How much does Ice Poseidon make on Kick through the KPP?
Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino has joined the KPP on Kick, and how much he’s now able to make on an hourly basis the platform have caught even him off guard.
When Kick launched in 2022 as a new direct competitor to Twitch, Ice Poseidon was among the first to make the move after a permanent ban from the Amazon-owned platform. The switch proved worthwhile, as he gradually regained his audience after spending time streaming on YouTube and then Mixer. And while it often appeared that he was directly partnered with Kick, the exact terms of his deal were never publicly disclosed.
Now, years later, Ice Poseidon has confirmed that he’s officially part of the Kick Partner Program (KPP), suggesting his previous arrangement with the platform was structured differently. And he had plenty to say after seeing how much he was paid during his first KPP stream.
How much does Ice Poseidon make on Kick?
Ice Poseidon says he earns around $600 per hour through the Kick KPP, an amount that may seem modest next to some top creators, but is still a significant jump from what he was previously making on the platform.
Ahead of his latest Kick stream, Ice Poseidon told his Discord community that he was returning to the Kick KPP. He initially had high expectations, suggesting he could earn as much as $26,000 an hour from KPP on his first stream, but the final payout wasn’t even close to that.
Kick streamer Iceposeidon. Image credit: Iceposeidon
After seven hours on stream, Ice Poseidon finished with just under $5,000 in total earnings for the day, putting his hourly rate at roughly $600. While the payout was far below his expectations, the more surprising part was that it still exceeded what he had been earning under his previous Kick arrangement.
“It’s slightly better than my normal hourly. That’s not bad, I am pretty happy with that,” Ice Poseidon said. “I’m just happy that it’s better than the other one.”
While Ice Poseidon initially said he was satisfied with the payout, he later took issue with Kick paying substantially more to creators like Adin Ross, who he accused of viewbotting. Adin then acknowledged boosting his viewership, which wasn’t shocking since Ed Craven recently revealed that fake views have become more common among larger streamers on the platform.
Ice Poseidon also noted that new names that he had helped gain fame on Kick were making even more than he did. He argued that newer streamers with lower engagement shouldn’t be earning the same amount of money as him, claiming that his streams pull in more real viewers than anyone else on the platform at the moment and making the $5,000 payout feel unfair in his view.
Ice Poseidon may have plenty of criticism for Kick and streamers like Adin Ross, but it’s unlikely the payout dispute alone will push him off the platform, especially since he’s admitted the KPP rates are still better than his previous deal.
If his viewership holds up as genuinely organic, there’s room for that to be reflected in future payouts, similar to Sneako’s KCIP which is often cited as an example of a top streamer being compensated well without viewbotting.
Featured image credit: Ice Poseidon
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