Kick analytics data privacy: what stats sites can and can't see

Published 1 November 2026

Kick keeps a streamer's own analytics private, so only the streamer sees them unless they share a Media Kit. Kick analytics data privacy also covers stats sites like KickStatz, which can't see those figures and measure public data instead, such as live viewer counts.

What Kick keeps private

A streamer's Kick analytics are visible only to them unless they choose to share a Media Kit. The private figures include unique viewers, chat messages, unique chatters, followers gained and subscriber growth.

A Media Kit is a private, read-only link. Each link lasts 30 days, a streamer can have up to 10 active, and Kick doesn't list the links anywhere public. Agencies and brands can't get ongoing access to a streamer's analytics.

KickStatz figures are the site's own measurements of public data, so they can differ from the private numbers in a streamer's dashboard.

What is public on Kick

Information on a Kick profile is visible to anyone on Kick, including people you don't know. Kick's public API also gives apps these details for each live stream:

  • the streamer's username and picture
  • the channel name used in its kick.com link
  • the stream title, category, language, tags and start time
  • whether the stream is marked as mature
  • the viewer count

Kick's channel record adds subscriber counts, but the public API has no follower count. A streamer can hide the viewer count with the Show view count switch, under Channel actions in the Creator Dashboard. A count of 0 in the API can mean the count is hidden or nobody is watching, and Kick's docs don't say which.

What KickStatz keeps

KickStatz reads Kick's public API every 10 minutes. With that data, KickStatz shows each channel's name and picture and each stream's title, category, language and start time. It also shows viewer counts and active subscriber counts.

The site also keeps a history of streams, with when each ran, its peak and average viewers and its watched hours. KickStatz drops a finished stream that never reached 5 viewers, unless someone had already searched for the channel on the site.

  • Chat: KickStatz doesn't store chat messages.
  • Private details: KickStatz holds no emails, messages or payment details about streamers.
  • Visitors: no cookies, no analytics and no ads. A light or dark theme choice stays in your own browser.
  • Pictures: each channel picture comes from Kick's image servers, which means Kick gets your IP address whenever a page displays one.

The privacy page names legitimate interests as the legal basis for keeping stream history. KickStatz keeps stream history until the site closes or the channel asks for removal.

How do I address data privacy concerns when using Kick analytics?

Start with what you control on Kick, then check each outside site you use.

  1. Share figures through a Media Kit. Each link lasts 30 days, and you choose who gets one.
  2. Decide on your viewer count. The Show view count switch hides the count from anyone watching your channel. KickStatz marks a 0 count as not shown, never as 0 viewers.
  3. Treat your profile as public. Anything in it is visible to anyone on Kick.
  4. Read each stats site's privacy page. Look for what it collects about visitors, whether it stores chat, how long it keeps history, and how to have a channel removed.
  5. Ask for removal if you want out. The steps for KickStatz are below.

Kick analytics ethics: the main questions

A fair look at the ethics of Kick stats sites turns on four questions.

  • Public or private? Live viewer counts are public on Kick, and a streamer's dashboard figures are private. A site that keeps public counts over time still builds a record that a streamer may not expect.
  • How is the data read? Kick's Terms of Service ban scraping, robots, and collecting personal information, including account names, from the service. The terms are Kick's rules for its own site, and they don't mention the API. KickStatz reads Kick's official public API with an app token, which reads public data without a user login.
  • Channels or people in chat? Viewer counts describe a channel as a whole. Chat messages come from individual viewers, and some stats sites store and search them. KickStatz stores no chat.
  • Is there a way out? A streamer who doesn't want a history kept needs a free and plain way to say so.

Snapshot figures can differ from Kick's own numbers, so a stats site should say how it measures them.

How to remove a channel from a stats site

Removing a channel from KickStatz is free and takes three steps.

  1. Put the words "remove from kickstatz" in your channel description, the About text on your Kick channel. KickStatz then knows the request comes from you.
  2. Send your channel name by email to contact@kickstatz.com.
  3. KickStatz checks your description, removes the channel and emails you back. You can then take the words out.

Removal deletes the channel page and its stream history. From the next sweep, the channel leaves every live list, ranking and total, and KickStatz stops keeping anything about its future streams.

For any other stats site, look for its removal, privacy or contact page and follow its process.

KickStatz is run from the United Kingdom. If you are unhappy with how KickStatz handled your information, email contact@kickstatz.com, and every complaint is acknowledged within 30 days. The UK Information Commissioner's Office also takes complaints, at ico.org.uk or by phone on 0303 123 1113.

Questions

Can a stats site see my private Kick analytics?

KickStatz can't. Kick shows a streamer's analytics only to that streamer unless they share a Media Kit link. The figures on KickStatz are its own, measured from Kick's public API.

Does KickStatz store Kick chat?

No. KickStatz keeps stream figures such as peak and average viewers, and no chat messages.

Does KickStatz use cookies?

No. KickStatz has no cookies, analytics or ads. A web host delivers each page, and to do that it gets your IP address and browser details.

Does removing a channel cost anything?

No. Removal from KickStatz is free for any Kick streamer.

The full details are on the privacy page, and removal starts on the remove my channel page.

General information, not legal advice.

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