Kick vs Twitch: How does the Trainwreckstv-backed platform stack up against the Amazon-owned platform?
On 6 December 2022, Tyler "Trainwreckstv" announced that he will be spearheading Kick.com, the newest streaming platform on the market. Since launching, a foray of discussion has been conducted within the internet community regarding the nature of the venture.
Many have also pointed out that the platform has clear associations with Stake.com, the gambling site which was banned on Twitch earlier this year.
Looking at the website, there are clear similarities with its counterpart, Twitch. The interface and design are visually similar and many of the features are common.
The most apparent difference one can find between the two websites is the presence of gambling as a category. Trainwreckstv's website has a section dedicated to slots streaming.
Since launching, slot streaming has been the number one trending category on the platform. It has nearly ten times (at the time of writing) as many concurrent viewers as the second most-watched category (Just Chatting).
Trainwreckstv's switch to the new platform comes as no shock as he was among the detractors during Twitch's policy reversal on gambling. For those unaware, the purple platform banned any unlicensed gambling websites from their platform in September.
Tyler, whose streams prior to the ban were mostly centered around slot machine games, tweeted that he would be creating a new platform with fairer policies and a favorable revenue split.
Aside from slots, Kick also has a dedicated section for "Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches," something permitted but not featured on Twitch.
Another major discursive point has been with regard to the division of revenue split between the creator and the platform. Earlier this year, Twitch announced that they would be exercising a 70-30 revenue split
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