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Today’s tip is all about posting on other social media platforms outside of Twitch! As I’m sure you know if you’ve streamed for any amount of time on Twitch, getting found on Twitch naturally can be incredibly challenging especially since there has been such a huge uptick in the amount of streamers on the platform.


What social media platforms should I be active on? Here’s some of my favorites/recommendations! (Remember, you do NOT have to use all of these at once! I recommend picking a couple that you are comfortable with and starting there, you can always add more platforms later.)


⭐️ Twitter/X - Great for posting updates on your streaming journey, interacting with your community, and posting live notifications.
⭐️ BlueSky - Newer version of Twitter/X that a lot of artists are moving too because of Twitter/X’s use of AI. 
⭐️ TikTok - Great for posting fun clips from your streams, participating in trends, and keeping viewers up to date on what’s going on over on your Twitch channel. You can also go live to help promote your Twitch channel once you qualify. 
⭐️ Instagram/Threads - Great for more photo based content and behind the scenes. Post things like day in the life, streaming setup, favorite games, etc.
⭐️ Discord - Great for networking with other streamers and building your own community server. 
⭐️ Reddit - Great resource for asking questions related to streaming and helping other streamers with problems or ideas.

Bestie, if you aren’t utilizing the Research tab on your Twitch dashboard, please start now! Here’s how to find it - click on your Twitch profile picture and select Creator Dashboard, open the Analytics drop-down on the left hand side, then select Research.


All you have to do is search the game you want to play and Twitch will provide you a chart with a Viewer-to-Channel ratio based on the time of day for each day of the week! The goal is to find game categories with a ton of viewers and followers but not a lot of streamers. (Hint: Look at the average line on the Research chart!)