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How MokrySuchar became one of Poland’s top Kick streamers
M Alzamora
Dominik “MokrySuchar” Stoklosa is not only one of Poland’s top streamers on Kick. He’s also a popular and acclaimed host, and his approach to content has made him a big name on Kick and beyond. IRL and Just Chatting are two of the biggest streaming categories on Kick. Fans appreciate the chance to connect with their favorite content creators outside of games and get a greater insight into their real …
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Why did Trainwreckstv stop streaming on Kick?
Fariha Bhatti
Trainwreckstv hasn’t streamed in quite some time, leaving fans wondering whether he’s simply taking a break or stepping away from Kick altogether. It’s been over a month since Trainwreckstv last streamed on Kick. His last stream was also noticeably shorter than many of the recent sessions he had been doing on the Stake-owned platform. Initially, fans assumed he was simply taking a break, but recent hints suggest there may be …
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KEKW meaning explained: The origins of the laughter emote
Simon Day
If you’ve tuned into any Twitch or Kick stream, you have definitely seen an emote of a toothless person giggling. In fact, you might see the entire chat being flooded with this single emote if something funny or awkward happens on a stream. The emote you’re thinking about is “KEKW,” and in this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about it. In live streaming culture, the term KEKW …
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Kick streamer Matthewdota’s 2026 net worth revealed
Khizar Mundia
Already famous for his pro Dota 2 career, Farith “Matthewdota” Puente’s net worth is substantial and it can also be explained by his new Kick streaming career that catapulted him to greater recognition. Esports players, current and retired, make up a significant portion of gaming-focused streamers, and that number is actively growing on Kick. Former Overwatch player Felix “xQc” Lengyel is one of the platform’s figureheads, and others such as …
Casino Streamers
What benefits do streamers get from gambling sponsors?
Khizar Mundia
Streamers need a stable revenue stream to continue their streaming careers, and even veteran content creators may want to supplement their incomes over time, which for many has brought attention to the potential benefits of taking on betting and gambling sponsors. Making money from streaming can seem relatively straightforward at first, as livestreaming platforms like Kick and Twitch pay content creators for broadcasting their content to live audiences. This may …
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StableRonaldo, Lacy fire back at Kick CEO’s viewbotting claims
Fariha Bhatti
Twitch streamers StableRonaldo and Lacy have responded to allegations of viewbotting from Kick CEO Ed Craven, pushing back against those claims while themselves claiming that they had turned down offers from the streaming platform. Viewbotting has become a hot topic across all of streaming of late, with multiple top streamers admitting to inflating their numbers. Those confessions followed comments from Kick CEO Eddie Craven, who claimed that many streamers rely …
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Kick CEO accuses StableRonaldo and Lacy of major viewbotting
Khizar Mundia
As several top streamers and content creators are being accused of viewbotting across the industry, Kick CEO Eddie Craven has specifically called out ex-FaZe Clan members Rani “StableRonaldo” Netz and Nick “Lacy” Fosco for allegedly inflating their viewership. FaZe Clan shut down its streaming team unexpectedly, and fans were worried the streamers would face issues as a result. While such a break-up may have been a problem for some smaller …
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Kick is offering free subs for playing CS2, here’s how to get them
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike 2 players can now earn free subs on Kick by completing a simple Kick Bounty, and we’ve put together a quick guide for just how these subs can be had with a few quick CS2 sessions. In 2025, Kick introduced a “Bounties” program to reward both streamers and viewers for staying active on the platform. By completing these bounty challenges, users can earn various rewards, most of which are …
Kick more than doubles its yearly watch time as growth continues
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Livestreaming platform Kick has shown consistent growth ever since its original launch, and it has now recorded more 100% growth in watch time between 2024 to 2025, better than doubling its numbers year-over-year. Kick’s main selling point has always been its more lucrative revenue split and its Kick partner program, which many streamers cite as a major potential money maker. These elements have helped the platform attract some of the …
Kick increases clip duration limit, why that’s great news for creators
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Kick has introduced another big change to the platform’s clip functionality, and clippers can now share up to three minutes of videos from the platform’s streams with an increased duration limit. Clipping is an important element in many streamers’ careers and success, with some content creators like Adin Ross even crediting Kick’s clipping program for making their videos go viral and bringing more recognition to their names and channels. The …
Adin Ross seems to admit to viewbotting, says “everybody” does it
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Kick streamer Adin Ross surprised his live viewers by seemingly admitting to viewbotting in the form of “inflating” his viewership, and if that wasn’t enough, he also claimed that a large majority of content creators similarly artificially inflate their statistics. Viewbottting isn’t a new phenomenon, but recently there has been much discussion about the abuse of viewbots to inflate views and generate a higher viewer count and potential payout. Several …
How much does Ice Poseidon make on Kick through the KPP?
Fariha Bhatti
Kick
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 …
HSTikkyTokky banned from Kick, here’s what we know
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Harrison “HsTikkyTokky” Sullivan has been banned from Kick, and his viewers are already speculating that it may be linked to an inappropriate incident that occurred live on stream. HSTikkyTokky is a British streamer who initially gained traction from his TikTok content and is infamous for his controversial personality and conduct. His antics range from allegedly getting into a public brawl to being arrested following an altercation at a club. The …
Mizkif reveals WoW Classic guild Kicked, calls it “new OnlyFangs”
Hannan Mundia
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Controversial Kick streamer Mizkif has revealed a new WoW Classic guild named Kicked, and his made clear his intention and hope to turn it into the new OnlyFangs. Here’s what we know about it. The start of 2025 was arguably the most popular World of Warcraft had been in many years, and much of that was thanks to OnlyFangs. The hardcore World of Warcraft guild featured streamers such as Thomas …
xQc reveals the most money he’s made during a Kick stream
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Felix “xQc” Lengyel recently answered the question about the most money he’s made in a single Kick stream, in doing so revealing more about the millions of dollars he’s earned through gambling broadcasts and sponsorships. xQc is one of the biggest names in the whole of the streaming industry, and he’s famous for reportedly having signed a contract with Kick in the platform’s earlier days with pay and incentives totaling …
3MR is riding GTA V streaming to the very top of Kick
M Alzamora
Kick
GTA V is one of the most-played games across all modern streaming platforms, and few are doing it better and getting more out of it than Amr “3mr” Diab, a rising star on Kick. One of the best parts of being a streamer is that there’s an audience available for almost anything, and gaming has always been at the very forefront of that idea. Top games on Kick include League …
Here’s how much Sneako really makes through the Kick KCIP
Fariha Bhatti
Kick
Sneako has revealed how much he actually earns on Kick through the streaming platform’s famed KCIP, and the figure is turning heads, especially given claims that it’s driven entirely by organic viewership and without the boost of viewbotting that so many streamers rely on. 2024 was a turbulent year for Sneako, marked by bans across Twitch, YouTube, and even Kick. He was banned from Kick just days after joining the …
Tectone returns to streaming, admits to viewbotting
Khizar Mundia
Twitch
Controversial streamer John “Tectone” Robertson has returned to Twitch following a prolonged break, discussing the verdict of his lawsuit and admitting to taking part in viewbotting. Tectone took a break from content creation that many of his fans had expected would be short-lived, but the streamer was ultimately away from streaming and content for several months. His lawsuit with ex-girlfriend Pinkchyu made its way into the public light during his …
Mizkif gets bad news on lawsuit against Asmongold, Emiru, OTK
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo filed a lawsuit against multiple streamers, including Zach “Asmongold” Hoyt, as well streamer organizations including OTK, following allegations made by Emily “Emiru” Schunk. And unfortunately for Mizkif, public filings show that the lawsuit has now taken a major hit. Emiru made public her allegations of harassment against Mizkif, which led to the controversial streamer facing severe backlash from around the streaming community. Mizkif responded to the accusations …
Here’s how much Clavicular really earns through the Kick KCIP
Khizar Mundia
Kick
Kick streamer Clavicular has come into the limelight for his often entertaining and sometimes controversial antics, and he recently revealed exactly how much he’s earning from the famed Kick Creator Incentive Program, better known as the KCIP. Clavicular has made a place for himself on livestreaming platform Kick with his IRL and slots streams. He also set a record by becoming the streamer on the platform to receive the most …
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.
