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Ed Craven responds to TheDoctor’s Kick deal demand
Fariha Bhatti
Popular Kick streamer TheDoctor has demanded a Kick deal from CEO Ed Craven, and while he didn’t get a contract, he did get some decent advice on how to make money on the streaming site. TheDoctor has been streaming in Kick’s slots and casino category since March 2023, and has now become one of the top casino streamers with 92,000 followers. About 90% of all his streams are centered around …
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This is how to get started on Club and earn ClubCash
Hannan Mundia
Club.com is a newly-launched creator-focused social platform created by the minds behind Kick and Stake — but how can users start with it to earn the in-platform currency called ClubCash? The social media space is basically a race to see who can bring their more creative endeavours to life first. Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani have already made waves by creating Kick and Stake, both of which have gone on …
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Kick lets creators hide viewer counts amid anti-viewbotting push
Khizar Mundia
Kick co-founder Eddie Craven has announced that the platform is introducing new tools to combat viewership inflation, with creators also getting the option to hide their viewer count. Viewbotting has become a major talking point in the streaming industry, with viewers frequently speculating about which creators may be artificially inflating their audiences. However, inflated viewer counts are not always the result of creator misconduct, as malicious actors can also use …
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Club introduces Communities after X removes the feature
Khizar Mundia
Following X’s decision to shut down its Communities feature, Club has launched its own community hub for creators and streamers on the Kick ecosystem. X’s Head of Product Nikita Bier very publicly announced that the platform had to close Communities and was even involved in controversy because of his reply to Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins Jr.’s request to keep the feature. Kick co-founder Bijan Tehrani had stated that they would be …
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Kick to roll out new algorithm, Eddie Craven explains it in stream
Khizar Mundia
Livestreaming platform Kick announced that it will soon be rolling out a new algorithm, which may help smaller creators get more exposure whilst limiting viewbotting, and co-founder Eddie Craven has discussed the new system in depth. Viewbotting has become a massive issue in the streaming world, with platforms such as Twitch and Kick trying new ways to restrict the abuse. The platforms may find that eradiciting the issue in full …
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Kick faces backlash over ads, Eddie Craven responds
Khizar Mundia
Livestreaming platform Kick recently started testing rolling out ads, and many popular streamers criticized this move. Kick CEO Eddie Craven has now responded to the outrage and explained how ads will work going forward. Eddie Craven had announced in 2025 that Kick would eventually get ads, but the platform is trying to make them unintrusive. There wasn’t much update about advertisements on the platform until Mizkif got an ad on …
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Exclusive: Originality is key to casino streaming, says M2THAK
Ben Boland
If you are looking to break into the competitive casino streaming industry then it is key to find your own voice, as originality is what audiences appreciate most. That is according to M2THAK, who recently sat down for an exclusive interview with WIN.gg. The 38-year-old American, who has had a varied career to date having started in pranking content, is now firmly established as a major name in the world …
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Kick co-founder reveals 500 viewbotters banned ahead of new algorithm launch
Khizar Mundia
Kick’s co-founder Bijan Tehrani has made an X post announcing that his platform has taken massive action against viewbotters, banning “500 of the worst abusers”. Viewbotting is a significant issue in the streaming world right now, with viewers even speculating about which streamers may be abusing bots. Livestreaming platforms try to take action against creators artificially inflating their views, but it’s hard to know if they are the culprits or …
TheDoctor wins over $100,000 on the Hot Fiesta slot
Hannan Mundia
Kick
TheDoctor has had some notable wins in his casino streams in the last few months, and we can add another to the list with a major payout of over $100,000 on the Hot Fiesta slot. The online gambling scene has multiple established streamers, and TheDoctor is among the most recognizable ones. He has found major success on Kick thanks to his online gambling streams and multiple viral clips of his …
Trainwreckstv hits $10 million max win on Gates of Destiny
Hannan Mundia
Kick
Within 24 hours of the slot’s launch, Trainwreckstv hit the max win on Gates of Destiny to make an insane $10 million. Trainwreckstv recently made the news for becoming co-owner of the slot developer Donut Gaming. The developer celebrated the news by releasing the Gates of Destiny slot, and it’s only natural that Train would stream it on his Kick channel. What most likely weren’t expecting is that the streamer …
Who is M2THAK? From YouTube pranks to gambling streams
Hannan Mundia
Casino Streamers
The online casino streaming industry has helped many creators make a name for themselves, but M2THAK stands as someone who sowed the seeds of success much earlier. The most popular creators and streamers of today have generally dedicated their entire careers to finding viewers in one place or niche. This doesn’t apply to the popular Kick streamer and YouTuber M2THAK, who has a more diversified content portfolio than many other …
Mizkif reveals he’s working with Kick to improve the platform, acting as Director of Product
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo recently announced on X that Kick had hired him as the Director of Product, but then made a new post removing the mention of an official title. Mizkif is one of the more controversial creators who recently joined Kick after talking negatively about the platform for some time. This move was criticized by many, who claimed it was hypocritical of the streamer. However, Mizkif has been consistently …
Exclusive interview: M2THAK on his rise in casino streaming
Hannan Mundia
Casino Streamers
Kick streamer and YouTuber Mourad “M2THAK” Kadmiri has become a prominent figure in the online gambling scene, building a large community across platforms and gaining a reputation for being a man of many talents. With streams showcasing his musical ability and a penchant for viral pranks, M2THAK has now become known for thrilling casino content that has seen him land some major wins. He also has 3.9m followers on Instagram. …
DeshaeFrost leaves Twitch for exclusive Kick deal
Fariha Bhatti
Kick
Popular variety streamer DeshaeFrost has announced his move to Kick, where he aims to become “one of the biggest streamers” on the platform. DeshaeFrost is not a new name in entertainment. In fact, many of his fans know him from when he was just 16-year old opening comedy shows for comedians like Faizon Love, Tony Roberts, Tiffany Haddish, and more. But his career took a sharp turn in 2022 when …
Brand Risk announces BRP14: Full fight card, price, and date details
Hannan Mundia
Kick
Adin Ross’ Brand Risk Promotions has just announced its BRP14 fight night event, and it will feature highly popular influencers such as Johnny Manziel and Bob Menery. Adin Ross’ Brand Risk series of influencer fighting events has outlived the likes of Misfits Boxing and Kingpin. Some of the biggest previous matches included Charleston White vs. Kodiyakredd, and BRP14 hopes to up the stakes. Being the 14th event from this promotion …
Trainwreckstv reportedly joins Partyhat Play as co-owner
Khizar Mundia
Casino Streamers
Tyler “TrainwrecksTV” Faraz Niknam appears to be expanding his already diverse portfolio, with the prominent casino streamer seemingly joining slot provider Partyhat Play as a co-owner. Trainwreckstv is a widely known name in the gambling industry because of his willingness to stream high-risk games, which then go viral everywhere as he regularly wins big. The streamer is rumored to be one of the richest gambling streamers and is consistently expanding …
SteveWillDoit and Togi get a $100,000 win on Mission Uncrossable
Hannan Mundia
Kick
The Kick streamers SteveWillDoit and Togi were playing Mission Uncrossable during a joint stream, when they got a memorable $100,00 win by using the autobet feature. Collaborating with streamers who share the same type of audience that you’re aiming to attract is clearly one of the best ways to grow your personal brand, and while this usually happens in the gaming category, with games such as Among Us, Peak, and …
Here are the 10 most popular individual streamers of 2026
Khizar Mundia
Twitch
Millions of creators upload content every day, but only a select few manage to build the massive following that is required to reach the top. As we will cover, it takes skill, timing and often a little luck to really reach the levels of the most popular individual streamers. Here we will look at the 10 biggest names in 2026, and there is a real variety in the type of …
Who is Adin Ross? This is all you need to know about the Kick streamer
Khizar Mundia
Casino Streamers
Adin Ross is a prominent streamer in the industry, who started with Twitch and became synonymous with Kick. Here’s everything to know about Adin Ross, ranging from his early streaming days to his love life, as well as the huge success he has already enjoyed. Adin Ross collaborated with the likes of Kai Cenat and Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. at the peak of his career on Twitch. Kai and iShowSpeed …
Donut Gaming names Trainwreckstv as co-owner
Fariha Bhatti
Slots
Donut Gaming has named Trainwreckstv co-owner, joining fellow streamer Yassuo on the platform to bring high-impact slot games to Stake users. Trainwreckstv has become synonymous with gambling on Kick, even though his streaming roots run deep in gaming. In a short time, the streamer has earned the trust of online gamblers, becoming the go-to streamer for new bettors trying their luck at online slots. Now, he’s branching out further by …
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.
