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title: 'Kick Streamer Pay: $16/Hour Leak Debunked & Real Monetization'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfu7gUO81g'
video_id: 'ZRfu7gUO81g'
date: 2026-07-11
duration_sec: 512
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# Kick Streamer Pay: $16/Hour Leak Debunked & Real Monetization

> Source: [Kick Streamer Pay: $16/Hour Leak Debunked & Real Monetization](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfu7gUO81g)

## Summary

This video debunks a fake screenshot claiming Kick pays streamers $16/hour and explains the real monetization opportunities on Kick, including the 95% sub revenue split, upcoming hourly pay via a Creator program, and tips for diversifying income as a creator.

### Key Points

- **Fake $16/hour Screenshot** [00:02] — A leaked screenshot claiming Kick offers $16/hour to streamers is an online troll; not true.
- **Warning Against Easy Money Mindset** [00:46] — Streaming solely for easy money is stupid and leads to failure. Most successful streamers started because they genuinely wanted to, not for money.
- **Current Main Income: Subs** [01:13] — Kick offers 95% of sub revenue to creators (vs 50% Twitch, 70% YouTube). A $5 sub gives creator $4.74 after 5% processing fee.
- **Sustainability Concerns Addressed** [01:55] — Kick owners assure 95% payout will never change. Co-founder said Kick was already profitable in Q1 2023 through a strategic partnership.
- **Comparison: 100 Subs on Kick vs Twitch** [03:46] — 100 subs on Kick = $474; on Twitch = $250.
- **Upcoming 'Kicks' Currency** [04:00] — Kicks will be a chat currency similar to Twitch bits, allowing viewers to support creators or the chat itself.
- **Hourly Pay Creator Program** [04:41] — Kick will introduce a Creator program with hourly pay based on metrics like CCV. Example: 250 CCV = $25/hour for 100 hours/month; higher tiers at 500 CCV = $50/hour.
- **Ads: Optional and Creator-Controlled** [06:06] — Ads will never be forced; creators can enable/disable and choose ad types. Kick will not interfere with third-party sponsorships.
- **Diversify Income Beyond Kick** [07:02] — Use growth on Kick to earn via YouTube ad revenue, short-form content, brand deals, affiliate sales, and merchandise. Example: $1,500 extra from affiliate links in January.

### Conclusion

Kick offers strong monetization options like 95% sub revenue and upcoming hourly pay, but creators should diversify income streams and avoid relying solely on platform earnings.

## Transcript

currently a leak going around that shows a screenshot of kick offering streamers $16 an hour to start streaming on Kick yes kick is at some point going to be paying its creators an hourly wage to stream on the platform so stay tuned for
unfortunately this $16 an hour screenshot in particular is a online troll I know it's shocking that something on the Internet isn't actually true oh I can't believe it anyways today we talk about the real hourly pay that's
coming to kick how you can currently make money on Kick and what the future looks like for bringing in revenue on Kick I do think before we get into this that starting streaming only on the hopes that you can earn easy money to
leave your boring ass job is not only stupid but most likely will result in Failure this is usually what creates the small streamer mentality which is this idea that just because you do it means you deserve something in return for
further from the truth if it was easy everybody would do it most of us who originally because we just genuinely wanted to and then somewhere down the line money followed the whole point of today's video is to just bring some
transparency to the current state of kick and give some creators out there income so at the time of making this video the main source of income comes from Subs on kick you could use a third party donation link obviously but I'm
talking about what kick offers for you the streamer right now to earn Revenue specifically on kick now this is obviously nothing new twitch Subs have been a huge part of Creator's income for years only difference is on kick you get
95% of your earnings versus the 50% on Twitch or the 70% on YouTube the other 5% of the sub cost goes to the payment processing fee so every $5 sub that you get on kick you personally earn $474 now there are a lot of people that
are really worried that this 95% payout is just kind of hype off the start that longterm they'll go back on this to make the platform more profitable but multiple owners of kick have assured the viewers that they will never touch the
sub revenue for the creators this creates yet another fear where everybody is concerned if the platform is sustainable will kick be able to generate profit in some way to make it a long-term platform I did have the
co-founders of kick about this last month and he said that in q1 of 2023 kick was already showing profit honest right now so Ki has only been around for for you know 3 to four months right we we we saw we saw profit in q1 we saw
profit in q1 just through one strategic partnership right that's all right that's that's all it takes it's not a difficult business model to to sustain think there is ways to go about this and I think I think that as long as people
understand that there is a long-term of road map out there that we're very you know really look forward to seeing what what's achievable um I think all it's kind of interesting and I think they're already going to start doubting
know is the kind of thing that was only going to last a week 2 weeks 3 weeks on and on but I think naturally people are skeptical for the right reasons and you know we'll just continue to prove them wrong um you know most certainly
taking people's subscriptions money and all that kind of stuff isn't what makes biggest misconception of the all the misconception of us overpaying for Ser cost like there is absolutely no issues right now kick sustainability and I can
tell you that right now as someone who like we're trying to make some we're people right that should go to show that us as a company we are not worried about doesn't change the fact that currently right now you do get 95% of the Rev
split which is huge for creators I mean for every 100 Subs you're talking for every 100 Subs you're talking $474 versus twitch's $250 then at some point kick will be offering kicks which is essentially kicks version of bits
this will be like a chat currency where viewers will be able to interact and support their creators I have heard that kicks will also be available for the chat in itself meaning that if I was to give kicks to a streamer I could choose
to either give the kicks to the streamer itself or to the chat of the streamer actually comes true and how it will work one of the things that I loved about twitch bits years ago is that you could actually earn bits by watching ads I
thought this was a great interactive way for twitch you have to have ads so what better way to entice the viewers to stay and watch the ads than to give them bits thus being able to support the Creator but of course in twitch fashion they had
to get rid of something that made sense next let's talk about the hourly pay on Kick yes both train W and Eddie have publicly talked about a Creator program that will be coming that will introduce an hourly pay the idea is that as kick
learns what metrics are really important to specific creators the Creator could introduced into the Creator program which I assume the Creator program is kind of similar to twitch's partner program but once the Creator achieves
being in the Creator program is you would get an hourly pay for x amount of do and the more they grow their Community the more they would get in return so for example let's just say you hit 250 CCV which is 250 congruent
this program and then you automatically start earning $25 an hour for x amount hours a month let's just say 100 from there the more that you grow the better that you do you would be able to unlock different tiers like $50 at 500 CCV if
this is true and actually how it's going to work I think this is a great idea for creators to actually work for something I think we've all seen by now how partner and then on top of that cutting out personally picking contracts for
specific streamers and just rewarding any Creator who grows their Community as elephant and the the room let's talk about ads I've only heard ads briefly talked about between Eddie and train but the idea is that ads will never be
forced onto you like what we're used to on Twitch I believe ads at some point is going to be offered to creators and not forced so that way they can specifically they do this YouTube has been doing this for years by the way you can actually
disable or enable the ads then on top of that you can pick what kind of ads go on hearing the word ads and getting super uncomfortable remember ads in general uncomfortable remember ads in general aren't bad twitch forcing pre-roll ads
and forcing non-skippable back-to-back ads and then giving the creators a shitty cut is what's actually bad and then in light of all the recent sponsor talk over on Twitch I've been assured by kick that they will never ever try to
platform and they will honor any third-party contract that you personally sponsorship and that's what I want to promote on my stream it will never be a conflict of interest for the site if they start offering ads finally I
encourage everyone to utilize your growth on Kick to bring in Revenue off of kick now while some of you might say that the following is very obvious I don't think you realize how many creators out there have no idea how many
opportunities are available and how they can leverage their growth to make money of air it's been an awesome time The Vibes are really high there and the extra income from it has been great it's never healthy to put all your eggs in
one basket bringing in extra income on YouTube ad revenue or short form content is huge working with Brands and using sites like Amazon to get affiliate sales is great additional income in fact earlier this year I tweeted out that in
January I brought in $1,500 extra dollars just from affiliate links and passive income alone that is a extra house payment done from just not being lazy putting content on every single platform signing up for websites and
putting links in videos I mean just a simple 50 shirt clothing drop costs maybe $4 to $500 for you to produce but in return will make you $1,400 to $1,500 that's a $1,000 Profit just from you
selling 50 shirts all in all the point is it's a really big world there's a ton of ways to monetize yourself while kick offers a lot of opportunities and the future really does look dope over there I highly recommend that you educate
yourself on the many ways that you can earn extra income as a creator online notifications that's all I got for you guys today I'm out peace deuces