How Twitch Streaming Slows Your YouTube Growth

I’ve studied some of the top creators on YouTube to save you 20+ hours of work.

This email will show you how to follow those channels growth tactics

— with 1 Strategy, 2 Tips, and 3 Examples.

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Getting $100 to NOT Grow on YouTube

Some of the biggest Twitch streamers have moved to YouTube over the last few years, and it's obvious YouTube wants you to be next in line.

YouTube pays big money to get the top streamers on their platform, but for smaller streamers, making the switch on their own is harder than it seems.

It's getting difficult for people to try streaming on YouTube because not only is it impossible to transfer your Twitch subscribers, but also broadcasting to different platforms at the same time is against the Twitch Affiliate agreement.

Twitch is essentially paying off small streamers with $100/month just to keep them on their site.

To become a Twitch Affiliate and begin monetizing your livestream, the requirements are as followed:

• At least 50 Followers

• At least 7 unique broadcast days in the last 30 days

• At least 500 total minutes broadcast in the last 30 days

• An average of 3 concurrent viewers or more over the last 30 days

If you just hit the Start Streaming button, sooner or later you're almost guaranteed to meet these qualifications with ease.

Most smaller streamers push themselves to hit the monthly payment threshold, giving a false sense of growth on the platform. Put all your effort into YouTube and you will see a much better return on investment.

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Boost Your Channel Instantly

 Tip #1  - YouTube Streams are a Cheat Code for Your Channel

YouTube wants to promote livestreams more due to TikTok recently surpassing them in total viewer watch time.

This gives people more opportunities to find your content than ever before since streams are prioritized in subscription boxes and recommended videos.

Build your community and boost channel impressions much faster by utilizing YouTube's algorithm and avoiding oversaturation on Twitch.

 Tip #2  - Raid Your Own YouTube Videos

You can send viewers directly to one of your own YouTube Video Premieres, similar to raiding a channel on Twitch after your stream has ended.

Using this method can instantly boost the impressions on your video and force YouTube's algorithm to recommend it to more people, creating a feedback loop that can spark your channels overall organic growth.

Imagine you could simply raid one of your YouTube videos directly from Twitch...wouldn't that be ridiculously helpful?

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Keeping Your Channel Clean

 Ludwig  

Ludwig streams every day on YouTube, but if you visit his channel, you won't find any of his past broadcasts at first glance.

Some people don't want to fill their channel with live streams while also uploading regular content. The workaround is setting your streams as Unlisted right after they end, then adding them to a public playlist so viewers can catch up with any streams they missed while you were live.

This way you can upload videos of your best moments while still keeping all of your VODs readily available without any clutter.

 TimTheTatman  

Here's a look at TimTheTatman's most recent thumbnails:

Tim is known for having incredibly vibrant and creative thumbnails for his streams and his regular videos. He uses the same method as Ludwig above with a public playlist that hosts his unlisted VODs, so he can get the most out of his content by double-dipping each stream into its own separate video.

 The Spiffing Brit  

For the 2nd time we take a look at The Spiffing Brit, who essentially broke YouTube streaming by testing various methods of impression boosting.

Here's what can happen if you raid one of your own video premieres:

Yes, that is a real screenshot from YouTube Studio Analytics.

If you raid your own video premiere on YouTube, it tells the algorithm that a lot of people are tuning into this piece of content at an alarming rate, thus pushing it out to even more people and boosting your impressions.

YouTube is all about the impressions, since it's the first line of defense when it comes to people discovering your content. If you maximize this stat, you will inevitably grow your channel much faster than you ever would on Twitch.

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- Tyler

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P.P.S. See previous editions here