Starting out on IRIAM, you may have come across the terms “first stream week” or “debut week.” What is less clear is what those terms actually cover: which days count, whether you are supposed to stream every single one of them, and what to do during each stream.

First stream week and debut week mean something a little different from IRIAM’s official “Debut” and “Rookie” labels. Knowing how they differ makes it much easier to plan a first week that fits you.

This article sorts out what first stream week on IRIAM really refers to, then walks through how to spend the seven days after your first stream. It covers building a schedule, announcing it, projects first-time viewers can join, handling comments on the day, and reviewing the week afterward.

What Is IRIAM’s First Stream Week? How It Differs From the Official Debut Period

First, let us place the term “first stream week” properly. Knowing how it relates to the periods IRIAM officially defines makes planning the days after your debut much easier.

“First Stream Week” and “Debut Week” Are Not Official IRIAM Program Names

“First stream week” and “debut week” are not names IRIAM has defined as official programs.* They are terms livers and liver agencies use for roughly the first week after a debut stream. Some agencies publish a one-week schedule and call it a “debut week schedule.”

In other words, IRIAM has never stated that “first stream week lasts X days.” This article follows how the term is used in practice and treats the seven days from your first stream as one block.

IRIAM does run a separate official support program called the IRIAM Liver Debut Program, but that is a different thing from first stream week.

*Based on IRIAM’s official FAQ as of September 2026.

Officially, “Debut” Covers Two Weeks and “Rookie” Covers 30 Days

IRIAM does define display conditions for the “Debut” and “Rookie” tabs on the home screen.

Tab	Display condition
Debut	Shown when a liver within two weeks of their first stream goes live
Rookie	Shown when a liver within one month (30 days) of their first stream goes live

*Compiled from the IRIAM official FAQ entry on display conditions and ordering for home screen tabs such as “Popular” and “Rookie” (as of September 2026). Details beyond the listed conditions are not disclosed.

Livers within two weeks of their first stream appear under the “Debut” tab, and those within 30 days appear under “Rookie.” That means the newcomer tabs keep running well past the seven days this article treats as first stream week.

So there is no need to cram everything into day one. Rather than setting your goal for the week purely by viewer counts or gift totals, we suggest aiming to give first-time visitors more reasons to think, “I want to come back.”

IRIAM’s official FAQ notes that the “Featured” tab tends to show livers whose regular streams and beginner-friendly streams keep listeners and new users coming back.

The “excitement score,” which also affects home screen placement, is not decided by gifts alone. Comments, stars, watch time, and the number of people holding your fan badge are all said to factor in. The exact criteria and calculation are not published.

On illuminary, IRIAM’s official media, Meran Prototype looks back on their debut period and names one regret: plenty of people cheered them on at the time, but they never quite found fans of their own.

Strong numbers in week one do not guarantee that those viewers keep coming back. Keep “I want to watch again” and “I want to talk to them again” in mind as you move into preparing for your first stream week.

What to Prepare Before Your First Stream Week

There are a few things worth finishing before you start planning the content of your first stream week. This section covers the points that make the week run more smoothly.

Registering the app, preparing your character art, and the steps for going live are covered in detail in this article, so take a look if you are just starting out.
>>How to Start Streaming on IRIAM: A 6-Step Beginner’s Guide to V-Liver Live Streaming

Get Your Profile and Stream Schedule Ready

When someone watching for the first time opens your profile, it should tell them what kind of liver you are.

Three things are worth making clear:

• What you stream
• When you stream
• What a first-time viewer can comment

According to IRIAM’s official FAQ, your self-introduction can run up to 1,000 characters and your nickname up to 20. You do not need to fill the whole introduction field, though. Start by making the opening lines say what your streams are like.

For example:

• Night-owl V-Liver who loves ______, and my name is ______
• First stream: ___ / ___ at 20:00
• Chatting / talking about ______ / ______ projects
• First time here? Tell me your favorite ______

Register your stream schedule as well.

IRIAM’s official FAQ explains that setting a stream schedule sends a push notification to your followers. You can also set it to repeat weekly on specific days.

IRIAM has no archive function, so everything is live only. Register as much of your schedule as you can decide in advance, so people know when you will be on next.

Announce Your First Stream on X, Your Profile, and Your Schedule

Rather than announcing your first stream once, it helps to mention it a few times before the day. Include the streams that follow it, not just the debut itself, so people who cannot make the first one know when else to find you.

Here is one way to space it out.

Timing	What to share
1 week before	Your first stream’s date and time, plus the week’s schedule
3 days before	What you will do on day one, and an introduction to your character
The day before	What you will talk about on day one, and how first-timers can join in
On the day	A reminder before you go live
After the stream	Thanks, and your next stream’s date and time

A post the day before might read like this.

My first stream is tomorrow at 20:00. Three things I want you to remember: (1) I love ______, (2) I’m good at ______, (3) I want to do ______ from here. Even a one-word first comment like “team ______” is more than welcome.

If you add hashtags, keep the count low enough that the post stays easy to read.

Decide Your Core Message and a 30-Second Self-Introduction

During a first stream, a lot of time goes to greeting people as they enter and responding to comments.

On illuminary, Ousaka Kyuuri, who had around nine followers before their first stream, recalls being followed by about 100 people on day one, and having so many comments that simply greeting everyone took all their attention.

That is why it helps to decide on a core message: the thing you will get across no matter what. Even when the stream does not go to plan, having narrowed down what you want to say makes it easy to steer back.

Three points are usually enough:

• I love ______
• I’m good at ______
• I want to do ______ from here

Prepare a short self-introduction you can deliver in about 30 seconds, too.

People join partway through a live stream, so dropping a short introduction in a few times during the stream helps latecomers get to know you.

Right before going live, these are worth a final check:

• Display name
• How your character art shows up
• Profile and icon
• Stream title
• Battery and connection
• Your 30-second self-introduction
• The date and time of your next stream

Display name is the easy one to miss. illuminary shares an episode from Itogitsune Meso, who visited another liver’s stream, changed their display name for it, and then started their own first stream with that name still set, until a listener pointed it out.

Do Not Tap “Start Streaming” Just to Test Things

The last piece of preparation worth flagging is testing.

IRIAM’s official FAQ states that your first stream is recorded at the moment you first tap “Start Streaming” or “Start Radio Stream” on the in-app streaming screen.

Two things to keep in mind:

• Even a stream under 30 minutes, and even one you only meant as a test, is recorded as your first stream
• Stream history cannot be canceled or corrected, even if you went live by mistake

Your first stream date and time also affect when you can join certain events, so it is worth being careful.

For the IRIAM Top Banner Challenge, for instance, the period you are eligible for is set by when you first started streaming, regardless of how long that stream lasted.

If you want to check how your character moves, use “Preview” at the top right of the stream setup screen. IRIAM’s official FAQ explains that it lets you check your character’s animation without going live.

Before your first stream, get your profile and schedule ready, announce the date, decide what you will say on day one, and know how to test without accidentally going live.

In the next section, we look at how to actually build a schedule for the seven days from your first stream.

A 7-Day Schedule Template for Your IRIAM First Stream Week

Here is how to put together the seven days after your first stream. Let us start with the big picture: one theme per day.

Day	Stream theme	Goal	How listeners join	What to review
Day 1	Self-introduction + signature project	Let people get to know you	Questions and comments	Viewers and comments
Day 2	First-timer-friendly chat	Create openings for conversation	Quick Q&A	Number of commenters
Day 3	Go deep on something you like	Find things in common	Comment their favorites	Number of commenters
Day 4	Participation project	Get listeners involved	A/B choices, polls, and so on	How participants responded
Day 5	Talk about yourself	Show your personality	Questions	What kinds of comments came up
Day 6	Try something different	Look for the style that fits you	Depends on the content	Viewers and commenters
Day 7	Review the week	Lead into next week	Vote on the next project	Response to next week’s schedule

You do not have to fill all seven days. Reorder the themes to match the days you can stream, or use fewer days, and adjust the plan to fit your own schedule.

Pick a Stream Length and Time Slot You Can Sustain

Before building the schedule, decide on your time slot and how long each stream runs.

IRIAM’s official beginner advice page stresses that consistency matters in streaming, and recommends streaming “at the same time every day.”

So rather than choosing purely by when the most people are online, think about the time slot you can keep streaming in without strain.

On illuminary, Suuhi Fin, who had shifted to waking at 5 a.m. and sleeping at 10 p.m., recalls starting their first stream at 21:00, being hit by a wave of sleepiness, and wrapping up after about an hour.

Longer is not automatically better either. Start with a length you can talk through comfortably and find what suits you from there.

Note that 16- and 17-year-olds cannot stream or schedule streams between 22:00 and 5:00. If that applies to you, plan around those hours. The full restrictions are covered in the IRIAM official FAQ entry on age-based usage restrictions.

Age-based usage restrictions are also covered in detail in this article, so check it if it applies to you.
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IRIAM also has a “daily streaming” system. Stream at least 30 minutes a day for seven days or more in a row and you become a “daily streamer,” with a badge shown on the stream list and your profile.

IRIAM’s official beginner advice page encourages it too, under the heading “Aim for daily streaming!”

That said, first stream week does not obligate you to stream every day. A single day off ends your daily streamer status, so check the conditions if the badge is something you want. The details are in the IRIAM official FAQ entry on daily streaming.

Day 1: Introduce Yourself and Run Your Signature Project

It is tempting to pack day one with everything. Narrow it to three things instead:

• The core message you decided on earlier (I love ______, I’m good at ______, I want to do ______)
• One main project for the day
• A preview of your next stream’s date and time

For a 90-minute stream, the shape might look like this.

Time	What happens
Start to 15 min	Greetings and a short self-introduction
15 to 30 min	Talk about yourself
30 to 70 min	Main project and comment interaction
70 to 80 min	A short self-introduction for people who joined late
80 to 90 min	Share your next stream’s date and time, and wrap up

People join live streams partway through. Slipping a short self-introduction into the second half lets latecomers get to know you too.

You do not have to stream for 90 minutes, of course. The timings above are only an example, so adjust them to the length you have planned.

Days 2 to 4: Use Easy-Entry Projects to Create More Openings for Conversation

From day two onward, work in content that first-time viewers can comment on.

Two things make a project easier to pick:

• It takes one word to join, such as choosing between A and B
• Someone entering partway through can tell what is going on

For example, day two could be a first-timer-friendly chat stream, day three a day for talking about things you like, and day four a project listeners take part in.

Specific project examples come in the next section.

Days 5 and 6: Show Your Personality, and Try Something Different

Day five is a good candidate for talking about yourself: why you started streaming, what you want to do from here.

It gives people a look at how you think, which projects alone do not always convey.

Day six is for trying something a little different from the days before. If you have mostly been chatting, add a project; if you have run a lot of projects, make time to talk slowly instead.

If you still have not settled on a stream length that works, this is also a reasonable point to try a different time slot once.

On the other hand, IRIAM’s official beginner advice page recommends streaming “at the same time every day.” If you have already found a slot that is easy to keep, there is no need to change it.

What matters is not changing your time slot for its own sake, but finding a streaming style you can sustain and speak comfortably in.

Day 7: Review the Week and Announce Next Week’s Schedule

Day seven works well as a day to look back on the week.

Go over the topics that got a good response and the projects you enjoyed, and try asking your listeners, “What should we do next?”

Sharing next week’s schedule at the same time gives people a reason to come back.

The Debut and Rookie tabs keep running after day seven. Rather than treating first stream week as a self-contained event, close it in a way that leads into the following week.

Project Ideas That Work Well During Your First Stream Week

Projects for first stream week do not need to be elaborate. This section covers how to pick projects first-time viewers can join, and how to think about endurance projects.

Choose Projects People Can Join in One Word, Even Partway Through

During first stream week, assume people will be watching you for the first time and entering partway through, and pick projects where how to join is obvious.

Three things to aim for:

• Someone entering partway through can still take part
• A one-word comment is enough to join
• It shows something about you

For example:

• A bingo-style self-introduction, with things you like laid out in a 3×3 grid
• This-or-that questions where listeners pick A or B in the comments
• A quiz where listeners guess your favorite things
• A project where you decide your character’s details or catchphrase together with listeners

All of these are easy to explain, and easy to bring latecomers into.

If you want to include a singing stream, pay attention to how songs are handled. The IRIAM official FAQ entry on using music during streams (singing, performing, and BGM) explains that the steps required differ depending on how you sing and what audio source you use. If you are planning a singing or BGM-based project, check before you go live.

How to run a singing stream and report songs is covered in detail in this article, so take a look if you are planning one.
>>How to Do a Singing Stream on IRIAM: Setup Steps, Song Reporting, and Backing Track Rules

If you want more project types and ideas, this article covers them in detail.
>>IRIAM Stream Project Ideas: The Full List, How to Choose, and What to Watch For

Use the First-Timer Welcome Q&A to Start Conversations

One feature that pairs well with any project is IRIAM’s First-Timer Welcome Q&A.

According to the IRIAM official FAQ entry on the First-Timer Welcome Q&A, it appears during preview viewing for listeners who are seeing that liver for the first time.

Tapping an answer takes the listener into the stream, and their choice shows up in the comments. Since they can join in without typing anything, it is an easy way to create that first opening for conversation.

You set it up from the stream start screen. Turning on preview viewing lets you switch the first-timer welcome project on or off and choose its content.

The official FAQ gives these examples of questions:

• Classic questions that get the comments going
• Questions that reveal something about the first-time listener
• Questions that tie into the stream’s project

Matching it to the day’s project with a this-or-that like “Dogs or cats?” or “Sweet or salty?” makes it easy to carry straight into conversation.

Note that the First-Timer Welcome Q&A does not appear under some conditions, such as when someone enters from a stream notification. Check the official FAQ for the details.

Turn Entry and Gift Endurance Into Projects About the Visit Itself

Some people consider entry endurance or gift endurance projects for first stream week, where you set a target number of entries or gifts and work toward it during the stream.

The catch is that long stretches spent waiting for numbers to add up tend to stall the conversation. So build the entries and comments themselves into the project.

For example:

• Introduce one thing you like each time someone enters
• Ask each person who enters about their favorite ______, and build a ranking by the end
• Add one more self-introduction topic every time the comments grow

That way you are talking with listeners along the way instead of only waiting to hit the target.

The IRIAM official FAQ entry on streams with no intention of communicating asks livers to avoid silent streams, streams that only broadcast ambient household noise, sleeping streams, and streams run purely to collect points.

If a stream is judged to have no communication happening, it may be force-ended, event entry may be revoked, or a warning may be issued.

That FAQ does not ban endurance projects as such, but be careful not to let a stream become purely about collecting points, or drift into having no interaction with listeners at all.

Even with an endurance project, it pays to plan not just “hit the target” but what conversation and participation happen along the way.

Common Stumbling Blocks During First Stream Week, and What to Do

First stream week does not always go to plan: comments pile up faster than you can read them, or fewer viewers show up than you hoped. Here are three situations and how to handle them.

When You Cannot Keep Up With Comments, You Do Not Have to Read Them All

IRIAM’s official beginner advice page suggests reading out listeners’ names and comments where you can, and using the platform’s low latency to react as quickly as possible.

Even so, depending on the volume, responding to everything right away is not always realistic.

As mentioned earlier, one liver recalls day one having so many comments that greeting people took everything they had.

When you cannot catch them all, try this:

• React to entry and greeting comments by name as much as you can
• Say out loud that you are not keeping up with the comments
• Pick up the comments related to what you are talking about right now
• Drop a short self-introduction in again partway through

Having a few lines ready makes it easier to switch gears:

• “Thanks for all the comments! I might not be keeping up, so I’ll read through them in order.”
• “Thanks to everyone here for the first time! Right now we’re talking about ______.”
• “Some of you just joined, so let me introduce myself one more time.”

Rather than focusing only on reading every comment, restating what you are currently talking about is another option.

A Quiet Day Is Not a Failed Week

Some days during first stream week may draw fewer viewers than you expected. There is no need to write the day off as a failure based on that alone.

When numbers are low, you can use the time to talk with the people who did show up.

IRIAM’s official beginner advice page mentions asking for follows once you are used to streaming, and scheduling streams in advance.

On quieter days, try to:

• Call the people who came by name and talk with them
• Share your next stream’s date and time before you sign off
• Register your stream schedule so people know when you are next on

According to IRIAM’s official FAQ, the “Debut” and “Rookie” tabs show livers within the eligible period while they are live.

Do not judge the whole week by one day’s viewer count. Keep to the streams you have planned, within reason.

When You Are Sleepy or Your Throat Hurts, Do Not Push Through

If sleepiness or throat strain hits during a stream, there is no need to force yourself to the time you had planned.

Adjust to how you feel that day:

• End the stream earlier than planned
• Save the rest for next time
• Share your next stream’s schedule before you sign off

First stream week is not seven days that decide the outcome of your activity. The Debut and Rookie tabs keep running past day seven.

Rather than prioritizing streaming exactly as planned, work at a pace you can keep up.

Look Back on Your Week Once First Stream Week Ends

About seven days after your first stream, take some time to review before the next week. IRIAM has a “Liver Report” with your streaming data, so you can plan with numbers rather than impressions alone.

Check Viewers, Commenters, and Follower Growth in the Liver Report

The Liver Report on your My Page is the tool for reviewing your stream records.

According to the IRIAM official FAQ entry on the Liver Report, you can view daily and monthly aggregates going back up to one year.

The daily page shows items like these:

• Total viewers that day
• Total commenters that day
• Follower growth that day
• Total support points earned that day
• Total streaming time that day

For a first-week review, start with three: total viewers, total commenters, and follower growth.

They tell you how many people watched, how many commented, and how much your follower count moved, day by day.

The Liver Report will not tell you how many of the people who watched went on to comment, or how many of those followed you. Use each number as material for spotting trends across streams.

IRIAM has also never published a benchmark like “X followers in week one means success.” Instead of fixating on whether a number is high or low, look at how things changed across your own streams.

The items in the Liver Report and how to read the numbers are also covered in this article.
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Compare Your Daily Numbers and Feed Them Into Next Week

When reviewing, compare your own streams against each other rather than against other livers.

For example:

• Did comment counts differ between project days and chat days?
• Did viewer counts differ across days streamed in similar time slots?
• What kind of content were you streaming on the days followers grew?
• Did the days you found easiest to talk on match the days viewers responded most?

If you want to compare the first half of the week against the second, avoid using raw totals alone. Different numbers of days and different stream lengths move those totals on their own.

The point is not to conclude that “comments went up because I ran this project.” Day of the week, time slot, and stream length all differ too, so start by looking for trends within your own streams.

When you notice something, feed it into next week’s plan.

Changing about one thing at a time makes the difference easier to read in your next review. For example, keep the stream length and change only the project, or keep the content and change only the start time.

First stream week ending does not mean your IRIAM activity is far along. It is still just beginning.

About a month after your first stream, the time you can join the IRIAM Top Banner Challenge comes around. The IRIAM official FAQ entry on the eligibility period for the IRIAM Top Banner Challenge explains that the week you are eligible for is set by your first stream’s date and time, and that eligible livers are notified in the app in advance.

Eligibility and how to prepare for the IRIAM Top Banner Challenge are covered in detail in this article.
>>IRIAM Banaibe (Top Banner Challenge) Explained: When You Can Join, Requirements, and How to Prepare

Take what you found in week one — the topics you talked about easily, the projects that got a response, the time slot you can keep — and try them out little by little from the following week.

Summary

“First stream week” and “debut week” are not official IRIAM program names; they are terms used for roughly the first week after a debut stream. Officially, livers within two weeks of their first stream appear under the “Debut” tab, and those within 30 days under “Rookie.”

You do not have to give everything you have in those seven days. Decide what you want to get across on day one, work in projects first-time viewers can join, and use your schedule and announcements to lead into the next stream.

Once the week is over, look back at your daily numbers in the Liver Report. Even if some days did not go the way you hoped, your activity is only getting started. Find a pace you can sustain, and adjust next week’s plan a little at a time.