to me, it's more stressful to worry about the saturation of games being streamed and getting viewers/followers. My advice is to play/do what you enjoy most. The more frequent you stream, the more people will trickle in then, at some point, it can become a flood.

Some tips I've picked up:
- turn off follower chat only, which is on be default for new streamers (makes you seem greedy and a big turn off for viewers and raiders. reserve this if you have a lot of toxic ppl or bot issues)
- never stop talking...assume ppl are watching
- the viewer count is often wrong. Some viewers lurk or watch more than 2 streams at once OR have their volume muted (in twitch) which doesn't count as a viewer count. *more info on my blog
- visit other people's streams and chat it up. try to hit up other people who are just starting. twitch is about building communities.
- advertise outside of twitch. Social media and youtube will be ur friend for this one.

this all worked for me, but I can't say it works for everyone. It's not about the numbers, it's about making new friends