This visualization updates in real-time as people donate and can motivate an audience to work toward a goal. Services such as Streamlabs can create a free progress bar to add to a stream layout in OBS Studio.

Viewers are more likely to donate if they know what their money is going toward. Some streamers also create lists of their top five donors, which can encourage competition among viewers. This could get unwieldy for large channels, but for streamers with small audiences, this can be a great way to thank donors and encourage those who haven't yet to give it a go. Create a list of donors on your Twitch profile page.This won't be an option if you stream directly from your video game console.

Use the Streamlabs service and the OBS Studio program to do this.

Add a Recent Donor widget that displays the last few donors' names to your onscreen Twitch layout.

This reminds viewers that donating is an option and rewards donors with three seconds of fame.

Thank your donors verbally during a stream.

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