Having rebounded well in the first month of the year after a weak close to 2025, Kick was able to more or less maintain similar viewership stats in February 2026. There was minimal movement up or down in terms of month-on-month percentage changes, as the platform has seemingly found a decent pace heading into what is bound to be another hectic year.
Crucially, after hitting back-to-back record months for content diversity, the number of games streamed remained high. Even as a few genres continue to attract higher audience engagement, a lot of newer avenues are being explored by content creators, as the viewers are looking for fresh content away from the Stake-backed platform's core formats.
In terms of changes in audience numbers MoM, the biggest fall came in the active channels category, which saw a fall of 12%. At the same time, the number of peak channels shot up by 10% as more and more streamers jumped on the Kick bandwagon, with the platform's peak concurrent viewership also rising by 7%.
While the monthly watch time figures are still some way away from matching the highs seen in mid-2025, it continued to hit over 400 million Hours Watched (HW) for a ninth straight month. With the esports seasons kicking off properly and a lot of influencer-led activities set to happen, these numbers will only rise in the coming months.
When looking at the content of different genres, almost all of them kept their top-ten positions from January 2026. Shooter and Strategy were the only ones to see growth of 10% and above. The growing clamour for titles like DEADLOCK, Dead by Daylight and ARC Raiders, combined with the popularity of legacy titles like Counter-Strike, League of Legends, Fortnite and PUBG Mobile, has helped these two enjoy more visibility among audiences.
Quite a few genres also saw a decline in their monthly watch times. Gambling suffered the biggest fall, slipping by 17% in its monthly watch time as Kick's ecosystem continues to seemingly embrace a wider range of content verticals and stay away from a genre that defined the platform in its early years.
Moving to games and categories, Just Chatting remained the undisputed leader, although it barely saw any changes in its month-on-month watch time. Like in January 2026, almost all the entries saw increments in their Hours Watched figures, with Counter-Strike 2 enjoying the highest rise at 45%, led by livestreams of some top-tier events.
Slots & Casino continued to see a downward trend, which reflects the wider changes seen in the Gambling genre that we mentioned above. Respect RP (GTA), which made waves on Kick last year and emerged as one of the platform's strongest categories, also saw its monthly watch time decrease by 46% as the focus shifted to other titles, whose esports seasons kicked off in earnest.
Most watched and popular Kick streamers in February 2026
Disclaimer: When reviewing individual channel rankings, it is important to treat the figures with a degree of caution. January saw several creators record unusually sharp and short-lived viewership surges that deviate from typical growth patterns. While platform-wide metrics remain directionally reliable, these channel-level anomalies warrant a more skeptical reading of individual creator performance.
Not much changed at the top of the Kick mountain when it came to its most successful streamers. Asian names, especially those from the Middle East, and South American creators continued to accrue high watch time numbers. Most of these creators’ content stayed away from video gaming, instead focusing on IRL streams and Just Chatting segments.
However, quite a few new names caught the eye, and most of them came from Europe. The likes of Patryk "pajalock" Zawadzki, Bogdan "bakaprase" Ilic, Harrison "hstikkytokky" Sullivan and Artur "rybsonlol" Gębicz have all built niche audiences for themselves, having taken advantage of Kick's more lenient rules to farm engagement in the Gambling genre.
We must also mention Frank "The United Strand" Ilett, the viral Manchester United fan whose haircut challenge has become the stuff of social media legend over the past 18 months. His debut livestream on Kick attracted 265,925 Peak Viewers (PV), putting him among theplatform's most popular channels last month.
The popular Mexican TikTok star turned Kick streamer Aldo Arturo also emerged among Kick's most popular channels last month for a broadcast where he and his friends checked out real estate as he looked to find a new house. Franco "francovidalalcalde" Vidal, the mayor of Ate, Peru, also hit 83.4 PV for a livestream involving his own take on an influencer boxing event, titled Velada de Box, in his town.
Milenka Nolasco was the most popular female Kick streamer in February 2026, a month when quite a few new faces made their presence felt. her streams averaged over 12,00 viewers, with most of them tuning in to see her travels across her homeland of Peru, alongside more regular IRL broadcasts involving her meeting other influencers and attending parties.
Japan's Fujisawa Nana, one of the country's fast-rising Kick streamers, made it to the second spot as the only other name with over 10,000 Average Viewers (AV). Her streams also focused on IRL and Just Chatting content, including a trip to Hokkaido, where she took the time out to meet with and greet fans.
The rest of the field continued to see a Hispanic flavor, as creators from Peru, Chile, Colombia and Puerto Rico acted as the audience drivers. A couple of American names, too, made the cut. One of them was Kiana "kyootbot", a musical artist known for creating content about dating and love, who banked on giveaways and live engagement with chat to build a solid viewerbase.
Colombia's Johanna "emetsuki" deserves a mention for reaching 24,432 peak viewers during a February stream. It involved another sports-related event, this time involving volleyball and an influencer team, DIVINAS DEL NORTE, which is also the show's name, as they take on visiting teams in exhibition games in front of hundreds of live supporters.
