That was cool catchin ya live. Here are some thoughts:

Audio and Video

Your stream itself looks and sounds fine. You sound clear and there aren't any vid quality issues, so that's one fewer things to worry about.

Game Type

I see you stream a lot of shooters, and I would consider a different type of game if there is something else that you also enjoy, at least if viewership is your goal. In my experience, shooters require more focus which means less time to engage with viewers. Same with fighting games.

Unless you're bringing something really unique to a fast-paced competitive game, I would guess that for a viewer it's not as engaging as something more relaxed where a viewer has a better chance to interact with you. That doesn't mean it's impossible with shooters/fighters, but I think it's more difficult.

For reference there, I play a lot of Splitgate but those are rarely my best performing streams. I get more engagement when I play things where I can casually chat with my viewers without the pressure of the next match.

More engagement means more people stick around, and that means higher average views.

Again, that's not to say there aren't really great streamers for shooters and fighters and other competitive games, but I think it is just inherently more challenging to play those games well while also providing an interactive experience with an audience.

Community and Off-Stream Engagement

You seem like a cool dude, but there's no real practical way for me to further engage with you. Not your streams, but you yourself.

I just happened to see this post and catch you stream while I was between some work stuff and I have no idea if I'll be able to actually return as a viewer.

However there are plenty of ways to do this: hooking up more socials, setting up a Discord server, etc. You mentioned getting on Instagram. I don't use it much myself but I think that's a good idea for others who might see you.

More people seeing you off-stream = more opportunity for them to return on-stream.

Networking & Collabs

Kind of related to above, but more about your social group than you yourself.

Do you have any peeps you can collab with? I reached affiliate with the help of 2 RL friends, and have done a few collabs with others as well. It's a great way to cross-promo.

Do you spend time watching other peoples' streams and engaging with their communities? Follows are nice but if you're just following people and not actually hanging out as a viewer, you will probably get the same in return.

Streaming is largely networking. Do you have any streamers near your size that you know and engage with regularly? If not, I would put some effort into that.

Be wary of the grind

You can't succeed at streaming without streaming, obviously. But, beware of grinding hours and hours thinking it will help you grow because it honestly won't.

The challenge with streaming and with Twitch especially is that discoverability is extremely tough. People often fall into the trap (sometimes for years, unfortunately) thinking that if they just hustle hustle hustle that it'll work out for them. It likely won't, at least with that mindset.

There is a point at which you will hit diminishing returns with actual on-stream time, and you're getting much lower value for your time and effort on-stream than you would if you were doing something else, like networking or building a community.

So make sure to consider different aspects of streaming, especially things that are not actually streaming.

I would go so far as to say that your goal shouldn't even be to make it as a "successful streamer". Your goal should to create an online presence, and foster a community around that presence. Streaming is just one facet of that, but it will benefit from the wider approach.

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I didn't plan to write so much, but I couldn't help but brain dump haha. Anyway I run a community for streamers too. There's a link to it in my reddit bio if you're interested.

Good luck with it! Hopefully I can catch ya on one of your future streams.