On August 5, Adin Ross hosted the United States presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in a much-anticipated livestream at the latter's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. As expected from two personalities known to court controversy with most things they do, there were many moments worth discussing, making it one of Kick's most popular broadcasts ever.
With Donald Trump's presidential campaign seeing him go left field and appear as a guest on the channel of one of the most talked-about content creators in North America, this live stream notched 583.6K Peak Viewers, helping it become Adin Ross' most popular one of all time. It also became one of the most viewed broadcasts across live-streaming services over the past week and the top one on the Stake-backed platform by a distance.
It also put Adin Ross among the top all-time English-speaking streamers by Peak Viewers across platforms. He takes up the sixth spot, ahead of renowned names like IShowSpeed, shroud, and DrDisRespect, with Lazarbeam remaining the leader thanks to his June 2020 broadcast that attracted over 900K peak concurrent viewers.
Points of discussion included the former Twitch star gifting the ex-President of the United States a Rolex and a Telsa Cybertruck. There was also a custom playlist used as entrance music for the latter, with the two even dancing a bit to other songs at the end of the stream.
Donald Trump does his infamous dance move with Adin Ross and says he’s going to save TikTok and keep it going ?? pic.twitter.com/6ymTweK531
— ryan ? (@scubaryan_) August 5, 2024
Readers must note that, as per many experts, the expensive gifts mentioned above could pose legal problems to the latter. The law states that federal campaign contributions can be limited to $3,300 per election cycle, meaning these items could 'probably represent illegal and excessive campaign contributions,' as per the concerned officials.
Adin Ross and Donald Trump's collaboration also ended up becoming one of the most popular live streams ever on Kick, taking pride of place in fourth. Leading the pack is the Colombian online star westcol, whose live-streaming community boxing event — Stream Fighters 2 — from last September received 806.6 PV to become one of the most significant event streams in the Kick and LATAM communities.
Watching the business magnate — seeking a second term as POTUS — go on lengthy tangents whenever his host asked him a question seemed to have been incredibly entertaining for viewers. The topics of discussion between the two included but were not limited to immigration, Joe Biden, crime, Kamala Harris, and cryptocurrency.
Adin Ross also heaped a lot of praise on his guest, not shying away from the fact that he was a fan, as seen from his white 'Make America Great Again' hat and red tie. Even the Tesla that he gifted was wrapped in an image of Donald Trump taken moments after a gunman attempted to shoot at him during a Pennsylvania rally in July.
XQC JUST MET DONALD TRUMP pic.twitter.com/n7IWSqaJoi
— iqkev (@iqkev) August 5, 2024
There was also an appearance from xQc, another massive star in the internet live broadcasting space who made the move to Kick last June. While his appearance was brief, the French-Canadian did court controversy, including from portions of his fanbase, for appearing to have been wearing a MAGA hat.
At the end of the day, it was a highly successful 90-minute venture for Adin Ross, who received a lot of praise for organizing a live stream involving a presidential candidate. Donald Trump, too, was able to reach out to a demography of people he has been actively trying to connect with during this election cycle, i.e., younger, mostly male far-right leaning voters who form a large chunk of hosts' viewer base.
