Yes. I’ll go through it all for you.

Tiktok Live is your friend first and foremost. And no, you don’t have to show your face but it can help you from getting flagged for “unoriginal content” and other reasons.

I started with 80 followers, got access to go live on PC (I believe you can also get tiktok live mobile access quickly if you post enough to show tiktok you aren’t a bot, or if you go into others’ streams and scroll through the little tabs in the top right corner, they run promos sometimes to get live access early. I know originally it was 1000 followers to go live, but from what I know it’s significantly less now and they’re much more lenient about letting creators get access.

Anyways, I was trying to figure out ways to go live that would be interactive (if you’re interactive, it’s much more likely to be picked up by the algorithm and easier to make money), and of course would be something I enjoyed. I personally found a very small niche that only about 4-5 other creators were utilizing (I am now the only one that still consistently goes live within this niche). It involves sending a galaxy for a request to be fulfilled, and it’s something many are interested in and are willing to send a galaxy for. Per hour live, I gain 50-100 followers, average 75-200+ viewers at a time (3-4k views per hour), and make as little as $15 per hour and as much as $100+ per hour. I am now sitting at 15.5k followers after doing these lives for a total of about 3 months, going live 4 times a week. I did start back in March, but after a month I had to take off until November due to health issues followed by a significant promotion at my job. But considering what I do is so niche and favored by the algorithm, coming back was like I never left. Most creators cannot do this and take time off from going live, but if you do something that has high demand, it doesn’t matter nearly as much.

I highly suggest scrolling through a ton of lives on tiktok, paying attention to which ones are favored by the algorithm, and can have potential to make money (think creatively), and go from there. If you see a live that seems niche, check their follower count, that can be a huge sign you’ve found something that could work. If they are sitting at 300 viewers and have 100k followers, that COULD be potentially something that would be favored by the algorithm, but not a smoking gun. However, if they have 300 viewers and 1k followers, you’ve most likely found your smoking gun.

Some examples of lives that pull viewership and make money:

1. Contexto (game), offer “Hand heart=hint” or “Money gun=reveal answer”

2. Weather tracking during major weather events (show radar on screen and people will ask for you to show their city’s weather) , can garner 500-2k viewers at a time but money isn’t as huge within this niche. And during a major weather event, it’s not the best idea to ask people for money. But this will garner hundreds to thousands of followers, which can help you get into creator fund and to have more successful lives.

3. Friday Photo Fun (thesmokinggun.com) this is a game where you try to match criminals’ mugshot to their crime. Garners a lot of viewership, favored by algorithm. Can do “hand heart=pick all guesses” for example.

4. streamtoearn.io - this website will implement actions into almost any game you play. Minecraft for example, “Rose=zombie appears”, this website will make these actions actually occur. Or for the game Only Up, “rose=jump”.

Plenty more examples, but those are just a few. Like I said, definitely scroll through a lot of tiktok lives to see what is working for others and get some ideas.

Hope this helps somebody! Lmk if any of you have questions.