What is the Kick 95/5 split?
The Kick 95/5 split is Kick.com's advertised revenue share: the creator keeps 95% of subscription and tip revenue and Kick keeps 5%. On a $4.99 monthly channel subscription, that works out to roughly $4.74 to the creator and about $0.25 to Kick.
What it means per subscription
The split is the headline term Kick used to recruit creators away from Twitch. On a $4.99 channel subscription:
- Creator keeps $4.74 (95%)
- Kick keeps $0.25 (5%)
Scale that up and 100 active subscribers is roughly $474.05 a month from subs alone, before tips, before ads, and before tax.
How it compares with Twitch
Twitch's standard subscription split is 50/50, with a 70/30 tier available to some partners. Kick's advertised 95/5 is dramatically more generous on paper, and that gap is the whole pitch.
It's worth being careful with the comparison, though: a split is a percentage, not an income. A creator with a smaller audience on a better split can still earn less overall. The split tells you how the pie is divided, not how big it is.
How StreamReceipt uses it
Every USD figure on StreamReceipt is built from this split. We receive each channel's gifts and subs from Kick's official event webhooks, convert each event to its face value, then apply the 95% creator share to estimate the payout. That's why we describe our numbers as estimated creator payout rather than income or viewer spend, we're modelling Kick's advertised terms, not reading anyone's bank statement.
See it in practice on the top Kick earners, or read what Kicks are worth.
Want the full monthly picture with subs and gifted subs too? Try the Kick earnings calculator.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Kick 95/5 split?
- The Kick 95/5 split is Kick.com's advertised revenue share: the creator keeps 95% of subscription and tip revenue and Kick keeps 5%. On a $4.99 monthly channel subscription, that works out to roughly $4.74 to the creator and about $0.25 to Kick.
- How much does a Kick streamer make per subscriber?
- A $4.99 monthly subscription pays the creator an estimated $4.74 under the 95/5 split. 100 subscribers is therefore roughly $474.05 per month before tax.
- Is Kick’s split better than Twitch’s?
- On the advertised numbers, yes: Kick promotes a 95/5 split in the creator's favour, while Twitch's standard subscription split is 50/50 (with 70/30 available to some partners). The split is only part of the picture though, total income also depends on audience size, ads and sponsorships, which differ between the platforms.
- Does the 95/5 split apply to Kicks tips as well as subs?
- Kick advertises the 95/5 share across creator revenue, and StreamReceipt applies it to both subscriptions and Kicks gifts when estimating a payout. Kick has not published a separate public rate for every product, so treat tip-side figures as estimates.
- Do Kick streamers really keep 95%?
- 95/5 is what Kick advertises, and it is the basis for every estimate on StreamReceipt. It cannot account for individual contracts, promotional rates, regional pricing, payment processing, or tax, so real take-home is usually lower than a raw 95% calculation suggests.