PulseOctober 5, 2026
Streaming week: YouTube up 10%, Kick down 2%
The three platforms gathered 369M hours watched in the week of 28 Sep – 4 Oct. Kick 132.6Mh, YouTube 132.5Mh, Twitch 103.9Mh
Kick holds 36% of all hours watched across the three platforms this week.
The three together gathered 369M hours from 741,055 channels.
The highest single moment was on YouTube: 735K viewers at once.
| Platform | Hours watched | Peak viewers | Channels live | Week over week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick | 132,578,739 | 722,746 | 94,091 | -2% |
| YouTube | 132,537,086 | 735,338 | 21,242 | +10% |
| Twitch | 103,871,941 | 232,718 | 625,722 | +2% |
Hours watched is the sum of viewers over the time each channel was live. Average viewers is weighted by airtime, so ten minutes at ten thousand does not outweigh an hour at one thousand.