Kick owner responds to viewbot accusations after being called out by streamer KickKick and Stake owner Eddie Craven has responded to accusations that the streaming platform viewbots its own creators, after one streamer called them out and made the accusation. In recent months, Kick has launched and the conversation around it has been non-stop, debating whether it can truly compete with giants like Twitch and YouTube when it comes to livestreaming. While there is a lot of support from creators, due largely to the increased subscriber revenue split in comparison to Twitch, with Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins saying it has more promise than Mixer, there has been some controversy surrounding the platform. With discussions around the site\u2019s moderation, as well as creators having their names taken and handed to bigger creators, one accusation levied against Kick has been inflating its viewership figures with viewbots. One particular tweet went viral regarding the situation, saying that \u201cviewer count doesn\u2019t mean sh*t\u201d as they went live to 40 viewers and nobody talking in chat. Not long after, Eddie Craven explained why this could be the case, providing some transparency on the situation. \u201cKick, according to well-respected sites such as similarweb, had over 58m visitors in March alone, compared to \u2018only\u2019 3m registered accounts,\u201d he explained. \u201cMajority of our traffic is still unauthenticated and are yet to create accounts. It\u2019s a new platform and people are slowly signing up every day \u2026 \u201cSubsequently, such as in your case, when you find yourself on the homepage for the music section you\u2019ll naturally attract clicks.\u201d I appreciate the constructive feedback in the video. We\u2019re working on all points you addressed already \ud83d\ude42 \u2014 Eddie (@StakeEddie) April 9, 2023 Kick, according to well respected sites such as similarweb, had over 58m visitors in March alone. Compared to \u201conly\u201d 3m registered accounts. Majority of our traffic is still\u2026 This would explain why some streamers\u2019 chats aren\u2019t as active as one might expect on Kick, as there are still a significant number of users visiting the website and checking streams out, despite not having an account and therefore being unable to use the chat function. Of course, nothing can be guaranteed, and this isn\u2019t the only instance in which some believe Kick\u2019s numbers are inflated. While being cautiously optimistic about the platform, Ninja also said that Kick streamers are in for a \u201creality check\u201d as a lot of subscriptions right now are gifted, and at some point that will plateau. Only time will tell how things go for the platform but for now, many creators are loving it, and there may well be a shift away from Twitch if they can keep the momentum up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kick owner responds to viewbot accusations after being called out by streamer KickKick and Stake owner Eddie Craven has responded to accusations that the streaming platform viewbots its own creators, after one streamer called them out and made the accusation. In recent months, Kick has launched and the conversation around it has been non-stop, debating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}