You can try to manipulate algorithms, pay for views on other platforms, and advertise your work. You can try to rely on pure unadulterated skill to reach a larger audience. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of everything is just luck: making the right thing, at the right time, for the right people. You're asking an amateur community, a lot of the numbers here can easily get inflated quickly but numbers can also be absolutely meaningless. It took me over 20 years to get 1k followers, most those people don't use this website anymore. In that respect I have an inflated number that means absolutely nothing.
It can be really infuriating to realize AI content is making money for fake artists on platforms like Spotify but that's just the way it is. The authentic approach: persistence, planning, research, good vibes... and luck. Rooting for you!
Edit: follow & like lots of people, music, art, cartoons. The old regs are pretty liberal with the follow button, people will often reciprocate. That is a very authentic way of building up a following. Just saying...
JazzCat16180
very good question