What grew my audience from 0 followers

What grew my audience from 0 followers: - Quirky product launch videos (w/ Joe Rogan) - Screenshots of a viral post on Reddit & Hacker News - "I built X startups in Y days" + takeaway - Brutally honest tweets about {topic} - MRR screenshots with a few hundred $ Also: learning how to format my thoughts into digestible content (listicles, hooks).