Popular American streamer Nick 'NICKMERCS' Kolcheff will broadcast on Kick. He signed a one-year non-exclusive contract with the platform, for which, according to unconfirmed information, he will receive $10,000,000. The first NICKMERCS' broadcasts on Kick are scheduled to take place at the end of October. In the meantime, he will continue to stream on Twitch.
NICKMERCS began his career as a streamer in 2010 on Justin.tv, and after the rebranding of the platform, he continued to broadcast on Twitch. His channel on Twitch had over 6.7 million followers at the time he signed a contract with Kick. NICKMERCS mainly streams shooters and battle royale genre titles. The most common ones are Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Counter-Strike. Kolcheff is also a popular community caster and often covers esports tournaments in these disciplines. In addition to streamer activity, NICKMERCS is also a co-owner of FaZe Clan and has previously played for the organization at various show tournaments.
NICKMERCS' statistics on Twitch for Q3 2023
NICKMERCS' most popular broadcast on Twitch was on April 21, 2021 — more than 371.6K Peak Viewers watched the presentation a new Call of Duty: Warzone map on his channel.
NICKMERCS' popularity reached its highest point in Q3 2020. At that time, his channel ranked third on Twitch in terms of Hours Watched per quarter (he was second among English-language streamers). In recent years, competition on the platform has increased, and NICKMERCS has lost ground. About a year later, in the second half of 2021, he was no longer in the top 10 streamers on Twitch. However, Kolcheff is still one of the most popular community casters in some disciplines, such as Apex Legends.
NICKMERCS is not the first top Twitch streamer to sign with Kick. In June, xQc moved to streaming on the new platform. According to rumors, he signed a two-year contract worth $70 million with an option to increase it to $100 million. Soon he was followed by AMOURANTH, Sapnap, Hikaru Nakamura, Fousey and others.
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