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How Kick streamer Robleis is pushing into a vibrant music career
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Tomas “Robleis” Arbillaga has gained fame online for both his Kick and YouTube content as well as his popular music releases, and that music is looking more and more like a big next step for the streamer. Streaming can be a hard field to get into, but it can also open a lot of doors once a creator gains popularity. Some content creators have gone on to have sports teams …
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Tylil says JasonTheWeen and Silky have joined Clover Boys
Fariha Bhatti
Two former FaZe members from December’s mass exit have already landed on their feet, with a key figure claiming they’ve joined the Clover Boys streamer collective following their departure from FaZe Clan. In December 2025, all 12 of FaZe’s content creators abruptly left the organization, sparking widespread speculation about contract disputes and potential pay cuts. Many fans believed the group might launch an independent content house together, but that idea …
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Asmongold’s filthy room finally gets cleaned up live on stream
Fariha Bhatti
Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt carried out his annual cleaning session live during a Kick stream, leaving the room almost unrecognizable once it was finally over and the infamous room was left cleaned. Asmongold may be one of the biggest streamers on Kick, but cleanliness has certainly never been part of his on-stream persona. Over the years, fans have leaned into that image with running jokes and memes about his hygiene, some …
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Who are the most-watched Kick streamers in 2026?
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While Kick is still a newer entrant in the livestreaming industry, the platform has managed to lock down some of the top content creators with massive viewership, and these were the most-watched Kick streamers in 2026. The streaming industry has picked up spectacularly over the past few years, and even though Kick launched in 2023, the platform has already become a massive success. Many top streamers have switched to Kick …
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How RDjavi became the top Dominican Republic streamer on Kick
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Steven “Rdjavi” Santos is one of the biggest names on Kick, and his love of flashy cars and fast games has won him a large audience that has made him the top Dominican Republic streamer on Kick. Kick has worked hard to cultivate an international streaming repertoire, and it really shows. The top Kick streamers hail from all over the world, ranging all the way from Colombia to Turkey. Spanish …
Casino Streamers
These are the top 5 poker streamers to watch online today
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Poker is a game that takes a strong mental fortitude, but entertaining a live audience takes far more than that, and some of the top poker streamers to watch are able feature the game and display their skills and while entertaining viewers and helping them to better learn how to play. Poker has a long and stories history with a large fan following. Ever since the Chris Moneymaker shocked the …
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New information speaks to why Mizkif really left OTK
Fariha Bhatti
Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo has been absent from One True King for years, but the “how” and “why” of how the streamer departed OTK was left hanging in the air. Newly-surfaced details have now shed light on the events reportedly leading up to the streamer’s removal from the organization. Kick streamer Mizkif recently faced harassment allegations from fellow streamer and former partner Emily “Emiru” Schunk, who claimed that he made her …
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Mernuel signals Kick’s dominance for Spanish-language streamers
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Manuel “Mernuel” Merlo is one of the biggest streamers on Kick, and as his Spanish-language audience only continues to grow, fans continue to want to learn more about the famed content creator. Argentina is known for many things, from a history of outstanding football players to its being the birthplace of the beloved tango. Now, with the help of livestreaming platform Kick, it’s also becoming the home of several world-famous …
Asmongold accuses Hasan Piker of viewbotting, claims evidence
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Zach “Asmongold” Hoyt and Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker are involved in drama yet again after top Kick streamer Asmongold called out Hasan for allegedly viewbotting on Twitch. Asmongold and HasanAbi aren’t new to controversy and drama, and in some ways that comes with the very public space that both streamers occupy. The two are also prone to reacting to other content creators and developing beefs within the industry, which typically leads …
Clavicular goes to Twitch after Kick ban, faces viewbot accusations
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Kick
Streamer Clavicular’s ban from Kick seems has only led to more drama around the content creator, as he was welcomed to Twitch with a personal record number of viewers during his first stream and immediately found himself facing viewbot accusations as a result. Clavicular has been in the news for multiple controversies of late, ranging from performing questionable acts on stream to apparently striking someone with his Cybertruck. The latter …
Check out these top tools available for casino streamers
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Casino Streamers
Casino streaming can seem intimidating for content creators due to the setups required and the typically longer broadcast durations, but some of the top tools available for casino streamers can really help to streamline many aspects of the process. Gambling and casino streamers have different problems and needs compared to those of more traditional streamers. Their streams feature repetitive play, but they still need their viewers to be immersed in …
How much does xQc make from KCIP? Streamer shows numbers
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Kick
Felix “xQc” Lengyel is one of the biggest and most popular content creators in the entire livestreaming industry, and he has now revealed exactly how much money he earns from Kick’s vaunted and lucrative KCIP program. Kick may be the newer livestreaming platform compared to its chief competitors, but it has made a name for itself with its higher revenue share and larger potential payout opportunities for its streamers. xQc …
Clavicular banned on Kick after apparent Cybertruck incident
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Kick has banned streamer Clavicular after an apparent incident involving a potential stalker and a Cybertruck that occurred during a live broadcast. Clavicular is a Kick streamer who is known for his IRL streams, and some his self-improvement videos that have been going viral of late. The streamer is also known for his controversial nature, which seemingly goes hand-in-hand with his IRL niche. He recently set a Kick record in …
What happened to FaZe Clan: Members leave, Adin Ross speaks
Fariha Bhatti
Kick
FaZe Clan’s content creator roster has thinned out fast, with big names parting ways and little clarity from the organization that have left fans asking what happened. Here’s what we actually know about the sudden wave of exits, the current FaZe roster, and the organization’s ownership. Christmas 2025 now looks like the final FaZemas at the organization’s house, at least the one that hosts its current lineup of content creators. …
What makes ElZeein the most popular streamer from Peru?
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Kick
As one of the most popular streamers on Kick and from his home nation of Peru, Andy Dante “ElZeein” Merino Ramirez consistently draws in viewers in with engaging streams online and a variety of antics offline that have built and maintained a large and loyal fan following. Content creator ElZeein has been making videos for over a decade, accruing millions of combined fans and followers across various online platforms. He’s …
How much Cuffem really earns through the Kick KCIP
Fariha Bhatti
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Streamer Cameron “Cuffem” Jordan has revealed exactly how much he earns through Kick’s KCIP program, and it’s an impressive figure that goes a long way in helping to explain why he has chosen to pursue a streaming career specifically on Kick. Cuffem began his time as a streamer broadcasting on Twitch, where he quickly earned partner status and now enjoys a whopping 213,000 followers on the platform. His move to …
Drake scores milllion-dollar roulette win during Kick return
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Big Wins
Drake’s three-day Christmas streaming program on Kick is already paying off, with the rapper landing a $1 million win on Stake and pledging to share 10% of it with viewers as part of his return to streaming. Drake has returned to Kick with a surprise for his many fans, going live over three consecutive days while pledging to give away 10% of his online gambling winnings to those who were …
What we know about FaZe Rug’s net worth and YouTube earnings
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Brian “FaZe Rug” Rafat Awadis is a streamer and YouTuber who boasts millions of fans on the long-standing video platform, and those fans may want to know how his earnings and net worth stack up to those of other popular content creators. FaZe Rug primarily streams on YouTube and began his career by creating gaming content there. Call of Duty was a staple of his broadcasts in the past, and …
Drake makes surprise Kick comeback with big giveaway streams
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Popular Canadian rapper Drake was once seemingly at odds with Kick CEO Eddie Craven to the extent that he had deleted his channel, but he’s now on a surprise comeback on the platform just in time for some holiday giveaways. Drake may be a rapper, but he has also joined the streaming industry and where occasionally streams live to fans. He does everything from supporting fellow his streamers in their …
Kick streamer Ilyaselmaliki riding Kings League success to football
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Ilyas “Ilyaselmaliki” El Maliki is one of the biggest streamer in Morocco, and he’s making Kick his main playground as he broadens out from the success of his Kings League football run. Kick invites streamers from all over the world to build a home and an audience on the platform through their revenue sharing policies and looser moderation and regulation than what’s seen on some other streaming sites. This has …
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.
