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• Kick sets new high-water mark with 317 million hours of watch time in March 2025
• Kick is putting small creators on the road to success with $50,000 in prizes

  Kick is teaming up with Streams Charts for Kick Road, a tie-in with DreamHack Dallas that will award $50,000 to streamers.

  
• Kick creates fund to pay developers who use its API to make third-party tools

  Kick has set aside $100,000 to pay developers who use its API to create third-party apps and streamer tools.

  
• Kick wants viewers to use new rewind feature to make sure they “never miss that moment”

  Kick's new feature allows viewers to rewind an ongoing live stream. There is no analogous product on Twitch.

  
• Despite gains among its rivals, Twitch still accounts for 82% of streaming hours
• Kick takes its name literally with UFC partnership
• Have you heard? iShowSpeed gets a play button, Druski gets a movie, and the Costco Guys get buckets.
• Kick courted edgy creators. Now it has to deal with them.
• The Hawk Tuah girl’s fame is lasting longer than 15 minutes. How is she doing it?
• Twitch lost 10% of market share to YouTube and Kick
• Kick star Ice Poseidon seeks creators for $100,000 ‘Hunger Games’ battle royale
• Twitch CEO: Kick made a “complete mistake” by poaching top streamers