I had one viewer for 40 minutes and I loved it. Just kept asking questions :D next day he brought 4 friends, now I have 19 followers * EDIT * 1 year on i have the community i dreamed about and constantly have people coming over from this comment reminding me of it.. Tim. Thank you for making this video, it really helped me get from those plucky 19 to 2k+ that keep me going daily!
1. Know what you're getting into 2. Don't blow a ton of money on the equipment 3. Ignore your viewer count 4. Don't let the fact that viewer count drops affect you 5. Do something different 6. Be interactive - talk back to people. Always be talking. 7. Consistency. Get a stream schedule. 8. Network - connect with other streamers. 9. Play to your advantages and skills. Do more of what people like seeing you do. 10. Know your games.
Yeah I have bad graphics and just play stardew valley because I follow the pro broadcaster. but I feelsbadman if they could not reach to see my ingest bitrate 😔😔 look twitch.tv/filned05
even 7 years later now, this is really good into. I’ve known who Tim was for a few years now but never really stopped by and checked out his content but i’m definitely a big fan after this video
It's easy to stream when u have 20k viewers and all u do is thank people for donations. Also helps when sodapop constantly hosts him and vis verse instead of helping smallest streams. It's high school all over again
Also what if you go look at VODs of Tim as he looks now, gained a hundred pounds. He should be teaching streamers to get off the computer and do something about their weight. He should be doing something about his weight. The side effects of sitting all day every day.
I don't know wtf is going on with RU-vid's algorithm, but I just saw this video in my feed... I've been following Tim since the pandemic and I can tell how well his stream has evolved. I gotta say, I was surprised to see him with long hair. It never occurred to me that he might have had hair at all, lol. I'm truly glad to be part of your community, Tim. I honestly am. I'm also super happy for you and to be part of your growth, although you don't even know who I am or where I'm from. You have given me a reason to believe that whatever dream I have can eventually come true if I have the guts to go after ir. Keep doing what you do on a daily basis. You're one hell of an entertainer and everything I dreamed of when I was a teenager. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sincerely, Jay
Thank you for the motivation and tips. I struggle with that feeling of getting upset when my viewer account is low. I just have to fight through it. I average about 20 viewers right now so I guess I'm at the middle stage?
I don’t know anything about Tim, but this is dope 🙏 I love that 5 years later this video has so much value, and inspiration from someone who has clearly blazed a trail! I’m pumped to dig in and see what the past 5 years has turned the dude in this video into 👊
I needed to hear this. Going from 20 viewers to 5 viewers can make you feel some type a way like you’re doing something wrong. I thought it was just me. Thanks Tim!
You have two types of twitch viewers, lurkers and people who want to chat. Lurkers are people who have twitch running while doing homework, cleaning etc and the others be thankful you have lurkers because the numbers will snowball.
Tim, I watched this video after watching Soda's on relatively the same topic of tips for streamers. Both very informative videos. One idea in which you stated that was not mentioned on his video was the Viewer Count ordeal. That's a very wise way to think about it and something that didn't cross my mind until you brought it up. As stated in both videos the most important thing is doing it for fun, and don't have expectations in your head prior to doing it. Worrying about the viewer count in itself provides your mind with an expectation that can easily cause clutter,waste of time thoughts about why I had more views yesterday than today without just having the mindset of "today I'm going to have a fucking awesome time streaming." Thanks for the vid Tim, and hope all is well bra! - Costa
i completely agree with the viewer count tip, that is where im at, sometimes 30's sometimes below ten, today i had a lower count but a really good stream, to the point that i commented on it to my friend and felt that the chat was incredibly friendly and i had a blast with like 9 viewers compared to an argumentative 30's
as a newb twitch user who found the platform last year, i cannot believe the amount of stress involved in getting setup to have fun...i currently stream on my console and one day i may have a few people hanging out with me chilling. Maybe in a year ill have something more noteworthy , thanks for the inspiration,tim...5 years after the video was made.
Just seeing this now. I recently started myself. (Don’t even have an elgato yet, that’s how new) but I love your content to this day, which brought me to checking out your channel. These tips are awesome and I’m looking forward to the next few months of starting out! Thanks so much and keep on killing it! I follow you on Twitch (and actually you were the first person I subbed to) and can’t wait to see your next stream! 🤘🏼
Really solid advice Tim. I'm not streaming on Twitch yet, but really working hard on my RU-vid presence. It's hard not to get wrapped up in the views/likes/subs. Thanks for posting this brother!
Here is what I feel like my issue is; My chat is commonly dead so there isnt anyone to interact with (however when someone talks in chat I do pretty well talking to them) so I try to always be talking about something or commentating what I am doing but it can get repetitive and I run out of things to talk about. I try to be happy and upbeat but sometimes kinda lose juice by the end of it (I stream for 3 hours per stream, sometimes more if I feel up to it but my schedule is for 3 hours) and start to get quite because there isnt anything to say or do. What can I do to shake things up in that moment or keep my energy up? btw its not that I get discouraged, I just get tired and and at loss of what to say or do that isnt what I have already done.
I know that your comment is like 3 months ago. 3 months is a long time, but I just can't sit here and not write anything. Don't let your viewer count discourage you. You shouldn't care how many viewers you get, you shouldn't care a bit. Take a random game. Like Guild Wars 2, not a big community. And stream it, just keep your chat up, but ignore the view count. Keep streaming it. Meanwhile you stream, my personal tip for talking, is basically talk about life/music/ the game you play/ other games/ about yourself/ about other people/ about twitch it self. And one more tip, don't stream very popular games.. Because for example Fortnite... The game is impossible to become big on. When you'll have a good viewer count then try, but if you get 0, and 0. Stream low view counted games. Get trust of your viewers. And just stream, talk, keep in contact. Play together. Eventually, you'll become something, or someone for your viewers. And stream for at least 2 hours. Or even better, find the game you love. That you can play constantly, without losing your fun. And stream it. Stream as long as you can. Even a fucking hour is good enough. But in that 1 hour. You have to: 1. Talk ; 2. Do something ; 3. Be Happy. And last tip.. Don't waste your money on a good microphone/set up, nobody fucking cares mate. Viewers care ONLY about your gameplay, how much you talk, and are you happy. And if you want to give a shot on webcams, buy the cheapest one, many streamers said that they bought the cheapest one, and it's good enough. Those are my tips mate, and don't give up.
It's been 7 months since this comment, any updates? If for some reason you're having the same issue watch Markiplier when he records his videos. Treat your streaming the same way, learn to react to what is going on in the game. Adding a chat channel to that will help you out a lot
Watching this in 2021 and seeing how far Tim has come since posting this to now is mad. If I only have one or 2 viewers in chat then I'm happy. Yes having more would be great but I'm happy.
it took me streaming to fully realize everything tat says and I've had stumped questions like the 20 to 6 viewers. I had at one point over 100 viewers on terraria. but other days like 5 or even less. The void of silence is a big one for me. I don't want to crutch this any longer that I've done already but my people skills is really bad. I'm constantly feeling like getting out of that kind of situation like talking to other people. nothing wrong with that just had a really troubled time in school. I haven't left the house except when I need to and I'm 19 going on 20 so that says a lot. filling the void of silence I can see other streamers just having this constant conversation that just comes naturally to them. I'm not gifted in that way but I feel going out into life will help with that a lot for me. 1 thing tat touched on was don't go into it full blast but he also mentions be consistent. If we treat this like a job with schedules itll be too much stress to really have fun with it. If this is something your trying out for a month maybe more or less.. I'm not going to really have a set schedule. I'll be so stressed to entertain and so stressed to be on time. stressed being in front of people or getting out there comfort zone. I feel as a new streamer, I don't feel scheduling shouldn't be something until your somewhat committed to doing it. those are just my thoughts on it and definetely every point in this video is spot on. answered some questions I had. 1 thing I still seek after watching this video is you hear all the time on videos to be original and be yourself but how do we go about doing it in this big competitive standpoint over viewers? if I want to build a brand for myself on a dead game, how will anyone find me? if I let's say want to play a game 99.9% doesn't have a demand for how do I earn enough for a living? A huge problem then I'd getting known. the way I assume twitch works of finding people is first looking for a game they want to enjoy then clicking a stream. Let's also talk equipment, if all you got let's say is an Xbox one, what if you want to post it up on youtube, you are limited severely by tech. We're talking twitch so it getting off topic by youtube but game dvr can only run 10 minutes long and a problem is it doesn't notify you. when you in upload studio u can merge game clips together sure and do special effects like intro slides outro, but for the bread and butter basics like recording audio with game play or even video too.. your severely limited. I understand your big point is don't invest too much into equipment but you should also have every tool you need so your not limiting yourself. let's say pc. My pc isn't up to par to run games I would have a blast playing and strwaming. so you need a decent investment at least. Tat I would like to personally thank you (doubt you would check years old video moving forward in your career) but I really appreciate the very real questions u answered about streaming and helped me tremendously for getting back into it.
watching this today and all i can say is that 2 times now Ive had ONE person come and they talked with me in chat and it was so much fun! it made it so worth it. Today somebody from italy joined my stream and we were just talking about italy and the food there and just talked about so many awesome things ! that right there made me realize that streaming is SOOOO much more than just having "viewers" I love it!
Your importance of passion and energy is exactly what I try to do. I try to get hype over anything and everything. When I get 5+, 10+ viewers, I start getting more and more hype.... energy feeds off of everyone and energy is so contagious so when chat is bringing the energy, you already know I am bringing even more energy and it is just a positive feedback loop. great tips. keep it up... look where you are now.
Enjoyed that. I'm def going to use the "not looking at your viewers" thing for sure. It always gets into my head and I've def mentioned that before as well. As far as losing viewers and It does transfer that energy. Great tips and glad to see you've gotten to where you're at!
Dude im so glad you made this video. I've watched this video a few times over the past 6 months and I have to say its helped a lot. Every time I watch it I'm at a different level of my stream and I still feel like your giving me advice to get to the next level. I finally finished school and have been able to invest the time I want to into streaming. Now I'm getting a follow every night I stream. I wont give up man thanks for the words of encouragement!
I genuinely respect and have so much love for Tim and the community and I’m excited to start streaming regularly myself. I’ll definitely be applying some if not all of these tips!
Interacting and networking with the people that come into your stream is always going to be the most important. HIDE THAT VIEW COUNT. He could not have been more spot on about that tip. If I let that view count get in my head I would have never found my current editor. It’s all about networking and learning new things. So many times people just pop into my stream to give me feedback. It’s what you do with that feedback that will help you grow. if anyone actually took the time to read my comment I thank you from the bottom of my heart, have a good day and keep grinding everyone!
The one thing I noticed towards the end is how he continuously suggested numbers of viewers in a connotation to me that seemed like high times to me weren't even in the same ball park to him when he started streaming. What I mean is like 15.. 20-30 viewers would be crazy to get in my mind. But I'm thinking in my head that's an alright number to be shooting for for now. Thinking of numbers like maybe a couple hundred is possible then when you get to 50 you can experience the progress and hard work you've put in. I'm turning off my viewer count, I think that was my favorite tip. Thanks Tim
Starting fresh out made sure to watch this borderline religiously so I went in knowing whats important, me hanging out with new friends. Now I have a staggering 67 followers and 4 viewers at any given point. Thank you Tim, God bless.
I have been streaming on RU-vid for over a year now... The journey has been great but I do get a little bummed out when I have 0 or 1 viewer. This video really helps put things into perspective because look how insanely successful Tim is! Stay focused and stay strong fam
2018 - impossible to rise as a new channel. FALSE, I have gotten affiliated 7 days after making my channel, without advertising my channel anywhere, just streaming daily (not a set schedule) and being myself.
I know this is an old vid, but it's so good to see where you've come from to where you are now! I'm thinking of starting to stream as I love games and I'm hoping it will help with my anxiety and give me some self confidence to believe I can do something I've never done before. Thanks for the tips and never stop doing what your doing, you are a quality guy!
I've only been streaming for 2 weeks. It's awesome to have like 4 main people that come by EVERY single stream. I think thats a really important start for anyone.
it's 2017. Now, streaming is almost impossible to get noticed. Twitch is so compact now. If you want to stream for fun, sure, doesn't matter. top steamers go higher and small streamers are in the shadows.
Streamers blow up everyday man, whether they just started or have been going for a while with a low viewer count. All it takes is that one semi lucky initial outbreak, Moonmoon_OW streamed overwatch the day it came out and got spotlighted by blew him up, Ninja has always been watched but never to this magnitude people seen his talent in Fortnite he blew up, DrDisrespect blew up because hes hilarious as well as amazing at games. People do blow up, its like a more exclusive lottery just wait for your time be patient, and be prepared!
Seeing where Tim is now and where he was is so inspiring. Well done dude, you deserve the position you're in now with all the dedication and hard work.
You deserve all the support you have received during your twitch career. Easily still the most respectable, genuine and entertaining person on twitch. Thank you for all of your incredible content over the years. People like you and videos like this have inspired so many people and I think it’s a beautiful thing. Keep up the good work Tim.
thanks for the tips tim, I recently decided to start streaming. I've had a lot of doubts about doing it because i always say to myself "Bro, there's other streamers out there, who's gonna watch you play games". Thanks for the motiviation my dude. I've always been a big gamer since i was kid & I've always wanted to do something with it. Hopefully someday in the future i can have enough momentum to run some games with you on stream! Thanks for the motivation once again brother!
Not sure if you ever got a response, but yes, livestreaming is his full time job now. Shit, he probably makes a couple grand each day from donations alone, and he streams for a few hours in the morning and late at night.
Hey Tim, I have been watching you for a while now, even before you were able to change to become a full time streamer, and you always keep me entertained!! You have a great personality and always do what you can to keep your viewers apart of you and your stream. I think this is great because a lot of other streamers have good streams, but I leave because the chat doesn't mean much to them. This is not like you at all, you do you best to make sure to talk to everyone and answer any questions you can! I know this video is old, but I am trying to get into streaming myself and I have to say you still have a ton of great points in here for people who are trying to get into the field. I myself took a few notes and I think they will help me go a long way! Thank you again for all you do! -TraineeV2
Thanks Bud watched the whole thing front to back, really got me outta my rutt and gave me a huge boost of motivation. Here in July of 2018. 4 Years ago video still helpfull asf thanks dude.
So yeah, I've stumbled on to this vid rather late, but as I'm just starting my own twitch and youtube channels, as part of some research I have was doing, this came across. And j gotta say, so far it's been the most helpful. Thanks for doing this for Tim. I'm not familiar with your streams, but after this I will be. You've definitely earned a fan today.
I just focus on making content and interacting with people. The most important thing for me is that I'm making some progress on my personal development. Streaming has helped me grow as a person, and I try to make better content and start editing together vids for youtube. It's a process and I think I'm starting to improve.
