Kick Algorithm:

• Top signals: CCV + total hours watched. Kick still emphasizes raw concurrent viewers more than Twitch or YouTube.
• Secondary: New-creator boost (Kick deliberately amplifies streamers in their first 30-90 days to compete with established platforms), broadcast frequency.
• Penalizes: Inactivity streaks (30+ days without broadcasting), stream quality issues (frequent disconnects, low bitrate output).

Kick-specific quirks:

• The new-creator boost is the most distinctive Kick algorithm feature. New streamers get amplified into browse pages disproportionately to their CCV. This is Kick's user-acquisition strategy at the platform level.
• Gambling and prediction-market content has its own algorithmic boost on Kick (it's part of why Kick exists as a platform).
• The platform is smaller, so absolute browse-page placement is easier to achieve. A 50 CCV stream can hit the front page during off-peak hours.

Kick optimization priority: consistency (don't break streaks) → CCV growth (raw size still matters here) → category presence in less-competitive niches → strong stream quality output.