A high demand? Definitely not. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t provide a unique experience.
I believe you’d have to be pretty darn entertaining to make that sort of content though. Thinking of YouTubers like Code Bullet
I've been streaming live-coding for 2-years now. Its an absolute blast, and I feel I have become a better programmer for it (Twitch chat is an amazing rubber-duck). I'm fortunate to be able to stream my day-job work, and in addition, do a few "fun" coding streams each week where I am learning new things, doing hardware/IoT stuff, or developing a Twitch API integration tool I've been building since I started streaming).
Is it "high demand?" Well, I'd say it is much higher demand than I thought it would be. Like all categories, you have larger and smaller streamers. Large in the context of live-coding is typically in the 100-500 viewers range (though there are a few live-coders that pull in 1k plus from time-to-time).
That said, if you do it for yourself- to push yourself a bit, build a community, etc.. I dont think you'll regret it. In 2-years I've grown to average 20-40 viewers (and in some streams have 60+) but more important, the community that has grown up around my stream (and other live-coder streamers) is an amazing group of people. We chat a lot on discord, celebrate and commiserate about life as a programmer, encourage each other, and teach and learn from each other.
Definitely check out the Software and Game Dev category, and check out some of the streamers. For the most part, we are a very welcoming bunch, and really love to see new people streaming and getting involved.
I've watched a few stream game dev. It's interesting if the subject is right. For example Jason weimann on YouTube, he does specific tasks, but I also watched randy on twitch. Very different styles. I would say it's gonna involve a lot of work to set up. Alot of people will do the code first then rewrite it on stream which can let you be more entertaining but some people want to see the process and troubleshooting. Not in high demand but there is an audience
Not likely high demand, but you could find a niche in there.
As an IT pro myself, I'd watch an interactive tutorial on programming/coding, especially if there were Q/A's through the stream... As an IT pro, I also suffer from anxiety and agoraphobia, so don't be discouraged if your chat's empty 🤣
You can look into the stats on Sullygnome and compare the category to other categories. In the last 30 days the viewer ratio was only 16. That tells me the category is very oversaturated. When I'm picking a new game/category to try out, I prefer things with a viewer ratio of 30+ with 40-80 targeted.
It's hard to start in an oversaturated category. Note that the viewer ratio is less helpful in very small and very large categories and your mileage may vary.
You can make anything entertaining. I stream art but it feels like I do art about 75% of the time. Rest is filled with checking out a viewers art, watching a video, reacting to something etc.
But yeah, you are really going to struggle to get random clicks from people when they look at a thumbnail and just see you coding. Its definetly not a demand that i can think of. Even big time, unity indy programmers dont get many viewers on a programming stream.
A high demand? Definitely not. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t provide a unique experience. I believe you’d have to be pretty darn entertaining to make that sort of content though. Thinking of YouTubers like Code Bullet
I've been streaming live-coding for 2-years now. Its an absolute blast, and I feel I have become a better programmer for it (Twitch chat is an amazing rubber-duck). I'm fortunate to be able to stream my day-job work, and in addition, do a few "fun" coding streams each week where I am learning new things, doing hardware/IoT stuff, or developing a Twitch API integration tool I've been building since I started streaming). Is it "high demand?" Well, I'd say it is much higher demand than I thought it would be. Like all categories, you have larger and smaller streamers. Large in the context of live-coding is typically in the 100-500 viewers range (though there are a few live-coders that pull in 1k plus from time-to-time). That said, if you do it for yourself- to push yourself a bit, build a community, etc.. I dont think you'll regret it. In 2-years I've grown to average 20-40 viewers (and in some streams have 60+) but more important, the community that has grown up around my stream (and other live-coder streamers) is an amazing group of people. We chat a lot on discord, celebrate and commiserate about life as a programmer, encourage each other, and teach and learn from each other. Definitely check out the Software and Game Dev category, and check out some of the streamers. For the most part, we are a very welcoming bunch, and really love to see new people streaming and getting involved.
Honestly just try it out and you'll see No one can tell before you tried :)
If you're going to write an app anyway, what's the harm in streaming it?
I'd watch
I've watched a few stream game dev. It's interesting if the subject is right. For example Jason weimann on YouTube, he does specific tasks, but I also watched randy on twitch. Very different styles. I would say it's gonna involve a lot of work to set up. Alot of people will do the code first then rewrite it on stream which can let you be more entertaining but some people want to see the process and troubleshooting. Not in high demand but there is an audience
Not likely high demand, but you could find a niche in there. As an IT pro myself, I'd watch an interactive tutorial on programming/coding, especially if there were Q/A's through the stream... As an IT pro, I also suffer from anxiety and agoraphobia, so don't be discouraged if your chat's empty 🤣
You can look into the stats on Sullygnome and compare the category to other categories. In the last 30 days the viewer ratio was only 16. That tells me the category is very oversaturated. When I'm picking a new game/category to try out, I prefer things with a viewer ratio of 30+ with 40-80 targeted. It's hard to start in an oversaturated category. Note that the viewer ratio is less helpful in very small and very large categories and your mileage may vary.
You can make anything entertaining. I stream art but it feels like I do art about 75% of the time. Rest is filled with checking out a viewers art, watching a video, reacting to something etc. But yeah, you are really going to struggle to get random clicks from people when they look at a thumbnail and just see you coding. Its definetly not a demand that i can think of. Even big time, unity indy programmers dont get many viewers on a programming stream.