Trainwrecks Compares Revenue Earned On Kick And Twitch

Popular streamer Tyler “Trainwreckstv” recently revealed the startling disparity between the cash generated by subscriptions on the two main streaming platforms—Kick and Twitch.

Tyler demonstrated how Kick offers its authors a much bigger percentage of membership revenue than Twitch, offering 95% compared to Twitch’s 50%. He used the income generated by a Twitch streamer with 100 subscribers, which comes to roughly $500, as an example to illustrate this discrepancy and showed that the streamer would only receive about $250. The stark discrepancy in earning possibilities between the two platforms—around $475 for a streamer on Kick with the same amount of subscribers—is demonstrated. He described the gap as follows: “IT’S WILD HOW I CAN GIFT 100 SUBS ($500) ON KICK AND THE CREATOR GETS ~$475 OF IT, ON TWITCH YOU GET ~$250 OF IT”

After launching on December 6 of last year, Kick.com entered the streaming business under the leadership of Trainwreckstv. For those who don’t know, Tyler joined the platform as a non-exclusive broadcaster and non-owner advisor. On TwitLonger, the streamer posted a lengthy update that was 1,107 words long. He listed some of Kick’s distinctive and eye-catching features, such as the streamers’ 100% tip share and a revenue split of 95% to 5% to the platform. 

Tyler posted a second post after his initial tweet comparing the income split practices of the two streaming services to criticize Twitch’s business model. He stated: “If platforms take 50% of our sub revenue, they better bend over backwards & treat us like the royalty that they treat their contracted group of ‘teacher’s pets’ with. They built their business off of our backs and when they got big enough their true colors showed.” 

In response to one of the comments, Tyler made a suggestion that only a small number of content providers receive subscription revenue from Twitch: “imagine them funneling our sub money into the pockets of a select few large creators that do nothing for any of us.”