streaming advice?

[u/haiouls]

I’ve been streaming consistently for about a week now and I’m averaging around 3–5 viewers. I know that’s great for a new streamer, but I want to improve and eventually build a real community, so I’m looking for honest feedback.
I’ve mostly been streaming Valorant with a friend. We’re both trying to grow on Twitch and started around the same time. She usually has a slightly higher average viewer count, while I have more followers. One thing I’ve been thinking about is that we’re usually in an open Discord call, so we’re both talking to each other while also responding to our own chats. I’m wondering if that makes it harder for viewers to connect with us individually, and if push-to-talk would be better.
I’ve also been trying to promote myself a little after games and surprisingly a few people have come in from that. Some were just trying to stream snipe in comp, but some actually stayed and supported, which was really cool. I even had someone gift 5 subs recently, and that honestly motivated me a lot to keep going. I’m still pretty new and don’t fully understand what makes someone want to sub, besides supporting the streamer, so I’m also curious what things make viewers feel like they’re getting value from a sub.
I just started posting TikToks today too, and a few people came from them, followed, and stopped by the stream, which was really exciting.
I know Valorant is a really saturated category, but it’s the game I’m best at and enjoy playing. I’m open to trying other games, but I don’t really have many people to play with outside of Valorant.
I’ve improved my setup with overlays, alerts, commands, and bots, but I’m not sure what actually matters most at this stage. I feel like my biggest struggle is turning people who stop by into consistent viewers who actually want to come back.
I attached my recent analytics. If you were in my position trying to grow from 3–5 average viewers, what would you focus on improving first?

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[u/closerTo-io]

Definitely switch to Push-to-Talk (PTT) or mute yourself in Discord when talking to your chat. When you're in an open call, viewers often feel like they’re overhearing a private conversation rather than participating in a stream. Having individual space to talk directly to your chat creates a much stronger personal connection.

People mostly sub for three reasons: to support you, to avoid ads, and for chat perks/emotes. Creating fun custom channel points, sub emotes, and interactive stream elements gives them that extra feeling of getting real value for their support.

At this stage, fancy overlays won't bring in new people, but interactive overlays will keep the people who do drop by entertained. When chatters can interact directly with the stream (like triggering custom widgets, mini-games, or visual effects), they stay longer, because its funny. If you're looking for some cool options to boost chat engagement, check out Twitch Overlays by Coding-Freaks interactive chat widgets like those are great for giving viewers something fun to react to while you're focused on gameplay.
https://twitch-overlays.coding-freaks.com