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Put two or three platforms side by side

Pick the ones you are actually choosing between. The same questions get asked of each, the answers come off the company's own pages, and every figure carries the day we read it.

Places that pay youThings you build on

Ten questions about whether the money reaches you, asked of each one.

Set your country and every row that publishes a country rule gets marked with whether it accepts you. Nothing is removed and nothing moves.

2 PLATFORMS · 10 QUESTIONS · 2 ANSWERED BY ALL · 1 WHERE ONE STAYS SILENT

Twitch
Kick

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?
TwitchIn which countries is the Affiliate program available?The Affiliate program is available globally. This means you can apply for the Affiliate program no matter where you live.source · checked 2026-09-11
KickWe have not checked this one yet
Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.
TwitchWe have not checked this one yet
KickDoes not publish thisNot published as a list: to receive payouts your country needs to be supported by Stripe, and if Stripe is not available where you live you will not be able to receive payouts at this timesource · checked 2026-09-12
Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?
TwitchI'm under 18, can I still sign up?13: you can sign up under 18 if you are over the age of 13, and your parent or guardian will need to agree to the terms of the Monetized Streamer Agreementsource · checked 2026-09-11
KickWe have not checked this one yet

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?
TwitchHow is the subscription revenue I receive determined?Cash: the standard subscription revenue split for Affiliates is 50/50 between you and Twitch, with enhanced rates for eligible creators through the Plus Programsource · checked 2026-09-11
KickThe 95/5 splitCash: 95% of subscription revenue and of KICKs tips, so $4.75 of each flat $5 monthly subscription, with the other 5% taken as a processing fee; earning requires KICK Affiliate or Partner statussource · checked 2026-09-12
Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?
TwitchOnboarding QuestionsChosen in payout onboarding, including PayPal and eCheck/local bank, which need no zip code; changing the method means restarting onboarding, and changes after the 8th miss that month's payoutsource · checked 2026-09-11
KickPayout methodsStripe only, to a bank account in a supported country after Stripe identity verification; US streamers can also use an instant payout to a debit card, capped at $9,000 USD per payout, and PayPal is not a payout optionsource · checked 2026-09-12
Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?1 of 2 publish this
TwitchWhat happens to my unpaid earnings when I leave the Affiliate Program?The payout threshold is $50 for most users; unpaid accruals below it stay on the account and are paid only once they reach the threshold with a valid payout methodsource · checked 2026-09-11
KickDoes not publish thisNot published as a figure: the help page titled payout schedule, thresholds and methods names no threshold amount anywhere on it, and tells streamers to contact the Subscriptions Team with a threshold questionsource · checked 2026-09-13
Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?
TwitchWe have not checked this one yet
KickCurrency conversion feesThe 5% processing fee on every subscription and tip is the only cut; Stripe's 1.50% currency conversion fee on a non-USD bank account is absorbed by KICK, though your own bank may add receiving feessource · checked 2026-09-12
Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.
TwitchWe have not checked this one yet
KickPayout cadenceVerified streamers choose weekly or monthly payouts, non-verified get monthly only; once initiated, a US ACH transfer lands in 2 to 3 business days and an international deposit usually in 3 to 7 business dayssource · checked 2026-09-12

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?
TwitchWhat happens to my unpaid earnings when I leave the Affiliate Program?Earned revenue is not lost: an invalid payout method holds the balance until you update it, and a balance under the threshold remains on the account, payable only if you rejoin as an Affiliate or Partner and reach the thresholdsource · checked 2026-09-11
KickWe have not checked this one yet

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?
TwitchWe have not checked this one yet
KickWe have not checked this one yet

There is no winner at the bottom of this table

Nothing here gets added up. A score would have to decide that these questions weigh the same for everyone, and they do not. A lower cash-out bar is better if you need the money this month and worse if it arrives as a gift card you cannot spend on rent. One payout method is fine right up until it is the one that does not work where you live.

The rows worth your attention are usually the ones where the columns disagree about whether to answer at all. A platform that publishes its fee and a platform that does not are not two platforms with different fees. One of them has told you, and you can hold them to it.

Rows marked as not checked are about us, not about them. They mean nobody here has gone looking yet, and they stay visible for that reason. Found a figure that has moved? Tell us, and it gets a new source and a new date rather than a quiet edit.

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