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# Video 8DqRrA9umH8

> Source: [Video 8DqRrA9umH8](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8DqRrA9umH8)

## Summary

The video delivers a brutally honest critique of aspiring streamers who waste time and money streaming to zero viewers on Twitch or making dead-end Let's Plays. The speaker argues that without an existing audience from another platform, success on Twitch is virtually impossible. The core advice is to build a personal brand first via TikTok or YouTube, then transition to live streaming.

### Key Points

- **MrBeast Test Shows No Algorithm for Newcomers** [09:15] — MrBeast streamed for 2 hours to zero viewers on a new, unannounced Twitch account, proving even a famous creator gets no traction without an audience.
- **Let's Plays Are a Dead-End Format** [12:13] — Let's Plays are declared a 'dead format' 10 years old, dominated by established creators like Kuplinov. Newcomers have zero chance of being discovered.
- **Use TikTok/Shorts to Build an Audience First** [17:59] — Create a following on TikTok or YouTube Shorts first. The speaker himself uploaded 10 Battlefield clips to a zero-subscriber TikTok and got 500k total views.
- **Popular Streamers Already Had an Audience Elsewhere** [14:10] — You need a personal brand and audience before streaming. Popular streamers like Zubarev already had a TikTok following (20k viewers on first stream).
- **Wasting Money and Time on Equipment for Zero Viewers** [05:44] — People spend huge money on equipment (microphones, cameras, lighting) and stream for months to 0-2 viewers, wasting time and money. This is 'the most useless activity'.
- **Streaming Is Secondary to Building a Channel** [22:59] — Even with 100 stable viewers, earning potential is limited. Streaming is secondary; the channel and video content should come first.

## Transcript

three viewers, and soon deleted Telegram and my Twitch channel.  For the last year and a half, factory.  I could no longer combine hard physical labor at the factory with regular streaming.  I could no longer sacrifice my sleep for streams,
since a tired stream is equally boring.  This only causes stress and unnecessary nerves.  A miracle only happens in a fairy tale: "Either you look, or you are looked at."  I've been streaming for a few years newbie streamers who stream for a few months, get into dismorale, and
drop the activity.  This is roughly how things are in the streaming industry.  I want every no-name streamer to get their audience, but unfortunately, no one cares about us.  Hey, guys. I've been nurturing the idea for this video for
probably four years, if not more. I admit, I am committed to the idea that you only have one life, and the main thing in it is to earn a ton of money so that you can spend the rest of your savings you've earned, so that your parents can enjoy themselves.  future family, your children, and so
earning money for an apartment, watching some streamer buy it in two or three streams.  And I think no one will argue that a career on Twitch or YouTube is far from the worst or most harmful way to achieve
provided, of course, that you don’t promote any destructive ideas or anything like that.  I have never condemned this type of activity on the Internet, but the ways in which people try to succeed in this area and
achieve success never cease to amaze me.  It has literally become a common disease.  I believe that many people in society, not all of them, of course, are very inclined towards quick gains, easy money, and a quick
path to success.  That is, to do nothing and still have some cool on YouTube or TikTok about lazy muscle gain or weight loss in 5 minutes.  Like, do one exercise a day for 3 minutes and you're guaranteed to
lose weight.  All this, of course, has nothing to do with reality, but people love all this very much.  This gets millions of views.  Everyone swallows it up and wants it here and now.  But no one wants to work on themselves, have patience, and stick to
some strict diet for six months. people who really thought they could make money from this.  As a result, they simply waste their time and do not get the desired results.  And with exactly the
same attitude, many are breaking into this space of blogging and streaming. All these Twitch streamers with thousands of followers online or bloggers with hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, in fact, for many, they do nothing special or complicated
No. But at the same time, they all earn incredibly evil money.  In one broadcast, even a less-than-top streamer can easily earn 10 times the salary of, say, Dima from Magnit.   Is
this really legal? This is [ __ ] illegal. attracted and inspired by this.  They also want to just sit and play games, have a earn millions.   Do n't you want to make money or something?
becomes a dream.   This is my first day streaming on Twitch.  Today I finally and turned on the broadcast.  This is how field.  It's one thing to just start streaming, but it's another thing to find content
to stream.  For example, you might want to play Battlefield 6 now, but many people can't even do that because of blocked servers and put a significant load on your internet, which negatively impacts your ping.  That's why
I always recommend using Dear up in such cases.  Moreover, this program not only blocked games like Battle Royale or Call of Duty.  This is, in principle, a and blocks unnecessary servers in
online games.  There are situations when the match server is located far from you.  As a result, you experience high ping, which interferes with your gaming experience.  And it was created to filter out distant and inconvenient servers for you.  That is,
ping, forcing the game to transfer you to the closest server for you so that you get the best possible ping in games.  This will be more comfortable for both you and your viewers.  Gearup backs up its
credibility with partnerships with major brands like Breakout Arena and Delta Force.  And Rek Rren himself often recommends it.  By the way, for console players there is a Happy RF gaming router that costs less than $100 and comes with two
Ethernet cables.  The router also allows you to select servers in different regions.  In general, all links for increasing your effectiveness in games and You've probably seen streams where random people stream a
game on Twitch or YouTube, or record a Let's Play of a specific game, and ultimately do it for an audience of one viewer. views if the walkthrough is published.  And I personally have always been
surprised and amazed by the fact that it is precisely in these ways that people try to achieve some kind of success and advancement, dreaming of popularity and a career in blogging. Today I want to tell you about these people, tell you what they do
wrong in this life and, despite my limited experience in this area, still that will ultimately direct their online development in the right direction.  so to speak, I will guide them on the right path.  I understand that this video will probably
bothering? Let people do what they want. It shouldn't bother you at all." Therefore, I want to say right away that everything I will say further applies only success in this area.  Because there are
pleasure, despite the fact that they have zero viewers, or they stream only for friends.  There are no questions for them at all .  I've been streaming for 2 years, I'm just passionate about it, you know?  This is the dream of my life.  I gave up everything for this.
As I said earlier, for average working people who haven't who are just getting started with this field, streaming is literally a dream come true.  It's some kind of great calling that makes you feel like you're
doing something important and prestigious, something that stands out from other conventional professions.  But in fact, they will all be engaged in the most useless activity that can be imagined in life. They buy expensive equipment,
microphones for 50,000 rubles, professional cameras, pantographs, super cool lighting there.  Some people even take all this out on credit.  Cool mobile phone, And all this is done just to sit around and stream their
CS:GO games, stream walkthroughs of some games, make conversational streams to zero viewers and content, watch movies, videos, or even record Let's Plays and post them on YouTube. The efficiency of this
type of activity is literally zero.  And let me tell you why. First of all, it is competition.  There are
has increased significantly during the COVID-19 period.  And you will have to compete with all of them .  Why, out of thousands of people just like you who content, should viewers choose and watch your stream?  What makes
you different from other streamers?  What do you do that is so unique?  Ask yourself this question.  And I'm not even talking about competition with top streamers.  Why would people watch you play or progress through a game when there are tons of
other well-known and established streamers perhaps doing it more interestingly or with more quality, and most likely, more popular guy who
For example, Arc Raders came out.  Quite a popular game.  There are a huge number of people streaming alongside you, and you need to stand out among them somehow.  But doing this will be extremely problematic, since on top of them
there are also top streamers who eclipse such beginners, being at the top of the online. Who the [ __ ] are you going to choose?  Them or us? Us or them? And, obviously, there's a high probability that
some performer and watch it.  But in reality, all of this is of zero importance, because no matter how charismatic, funny, or interesting you are, no matter how professionally you play CS or offer some
incredibly cool, high-quality, and unique content, no one will be able to see it or appreciate it, because Twitch simply does not promote new streamers.  There are no algorithms here like in TikTok or YouTube,
it magically gets you a million or a couple of tens of thousands of views. namely those newbie streamers with zero or one viewer, are essentially making absolutely no progress and streaming literally into the void.  Any kind of
promotion on Twitch only appears when you have several thousand followers and a small number of viewers.  You might appear in the left column of the site with recommendations at some point, but
you need to have a certain number of followers and viewers.  How are you going to get them Twitch doesn't promote new streamers?  And, secondly, getting into this recommendation column is just a coincidence.  You have practically
of course, you're streaming some new, hyped-up game.  Hoping that Twitch's algorithm will highlight your stream as a recommendation is like hoping you'll win the jackpot at a casino.  This happens once every billion
does work and you appear in the recommendations, it still doesn’t mean anything. broadcast in the rivers; they'll come in just for fun, see a default walkthrough of some game, a dead chat,
and then leave and go watch someone else.  Therefore, these not to count on them.  Come on, what's there to talk about when even Mr. Beast himself decided to start a challenge and stream on Twitch on his own, using a new account,
without telling his audience.  As a result, he streamed for 2 hours to zero viewers, did some activity, but literally no one visited him. tens of thousands of streamers just like him, who simply stream 15
hours a day for years and Twitch doesn't promote them in any way.  And on YouTube it's exactly the same story.  Yes, probably be a little better, because YouTube likes to promote new channels, and that's exactly what I do. Streams from some new channels pop up on the main page
.  But again , they have one viewer, a dead chat, a someone, God willing, will come in, see all this and immediately leave, since he has no interest in watching the stream.  Well, think about it, you see
some stream where a guy is playing a game and talking to himself, he has no activity on the broadcast.  Are you going to watch it all day and wait for every cut?  No, indeed.  You sit for a minute, check what's going on there, and
's why a format where people talk about their streaming is popular on YouTube right now. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again
in the hope of change. And then I started seeing it everywhere.  Everywhere you look there are idiots. Wherever you look, they are doing exactly the same thing .  Over and over and over and over and over again .  And they think: “Now everything will change.”
different now. I saw a guy who bought $5,000 worth of equipment and started streaming on Twitch.  He had one or two viewers and streamed like that for 3-4 months.  But nothing has changed during this time.  He eventually
gave up the business.  Yes, the saddest thing is that people spend hundreds of thousands of rubles on fancy equipment, quit their jobs and studies, stream for months or even years to one or two viewers for 15 hours at a time, and dream that one day, somehow,
someone will notice them, and they will become popular streamers, start earning a lot of money, garnering large online audiences, and their cherished dream will come true. But for the almost never happens.  And as a result, they waste a simply gigantic
amount of time into the void.  People have seen a ton of motivational videos about how they need to work hard and stream 24/7 for 10 hours a day to achieve success, because hard work always pays off.  But it doesn't work with Twitch.
At least 10 years of streaming.  So you'll just be wasting a ton of time .  I remember when I was looking for microphones or audio cards on Avito, I heard stories more than once about selling them because I wanted to start streaming,
what did you do to make it happen?  I sat and streamed CS for 20 hours need to be realistic and stop believing point a miracle will happen and you will wake up famous.  And the same thing applies to
Let's Plays.  I don't know who in all seriousness is recording their gameplay in 2025 and expecting to become popular because of it.  It's a absolutely no one watches, but
for some reason tens of thousands of people continue to do it for years.  Nobody will watch a Let when there is some Kuplinov or other not-yet-forgotten Let's Players. And now is the time when people can play a game themselves or
watch someone else play it on a stream.  Forget about this content format altogether .  Don't think about him for one extra second.  It became outdated 10 years ago.  This is the most idiotic, worst, dead and useless activity that one
nowadays.  This is of absolutely no interest to anyone.  This is not progressing at all.   There's a crazy monopoly here, there are a bunch of other famous Let's Players who have occupied this niche, and people don't watch anyone else except them.  The chances of getting
through the games these days are zero. I don't know of a single streamer from the bottom of the list who became popular due to the fact that they spent tens of hours streaming how they play some game, stream CS, or do something else.  After a
year and a half of streaming, the active audience hasn't increased much.  Only a few people scroll to the very bottom of the .  There have certainly been similar lucky breaks in the history of this universe .  If I'm not mistaken, then the already popular Evelon
accidentally stumbled upon Booster, noticed him, gave him an asset, and he began to gain popularity.  Or the same brother randomly stumbled upon a nut and made it popular.  But this is just a 1% chance.  So, it's best not to
some famous streamer will suddenly give you a raid and you'll become popular. Basically, all popular streamers became so due to some kind of external background and the fact that they were famous personalities.  Either they have
eSports career, media popularity, a brand, a TikTok channel, or something similar.  In short, they already had their own audience that knew them and was ready to go with this
person to any other platform.  And with it, they began to move Twitch, developing their streaming skills, acquiring a new audience due to the fact online following, and new people would join them
having seen the guy's stream in the top online list or in recommendations, as was the case, for example, with Zubarev.  He was a TikTok legend, everyone was asking him to start streaming, he launched his first stream on Twitch, and he already had
20,000 people online.  But in general, most streamers now get their promotions through TikTok compilations, because people see a random streamer's clip or compilation in their recommendations find it funny and interesting.
now watching it.  No matter how famous a streamer you ask how to start streaming, they'll tell you: "Or don't start." Many people criticize them for this because Although this is a lie, it is better not to start.
How to start on Twitch? I wouldn't recommend it, to be honest. Or they will advise you to become a personality first, not a streamer. to become a streamer?  I'm saying you need to become a non-streamer first.
some social network and then try streaming so that you have some kind of initial audience. First, get some background and an audience, and only then start streaming.  I stream for 2 hours, and
essentially I'm streaming into nothing.  Nobody cares about my stream announcements.  I don't know what the idly streaming or recording a walkthrough of a game, use all the equipment you bought to make a video about that game.  Review it
, express your opinion, share your thoughts on the plot, gameplay, and this game or are good at playing it, so write down a useful guide. Every project has its own audience in one way or another .  And there's a good chance that someone
will want to hear an alternative opinion on this game, learn something new and useful about it, and stumble upon your video. Ultimately, there's a chance that someone will like become an active viewer, and in this
Just please don't record letsp.  This is a dead video format that will give you nothing.  We need to create full-fledged content.  I'm not saying that you have to make videos about games. No, rather, you should try to create
content because it’s interesting to you and will also be interesting to others.  These could be videos about the gaming industry, videos about certain people, exposés, opinions about certain individuals, social situations,
paying attention to some popular, successful people, analyzing the path that led them to success.  That is, look at how they started, what videos they made, what
previews and titles they use, their presentation, what content topics ultimately made them popular, and so on. I also recommend watching a video about optimizing your videos.  This is very important.  Well, taking into account their experience and
interesting so that they pay attention to you, people like your opinion and content, and they want to subscribe. Moreover, today's video hosting sites are structured in such a way that they primarily promote
start-up channels.  I very often really tiny channels that I see for the first time on my main page or in recommendations .  Well, their content appears look at it in order to hear an alternative opinion on a certain game
or just learn something useful.  But in general, the most promoted platforms are, of course, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.  This is a case where virtually anyone who posts a video can instantly gain
format for scrolling through videos, people don’t have to that interests them.  Here you can find almost anything. And many videos collect millions of views this way.  For example,
Battlefield 6's multiplayer and storyline on TikTok.  So, I cut them into five parts, uploaded 10 videos, and even though I had zero subscribers, zero audience, and I didn't promote my account in any way, I managed to
get a total of almost half a million views, a ton of likes and comments. Although I didn't do anything complicated at all , I simply reuploaded my videos from give my channel a huge boost,
but come on, when almost half a million people watched your video or found out about your channel positive effect on your media presence. Some kid will come to your maybe subscribe.  Even large corporations use TikTok to
example, people saw some cool ArcRaiders video on TikTok and went and bought the game.  TikTok and YouTube shorts offer almost anyone the chance to gain some media exposure and views
make full-fledged videos, there's this expression: "Fate it till you make it." That is, pretend to be someone you are not , so that later you can become someone you or two, do some funny and cheerful stuff, make it feel like
online traffic, and then make some stream and upload it to TikTok.  And again, there is a chance that the video might randomly go viral and your compilation will be seen by
even like it, think it's funny, visit your Twitch channel, subscribe, and wait for your streams. And this will be much more useful than streaming for 20 hours on a new account.  I don't understand what is happening without
progress.  Today's streamers, for example, are actually promoting themselves and gaining new viewers through their videos on YouTube and TikTok.  I myself learned about many famous people this way.  There, the recreant posts highlights from his streams on
YouTube, and new people watch them and come to him on Twitch.  I'm not saying that you should do it this way, because in reality the benefits from this are extremely small.   I still believe that you need to create your own personality, name, and brand so that you become
an interesting media personality, so that people are ready to go with you anywhere.  But at the very least, these platforms give you the opportunity to make a name for yourself and find an audience.  And all you need to do is just try to interest
the viewer, motivate them to subscribe, maybe even follow you on your stream, and built at least some audience.  Most likely , this will not happen immediately. not get any traction, but unlike Twitch, there's a real
chance your video will randomly end up in the recommendations of tens or some attention.  My example with TikTok is proof of this. Give advice to a streamer.  What the [ __ ] are you doing streaming for 20 hours if no one is
watching?  Stream for an hour, stream for two, but for it to catch on, you need to go viral.  What are you, a [ __ ] idiot?   Do n't you understand, like, pushing yourself on TikTok? Not on TikTok, where the [ __ ] are you?  You need to build an audience, not stream.  [ __ ].
Thank you for subscribing. But no one is looking at me.  What is the efficiency of the action?  Are you an idiot?  You won't understand that there is no point in you streaming for 24 hours. You're just [ __ ] harassing your body.  What the [ __ ] is the point?  [ __ ].   Let
's stream for 2 hours, do it [ __ ] great, go viral, [ __ ] kill the audience somehow.  Then I stream to the audience for 24 hours, damn.  Zero efficiency, damn it.  Yeah, I'm sitting here waving my arms, like, damn, I still haven't pumped up.  Yahoo.  Thank you
I hope it doesn't work out.  No need for competitors, everyone can go to hell.  Bam-bam. So first you find an audience that is interested in you.  and only then you transfer it to your streams.  Those guys who talk about
their streaming results in videos also uploaded clips to TikTok and made had a situation where I was streaming to one viewer, but after a few months I just kicked Twitch out of my life.   I once had a path of adventure,
and then I got shot in the knee. However, you must understand that just because people watch your videos and like them, this does not mean that they will also watch your streams.  I know a huge number of people who have
tens or hundreds of thousands of subscribers.  Their videos get hundreds of thousands of views and likes.  But when they announce that they're starting to stream, they encourage you to go to them on Twitch, and hopefully they'll get 100 viewers there, because simply
another platform and watch you live sometimes doesn't work.  People need to be motivated and offered some interesting content.  Maybe you'll , and everyone will come along, wanting to get it too, watch some
videos, revelations, reactions, and something like that .  Being an interesting streamer is an extremely difficult skill and ability to master, because what's the point of people wasting their time on you if they can go watch hundreds of other more
engaging streamers?  For example, I'll say to my audience: "Hey, guys, I've got a stream up on Twitch or my YouTube channel where you can play some think I'll have 60,000 of my subscribers there?  God willing, there
content that people will most interesting streamer.  Streaming is almost always a secondary matter. Your channel, you and your videos, your views and
audience should come first, and only then streams and everything else.  Even if you have 100 stable viewers, you still won't be able to earn a lot of money there By the way, you don’t even need to have some kind of cool camera.  It's enough to
just have a good microphone to make it pleasant to listen to you.  And that's all.  You also need to be mentally prepared for the fact that there will be 5-10 people watching you there, and in will simply look like a fool who is talking to himself.  Many people find it difficult
I keep getting messages that I have to import content?  No viewers, no content.  I'm sitting alone on streams, the chat is empty, I'm dismoral.  Why doesn’t anyone want to support me morally or financially?  I love the streaming scene.   So
, what do I want to say?  Don't ever think twice, don't spend even one extra second thinking about starting to stream somewhere without a background or your own audience.  Just forget about it altogether.  Many people say, "No, try
streaming, maybe you'll succeed, maybe a miracle will happen. There's no work out. It's zero. It's impossible. Just shtech." These are [ __ ] fairy tales.  [laughter] Got it? I understand.  Since when can
sitting AFK for 15 hours, streaming yourself playing something lead you to success, when beginner streamers don't even advance at all.  I streamed for 2 years for the sake of online viewers of five.  Don't let go, bro, everything will work out.  You
need to become a true personality, make a name for yourself, establish a brand, make in-demand videos for TikTok or YouTube, find viewers, and build an audience.  And only later, when you have your
own community, you can start conducting live broadcasts.  to be in direct contact with the viewer.  Streaming on a new account from scratch without an audience is the same as playing bedrock in Minecraft.  Well, never put a
blogging or streaming career first in your life.  It should be Because if you don't succeed, then you'll just be left with nothing [music] and you might end up in [ __ ]. You may have felt like
towards certain people in this video, but I tried to be realistic and speak without .  If you found this video interesting or helpful, please give it a royal like.  It would also be nice if you subscribe to
this format of videos, then let me know, and perhaps I will continue this column.  See you column.  See you very soon.