--- title: '4 Lessons I Learned as a Streamer in 2025' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=_l2MfstDLCM' video_id: '_l2MfstDLCM' date: 2026-07-12 duration_sec: 850 --- # 4 Lessons I Learned as a Streamer in 2025 > Source: [4 Lessons I Learned as a Streamer in 2025](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_l2MfstDLCM) ## Summary A streamer shares four key lessons learned in 2025 about growing a Twitch channel, emphasizing that collaborating with big streamers provides exposure but not a foundation, planning each stream with a purpose is crucial, connections require mutual contribution, and delegating tasks is essential to avoid burnout. ### Key Points - **Context and Background** [00:02] — The streamer started in 2020 during the pandemic. Peaked at 70 viewers during Pokémon Unite in 2023, then dropped to 15. Participated in events with big streamers but saw only temporary spikes. - **Lesson 1: Collaborations Don't Guarantee Growth** [02:04] — Participating in events with famous streamers gives exposure but not a loyal audience. After events like Pokémon Challenge and Minecraft series, average dropped back to 15-30 viewers. - **Lesson 2: Stream with a Purpose** [04:58] — Instead of just playing games, plan each stream with a specific goal or narrative. Announce it on social media. This increased average viewership even with fewer streaming hours. - **Lesson 3: Connections Require Contribution** [08:16] — Contacts help but you must bring value to collaborations. Both parties should benefit. Example: helping other creators with events led to more opportunities. - **Lesson 4: Delegate and Automate** [09:46] — Trying to do everything leads to burnout. Identify tasks you must do (e.g., live streaming) and delegate editing, clip creation, design. Use tools like Nexus Clips to automate clip scheduling. ### Conclusion The streamer's average viewership has now exceeded 100 by applying these lessons: focusing on purposeful streams, contributing to collaborations, and delegating tasks to maintain consistency without burnout. ## Transcript Guarnizo. I participated in mythologies with a lot of huge streamers and collaborated with giant creators that I've even been on their stream. Do Maquiki. Maichi. Mayichi. And yet, to be honest, none of that alone fixed my life as a streamer. 2025 was the year in which I did the most great things, but it was also the year in which I saw most clearly what worked and what was pure smoke and mirrors. So in this video I'm going to tell you the four things I learned as a streamer in 2025 and how you can use all of that to make your 2026 much better. So if you're interested, well, let's start the video. Okay, first, some quick context. I started streaming during the pandemic, like many others in 2020, without having a clue, just for fun. So, why couldn't we go out? Things started going well for me in 2023. When Pokémon Unite came out, I made daily content and sent people to Twitch, and there I reached an average of about 70 people. The problem is that it was a very small niche and besides, I lost interest in the game, so I stopped making content. And what happened? Well, my average dropped again by about 15 people. Then in 2024 I started to become a little more well known. I was in charge of the Pokémon Challenge 1 and with big streamers like Dead, spend several days live with Juan Guarnizo and obviously spend time with a lot of famous creators. Then, last year in 2025 something similar happened, as it was the second edition of the Pokémon challenge and I was also much more involved in the Pokémon community. I've been all that. Meik is a really great guy. Wait a minute, bragging about the year, but if you look at my statistics there's a very my statistics there's a very clear pattern: peaks of 60, 80, 100 people when there's an event, and then drops to 15 or 20 when it's over and I was there all by myself. But if you look at 2026, things have already changed, and it is precisely from these statistics and the pattern I told you about that the four lessons I'm going to share with you in this video come from. And so that 2026 doesn't depend solely on luck. Let's start with the first one. Collaborating with big streamers doesn't make you big. You ca n't deny that you've series like the Squidcraft Minecraft Challenge or one of the many that big streamers do, well, that's it, you're part of the elite and you'll earn a ton of money? And look, I think it's normal to think this way, because it's already happened. There you have it at SquidCraft 3, where they invited a random person from you want to enter Squedcraft 2? Obvious. Goes. Scraft. So obviously. How can you not think about what would happen if I were that lucky or if I were invited to something like that? Well, I already did it. Okay, let me tell you my story. In 2024 I participated in Theafío Pokémon. I was Juan's coach and obviously during the event my average viewership increased a lot, since I was on camera with Juan the whole time and he even made fun of me several times. But wait, not only that, after finishing the Pokémon Challenge I was invited to the Minecraft 3 challenge, one of the biggest series on all of Twitch. And you'll tell me, well, that's it , you made friends with the famous streamers, now you're there earning tons of money. Well, my average dropped again to 15 people. Yes, I was out there talking and playing with famous streamers, but my average wasn't growing. Then, the following year, in 2025, I will organize another Pokémon challenge. I'm streaming with Fortnite event with several streamers. Who is Katrina? To Mikiki. To Miki's mother. Then Dead invites me to Mythologies, another giant Minecraft series that Dead organized, along with Capón and Conte. And what happened? Well, during the Pokémon challenge my average was over 100 people, and in Fortnite and Minecraft my average was around 20-30 people. Okay, sure, it's not 15 anymore, but the drop is still noticeable. So, what's the lesson for 2026? Participating in series with a celebrity only gives you exposure, but not a foundation. The easiest way is to watch it as a movie. Look, think of Harry Germaine and Ron, who are the main characters, but I bet you don't remember Mr. Thomas. Well, we wouldn't even be Din. We'd be more like Ginny's other boyfriend who only shows up once in a while and says a really great at the event and become the moon, you show up late, know, my analogy is kind of weird, but the point is that if you ever get of thinking, "Okay, I've got it made," you should ask yourself the following questions. What will I contribute to the event? What am I going to do about the people who find out about me? And what content will people find when the event is over? Because if you have no idea about this, you're completely dependent on others." And in fact, these questions are closely linked to the next point. There's a phrase you've most likely already heard, or maybe even said yourself: "The important thing is that it catches on." Or, "I have to catch on every day." But have you stopped to ask yourself what you're going to do in today's stream? The most common thing when you start streaming is to play something, whether alone, with friends, or with the people in the chat. I did it when I started, and I still do it occasionally. Look, on this page are my channel statistics. Even if we scroll down a bit, this graph represents the hours I streamed and the average number of viewers I've had over time. At the beginning, as you can see, I was popular, Fortnite, which was also popular, a series of ROS (Romance of Souls), basically what most people do when they start: just jump in to play and hang out with their friends, practicing, interacting with the chat, and all that. That's it. That continued for about two or three years until 2022, as you can see here, which is And well, that's when I started making content, Pokémon Unite tip videos, and things like that, basically Pokémon Unite content, and obviously the average viewership increased. Here, for example, I was streaming for more hours and had an average of 48 viewers, and I was also streaming on TikTok and had an average of around 70 or 80 viewers. And well, that's when I practically stopped making Pokémon Unite videos and streamed much less. And as you can see in the graph right now, you can see the point where the Pokémon challenge was, which obviously, being viewers. And what happened? Well, the Pokémon challenge ended, and even what you see of Minecraft there is from the Minecraft challenge I was invited to, and if you notice, the average viewership dropped a lot. But now, starting in 2025, if you look, I hardly streamed at all, but something curious is that the average viewership was It's increasing. The change I made here is only streaming when I had something to do on the stream. For example, in May there was the Direct Challenge we did to announce things. This was a Pokémon TCG tournament. That was another Direct Challenge, and then in August the Pokémon Challenge started, with Juan came in. And well, by October, since the events were over, I just streamed to play Pokémon Zam. But if you look, from October to November the difference in hours streamed is huge, and from then on it's been increasing, since that's when I started collaborating with more people, I started doing a Fola stream, I started creating more content myself, people started to get to know me better, but if you click on it, you'll see that each of the streams had something specific to do on that day. I mean, it's not like I learned to see what was happening on the stream, but rather I had already planned what I was going to do on that stream and I announced it on social media. post on Discord. But then, what's the lesson here? If you give people a reason to join your stream, it'll be much easier to grow. literally every stream you do has to have a specific point or purpose , right? Of course not, but at least they should have a narrative or streamers, whether on Twitter, in the stream title, or even in a literally list everything they're going to do: " we're going to do this, and then this." So, this point is very easy. Before question: Why should someone who doesn't know me join today? But anyway, let's move on to the third point. I know you've heard this a lot, or maybe you've even said it yourself. Someone is where they are because they're a friend, boyfriend, brother, or some other kind of relative of another streamer. Here, hold on a second . In the end, this whole thing about streaming is about creation. Creating social media content can become a job at some point, and like any job, contacts are very important, but they're just a stepping stone to get there faster. The main problem here is what you do once you've gotten there. For example, I'm currently very involved in the Pokémon community. People like Fagor, Sean Yin Caron, and other creators ended up participating in the event, and they really liked the work I did for the challenge because they've asked me to help them with certain things or collaborate with them on Fall is playing against Rubius, I 'm right there in the middle of it, like the also talk to them while they're battling. I'm also streaming, and then I can re-upload all that stuff to my Pokémon YouTube channel . Also, for example, I made a series called Tuok with Jim Carona, story I did with Fola. You can easily play against Jim Carona do a dual battle, and whoever wins... that goes to the prol. I was there recently, like with all the Pokémon creators, in a trial, but anyway, the point I want to make with all this is that yes, connections are important, obviously, but you also have to contribute something. In the end, in a collaboration, both parties have to win. The fourth point will seem very obvious to you, but believe me, in 2025, that's where I noticed it the most. If you're watching this video, you're probably going through one of the following things. You study, you work, maybe both. You want to stream? You want to upload videos to You want to maintain a community on Discord? You want to post on Twitter? And on top of all that, you have to make thumbnails, overlays, edit, answer messages, and you tell yourself, "Yes, I can do it, it's just a matter of getting organized." Well, I thought that too, and I couldn't. For a good part of 2025, I was literally busy from Monday to Sunday, since I had mythologies, the big Minecraft series that I streamed every day, and I had to I'd spend about four hours there. A duel that I admit was also a daily video. On Sundays, I was helping Fola with her battles, and obviously, was also streaming. Then I had to record for TikTok and YouTube, and since I was streaming so much, I was also spamming clips. Look, was doing, it did help; more people started to know me, but you're only human, and you get tired. Besides, most of it didn't even make any money. And with all that, I want to tell you my last point. At some point, you absolutely have to delegate work and use tools that help you. During that period, my girlfriend helped me edit for the Pokémon account, since, as I said, I had to upload a daily video to the Pokémon channel and also spam the editing the Pokémon part to take advantage of the streaming with the Nexus Clips website, we would simply spam three or four videos a day from all the clips that came out on the stream to Minecraft series, the important thing about Nexus is that it literally told us the best moments of the stream. Otherwise, imagine us having to review four hours of it. No, it simply told us the best moments, and the most important thing is that we could schedule them right there. Because believe me, also organizing and scheduling it, well, it takes time. works really well. Even now that I'm doing a lot more Pokémon series streams stuff, it also helps me to spam my TikTok account, which is literally called My Kick Clips because it's all clips from the content is already there, you already recorded them live. You just have to take advantage of it platforms. You can try some features for free, but if you want to get the most out of it, you can use the code Soy Miker for a 10% discount. But anyway, after this promo, what's the lesson here ? You can't build everything. On your own. If you want to maintain a good posting schedule, you need to decide the following. What are you indispensable for, meaning things you absolutely have to be involved in? For example, being live, writing scripts, recording. And then, once you've made this list, what can you get help with? For example, editing, creating clips, designing, publishing—anything you can think of that someone else could do for you. And for a more advanced approach, what can you automate? Like what I mentioned earlier about scheduling clips, using commands during the live stream to help with certain things, or even using templates in Photoshop or Premiere to edit and work faster. If deciding which tasks you can delegate and which you can't seems complicated, do the following: Make a list of everything you 're trying to do related to your stream. This includes alerts, overlays or emotes, setting up commands, configuring OBS, creating videos, making TikToks— literally everything you can think of. that you do. Then, check off what check, well, now you can delegate it to someone, simplify it, or automate it. And well, these four important points are what I've been doing, and I've been trying to change or try new things so as not to repeat the same mistake as in 2024, which, as you saw, I did have peaks, but then suddenly I dropped again and didn't rise again until there was another event. Now in 2026, I'm trying to be more active and do the best I can. And I think it's working, since my average viewership has exceeded 100 people, are enjoying the content I'm creating live, and I hope at least one of these tips has been helpful to you leave them here in the comments. If you know of something that has worked for you, or if you say, "This didn't work at all," leave that here in the comments too. recommend the one that's... Appearing here, believe me, will also be Appearing here, believe me, will also be very useful to you.