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Should i post and grow from tiktok or stream on twitch?
Posted by on May 1, 2026 at 7:56 amHello to anyone reading this, I thought about streaming on twitch and to grow, posting my clips on tiktok Instagram and youtube shorts. Is it still hard to grow get fame from twitch if you post your clips on socials? I also thought about sharing meme videos on socials not tied to streaming to grow first and get followers that way and as i have followera along with content I stream on twitch. I think getting a community from streaming is more consistent than posting on tiktok because algorithm can be tricky and not push you anymore even if you have a lot of followers. I also want to post youtube videos once i grow on tiktok instagram first. Also growing from twitch seems unlikely but I don't know how effective posting your twitch clips on socials are so.
Just want to know which way would be better to get followers and which is a better way overall
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I’d treat Twitch as the product and short-form socials as discovery, not an either/or. Growing purely from Twitch is brutally hard unless you already have outside traffic, while TikTok/Reels/Shorts can actually get you seen faster, even if the algorithm is chaotic. Meme-only growth can work, but if it’s disconnected from your actual personality/content, a lot of those followers won’t really convert. I’d probably build around the content you actually want people to stick around for, not just whatever farms views.
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Twitch alone is incredibly hard to grow on without an existing audience discovery is basically broken unless ur already known somewhere else. The clips-to-shorts pipeline is the right instinct but ur meme content idea is actually smarter, build the audience on short form first with stuff that travels nd then give them a reason to watch u live. Community from streaming is more loyal ur right but u need people to find u first nd that’s where short form does the work
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I’ve tried both approaches and honestly, growing from Twitch itself is really slow unless you already have an audience somewhere else.
The people I’ve seen grow faster treat TikTok or Reels as the discovery layer and Twitch as the place where the real community builds. Short form is just much better for reach, while Twitch is better for retention.
Posting clips from streams does work, but only if they’re edited to feel like native content. Raw clips rarely perform. The ones that grow usually have a strong hook in the first second, are easy to understand without context, or highlight a clear moment.
The meme page idea can work, but those followers don’t always convert into viewers. You might get views but not actual stream audience. It’s usually better if your content already reflects your personality or what you stream.
If I had to choose, I’d start with short form and post consistently, then stream alongside it and funnel people over. Even a small number of viewers from socials is better than starting from zero on Twitch.
So it’s less about choosing one and more about using short form for growth and Twitch for community.
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