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Tectone officially joins Kick, how much more money he’s making
Khizar Mundia
Streamer John “Tectone” Robertson announced plans to multi-stream content and he’s now fulfilled his promise as he has officially joined Kick. Twitch streamer Tectone is a popular streamer who’s occasionally in the news for his at-times questionable content and other controversies. Despite that, the streamer has managed to stay on good terms with Twitch and boasts close to one million followers on the platform. The content creator recently expressed his …
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As Asmongold officially joins Kick, is he leaving Twitch?
Fariha Bhatti
Asmongold has officially joined Kick as a partnered streamer, and that has the content creator’s legion of fans speculating as to whether he might be leaving Twitch. Kick now makes it easier than ever for streamers to multistream, and Asmongold is just the latest to put the new feature to the test. After voicing interest in livestreaming across a variety of platforms including X, he’s now made his multistreaming debut …
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Asmongold to multistream his content, may include Kick
Khizar Mundia
Popular streamer Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt has stated his intentions to multistream content on multiple platforms in the near future, and that will include Kick. Asmongold is a known name in the streaming industry as the content creator has been around for some time and has amassed a significant following over the years. He dropped out of college to focus on his career as a streamer and was long best-known for …
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How the new live betting Predictions feature works on Kick
Khizar Mundia
Kick has unveiled a new feature called Predictions that allows viewers to engage in live betting opportunities during streams using their Channel Points. Kick is still relatively new to the streaming scene, having been launched at the tail end of 2022. But that hasn’t stopped the platform from signing some of the most popular streamers on the planet and making big waves as a result. The platform offers a competitive …
Here’s how much Adin Ross makes in one month on Kick
Khizar Mundia
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Streamer Adin Ross has been vocal about how much money content creators can potentially make on streaming platform Kick, and he’s now shared just how much money he makes in a single month on the platform towards demonstrating that potential. Adin Ross is one of the best-known streamers thanks in part to his having streamed content with mainstream celebrities like Drake. He’s also infamous for controversial content that has gotten …
Here’s how to get and use Channel Points on Kick
Khizar Mundia
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Channel Points on Kick are rocketing up in prominence as the streaming platform and some of its top streamers push their use, but what exactly are they, and how can users get them? Kick has been around for several years now and the platform is continuously growing, even with other popular platforms around to compete with. This is in part due to Kick’s lucrative revenue split for streamers, as well …
Here’s how to multistream on Kick after new changes
Fariha Bhatti
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Kick now lets creators multistream across multiple platforms at once and has made it even easier to do so with a new in-chat toggle option, and we can explain exactly how to do it after these latest changes. Kick has quickly become a solid competitor top livestreaming platform Twitch, roping in big names with its more lucrative monetization split and looser moderation rules. But while Kick offers better payouts, most …
Drake brings giveaways to gambling stream with Adin Ross on Kick
Khizar Mundia
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Drake has officially announced an upcoming gambling stream with popular Kick streamer Adin Ross, featuring $1 million worth of giveaways. Adin Ross is one of the best-known and sometimes controversial streamers in the industry. The content creator has collaborated with many popular figures, including United States President Donald Trump. Adin Ross is a huge Drake fan and in December 2024 the two collaborated on the Drizzmas Giveaway, which featured many …
Adin Ross claims he’s a part-owner of FaZe Clan
Khizar Mundia
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Kick streamer Adin Ross has claimed that he invested in FaZe Clan during the organization’s rebranding period and now has a significant stake in the company’s ownership. Adin Ross is one of the most prominent streamers in the scene and is also arguably among the biggest contributors to making streaming platform Kick as popular as it is. The Kick streamer is said to have an ownership stake in the platform, …
Adin Ross claims he made $30,000 from one Kick stream
Khizar Mundia
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Adin Ross has claimed that he earned $30,000 in a single stream thanks to Kick’s newly introduced Partner Income program, emphasizing that other streamers can also earn a high revenue on the streaming platform if they follow his lead. Adin Ross is one of the most notable streamers in the industry and he has a massive fan following. His fans’ loyalty is most evidently displayed by how fast his Twitch …
Kick streamer Vitaly arrested in Philippines, here’s what we know
Khizar Mundia
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Kick streamer Vitaly “Vitaly” Zdorovetskiy was recently arrested and taken away by law enforcement from in front of a hotel along Seaside Boulevard in Pasay City in the Philippines. Vitaly is a Kick streamer with a massive fan following whose content revolves around sometimes questionable IRL prank videos. The streamer has been accused of going overboard with his pranks and antics, though his followers and viewers continue coming back for …
PaymoneyWubby streams on Kick, will he leave Twitch next?
Olivia Richman
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Popular YouTuber turned streamer Dennis “PaymoneyWubby” Richardson recently signed to Kick, despite saying he likely wouldn’t in the past. So why did he make the switch, and what has he been doing on the new platform? PaymoneyWubby previously streamed on Twitch, but he has constantly been at odds with the platform. Near the end of 2023, Wubby was banned for the fifth time after Twitch made stricter adult content guidelines. …
The most-watched slot streamers on Kick in March 2025
Hannan Mundia
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Slot streams are quite prevalent on Kick, but which were the most-watched and most popular for the month of March 2025? Kick hosts multiple types of streamers on the platform, from traditional gamers to IRL streamers. It’s also known for being one of the only streaming platforms to host a multitude of gambling streams, with slot streams being one of the most popular categories. With multiple big-name creators making Kick …
Here’s what content you’re allowed to stream on Kick
Khizar Mundia
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Kick is one of the popular streaming platforms with new streamers joining every day, and it’s important to know what content is allowed on the platform. The streaming industry is getting popular as a whole and both streamers and their audiences expect the platforms they stream on to be safe and refliable. This a challenge for platforms like Kick, as new streamers learn what content is allowed and moderators ensure …
Kick & OTK’s new time-limited program offers fast-track partnership
Fariha Bhatti
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Kick’s new partner fast track program is ideal for non-streamers who struggle with maintaining a reliable streaming schedule. Launched in collaboration with OTK, the initiative has already become quite popular and offers benefits beyond Kick’s traditional partnership model. Kick already offers a partnership program with fairly strict eligibility requirements. The streaming platform is now teaming up with Cross Realm, an influencer-led media company and subsidiary of OTK, to introduce a …
This is the best way to stream on Kick with Streamlabs
Hannan Mundia
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With Kick being a prominent name in the streaming industry, those wanting to make their streaming experience smoother can use streaming tool Streamlabs, and our guide will offer you the best way to do so. The streaming industry is larger than ever, with people tuning in to watch their favorite streamers regardless of their preferred niches. While categories like gaming and just chatting are more dominant on Twitch, the Stake-owned …
Since its initial announcement in 2022, Kick has quickly becoming one of the biggest streaming platforms on the planet. Its notoriety is a product a variety of successes and controversies attached to the platform, and through it all, one thing has been firmly established: Kick is here to stay in the streaming space, and other platforms will have to continue contending with it as a result.
When was Kick launched?
Kick was originally brought about in October 2022, though the streaming platform didn’t go live as its users recognize today until December 2022, a short time later. The streaming platform immediately made a splash as a prominent alternative to popular competitors of the day, most especially Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch.
Kick was only the latest platform to make such an effort. YouTube Gaming had launched as an arm of the popular video hosting website YouTube in 2015 with similar intentions. One year later, technology giant Microsoft launched its own streaming platform, Mixer, as an entry into the growing competition.
Both YouTube Gaming and Mixer made waves in the livestreaming space by signing content creators to exclusivity contracts worth big money, intended to carve chunks of audience away from Twitch. But YouTube Gaming folded in 2019, and Mixer followed it just one year later. Twitch was again left relatively unchallenged.
That changed when Kick was announced in 2022. Funded by gambling giant
Stake, Kick was the next platform in line to challenge Twitch’s dominance in the streaming space. And the new platform had a plan for that competition.
Kick offers better deals to streamers
Seeking to make its own mark in the streaming world, Kick would go on to announce a very generous 95/5 split of
channel subscription revenue
towards streamers. This was a major change relative to the established norm, as Twitch was known for taking significant cuts of any revenue its streamers managed to create. By offering so much better a percentage, Kick instantly made itself an attractive destination for many streamers whether they were new to content creation or established names.
Established names were also central to Kick’s strategy. In 2023, the platform’s first full year of formal operations, Kick signed deals with some of the biggest content creators associated with Twitch. These deals were made with a broad variety of streamers who appealed to different audiences.
Notable names included former Overwatch pro Felix “xQc” Lengyel, world-ranked chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, popular content creator Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, Fortnite pro and former 100 Thieves streamer Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff, and others.
Kick was able to support itself through these aggressive signings and generous revenue splits in large part because the platform is not required by its owners at Stake to be profitable. Rather, Kick is operated as a loss leader, a project that operates at a deficit but is relied on for its community outreach and overall marketing potential.
Looser moderation draws some streamers, users to Kick
Kick has also established a reputation for having looser moderation than that of rival platform Twitch. While Twitch has often gotten into hot water for its inconsistent moderation policies regarding its streamers, Kick sought to lower the moderation barrier and allow content creators more freedom to express themselves.
This led to the migration of some popular streamers who had fallen out of favor with Twitch, including Adin Ross and Steven “Destiny” Bonnell.
While this broader freedom has been welcomed by some streamers and their fans, others in the streaming community have criticized Kick for some of the content allowed on the platform. This has led to multiple reevaluations and clarifications on the part of Kick, though it continues to be a more open platform in its moderating policies than does Twitch.
Kick has also separated itself by being welcoming of
gambling and betting streams
so long as the games are played in regions in which they’re legally allowed. The platform has made additional inroads internationally and with non-English -language streams. Some of the platform’s most popular content creators, including Luis “Westcol” Alvarez, stream in Spanish or other languages besides English, and the platform has seen significant growth in Latin America and Middle Eastern regions.
Now multiple years into its operation, Kick has made it clear that the platform is in it for the long haul, and its growing number of streamers and overall users speak to that reality.