Kick is taking action against streamers who use viewbots to boost their numbers and engage in other malicious tactics to try to game the system. Stake and Kick CEO Eddie Craven revealed that the streaming site suspended about 200 people from its partnership program a week ago. He went on to say that the plan is to remove about 100 people every week over the next 12 months:
A catalyst for this new approach was reports about the prevalence of viewbotting on the platform. A whitepaper from Streams Charts for Q2 2025 estimated that over 16% of Kick channels that have 50 or more quarterly viewers appear to be viewbotting.
ranted about how streaming platforms only ban less popular streamers for viewbotting
Trainwreck is one of the most outspoken content creators on the matter. Over the weekend, he ranted about how streaming platforms only ban less popular streamers for viewbotting. The 34-year-old reckons that 75% of the top 100 streamers are viewbotting and that none of them have been banned:
xQc is also vocal on the topic. He believes that talent agencies are often to blame, as they get bigger commissions when their clients’ audiences are larger, as they can sell larger ad packages to companies.
