Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Streaming is often painted as an amazing career, where you get to do nothing but entertain, make jokes, and earn money, but is it all true? I asked Twitch Partners what the worst and best parts of streaming are to help shed some light on the whole job!
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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 What Is The Worst Part About Twitch Streaming?
0:51 The Lack Of Freedom Streaming Gives You
1:22 How Streaming Affects Your Mental Health
2:40 How Streaming Can Disappear Overnight
3:36 How Viewers Can Overstep
4:20 Streaming Is a literal 24/7 Job
4:42 What Is The Best Part Of Streaming?
5:19 How Communities Make Streaming Amazing!
6:00 Why The Streaming Culture Is Incredible for Streamers
6:30 How Streaming Allows You To Control Your Life
7:30 Eljay Reveals the WORST part of Live Streaming nobody talks about.
What Bitrate And Settings Should I Use For Streaming?
The easiest way to understand bitrate is by calling what it actually is, your upload speed to the Twitch servers.
Now you’ll need a higher bitrate depending on how high quality you want your stream to be, this means 1080p 60 frames per second will need a bitrate of 6000, which roughly equals 6megabits upload speed on your end being taken up
By lowering your resolution and framerate, you can make it a lot easier to stream, for example, if you set your base canvas size to 1920x1080, but change your output to 1280x720 otherwise known as 720p you drop down to only needing a bitrate of 4500 or 4.5megabits.
If you still want 1080, you can even just lower your framerate from 60fps to 30fps and then adjust to 4500bitrate.
For more information visit this Bitrate graph: stream.twitch.tv
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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#twitch #growth #guide
Streaming is often painted as an amazing career, where you get to do nothing but entertain, make jokes, and earn money, but is it all true? I asked Twitch Partners what the worst and best parts of streaming are to help shed some light on the whole job!
🔴 Download FREE Animated Overlays From Our Discord:
bit.ly/FREEStreamOverlays
🔴 Subscribe To Keep Up To Date With The Latest Twitch Trends:
bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme
👑Check Out Lycel Live:
twitch.tv/Lycel
👑Check Out 8bitelliott Live:
twitch.tv/8bitelliott
👑Check Out Tomshi Live:
twitch.tv/tomshi
👑Check Out Alexandralynne Live:
twitch.tv/alexandralynne
👑Check Out Jackbuzza Live:
twitch.tv/jackbuzza
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 What Is The Worst Part About Twitch Streaming?
0:51 The Lack Of Freedom Streaming Gives You
1:22 How Streaming Affects Your Mental Health
2:40 How Streaming Can Disappear Overnight
3:36 How Viewers Can Overstep
4:20 Streaming Is a literal 24/7 Job
4:42 What Is The Best Part Of Streaming?
5:19 How Communities Make Streaming Amazing!
6:00 Why The Streaming Culture Is Incredible for Streamers
6:30 How Streaming Allows You To Control Your Life
7:30 Eljay Reveals the WORST part of Live Streaming nobody talks about.
What Bitrate And Settings Should I Use For Streaming?
The easiest way to understand bitrate is by calling what it actually is, your upload speed to the Twitch servers.
Now you’ll need a higher bitrate depending on how high quality you want your stream to be, this means 1080p 60 frames per second will need a bitrate of 6000, which roughly equals 6megabits upload speed on your end being taken up
By lowering your resolution and framerate, you can make it a lot easier to stream, for example, if you set your base canvas size to 1920x1080, but change your output to 1280x720 otherwise known as 720p you drop down to only needing a bitrate of 4500 or 4.5megabits.
If you still want 1080, you can even just lower your framerate from 60fps to 30fps and then adjust to 4500bitrate.
For more information visit this Bitrate graph: stream.twitch.tv
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.
🎬Watch our most recent videos:
bit.ly/RecentStreamVids
🎬 Playlists You Might Like:
bit.ly/StreamGuidesPlaylist
💬 Streaming Guides:
How To Stream On Twitch The A to Z Guide:
bit.ly/HowToStreamOnTwitch101
--------------------------------SOCIAL--------------------------------
🛠Gear Recommendations: bit.ly/EljayGearList
🐦Twitter: bit.ly/Streamtweets
💬Website: bit.ly/Streamscheme
🐦Go force Eljay to use Twitter: bit.ly/EljaysTweets
#twitch #growth #guide
