Was Moving To YouTube Streaming A Mistake?

In November of 2022, I stopped streaming on Twitch in favor of YouTube Streaming, I lost 150 Avg Viewers, roughly 400 Paid monthly Subscribers, about $1500 a month, and benefits that most Twitch Partners wish they got, and will never get.

So, was this a mistake?

I am breaking this video up into four parts, ya know the classic storytelling four-act structure, starting with everything I lost by moving, then so I don’t cry, I’ll cover what I’ve gained, answer the reason you clicked, aka whether you should move, and finally deciding, was this a mistake?

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How To Grow On Twitch?

If you want to grow your Twitch stream, it is important to be critical. Being critical isn’t a bad thing, people say, “Oh don’t be so critical of yourself!”.

But there are a lot of things you can control and improve, such as your visuals, audio, and most importantly your content that you’re creating. Watch back your VoD and be honest with yourself, is it up to scratch. Does your mic sound good? Are you engaging? Is it easy to watch and enjoy or is there something that is off-putting? Be honest, push yourself to grow, and become a better entertainer!

Because at the end of the day, the only way you are going to grow your stream is by growing yourself and being critical in a positive way.

🕘Timestamps:

0:00 I Quit Twitch Streaming And Moved To YouTube Streaming
0:36 How Moving To YouTube Lost Me Hundreds Of Viewers!
1:33 Why Moving Platforms Lost Me over 100 Avg Viewers?
1:50 How YouTube Is FAR worse for Music and React Content?
2:46 Epidemic Sound Sponsored Segment!
4:12 Leaving Twitch Lost Me Thousands Of Dollars!
5:30 How I lost incredible Sponsorship opportunities
6:10 How I lost access to the Twitch front page slot
7:30 How leaving Twitch meant Stream Schemes viewers were lost
8:44 The Worst Part of Moving To YouTube
10:05 Why Most Streamers Fail at YouTube Streaming
10:40 How moving platforms gave me more time!
12:20 Why Ludwig stopped focusing on streaming
13:20 How moving to YouTube stopped me quitting content creation
14:00 How Average Viewers mean less on YouTube
15:20 Was Moving To YouTube Streaming A Mistake?
16:40 Should You Move To YouTube Streaming?

How To Become More Confident As A Streamer:

If you want to have zero fear of failing while you practice, what I want you to do is get your phone out or sit down at your webcam, don’t prepare any notes or stories to tell just hit record and start filming yourself, and I want you to talk for 10 minutes without stopping, without a chat to help you. Just talk and try to be entertaining by yourself.

Finish your 10 minutes, but DO NOT watch it back right away. Close your phone, go about your day, and then the next day, sit down, watch back those 10 minutes on your phone without any distractions. Just watch yourself, and then when the 10 minutes is done, hit record and film another 10 minutes. Don’t watch it, until the next day then rinse and repeat.

Repeat this process daily, not only will you become a much more confident speaker, but you’ll find it becomes much easier to fill those 10 minutes.

This is crucial that you learn to become entertaining without a chat, because often if you need a chat to be entertaining then you aren’t actually entertaining.

The style of this video is similar to Alpha Gaming and Gaming Careers in parts. A large influence on this series has come from content creators like Wild4games and Nutty.

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[StreamScheme]

Hey #earlygang! I've been asked a lot if leaving Twitch was a mistake, and I wanted to cover my decision a few months later, have you considered moving at all?

🕘Timestamps:

0:00 I Quit Twitch Streaming And Moved To YouTube Streaming
0:36 How Moving To YouTube Lost Me Hundreds Of Viewers!
1:33 Why Moving Platforms Lost Me over 100 Avg Viewers?
1:50 How YouTube Is FAR worse for Music and React Content?
2:46 Epidemic Sound Sponsored Segment!
4:12 Leaving Twitch Lost Me Thousands Of Dollars!
5:30 How I lost incredible Sponsorship opportunities
6:10 How I lost access to the Twitch front page slot
7:30 How leaving Twitch meant Stream Schemes viewers were lost
8:44 The Worst Part of Moving To YouTube
10:05 Why Most Streamers Fail at YouTube Streaming
10:40 How moving platforms gave me more time!
12:20 Why Ludwig stopped focusing on streaming
13:20 How moving to YouTube stopped me quitting content creation
14:00 How Average Viewers mean less on YouTube
15:20 Was Moving To YouTube Streaming A Mistake?
16:40 Should You Move To YouTube Streaming?

[CherryPeach]

WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE TIME BEFORE A STREAM AND AFTER FOR PREP AND RECOVERY, it spoke to my soul. I felt so seen.

[xjadesleeps]

I like how as an content creator you’re very transparent and honest 😊.

[videojames]

Love this transparency, thank you for being clear that streaming doesn’t necessarily translate to video views and vice versa. I’m learning both at the moment and the shock that the two require VERY different skills has been very scary. I’m not driven away by it, but it was shocking. It’s nice to hear someone’s else’s perspective who I respect quite a lot

[SongbirdGaming]

This is so true. I actually just got a comment today on the unedited video of a live stream that was over 18 months ago.

[iamredseal]

So glad I decided to sit down and watch this today. I've noticed a lot of benefits of being over on this platform that I wasn't getting on others. I think it really depends on the person, their audience, and their content on whether or not switching is right for them. Personally, I am the happiest I've ever been with content creation on YouTube. And when you utilize everything YT gives us, I personally feel there isn't a better match!

[alexraizer]

this helps alot. already monitized on YT, but all people ever talk about for streaming is twitch. thinking of streaming but the prospect of starting from 0 is daunting.

[bellingtoned]

Good to see that your atleast a bit happy about coming over here hope you get to enjoy it for years and years to come man

[SpookyDeer]

Been having a lot of conversations with the homies recently about how little lasting impact we feel streams have and that it can feel creatively frustrating to put in a lot of work and planning into a stream for 15-20 people to show up and never have anything further stem from it. YouTube's ecosystem is really powerful *IF* you utilize it and your time to the fullest potential. Hard to juggle that time but it doesn't mean its not worthwhile to start building it up.

[nuttylmao]

Hey I just want to say you were really great in the Super Mario movie. Wahoo!

[thedeacongaming]

Ive been watching so many of your videos as I've been starting my stream. It reminds me that work is one thing, but loving my work and entertaining chat is key.

[BaerbelBorn]

Thank you for pointing out that YT content has to be quality content. Made my day.

And I would love to see you streaming about tech talk on this channel. I do not watch gaming anymore and appreciate a good talk about content creation.


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[lampdevil]

Thanks for another great video, Eljay! I've been watching your stuff for over 2 years now and it's been really interesting seeing you grow as a creator and the streaming and content creation landscape change. Regardless of wherever I end up choosing to put my stuff, I'm happy that you've found something that's working for you both creatively and emotionally!

[Mr_Dancy_Pants]

I use Restream to stream on both platforms. It's not bad, but I definitely need to be better about following through in videos for my live channel and making thumbnails for the streams after.

[slayridah]

Thank you for opening up and helping us with your knowledge!

[Kurzei]

I was pretty sure you were going to say the biggest loss of them all was losing me as a VIP to the channel. I'm sure it was on the list somewhere. Also, lots of nice insight. I especially like the idea of being a small fish in a big pond with room to grow. That makes a lot of sense.

[thecrowsnesthobbies]

Thanks for the great videos I’m just getting started and trying to learn all the ins and outs of streaming and making videos and your videos have helped a bunch.

[Linkister]

Yes i love you so so much! Thanks for helping me start streaming

[chez_guy]

i didnt know you streamed on youtube!! that's why I haven't seen ur streams for a while

[hairyfrankfurt]

Holy fk Eljay, I never knew it was giving you so much anxiety to stream on Twitch, I only noticed that you looked different; lighter, fresher, brighter? I couldn't quite pick it but you came into videos for this channel looking different in some way and I never mentioned anything because I couldn't explain it. That is a remarkable win my friend. Congrats on getting your life and self back.