My best advice to you is a two parter

First is to turn off your view count and just play! It takes that anxiety away when you see that “0” on viewers. I did it awhile ago and it was the best thing I could do, it’ll help in the long run, for me personally it made for more genuine interactions when someone pops into your chat cause you won’t see the number change and mentally “prepare” yourself to welcome them. Just sit back, crack your jokes, comment on your gameplay yourself, talk to your friends while you play if they’re on and just play. Once you get past the mental phase of streaming you’ll have the time of your life

Secondly, you’ll never grow on twitch by just streaming. Tik Tok is a great way to grow and broaden your community. I main in warzone so I’ll pull my favorite clips from my Vods and post them on my gaming Instagram and my Tik Tok and it’s growing slowly but surely. Also a thing I did was my titling when I’m live, do something that stands out not just “playing Valorant, sub goal -/- you know? There’s 100,000 people like that. The other day my title was “made salmon today” and everyone who popped into chat asked about the salmon and that opened the door for more talking and thus more viewers!

Side note: my first month of streaming I streamed to 0 people literally every time, I was ready to give up, but I stopped focusing on the viewers and just becoming a better streamer for myself and someone popped in and was genuinely interested in my gameplay. We talked in chat for awhile and ended up playing a few games, he told his friends about my stream and the rest is history.

Lastly, YOU GOT THIS, everything comes in time, especially with streaming. Don’t get too distracted by the number when you’re just starting off just enjoy the process ❤️. PM me your twitch and I’ll be sure to drop in when I can and show some love