Kick

Kick is a social livestreaming platform. It opened in beta in December 2022, when streamer Trainwreck announced he was joining as a non-owner advisor and presented a 95/5 subscription split and 100% of tips for streamers [[77]](#src-77); Stake.com co-founders Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani own the platform through their Australian company Easygo [[78]](#src-78). On Jun 17, 2023, Kick announced a two-year, non-exclusive deal with xQc, reported at $100M, and signed Amouranth in a deal reportedly worth $30M to $40M, then gained more than one million new users in the following days [[79]](#src-79); Adin Ross ranked among its most-watched streamers in Q3 2025 [[124]](#src-124). Kick keeps 5% of subscription and KICKs revenue as a processing fee, pays through Stripe, and you must be a Kick Affiliate or Partner to earn [[80]](#src-80). The Kick Partner Program, launched in 2024, requires 30 hours streamed and 250 unique chatters over 30 days, 25 active subscribers, 250 followers and an average of 75 concurrent viewers; streams in the gambling and Just Sleeping categories are demonetized, multistreaming earns 50% of the usual revenue, and Kick says the program has paid out more than $400M [[81]](#src-81). From Feb 1, 2025, gambling streams were limited to sites that verify users' age with ID [[119]](#src-119), and on Feb 9, 2026 the Italian regulator AGCOM closed proceedings against Kick over videos promoting gambling, finding that the platform acted as a passive host [[120]](#src-120). In September 2026, after reported payout errors, Kick corrected the affected payments and moved Partner Program rates from a stream-by-stream calculation to a rolling window of recent streams, without changing the 95/5 split [[121]](#src-121)[[122]](#src-122). On Aug 7, 2026, Kick launched advertising and said it had more than 100 million active users, 39 million new users in 2025 and 27 million in the first half of 2026, and more than 41,000 creators streaming each month [[123]](#src-123). According to Streams Charts, Kick reached 2.04 billion hours watched in Q3 2026, up 30.7% from the previous quarter [[75]](#src-75) and up 20% from 1.7 billion in Q3 2025 [[124]](#src-124). In October 2026, Kick is the fastest-growing major livestreaming platform tracked by Streams Charts, with a payout model that is still being adjusted [[75]](#src-75)[[121]](#src-121).

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