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Big Wins
Roshtein runs Life and Death slot for another win in the millions
Khizar Mundia
One of Kick’s most popular casino streamers, Ishmael “Roshtein” Swartz, has hit another big win by earning a massive payout in the millions on the Life and Death slot. Roshtein is a prominent gambling streamer who has been creating online betting and casino content for years. The content creator is partial towards high-volatility slots, which are unpredictable and more risky than typical games. That high-risk profile makes for better viewing …
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Japan’s Brian Jesse is joining Kick, here’s what we know
Khizar Mundia
Brian Jesse is one of the most popular online content creators based in Japan, and he has now joined Kick, highlighting the livestreaming platform’s continued growth around the world. Brian Jesse currently boasts over 3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, but he initially began his career by making videos on Vine until the app was shut down. The content creator then transitioned to creating clips on YouTube, focusing on …
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Everything to know about popular Kick streamer MrStivenTc
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Stiven Tangarife “MrStivenTC” Caicedo is one of the most popular streamers on Kick today, and we’ve assembled everything fans new and old should know about him. Kick kicked off in 2022 as a new and vibrant streaming platform, competing with big names like Twitch in the livestreaming content space. The platform has grown rapidly to over 64 million users and many millions of dollars paid out to its streamers. With …
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Gifts come early for Trainwreckstv with max win on Xmas Drop
Khizar Mundia
Prominent casino streamer Tyler “Trainwreckstv” Niknam impressed his legions of fans once again by securing a max win in his latest Kick gambling session while playing the seasonal Xmas Drop. Trainwreckstv is no stranger to gambling streams, and his streaming presence now essentially revolves around online casino streaming. The content creator has made a habit of posting significant high-risk bets throughout his career, and quite a few of those have …
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Streamer SXB takes Kick by storm, here’s what to know
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Ahmed “SXB” Alqahtani, also known as shongxbong, has spent many years making his name online, and the streamer arguably shines the brightest with his current presence on Kick. Streamer SXB has long had an internet presence, but it really took off in 2020. He first gained popularity on YouTube, and then on Twitch, for his gaming content. Now he’s become one of the most popular Kick streamers on the whole …
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Why lawsuits could be next step in Kick, Twitch viewbotting battles
Khizar Mundia
Viewbotting is a significant issue that livestreaming platforms the likes of Kick and Twitch are facing every day, and it’s now being suggested that the next action against viewbots may come through the legal system in the form of lawsuits. When viewers hear the term viewbotting, many think of streamers artificially inflating their numbers for clout and greater potential payouts. But that isn’t always the case, as viewbots can also …
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Why Marinotlive, MeltIsLIVE were banned from Kick, Twitch
Khizar Mundia
Kick streamer Marinotlive and Twitch streamer Jalen “MeltIsLIVE” Melton have been banned from their respective livestreaming platforms following a high-speed race on a Georgia highway. MeltIsLIVE is a popular Twitch content creator who has been streaming since 2020, with IRL and gaming content joined by some occasional reckless racing that has repeatedly gotten him into trouble. Marinotlive, on the other hand, is a relatively lesser-known streamer in the industry while …
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Get to know GMHikaru: Streaming on Kick, net worth, more
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Hikaru “GMHikaru” Nakamura has spent the last several years making chess cool to the streaming community, and his resulting net worth is nothing to scoff at. Chess took off in popularity among audiences online beginning in 2020. The game has its own category on major streaming platforms with as many thousands of viewers flocking to watch. This explosion has made some of the world’s top chess players into household names …
The reason why AsianAndy was banned from Kick
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Kick unexpectedly banned popular streamer Steven “AsianAndy” Van, and he made a point of sharing the reason why as well as further details about his suspension from the platform. AsianAndy initially began his content creation career with a YouTube channel in 2006, but he didn’t become consistent about his content until 2017. He worked as an Uber driver before transitioning into a full-time content creator. His content primarily revolves around …
Everything to know about popular Kick streamer Eray
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Eray Can Ozkenar is a former Twitch streaming star who’s since made the jump to Kick to great success, and he has a lot to offer to prospective viewers. While many of the biggest streamers in the livestreaming world come from predominantly English-speaking countries, creators like Eray are showing that streaming is a truly global phenomenon with a reach that increases every day. The Turkish streamer has nearly a decade …
Everything we know about streamer Amouranth’s net worth
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Kick streaming star Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa makes her living in a big way online, and her massive popularity has translated to a hefty net worth. No stranger to the internet, Amouranth has been streaming since 2016 to the enjoyment of many of her fans over the years. She brings both original content and substantial drama, a combination that is sure to keep an audience entertained. These are among the things …
xQc becomes latest Kick streamer to hit 1 million followers
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Popular streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel has added yet another feather to his growing list of accomplishments by crossing the 1 million followers threshold on livestreaming platform Kick. xQc is a hugely popular streamer whose current brand of content revolves primarily around reaction and gambling streaming. The content creator made the move to Kick when Twitch began to tighten gambling rules, and it seems to have been one of his best …
StarLadder Budapest Major hit by stream and production issues
Fariha Bhatti
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StarLadder has issued an apology for the production issues at the ongoing Budapest Major 2025, acknowledging the problems after a full day of criticism from livid CS2 fans and bettors. StarLadder Budapest Major 2025’s first day will likely go down as the most talked-about opening day of any CS2 Major. The conversation wasn’t due to any shocking upsets, but was rather attributable to the relentless tech and production issues that …
Asmongold highlights drama with Kaceytron amid lawsuit worries
Khizar Mundia
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Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt has long been embroiled in drama with fellow streamer Kaceytron, and attention has now once again returned to the pair after the latter mentioned him while ranting about a lawsuit she is involved in with Ethan Klein. Asmongold is by no means new to drama and public beefs, and that’s in no small part because the content creator specifically posts so many reaction videos, many of which …
xQc Net worth 2026 – Breaking Down The Net Worth Behind Kick’s Streaming Star
Olivia Richman
Casino Streamers
Are you wondering how rich is xQc? As a former pro gamer competing in the Overwatch League turned full-time professional streamer and content creator, Felix “xQc” Lengyel has made a lot of headlines over the last few years, and along the way he’s become one of the most successful content creators in the world with the whole “xQc net worth” discussion often highlighting just how far he’s come. With over …
Looking for the best xQc memes? Here’s what we’ve found
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Felix “xQc” Lengyel has made many fans laugh over his years spent streaming, but the memes his fans in the chat come up with can sometimes top even what the famously funny streamer has to say. As one of the biggest streamers online, xQc has millions of combined subscribers across his presence on Twitch, Kick, and YouTube. Fans enjoy his over-the-top humor, his gaming skills that go back to his …
Everything we know about Kick streamer Maherco, his net worth
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The streamer and content creator Maherco is ever growing in popularity and has established a major presence on Kick, leading many to wonder about the Turkish influencer, his net worth, and more. As Kick has continued to grow for more than three years now, a number of creators have established large followings on the platform, and Maherco is undoubtedly among the most notable of them. Appealing to MENA and Turkish …
Kick CEO announces new features coming for IRL streaming
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Livestreaming platform Kick’s CEO Eddie Craven has announced during a stream that a new feature will be released “shortly” that will make streaming easier for IRL streamers on the platform. IRL streaming is one of the most popular niches online, but it’s also one of the most difficult and complicated to broadcast because of the sheer number of apps, cameras, and other tools content creators need to make use of. …
Where to watch the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025
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A new sponsor has joined StarLadder Budapest Major for 2025, and this new development has sparked speculation that the upcoming StarLadder Major won’t be streamed on Twitch and YouTube with fans only able to watch on Kick. Online crypto gambling and sports betting hub Rollbit has joined StarLadder as its lead gambling sponsor for the Budapest Major, one of the biggest Counter-Strike 2 events of the calendar year. Some fans …
Rampage Jackson says he’s earned more on Kick than in MMA
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Famed professional fighter turned Kick streamer Rampage Jackson revealed in a stream that his earnings on Kick are significantly greater than the money he made during his more than two decades of a storied mixed martial arts career. A former professional MMA fighter, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was a huge name in the early 2000s and beyond with a massively successful career in the ring and cage. His bouts with the …
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.
