Top 10 Twitch streamers who signed contract with Kick

For a long time, Twitch has been ruling the world of streaming with its undeniable reach and laid-out pool of streamers and viewers. Enjoying this monopoly for over a decade went unchallenged until a few months ago when a budding new contender challenged the Amazon-owned giant, Twitch. 

Within the few months of its inception, Kick has been making news and putting out headlines, be it their profit splits or relaxed community guidelines that make it easier for streamers to be creative.

During the same time, Twitch came under considerable fire for their absurd profit split and for getting a better deal for big steamers. While Twitch was going around bashing streamers with its ban hammer, Kick saw this as an opportunity to spread its claws in the industry. 

As a result, Kick is now the biggest rival to online streaming platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and Rumble. Here are the top 10 Twitch streamers who moved to Kick.

Related: “Twitch is done” Top streamers react to xQc signing $100 million worth two-year non-exclusive contract with Kick

Let’s take a look at the top 10 Twitch streamers that made their switch to Kick

1 Felix “xQc” Lengyel

With his recent deal that he signed for a whopping $100 million, Kick has a new and famous creator on their platform now. This is among the biggest news stories for streaming platforms across the globe.

With Kick going one notch up within a few months of its inception, xQc has added to the newfound platform’s popularity. Kick has reported getting more views since the news is out and getting three times the traffic on site now. After BruceDropEmOff signed a multi-million dollar deal, this is the second-biggest deal for Kick to sign within just two weeks. And is being considered one of the biggest signings in the history of the streaming industry so far.

2 Adin Ross

Adin Ross joined Kick after getting banned several times on Twitch. The controversial streamer has been in the news quite a few times. He has bought a stake in the new streaming platform Kick as well. The streamer has faced a lot of backlash amid his friendship with controversial personality Andrew Tate.

The streamer got criticized on the internet for his anti-trans comments, which triggered a widespread discussion about him. Adin Ross has been a key element in other streamers joining him in his endeavor to expand the Kick streaming platform.

3 Trainwrecktv

Tyler “Trainwreacktv” is the co-owner of the new streaming platform Kick. He has been the official spokesperson for the platform on social media for quite a while now. He also acts as the advisor for Kick and has been backing up Adin Ross over his controversial remarks and anti-trans statements. Trainwrecktv has been in brief discussions with left-wing steamer HasanAbi and has defended his stance on unjust bans by Twitch.

4 Aron “Ac7ionman” Travis

Aron Travis, who goes by the name Ac7ionman on the internet, moved to Kickback in February 2023. With a second account, start a fresh account with Kick. Since he was struggling to get his finances in place, he has displayed his satisfaction with the new platform from time to time and supported it.

Ac7ionman streams on both streaming platforms, namely Twitch and Kick. The streamer enjoys a staggering 700,000 Twitch followers.

5 Steven “Destiny” Bonnell

Destiny is a very important internet personality. Given his continuous game streaming online, which eventually gave birth to the entire streaming industry. His name commands considerable weight when it comes to streaming online on platforms like Kick and Twitch.

Steven Kenneth Bonnell is an American internet personality and political critic. After getting banned from Twitch permanently, he decided to move to Kick in March 2023. He also streams on Rumble, known for its relaxed community guidelines that give more freedom,.

6 Roshtein

Roshtein is among the most popular streamers to gamble online. At times, Roshtein amassed huge viewers and became the most watched on Twitch. Ever since his ban from the streaming giant owned by Amazon, he has shifted to Kick.

He gained more popularity after a collaboration with Drake. The streamer is one of the most consistent ones, with an average of 10,000 viewers on stream. His shift to Kick is considered an important one given his continuous improvement and viewership.

7 Grandmaster Hikaru

One of the most famous chess players and probably the only streamer on Kick to play chess. GM Hikaru is among the best chess players of the century, and having someone with that talent is something everyone’s platforms need. In this case, Kick took the opportunity to sign the Grandmaster back in March. This was among the biggest signings for Kick. However, GM Hikaru doesn’t have any exclusive contracts with Kick. He takes his turn streaming on Kick as well as Twitch.

8 Corinaakopf

The only female streamer on this list is Corinaakopf, who has made the shift from Twitch. When it comes to restrictions, Twitch has a big book. Gambling has a lot of limits on Twitch. As anyone would have guessed, Corinnakopf gambles online, and a lot of people watch her streamers.

Therefore, making the transition from Twitch to Kick was an easy choice for her. Corinnakopf made her debut on the green platform in October 2022.

9 WestCOL

Next in line is a popular streamer from Columbia. WestCOL joined forces with Kick last month itself. The young streamer is among the most-viewed streamers on Kick. The data from streamer charts showed that he came as close as possible to giving a tough fight to Adin Ross when it came to having average viewership on the platform. With staggering popularity that grew in number recently, WestCOL even humbled Roshtein with four times the viewers.

10 Paul “Iceposeidon” Denino

Paul Denino is among the IRL streamers known for their controversial streams online. Iceposeidon is famous among the people who watch IRL streamers who often run into trouble or get into a beef with people in public places.

Getting doxxed on a live camera was a normal business for the streamer. However, this goes against the policies of Twitch, and he eventually got banned at times until Twitch, after rounds of temporary bans, decided to ban him permanently in 2017.

After a long wait, Iceposeidon decided to join the newly launched Kick to continue his IRL streams. And if that wasn’t enough, Ice Poseidon got negative attention by pushing the controversial crypto called Rug.

With this, the Top 10 Twitch streamers who moved to Kick have been concluded. Kick might have more in the bag for the world to surprise with while Twitch has been on the losing side for a while now. 

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