Does my niche hurt internal promotion?

TLDR

I remember worrying about this exact thing when my niche felt too "weird" for the algorithm, and honestly the panic was worse than the problem. A low view-to-engagement ratio on the FYP stings, but it's not the death sentence it feels like in week one. The fix is mostly about feeding the right people to your page instead of chasing everyone.

Does the FYP really punish niche creators?

Sort of, but not the way you think. The FYP is a discovery feed, which means it shows you to a broad, mostly-random audience. If your content is body hair, plenty of people who scroll past it simply aren't interested, and a high views-to-low-engagement ratio can make the system less eager to push your posts. That is a real effect, but it's a discovery-feed problem, not a niche problem. Your niche itself is an asset - the hairy niche has a genuinely devoted audience that pays well and stays subscribed, because there's less competition than in mainstream niches.

The mistake is treating the FYP as your main traffic source. It's the coldest possible traffic. Reddit, which you're already doing, is actually far better for niches because you can post directly to hairy-focused subreddits where every single viewer chose to be there. Those conversions show up as engagement on your profile, which is what actually makes the platform's algorithm warm up to you.

Where should a new creator focus outside Reddit?

Twitter being quiet is normal at 30 subs - it takes months of consistent posting, hashtags, and interacting with other creators in your niche before it compounds. Don't judge it yet. What works faster: find the hairy creators who are established and engage with their content genuinely, reply to their posts, and you'll get seen by their followers, who are by definition your target audience.

Also, lean hard into being searchable. Use #hairy and related tags everywhere, keep your bio explicit about your niche, and pin your best niche-specific preview. When someone lands on your page from any source, they should instantly know "this is exactly what I'm into." Ambiguity kills niche pages; clarity converts.

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Ready to make the algorithm work for you?

So - is your niche hurting you, or is your traffic just coming from the wrong doors? Give it thirty days of Reddit-first promotion plus niche-consistent tagging, watch whether engagement per follower climbs even when FYP numbers look flat, and let that number, not raw views, tell you if the strategy is working. What would change if you stopped worr about the FYP entirely?