StreamElements & Stream Charts: New streaming platform Kick Report
Will it kick out Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook?
Kick is a recently launched competitor to Twitch, YouTube Live, and Facebook Live. The platform is currently in the beta stage and the main difference is in increased payments to the content creators.
In April 2023 the number of hours watched on platforms reached 51.8M. The increase to the previous year was about 44%.
Amount of active channels increased from 23.9k in March 2023 to 66.9k in April 2023.
Chatting and slots (casino) streams are gathering the majority of hours watched on the platform. However, games took half of the chart with GTA RP (2.6M hours); Fortnite (1.8M hours); Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 (1.8M hours); Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (963k hours), Apex Legends (771k hours) being on top 10.