Live streaming news for Twitch, Kick, YouTube and others

Monthly rankings, risers and category shifts across Twitch, Kick and YouTube — written by the data itself, not by an editorial desk.

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Streaming week: YouTube up 10%, Kick down 2%PulseOct 5, 2026

Streaming week: Kick moves ahead of TwitchPulseSep 28, 2026

Streaming week: YouTube up 16%, Twitch down 14%PulseSep 21, 2026

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Streaming week: Twitch moves ahead of Kick

Twitch gathered 312.8M hours watched from 910147 channels, moving ahead of Kick for the week of 5 Oct – 11 Oct. Twitch 312.8Mh, YouTube 132.3Mh, Kick 129.5Mh

Oct 12, 2026

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Streaming week: Twitch down 33%, YouTube up 30%

The three platforms gathered 455.9M hours watched in the week of 7 Sep – 13 Sep. Twitch 201.2Mh, Kick 129.4Mh, YouTube 125.3Mh

Sep 18, 2026