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'''Kick''' is a video [[Livestreaming|live streaming]] service. Backed by [[Stake.com]] co-founders Bijan Tehrani, Ed Craven and streaming personality [[Trainwreckstv]], Kick was founded in 2022 as a competitor to [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]-owned [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], with a focus on looser moderation and higher revenue shares for streamers.<ref name="bloomberg">{{Cite web |last=D'Anastasio |first=Cecilia |date=2023-03-03 |title=Twitch's New Streaming Rival Kick Tests Waters of Lighter Moderation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-03-03/twitch-s-new-video-game-streaming-rival-kick-goes-light-on-moderation |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="dotesports">{{cite news |last1=Tsiaoussidis |first1=Alex |last2=Richman |first2=Olivia |title=Who owns Kick.com? Fledgling Twitch streaming rival responds to Stake rumors |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/who-owns-kick-com-fledgling-twitch-streaming-rival-responds-to-stake-rumors |work=[[Dot Esports]] |date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Tess |date=31 March 2023 |title=Local crypto billionaires use Grand Prix to debut new venture |url=https://www.afr.com/technology/local-crypto-billionaires-use-grand-prix-to-debut-new-venture-20230331-p5cx2a |access-date=16 June 2023 |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |language=en}}</ref> Kick is mostly known for its 5% revenue charge, among the lowest between streaming platforms, as well as its 2023 deals with multiple streamers formerly prominent on Twitch, most notably including [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmasters]] [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Adin Ross]], and [[xQc]].<ref name="xqcnyt">{{cite news |last1=Browning |first1=Kellen |title=Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/business/twitch-kick-xqc.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="bloomberg" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/fortnite-twitch-streamer-ninja-mixer-kick-livestream-1850308411|title=Former Twitch King Ninja On Mixer's Failure (And Kick's Potential)|last=Winslow|first=Levi|access-date=16 June 2023|website=[[Kotaku.com]]|date=6 April 2023}}</ref>
'''Kick''' (also known as '''Kick.com''') is a video [[livestreaming]] service. It is operated by Kick Streaming Pty Ltd and backed by [[Stake.com]] co-founders Bijan Tehrani, [[Ed Craven]], and streaming personality [[Trainwreckstv]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Matt Craig, Forbes |date=2024-06-09 |title=These entrepreneurs went all in on a crypto casino - and became billionaires |url=https://www.forbes.com.au/news/billionaires/how-stake-made-australias-ed-craven-a-crypto-billionaire/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Forbes Australia |language=en-US}}</ref> Kick was founded in 2022 as a competitor to [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]-owned [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], with a focus on looser moderation and higher revenue shares for streamers.<ref name="bloomberg">{{Cite web |last=D'Anastasio |first=Cecilia |date=2023-03-03 |title=Twitch's New Streaming Rival Kick Tests Waters of Lighter Moderation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-03-03/twitch-s-new-video-game-streaming-rival-kick-goes-light-on-moderation |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="dotesports">{{cite news |last1=Tsiaoussidis |first1=Alex |last2=Richman |first2=Olivia |title=Who owns Kick.com? Fledgling Twitch streaming rival responds to Stake rumors |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/who-owns-kick-com-fledgling-twitch-streaming-rival-responds-to-stake-rumors |work=[[Dot Esports]] |date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Tess |date=31 March 2023 |title=Local crypto billionaires use Grand Prix to debut new venture |url=https://www.afr.com/technology/local-crypto-billionaires-use-grand-prix-to-debut-new-venture-20230331-p5cx2a |access-date=16 June 2023 |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |language=en}}</ref> Kick is mostly known for its low 5% revenue charge, as well as its 2023 deals with multiple streamers including [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Vitaly Zdorovetskiy]], [[Nickmercs]], [[Adin Ross]], [[Amouranth]], [[Ice Poseidon]], and [[xQc]].<ref name="xqcnyt">{{cite news |last1=Browning |first1=Kellen |title=Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/business/twitch-kick-xqc.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="bloomberg" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/fortnite-twitch-streamer-ninja-mixer-kick-livestream-1850308411|title=Former Twitch King Ninja On Mixer's Failure (And Kick's Potential)|last=Winslow|first=Levi|access-date=16 June 2023|website=[[Kotaku.com]]|date=6 April 2023}}</ref>


As of June 2023, Kick averages 235,000 livestreams per day.<ref name="xqcnyt" />
As of June 2023, Kick averages 110,000 livestreams per day.<ref name="xqcnyt" /> As of November, 2024, Kick averages over 6,000,000 chat messages per day.<ref>{{cite web |title=KickChatLogs |url=https://kickchatlogs.com/ |website=KickChatLogs |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>


== History ==
== Corporate structure ==
The Kick streaming platform had its inception in December 2022. To formalize its operations as a registered company in [[Australia]], Kick Streaming Pty Ltd was established in November of the same year. The sole shareholder of Kick Streaming is Easygo<ref>{{Cite web |title=EasyGo |url=https://easygo.io/brands}}</ref> Entertainment Pty Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Cam |date=2023-03-29 |title=Live-streaming platform Kick is part-owned by Australian crypto billionaire Ed Craven |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/03/30/kick-ed-craven-streaming-platform-gambling-crypto-billionaire/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Crikey |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Waterhouse |first=Tom |date=2023-08-30 |title=Waterhouse VC August update: Twitch vs. Kick and the rise of gambling streams as entertainment |url=https://next.io/news/features/waterhouse-vc-august-update-twitch/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=NEXT.io |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Kick was founded on December 1, 2022. [[Stake.com]] co-founders Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven are known to be among the most prominent figures in the operations of the site. Sources conflict on whether Tehrani and Craven are the founders, the [[Angel investor|angel investors]], or have another role; some sources also state that American streamer [[Trainwreckstv]] is among the owners of the platform or plays a leadership role within it.<ref name="dotesports" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Iyer |first=Ravi |date=10 May 2023 |title=An in-depth interview with Kick.com co-founder Ed Craven |url=https://streamscharts.com/news/ed-craven-kick-interview#:~:text=Ed%20Craven%2C%20the%20co%2Dfounder,than%20Twitch%20enticing%20many%20streamers. |access-date=17 June 2023 |website=Streams Charts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trainwreck responds as Ninja claims Kick streamers are in store for a "reality check" |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/trainwreck-responds-as-ninja-claims-kick-streamers-are-in-store-for-a-reality-check-2103863/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roque |first=Jack |date=2023-01-16 |title=TrainwrecksTV Launches New Streaming Platform - Kick.com |url=https://gamerempire.net/trainwreckstv-launches-new-streaming-platform-kick-com/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Gamer Empire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-11 |title="A New Era of Streaming" - Trainwreckstv Stuns Twitch Supporters With Over $16,000 Income Within 10 Days of Streaming on Kick |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-a-new-era-of-streaming-trainwreckstv-stuns-twitch-supporters-with-over-sixteen-thousand-income-within-ten-days-of-streaming-on-kick-com/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=EssentiallySports}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2023|reason=Primary and otherwise [[WP:NONRS|non-reliable]] sources}}


In a July 2023 interview, Craven said that "Kick is not currently profitable." Craven said the company tentatively plans to become profitable in one to three years through the use of advertising.<ref name="tubefilter" />
== Revenue splitting and salary ==
Kick's revenue split is 95% to the streamer and 5% to the platform, among the most generous in streaming. Kick's split is often compared to Twitch's former 50-50 split between creators and the platform, and less frequently with YouTube taking a 30% cut from livestreamers. Kick's popularity in its revenue split was credited by [[Forbes]] for pushing Twitch to introduce a 70-30 revenue splitting model for some creators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IV |first=Antonio Pequeño |title=Twitch Introduces 70/30 Revenue Split For Some Streamers Through New Program—With Some Caveats |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/06/15/twitch-introduces-7030-revenue-split-for-some-streamers-through-new-program-with-some-caveats/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>


== Content moderation ==
Kick has proposed paying all of its streamers hourly if they meet certain conditions; if this proposal is enacted, it would become the first streaming service to do so. Conditions include the streamer being active for at least four hours per day out of thirty days in a month, the streamer being awake and interacting with chat, the streamer having a webcam on their face, and being the age of majority. All content creators on Kick who meet all four conditions would be paid $16 USD per hour of streaming.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lele |first=Nutan |date=2023-04-25 |title=Kick Creator Program: All We Know |url=https://afkgaming.com/esports/guide/kick-creator-program-all-we-know |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=AFK Gaming |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title='Kick' Will Pay $16 An Hour To 'streamers' Who Broadcast Live On Its Platform, So You Can Use It - Bullfrag |url=https://www.bullfrag.com/kick-will-pay-16-an-hour-to-streamers-who-broadcast-live-on-its-platform-so-you-can-use-it/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Compared to its competitor [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], Kick has looser policies against copyright infringement, hate speech, gambling content, harassment and sexual content, although its community guidelines do prohibit those behaviors, as well as [[doxing]] and violent conduct.<ref name="bloomberg" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Saqib |date=2023-08-14 |title=What is Kick? Twitch streamers moving to rival platform |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/kick-twitch-streamers-moving-rival-platform-b1100611.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> A representative of the website said in March 2023 that the platform was in the process of expanding its moderation efforts and that it did not tolerate hate speech or copyright violations.<ref name="bloomberg" />


A ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article stated that some of the website's content creators have committed what appeared to be crimes, such as sexual assault and trespassing, while streaming.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Browning |first=Kellen |date=2023 |title=Gambling, Risky Pranks and Lucrative Contracts: Inside the Streaming Site Kick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/technology/kick-streaming-twitch-gambling.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Other content creators of the platform have had sex while streaming, brandished sex toys at children and made sexual remarks toward underage girls. A banned user of the website once coaxed underage girls to strip while on video calls and distributed their images on [[Discord]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Begley |first=Patrick |date=2024-05-02 |title='A playground for degenerates': The dark corners of an Australian streaming giant |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-playground-for-degenerates-the-dark-corners-of-an-australian-streaming-giant-20240425-p5fmk4.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> After being banned from Twitch for what the streaming platform called "unmoderated hateful conduct on chat" in 2023, streamer [[Adin Ross]] migrated to Kick, where he livestreamed the [[Super Bowl]], scrolled through [[Pornhub|PornHub]] and invited [[White nationalism|white nationalist]] [[Nick Fuentes]] on a livestream.<ref name="bloomberg" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
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== Streaming deals ==
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Trainwreckstv was among one of the earliest major streaming personalities to attract attention to join the platform. The American streamer, who was banned from Twitch previously for gambling during his streams, revealed to his audience in March 2023 he made $16,000 with 3,500 subscribers from the site within his first ten days streaming on the platform.<ref name=":0" /> Trainwreck was also joined by [[Adin Ross]], who revealed on March 1, 2023 he signed a streaming deal with Kick for an undisclosed amount. Ross claimed that his deal at the time was the largest in streaming history, though denied that it was in excess of $150 million USD.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adin Ross signed "biggest streaming deal ever" to join Kick after Twitch ban |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/adin-ross-signed-biggest-streaming-deal-ever-to-join-kick-after-twitch-ban-2074460/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}</ref>


Kick has been called "a playground for people to be degenerate" by Kristin Gillespie, a co-founder of the New York-based Rights to Unmute, a [[Not-for-profit organization|not-for-profit]] organization that seeks to combat racism, bigotry and harassment in gaming. She said in May 2024 that Kick has tolerated overly sexual and, sometimes, "predatory behavior" on the platform.<ref name=":6" /> Kick streamer [[Hikaru Nakamura]] said that the platform was undergoing the same initial journey as other social media websites, including Twitch, which he said was "very much the Wild West" when it started. Nakamura further said that it usually takes time for such websites to adapt.<ref name=":3" />
On March 29, 2023, Kick signed [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]] [[Hikaru Nakamura]] to a non-exclusive deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-streaming-places-gmhikaru-clarifies-kick-deal-claims-will-still-stream-twitch-going-forward|title="Streaming in both places" - GMHikaru clarifies Kick deal, claims he will still stream on Twitch going forward|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Richik|publisher=[[Sportskeeda]]|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-streaming-places-gmhikaru-clarifies-kick-deal-claims-will-still-stream-twitch-going-forward|title=xQc says Kick is targetting Twitch streamers the "right way" after Hikaru's non-exclusive deal|last1=Bennett|first1=Connor|publisher=Dexerto|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>


Kick CEO Ed Craven stated in an interview that "people are realizing [that] the more controversial they are, the more shock factor involved in their content, the more viewers they get, and it can sometimes be a dangerous mix in that regard". He further said that Kick was in the process of adapting and deciding what type of content it should deem acceptable. In late 2023, Kick content creators [[Ice Poseidon]] and [[Sam Pepper]] were detained by Australian police after an incident involving a man they had met earlier that day. They attempted to film the man and a sex worker, both of whom had consented to be filmed, engaging in sexual activity in a hotel room. The situation escalated when the man initially prevented the sex worker from leaving. Following the incident, some streamers considered leaving the platform. In response to the incident and backlash, Kick updated its guidelines, adding a report button for rule-breaking content and introducing regulations on staff participation in "high-risk" livestreams.<ref name=":3" />
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In May 2023, [[BruceDropEmOff]] announced that he partnered with Kick, though the sum of the deal was undisclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-01 |title=Kick Signs Yet Another Prominent Twitch Streamer |url=https://gamerant.com/kick-signs-brucedropemoff-twitch-streamer/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maytray |first=Pranav |date=2023-06-01 |title=Popular Streamer BruceDropEmOff reportedly signed a multi-million dollar deal with Kick after multiple Twitch Bans |url=https://firstsportz.com/esports-news-popular-streamer-brucedropemoff-reportedly-signed-a-multi-million-dollar-deal-with-kick-after-multiple-twitch-bans/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=FirstSportz |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Gambling content ==
On June 16, 2023, it was announced [[xQc]] signed a two-year, $70 million non-exclusive deal to the platform, with incentives that could increase the value of the deal to $100 million. This made the signing of xQc to Kick the largest streaming deal, surpassing [[Ninja (gamer)|Ninja]]'s $50 million exclusivity deal with the defunct [[Microsoft]]-owned [[Mixer (service)|Mixer]], and further surpassing [[LeBron James]]' two-year deal with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Mike |title=Top Twitch Star xQc Moves To Kick In 'Largest Streaming Deal Ever' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2023/06/16/top-twitch-star-xqc-moves-to-kick-in-largest-streaming-deal-ever/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Browning |first=Kellen |date=2023-06-16 |title=Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/business/twitch-kick-xqc.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Two days later, on June 19, Kick signed [[Amouranth]], though the details of her deal were not disclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tassi |first=Paul |title=Kick Just Stole xQc And Amouranth, Twitch’s Top Male And Female Streamers, Within 48 Hours |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/06/19/kick-just-stole-xqc-and-amouranth-twitchs-top-male-and-female-streamers-within-48-hours/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amouranth joins Kick in shock move away from Twitch |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amouranth-joins-kick-in-shock-move-away-from-twitch-2181082/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=Amouranth Follows xQc’s Lead And Leaves Twitch |url=https://kotaku.com/kick-amouranth-contract-xqc-twitch-income-twitter-1850555804 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Kotaku |language=en}}</ref>
Kick, which was founded by gambling industry businessmen Bijan Tehrani and [[Ed Craven]], who are also the founders of online casino website [[Stake.com]], has been accused of promoting gambling content to its audience, including underage people, as well as having ties to gambling industry figures and influencers.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=Influencers flock to platform known for gambling industry ties |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitch-kick-streamer-gambling-deals-rcna95672 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>


Kick is a [[loss leader]] to Stake. [[Concordia University]] assistant professor Andrei Zanescu said that Kick's generous terms of service toward streamers, which only takes 5% of its creators' earnings instead of Twitch's 50%, can be explained by the influx of new users that Stake was receiving as the result of gambling streamers who broadcast themselves on Kick while using the gambling platform.<ref name=":3" />
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On June 27, 2023, the streamer and [[political commentator]], [[Destiny (streamer)|Destiny]] announced a non-exclusive 12-month partnership with Kick for an undisclosed 7-figure amount.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Kick signs Destiny under new 7-figure contract with “two big conditions” |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/kick-signs-destiny-under-new-7-figure-contract-with-two-big-conditions-2192169/ |website=Dexerto | language=en-US}}</ref>

[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] Gambling Studies Program co-director Timothy Fong has expressed concerns regarding Kick's lack of transparency over its gambling content. Twitch's former director of creator development Marcus Graham also criticized Kick for its lack of transparency around its connections to gambling platforms. He stated that "there are so many red flags present that it is embarrassing watching people who I respect give this platform an ounce of credibility".<ref name=":4" /> In 2022, Graham called Kick a "sham" due to its lack of information about its investors.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Liao |first=Shannon |date=2022-12-07 |title=Top Twitch creator endorses platform connected to crypto gambling site |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/12/06/trainwrecks-kick-gambling-stake/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

In order to evade [[Gambling in the United States|U.S. regulations on gambling]], which have made the practice illegal in some states, some American streamers have moved out of the country to broadcast gambling streams on the platform.<ref name=":3" /> [[Nickmercs|Nick Kolcheff]] stated that part of his contract with Kick required him to do gambling content (although a representative of the organization denied that such requirement existed in his contract). Kolcheff stated that he intended to move out of the United States in order to record his gambling streams, since the Stake.com was not allowed to operate in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrish |first=Ash |date=2023-10-30 |title=Gambling streams are "part of the contract" for Kick's newest streamer |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938853/kick-nickmercs-gambling-contract-stake |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>

Craven stated in 2023 that the website intended to decrease exposure to gambling content.<ref name=":4" /> He also said that the platform had strong safety controls to block children from being exposed to gambling livestreams, as well as people who live in jurisdictions where gambling is outlawed.<ref name=":3" />

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* [[Trainwreckstv]] was among the earliest major streaming personalities on the platform.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-11 |title="A New Era of Streaming" - Trainwreckstv Stuns Twitch Supporters With Over $16,000 Income Within 10 Days of Streaming on Kick |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-a-new-era-of-streaming-trainwreckstv-stuns-twitch-supporters-with-over-sixteen-thousand-income-within-ten-days-of-streaming-on-kick-com/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=EssentiallySports}}</ref>
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* In March 2023 [[Adin Ross]] announced he had signed a streaming deal with Kick for an undisclosed amount. Ross claimed that his deal at the time was the largest in streaming history, though denied that it was in excess of $150 million USD.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adin Ross signed "biggest streaming deal ever" to join Kick after Twitch ban |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/adin-ross-signed-biggest-streaming-deal-ever-to-join-kick-after-twitch-ban-2074460/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Dexerto |date=March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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* In May 2023, [[BruceDropEmOff]] announced that he had partnered with Kick, though the sum of the deal was undisclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-01 |title=Kick Signs Yet Another Prominent Twitch Streamer |url=https://gamerant.com/kick-signs-brucedropemoff-twitch-streamer/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>
* On June 16, 2023, Kick announced that [[xQc]] signed a two-year, $70 million non-exclusive deal to the platform, with incentives that could increase the value of the deal to $100 million. This made the signing of xQc to Kick the largest streaming deal, surpassing [[Ninja (gamer)|Ninja]]'s $50 million exclusivity deal with the defunct [[Microsoft]]-owned [[Mixer (service)|Mixer]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Browning |first=Kellen |date=2023-06-16 |title=Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/business/twitch-kick-xqc.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* On June 19, 2023, Kick signed [[Amouranth]], though the details of her deal were not disclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amouranth joins Kick in shock move away from Twitch |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amouranth-joins-kick-in-shock-move-away-from-twitch-2181082/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Dexerto |date=18 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=Amouranth Follows xQc's Lead And Leaves Twitch |url=https://kotaku.com/kick-amouranth-contract-xqc-twitch-income-twitter-1850555804 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Kotaku |language=en}}</ref>
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* In June 2023, [[political commentator]] [[Destiny (streamer)|Steven "Destiny" Bonnell]] announced a non-exclusive 12-month partnership with Kick for an undisclosed 7-figure amount.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Kick signs Destiny under new 7-figure contract with "two big conditions" |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/kick-signs-destiny-under-new-7-figure-contract-with-two-big-conditions-2192169/ |website=Dexerto |date=28 June 2023 | language=en-US}}</ref>
* In August 2023, Kick announced the signing of Italian football journalist [[Fabrizio Romano]]. He exclusively streamed his summer [[transfer window]] coverage on the platform, including his deadline day show on September 1.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Castillo |first1=Alejandro |last2=Reidy |first2=Paul |date=2023-08-22 |title=Here we Go! Fabrizio Romano signs for Kick |url=https://en.as.com/soccer/here-we-go-fabrizio-romano-signs-for-kick-n/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=[[Diario AS]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
* In November 2023, Kick signed [[Tfue]], though the sum of the deal was undisclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooke |first=Hunter |date=2023-11-19 |title=Tfue returns to streaming with Kick, ending 5-month retirement |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/tfue-returns-to-streaming-with-kick-ending-5-month-retirement |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In October 2024, Kick Signed Sneako, though the sum of the deal was undisclosed. <ref>https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/streamers/news-sneako-announces-joining-kick-adin-ross-birthday-stream</ref>


== Sponsorships ==
== Sponsorships ==
In January 2023, [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo F1 Team]] signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Kick. Kick's name and logo will replace Stake's (Alfa Romeo's title sponsor) in countries where gambling and sports betting advertisements are not allowed as "Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathore |first=Nischay |date=2023-02-02 |title=Sponsorship Trouble Forces Alfa Romeo to Play the Sneaky Game in 2023 F1 Season |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-sponsorship-trouble-forces-alfa-romeo-to-play-the-sneaky-game-in-2023-f1-season/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=EssentiallySports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2023 |title=New title sponsor Alfa Romeo not visible at every F1 Grand Prix |url=https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/179180/title-sponsor-alfa-romeo-banned-from-f1-races.html |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=www.gpblog.com |language=en}}</ref> In June, Sauber Esports announced a title partnership with Kick to form "Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports".<ref>{{Cite web |last=GamingLyfe.com |date=2023-06-09 |title=Sauber Esports and KICK Announce Title Partnership for Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports |url=https://gaminglyfe.com/sauber-esports-and-kick-announce-title-partnership-for-alfa-romeo-f1-team-kick-esports/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=G-LYFE Nation - Gaming News, Esports News, Gaming Community |language=en-US}}</ref> Alfa Romeo raced a revised Kick livery called the "disruptive livery" at the [[2023 Belgian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collantine |first=Keith |date=2023-07-24 |title=Alfa Romeo reveal neon green livery changes for Belgian GP · RaceFans |url=https://www.racefans.net/2023/07/24/alfa-romeo-reveal-disruptive-livery-for-belgian-grand-prix/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724132257/https://www.racefans.net/2023/07/24/alfa-romeo-reveal-disruptive-livery-for-belgian-grand-prix/ |archive-date=24 Jul 2023 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=RaceFans |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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In August, Kick struck another commercial agreement in the sports industry, this time signing a multi-year partnership with [[Premier League]] club [[Everton Football Club|Everton]] to become the club's official sleeve-sponsor<ref>https://www.evertonfc.com/news/3612439/everton-signs-sleeve-deal-with-kick</ref>.


== References ==
=== Motorsport ===
In January 2023, [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo F1 Team]] signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Kick. Kick replaced [[Stake.com|Stake]] (Alfa Romeo's title sponsor) in countries where gambling and sports betting advertisements are not allowed as "Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathore |first=Nischay |date=2023-02-02 |title=Sponsorship Trouble Forces Alfa Romeo to Play the Sneaky Game in 2023 F1 Season |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-sponsorship-trouble-forces-alfa-romeo-to-play-the-sneaky-game-in-2023-f1-season/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=EssentiallySports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2023 |title=New title sponsor Alfa Romeo not visible at every F1 Grand Prix |url=https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/179180/title-sponsor-alfa-romeo-banned-from-f1-races.html |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=www.gpblog.com |language=en}}</ref> Alfa Romeo raced a revised Kick livery called the "disruptive livery" at the [[2023 Belgian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collantine |first=Keith |date=2023-07-24 |title=Alfa Romeo reveal neon green livery changes for Belgian GP |url=https://www.racefans.net/2023/07/24/alfa-romeo-reveal-disruptive-livery-for-belgian-grand-prix/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724132257/https://www.racefans.net/2023/07/24/alfa-romeo-reveal-disruptive-livery-for-belgian-grand-prix/ |archive-date=24 Jul 2023 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=RaceFans |language=en-GB}}</ref> Alfa Romeo left the sport after the end of the year, and Kick extended their relationship with [[Sauber Motorsport]], renaming the team to "Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber."<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-15 |title=Sauber's new team name unveiled after departure of Alfa Romeo as title sponsor |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.sauber-new-team-name-stake-f1-team-kick-alfa-romeo.3ExVqWTCT8pd7MEd71V5DK.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Formula 1}}</ref> The team will go as "Kick F1 Team" in countries with restrictions on promoting gambling, which was previously done with Alfa Romeo's title sponsorship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brittle |first=Cian |date=2024-01-04 |title=Sauber to alternate F1 team name between Stake and Kick |url=https://www.blackbookmotorsport.com/news/sauber-f1-stake-kick-team-sponsorship/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=BlackBook Motorsport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Dan |date=2024-01-05 |title=Sauber to switch between Stake and Kick F1 branding in 2024 and '25 |url=https://www.motorsportweek.com/2024/01/05/sauber-to-switch-between-stake-and-kick-f1-branding-in-2024-and-25/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Motorsport Week |language=en-GB}}</ref> Kick also secured the naming rights to Sauber's 2024 and 2025 chassis, with the 2024 car named as [[Kick Sauber C44]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-15 |title=Streaming giant, Kick.com, secure Sauber Motorsport chassis naming rights for 2024 and 2025 |url=https://www.sauber-group.com/motorsport/f1-news/streaming-giant-kick-com-secure-sauber-motorsport-chassis-naming-rights-for-2024-and-2025 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Sauber Group}}</ref>


=== Esports ===
In June 2023, Sauber Esports announced a title partnership with Kick to form "Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muhammad |first=Isa |date=2023-06-14 |title=Alfa Romeo Joins the Esports Race With Kick Collaboration |url=https://www.beyondgames.biz/37945/alfa-romeo-joins-the-esports-race-with-kick-collaboration/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=BeyondGames.biz |language=en-GB}}</ref> and entered the [[2023–24 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship]] as KICK F1 Sim Racing Team (the team entered the first round as Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports before Alfa Romeo's departure). KICK F1 Sim Racing Team continues with Thomas Ronhaar and Brendon Leigh for the 2024–25 season following a successful first season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KICK F1 Sim Racing Team to continue with Thomas Ronhaar and Brendon Leigh into 2024-25 Sim Racing season |url=https://sauber-group.com/de/news/detail/test-8 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=sauber-group.com}}</ref>

=== Football ===
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In August 2023, Kick signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with [[Premier League]] club [[Everton Football Club|Everton]] as the club's official sleeve sponsor.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 August 2023 |title=Everton Signs Sleeve Deal with KICK |url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/3612439/everton-signs-sleeve-deal-with-kick |website=Everton}}</ref>

== Policies ==

According to Kick's terms of service, users need to be at least 13 years old (in the United States) or 16 years old (in the [[European Union]]) to create an account on the website. In order to be able to stream, users need to be at least 18 years old or be in the presence of their legal guardian.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=May 2024 |title=What is Kick streaming? What parents need to know |url=https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/news-blogs/what-is-kick-streaming/ |work=[[Internet Matters]]}}</ref> According to Kick, streamers on the platform keep 95% of subscription revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IV |first=Antonio Pequeño |title=Twitch Introduces 70/30 Revenue Split For Some Streamers Through New Program—With Some Caveats |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/06/15/twitch-introduces-7030-revenue-split-for-some-streamers-through-new-program-with-some-caveats/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name=tubefilter>{{cite web |last1=Hale |first1=James |date=27 July 2023 |accessdate= 8 July 2024|title=Here's how Kick plans to get profitable |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/07/27/kick-monetization-plans/ |website=[[Tubefilter]]}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Twitch (service)]]

== References ==
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Latest revision as of 03:50, 28 November 2024

Not to be confused with Kik Messenger.

Kick
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Area servedWorldwide
OwnersAshwood Holdings (50%)
Bijan Tehrani (50%)
ParentEasygo Entertainment Pty Ltd
URLkick.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedOctober 18, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-10-18)
Current statusActive
Native client(s) oniOS, Android, Web

Kick (also known as Kick.com) is a video livestreaming service. It is operated by Kick Streaming Pty Ltd and backed by Stake.com co-founders Bijan Tehrani, Ed Craven, and streaming personality Trainwreckstv.[1] Kick was founded in 2022 as a competitor to Amazon-owned Twitch, with a focus on looser moderation and higher revenue shares for streamers.[2][3][4] Kick is mostly known for its low 5% revenue charge, as well as its 2023 deals with multiple streamers including Hikaru Nakamura, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Nickmercs, Adin Ross, Amouranth, Ice Poseidon, and xQc.[5][2][6]

As of June 2023, Kick averages 110,000 livestreams per day.[5] As of November, 2024, Kick averages over 6,000,000 chat messages per day.[7]

Corporate structure

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The Kick streaming platform had its inception in December 2022. To formalize its operations as a registered company in Australia, Kick Streaming Pty Ltd was established in November of the same year. The sole shareholder of Kick Streaming is Easygo[8] Entertainment Pty Ltd.[9][10]

In a July 2023 interview, Craven said that "Kick is not currently profitable." Craven said the company tentatively plans to become profitable in one to three years through the use of advertising.[11]

Content moderation

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Compared to its competitor Twitch, Kick has looser policies against copyright infringement, hate speech, gambling content, harassment and sexual content, although its community guidelines do prohibit those behaviors, as well as doxing and violent conduct.[2][12] A representative of the website said in March 2023 that the platform was in the process of expanding its moderation efforts and that it did not tolerate hate speech or copyright violations.[2]

A New York Times article stated that some of the website's content creators have committed what appeared to be crimes, such as sexual assault and trespassing, while streaming.[13] Other content creators of the platform have had sex while streaming, brandished sex toys at children and made sexual remarks toward underage girls. A banned user of the website once coaxed underage girls to strip while on video calls and distributed their images on Discord.[14] After being banned from Twitch for what the streaming platform called "unmoderated hateful conduct on chat" in 2023, streamer Adin Ross migrated to Kick, where he livestreamed the Super Bowl, scrolled through PornHub and invited white nationalist Nick Fuentes on a livestream.[2][12][13]

Kick has been called "a playground for people to be degenerate" by Kristin Gillespie, a co-founder of the New York-based Rights to Unmute, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to combat racism, bigotry and harassment in gaming. She said in May 2024 that Kick has tolerated overly sexual and, sometimes, "predatory behavior" on the platform.[14] Kick streamer Hikaru Nakamura said that the platform was undergoing the same initial journey as other social media websites, including Twitch, which he said was "very much the Wild West" when it started. Nakamura further said that it usually takes time for such websites to adapt.[13]

Kick CEO Ed Craven stated in an interview that "people are realizing [that] the more controversial they are, the more shock factor involved in their content, the more viewers they get, and it can sometimes be a dangerous mix in that regard". He further said that Kick was in the process of adapting and deciding what type of content it should deem acceptable. In late 2023, Kick content creators Ice Poseidon and Sam Pepper were detained by Australian police after an incident involving a man they had met earlier that day. They attempted to film the man and a sex worker, both of whom had consented to be filmed, engaging in sexual activity in a hotel room. The situation escalated when the man initially prevented the sex worker from leaving. Following the incident, some streamers considered leaving the platform. In response to the incident and backlash, Kick updated its guidelines, adding a report button for rule-breaking content and introducing regulations on staff participation in "high-risk" livestreams.[13]

Gambling content

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Kick, which was founded by gambling industry businessmen Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven, who are also the founders of online casino website Stake.com, has been accused of promoting gambling content to its audience, including underage people, as well as having ties to gambling industry figures and influencers.[15]

Kick is a loss leader to Stake. Concordia University assistant professor Andrei Zanescu said that Kick's generous terms of service toward streamers, which only takes 5% of its creators' earnings instead of Twitch's 50%, can be explained by the influx of new users that Stake was receiving as the result of gambling streamers who broadcast themselves on Kick while using the gambling platform.[13]

UCLA Gambling Studies Program co-director Timothy Fong has expressed concerns regarding Kick's lack of transparency over its gambling content. Twitch's former director of creator development Marcus Graham also criticized Kick for its lack of transparency around its connections to gambling platforms. He stated that "there are so many red flags present that it is embarrassing watching people who I respect give this platform an ounce of credibility".[15] In 2022, Graham called Kick a "sham" due to its lack of information about its investors.[16]

In order to evade U.S. regulations on gambling, which have made the practice illegal in some states, some American streamers have moved out of the country to broadcast gambling streams on the platform.[13] Nick Kolcheff stated that part of his contract with Kick required him to do gambling content (although a representative of the organization denied that such requirement existed in his contract). Kolcheff stated that he intended to move out of the United States in order to record his gambling streams, since the Stake.com was not allowed to operate in the country.[17]

Craven stated in 2023 that the website intended to decrease exposure to gambling content.[15] He also said that the platform had strong safety controls to block children from being exposed to gambling livestreams, as well as people who live in jurisdictions where gambling is outlawed.[13]

Streaming deals

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  • Trainwreckstv was among the earliest major streaming personalities on the platform.[18]
  • In March 2023 Adin Ross announced he had signed a streaming deal with Kick for an undisclosed amount. Ross claimed that his deal at the time was the largest in streaming history, though denied that it was in excess of $150 million USD.[19]
  • In May 2023, BruceDropEmOff announced that he had partnered with Kick, though the sum of the deal was undisclosed.[20]
  • On June 16, 2023, Kick announced that xQc signed a two-year, $70 million non-exclusive deal to the platform, with incentives that could increase the value of the deal to $100 million. This made the signing of xQc to Kick the largest streaming deal, surpassing Ninja's $50 million exclusivity deal with the defunct Microsoft-owned Mixer.[21]
  • On June 19, 2023, Kick signed Amouranth, though the details of her deal were not disclosed.[22][23]
  • In June 2023, political commentator Steven "Destiny" Bonnell announced a non-exclusive 12-month partnership with Kick for an undisclosed 7-figure amount.[24]
  • In August 2023, Kick announced the signing of Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano. He exclusively streamed his summer transfer window coverage on the platform, including his deadline day show on September 1.[25]
  • In November 2023, Kick signed Tfue, though the sum of the deal was undisclosed.[26]
  • In October 2024, Kick Signed Sneako, though the sum of the deal was undisclosed. [27]

Sponsorships

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Motorsport

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In January 2023, Alfa Romeo F1 Team signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Kick. Kick replaced Stake (Alfa Romeo's title sponsor) in countries where gambling and sports betting advertisements are not allowed as "Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick".[28][29] Alfa Romeo raced a revised Kick livery called the "disruptive livery" at the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.[30] Alfa Romeo left the sport after the end of the year, and Kick extended their relationship with Sauber Motorsport, renaming the team to "Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber."[31] The team will go as "Kick F1 Team" in countries with restrictions on promoting gambling, which was previously done with Alfa Romeo's title sponsorship.[32][33] Kick also secured the naming rights to Sauber's 2024 and 2025 chassis, with the 2024 car named as Kick Sauber C44.[34]

Esports

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In June 2023, Sauber Esports announced a title partnership with Kick to form "Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports"[35] and entered the 2023–24 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship as KICK F1 Sim Racing Team (the team entered the first round as Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports before Alfa Romeo's departure). KICK F1 Sim Racing Team continues with Thomas Ronhaar and Brendon Leigh for the 2024–25 season following a successful first season.[36]

Football

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In August 2023, Kick signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Premier League club Everton as the club's official sleeve sponsor.[37]

Policies

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According to Kick's terms of service, users need to be at least 13 years old (in the United States) or 16 years old (in the European Union) to create an account on the website. In order to be able to stream, users need to be at least 18 years old or be in the presence of their legal guardian.[38] According to Kick, streamers on the platform keep 95% of subscription revenue.[39][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Staff, Matt Craig, Forbes (9 June 2024). "These entrepreneurs went all in on a crypto casino - and became billionaires". Forbes Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e D'Anastasio, Cecilia (3 March 2023). "Twitch's New Streaming Rival Kick Tests Waters of Lighter Moderation". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ Tsiaoussidis, Alex; Richman, Olivia (28 March 2023). "Who owns Kick.com? Fledgling Twitch streaming rival responds to Stake rumors". Dot Esports.
  4. ^ Bennett, Tess (31 March 2023). "Local crypto billionaires use Grand Prix to debut new venture". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Browning, Kellen (16 June 2023). "Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Winslow, Levi (6 April 2023). "Former Twitch King Ninja On Mixer's Failure (And Kick's Potential)". Kotaku.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  7. ^ "KickChatLogs". KickChatLogs. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  8. ^ "EasyGo".
  9. ^ Wilson, Cam (29 March 2023). "Live-streaming platform Kick is part-owned by Australian crypto billionaire Ed Craven". Crikey. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  10. ^ Waterhouse, Tom (30 August 2023). "Waterhouse VC August update: Twitch vs. Kick and the rise of gambling streams as entertainment". NEXT.io. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  11. ^ a b Hale, James (27 July 2023). "Here's how Kick plans to get profitable". Tubefilter. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b Shah, Saqib (14 August 2023). "What is Kick? Twitch streamers moving to rival platform". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Browning, Kellen (2023). "Gambling, Risky Pranks and Lucrative Contracts: Inside the Streaming Site Kick". The New York Times.
  14. ^ a b Begley, Patrick (2 May 2024). "'A playground for degenerates': The dark corners of an Australian streaming giant". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Influencers flock to platform known for gambling industry ties". NBC News. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. ^ Liao, Shannon (7 December 2022). "Top Twitch creator endorses platform connected to crypto gambling site". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ^ Parrish, Ash (30 October 2023). "Gambling streams are "part of the contract" for Kick's newest streamer". The Verge. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  18. ^ ""A New Era of Streaming" - Trainwreckstv Stuns Twitch Supporters With Over $16,000 Income Within 10 Days of Streaming on Kick". EssentiallySports. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Adin Ross signed "biggest streaming deal ever" to join Kick after Twitch ban". Dexerto. March 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Kick Signs Yet Another Prominent Twitch Streamer". Game Rant. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  21. ^ Browning, Kellen (16 June 2023). "Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Amouranth joins Kick in shock move away from Twitch". Dexerto. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Amouranth Follows xQc's Lead And Leaves Twitch". Kotaku. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Kick signs Destiny under new 7-figure contract with "two big conditions"". Dexerto. 28 June 2023.
  25. ^ Castillo, Alejandro; Reidy, Paul (22 August 2023). "Here we Go! Fabrizio Romano signs for Kick". Diario AS. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  26. ^ Cooke, Hunter (19 November 2023). "Tfue returns to streaming with Kick, ending 5-month retirement". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  27. ^ https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/streamers/news-sneako-announces-joining-kick-adin-ross-birthday-stream
  28. ^ Rathore, Nischay (2 February 2023). "Sponsorship Trouble Forces Alfa Romeo to Play the Sneaky Game in 2023 F1 Season". EssentiallySports. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  29. ^ "New title sponsor Alfa Romeo not visible at every F1 Grand Prix". www.gpblog.com. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  30. ^ Collantine, Keith (24 July 2023). "Alfa Romeo reveal neon green livery changes for Belgian GP". RaceFans. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  31. ^ "Sauber's new team name unveiled after departure of Alfa Romeo as title sponsor". Formula 1. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  32. ^ Brittle, Cian (4 January 2024). "Sauber to alternate F1 team name between Stake and Kick". BlackBook Motorsport. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  33. ^ Lawrence, Dan (5 January 2024). "Sauber to switch between Stake and Kick F1 branding in 2024 and '25". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  34. ^ "Streaming giant, Kick.com, secure Sauber Motorsport chassis naming rights for 2024 and 2025". Sauber Group. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  35. ^ Muhammad, Isa (14 June 2023). "Alfa Romeo Joins the Esports Race With Kick Collaboration". BeyondGames.biz. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  36. ^ "KICK F1 Sim Racing Team to continue with Thomas Ronhaar and Brendon Leigh into 2024-25 Sim Racing season". sauber-group.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  37. ^ "Everton Signs Sleeve Deal with KICK". Everton. 1 August 2023.
  38. ^ "What is Kick streaming? What parents need to know". Internet Matters. May 2024.
  39. ^ IV, Antonio Pequeño. "Twitch Introduces 70/30 Revenue Split For Some Streamers Through New Program—With Some Caveats". Forbes. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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