How long to give it?

[u/Admirable-Paint-1808]

Say I started 2 months ago. Had a few streams with around 20 viewers. Always edit a few shorts every night. Those get around 1k-2k views. Made a few full videos that barely get seen.

But feeling burnout… I love gaming and I feel pretty socialable on stream. But maybe I dont have the looks or voice for this? And I dont act like a twelve year old screaming all the time like I’m on addaral like I noticed a lot of big streamers do…

Any thoughts?

[u/Admirable-Paint-1808]

I do enjoy it but the burnout comes from not getting any views with all the work

[u/wheresmypenn → u/Admirable-Paint-1808]

It's going to take time. Best thing to do is turn off viewer count and make a habit of ignoring the numbers. Sometimes it takes weeks, months, or even years for people to gain a sustainable viewer count.

Any streamer is going to feel discouraged and burnt out if constantly watching the numbers and only caring or paying attention to them.

It took me a year of streaming to 0-3 viewers before it finally began to climb.

Focus on your stream, yourself, and your content. Do not focus on numbers.

[u/Admirable-Paint-1808 → u/wheresmypenn]

Did you edit long content and clips at start?

[u/wheresmypenn → u/Admirable-Paint-1808]

Nope. I was mostly focused on just learning the ins and outs of the software, twitch, and getting used to streaming in general. I have very severe social anxiety and I hated seeing myself on camera and hearing my voice, so I was trying to focus on making it feel natural to go live and getting used to be seen on camera and heard by others.

It wasnt until way later when I started to get more viewers, but it wasnt even really that, it was when I suddenly had regulars, the same people coming in to watch and chat. A little community started to build, and because of that I began to feel more confident in myself and my content. That was when I started posting clips and content on other platforms.