Kick has slowly but surely climbed up the viewership charts since joining the streaming action late last year. With some prized scalps as part of its content creation team, the platform is looking to challenge the monopoly of the like of Twitch and YouTube, but which channels are doing their bit in making this aim a reality? Read on to find out.
Most watched Kick streamers in May 2023
Former Twitch star Adin Ross continues to rule the roost in this regard, registering 4.12M Hours Watched last month. He hit these numbers despite streaming for just 83 hours, which is 13 hours and 20 minutes less than the next lowest channel on this list. It is a fall of 34% from his 2023 high last month, but he did stream for much longer in April.
In second is Ice Poseidon, another former Twitch broadcaster and the only other personality to cross the 3 million HW mark. He is also the name with the highest airtime on this leaderboard, having streamed for 531 hours and 30 minutes cross May. Having been inactive until last month, it remains to be seen how active the American is this month.
Taking up the final position on the podium is WestCOL, who jumped five spots from April’s list to make it into the top three in May. The Colombian spent most of last month engaging with his viewers and interacting with them across various topics and events. He did, however, play a few games, apart from delving into the Slots & Casinos genre, and is the only other influencer on this standings to broadcast less than 100 hours.
Roshtein came in fourth, falling one spot from April after losing a fraction of the numbers he posted last month. The Swede mostly broadcast his Slots & Casino activity, with Kick continuing to be more lenient when it comes to this genre. He streamed only 16 times last month and is currently in Canada for a visit that will last a few days.
Rounding off the top five as the third American entry is ac7ionman, another name from last month’s table who also fell by one position. He was pretty busy with the Just Chatting and Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis genres in May. The self-proclaimed “Cyber Athlete” has not been without his fair share of troubles since joining Kick, but that hasn’t stopped his popularity from waning.
The other five names on this list include broadcasters who have between 1.37M HW and 668K HM. They participated in various exercises and activities, including content creation in the Slots & Casino, Just Chatting, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Other, Watch Party, Travel & Outdoors, Old School RuneScape, and Valorant genres.
Most watched female Kick streamers in May 2023
Having finished second last month, Corinna Kopf had an airtime that was almost five times higher this time around to stand atop the mountain. The former Twitch star continues to keep herself and her fans with broadcasts from the Slots & Casino and Just Chatting genres on Kick. Her increasing fame on Kick also saw her beat out the second-placed name on this list by 621%, cementing herself as the undisputed queen on Kick today.
In second place is TheDanDangler, who shot up the table in May after barely making a mark in the preceding months. The American saw a 1K% rise in her Hours Watched number month-on-month, while her airtime shot up by 800%. She also achieved her channel’s all-time peak concurrent viewership during her last recorded stream from May 27, which was mostly in the Just Chatting and Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis genres.
Third is LittleElena, who jumped up one spot from her April ranking despite a fall in her monthly watch time that was achieved over a longer airtime. Having mostly broadcast in the Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis, the Albanian online star will aim to continue her climb up these rankings.
neonjade, third last time, missed out on the podium for May after seeing a fall in her watch hours despite an increase in her airtime. She is another who favors the Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis genre a lot, and that helped her in April, but it seemed less effective this time around, although she has adopted GTA RP and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom recently, which might aid in her attempts to climb back up the leaderboard for June.
Last in the top five is Alina Rose, another streamer who climbed up the ladder from her sixth spot in April. Having been into Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis and Body Arts last month, she stuck to the former and played more of Fortnite, a game that might have helped her make this jump.
The last five names on this list were all bunched together between 56K HW and 41K HW. They delved into various genres like Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis, Just Sleeping, Just Chatting, Slots & Casino, Other, Watch Party, and Cooking. A few also played popular games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Roblox, and they will hope to climb up the charts like the above names come the June rankings.
Most watched categories on Kick in May 2023
The top three remained the same as in April, with Just Chatting, Slots & Casino, and GTA RP making the podium in that order. While the first and third entries improved on their watch hours from last month, the middle genre lost a fraction of its viewership, although it remains the clear second favorite for Kick users.
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 jumped up to the fourth spot from the seventh position last month, while Other, Watch Party retained its fifth place despite increasing its stats. With the Call of Duty League reaching its conclusion and streamers broadcasting the fifth major across platforms, the game’s reach and numbers went up in Kick as well.
Among the last five entries are three games — Fortnite, Old School RuneScape, and CS:GO — and two genres — Pools, Hot Tubs & Bikinis and Just Sleeping. Having lost some steam across May, the entry in sixth fell two places this time, while Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has taken advantage of the hype around Counter-Strike 2 to make an entry in these rankings.
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