Following Amouranth’s shocking June 17 statement that she is switching to rival streaming service Kick, it appears that the migration of great talent from Twitch is well and truly building up. A fellow streamer named xQc recently made the jump to the quickly expanding service by agreeing to a two-year, $100 million USD megadeal. As a result of recent controversy around Twitch’s move to ban branded material and a more favourable subscription income share for streamers, Kick is becoming increasingly well-liked in the community.
To add insult to injury, Amouranth made the announcement during her seventh anniversary stream on Twitch, before posting a clip to Twitter where she can be seen packing away her hot tub and toys.
In the clip, Amouranth is seen reading over xQc’s Kick deal before calling her ‘agent,’ saying “Can I get one of those?” She ultimately cut her Twitch stream short, debuting on Kick to over 11,000 viewers according to Streamscharts.
Known for her gaming, ASMR, and NSFW hot tub content, the 29-year-old hinted at a possible move to Kick in March 2023. At the time, she cited uncertainty surrounding Kick’s owners and investors and was worried an exclusive deal with the new service would see her lose her large Twitch community as reasons against the swap.
It appears that, following xQc’s non-exclusive deal with the site, she may be operating under the same conditions. While this isn’t confirmed, nor just how large her specific deal is in general, it’s another blow to Twitch, who will see yet another huge name depart the site in some capacity.
Some have speculated Amouranth to be one of the six acquisitions that Kick owner and streamer Trainwreckstv hinted at in March, with many other community members now eagerly tuning in to other big names on Twitch in anticipation they’ll also jump ship.