Kick vs Twitch: Which platform is prevailing in the ongoing battle 

The battle enraging among the top two streaming platforms, namely Twitch and Kick, is at an all-time high. Twitch is on a constant streak of banning streamers for the sake of its guidelines, while Kick is signing frustrated streamers back to its platform. So far, Kick has shown some mettle by keeping to its own words. Over the past three months, a lot of streamers have shifted to Kick in search of a better profit split.

However, it would take just a few streamers to beat the Amazon-owned giant that has ruled the streaming industry for a decade now since its inception. Whereas Kick has only seen a few months since it began.

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With that being said, let’s take a look at both platforms and their advantages over each other. In this article, let’s take a look at some brief details that differentiate the two streaming platform contenders.

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Twitch or Kick, Which is better?

Twitch remains steadfast on its toes to make sure that profits are rolling in without too many fluctuations. And so far, the platform has minted enough silver to float easily into the streaming business. The same business model that has sustained the streaming industry for a decade now. Rather than focusing on its split of profits with streamers, Twitch seems to optimize its platform and uphold its feature-centric approach to lure in more content creators.

The Amazon-owned platform has always used its large player pool to its advantage and pushed down the guidelines it deemed fit. One specific feature that Twitch has up its sleeve is paying streamers for ads that they run on their broadcasts. This enables the creators to get a pre-agreed payment for a set number of hours of proportionate ads. However, all things set aside, Kick has earned an impeccable reputation for being streamer-friendly.

Kick’s Creator friendly split over Twitch’s 70/30

In March this year, Kick’s co-owner, Trainwreacktv, announced that the Twitch rival would split the profit by a surprising 95–5 percent, which was quite news, and speculations were made that it would not hold out. However, the same people were made to eat their own words when Kick kept his word of honor. But when it comes to Twitch, the story is entirely different than Kick.

Twitch has some exclusive contracts with a few of its streamers, who get a better deal considering the views they bring to the platform. However, this leaves out a potential number of streamers with a meager amount of profit, which seems unjustified. Considering the split profit ratio, Kick certainly takes the crown.

Viewer pool on the platforms

When it comes to comparing the two platforms regarding the views they amass over some time, Twitch is the obvious winner. Since the platform has been around for more than 10 years, Twitch has expanded beyond the imagination of its creators.

Since Kick is comparatively new and its signing of controversial personalities creates a dilemma about lingering doubts, This also needs further consideration, given that it will affect the platform’s sustainability over time.

Twitch is a behemoth that has been around for a long time and has gone on without being challenged. This led to every streamer going to Twitch by default. A lot of community guidelines were broken, and streamers were seen broadcasting explicit content on Kick. This puts Kick in a bad position given its early stages of growth.

The management of Twitch and Kick

When the early announcement of Kick was made, Trainwrecktv was backed and sponsored by Stake.com. The stake is a gambling site that trades crypto as a currency to sustain its business model. And Stake.com along with Australia-based start-up Easygo. This creates a lot of concerns regarding the engagement of operations that Kick runs. Stake.com has an interest in running a business alongside Online gambling, which has very rigid rules on Twitch. So Streamers like Roshtein moved to Kick, who is known for gambling online and streaming the same.

The legitimacy of Kick is also in question, given its early stages of development. Whereas Twitch was long ago acquired by Amazon, a name that is impossible to dismiss, Being owned by one of the biggest firms on the globe, it’s hard to tackle a move by Twitch shortly. That goes the same for Kick since it is enjoying vast support from the majority of people.

Popularity among people for Twitch and Kick

In the early days of 2017, Twitch made one of the biggest moves by banning Dr. Disrespect permanently. Ever since Twitch has been quite frosty about the community guidelines that it enforces by punishing streamers by banning them.

This led to Twitch going up in smoke when it came to its popularity. This eventually gave birth to one of the rising stars of the streaming platform, Kick. Kickstands for everything that streamers wanted in the first place. A seamless experience and relaxed guidelines make it easier for content creators to reach out to more people.

Moreover, this new trick seems to work quite magic for the new streaming platform. Kick has grown in certain ways since its release in early 2023. With new celebrities like Adin Ross, xQc, and Amouranth joining the platform, Kick has only become more popular among the masses. So Kick takes the crown when it comes to considering the growing popularity of streaming platforms.

There is no denying the fact that, for now, it’s a toe-to-toe fight when it comes to an ever-changing streaming industry. But with time, it would be interesting to see which platform stands the test of time. It would still take some time for either platform to emerge as the winner.

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