Interact With Your Audience
Even if you’re a good and successful gamer, people don’t only come to Twitch to watch you play. They monitor your stream to be entertained. Therefore, keep in mind that they are your visitors, and you must interact with them.
Whatever brought someone to your stream in the first place doesn’t matter, but it is up to you to persuade them to return. It would help if you made their time spent viewing and listening to your stream worthwhile for them.
The most successful streamers cultivate a fan base. They assist people in actually anticipating and make them look forward to the next Livestream.
5. Make Use of a Webcam.
Using a webcam allows your visitors to connect with you more quickly and improves overall retention rates. It is found that between 13 and 12 percent of Twitch viewers won’t click on a stream that doesn’t have a visible webcam on their thumbnail. While you may still build a channel with interested individuals, it will be straightforward with a camera. You may also broadcast from your mobile device if you don’t have a webcam. It takes a few more steps to acquire the quality that is often superior to a webcam.
6. Use Music
On your Twitch stream, play royalty-free music. Due to DMCA restrictions, Twitch and other streaming sites are serious about not playing copyrighted music on their platforms. You can get banned and will most likely receive a strike on your account if you purchase a song on iTunes or lease one on Spotify for personal use and do not have the necessary authority to play it on stream. The good news is that there is plenty of royalty-free music available that is both reasonable and easy to find, allowing you to keep within Twitch’s music guidelines. Many YouTube artists have developed themes that they are willing to distribute if you credit them.
7. Have Interesting Backdrops.
You have the option of streaming with or without a backdrop. Remove your background or replace it with something attractive using a green screen on your stream. Creating a visually distinct background may be an excellent conversation starter for new viewers, or it can catch their attention enough to get them to click.
8. Create a Discord Server Community
Creating a Discord community is an excellent approach to keeping your viewers interested in your stream. Make sure you have a variety of channels where people can discuss your latest material, share memes, and interact with one another. Your Discord will become more active as members of your community become friends, making newcomers feel pleased to be a part of something big. Create specific channels for your Twitch subs, and make sure your Discord server and Twitch channel are in sync so they can use your sub emotes.
Conclusion
While attracting new viewers to your Twitch channel isn’t an exact science, there are a few things you can do to attempt to take it to the next level.
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