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News & updates that matter

Six guides on the platform changes that actually move a streamer's numbers. Twitch Plus rollout, Kick policy reversals, YouTube's Live algo retuning, and the small tweaks that look small but compound. We summarise the change, the math, and what to do about it on Monday morning.

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How to Block Someone on Twitch: The Steps, What a Block Does and How to Undo It

Twitch calls blocking "a personal privacy tool that allows you to stop interactions with specific users across Twitch." [1] It is not a channel tool like a ban. Anyone with an acco

Marcus Chen·10 min
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How to Change Your Profile Picture on Kick: Browser Steps, Size Rules and Fixes

Kick's profile article explains what the picture is for: "Avatars help Viewers identify you and your channel. They are used across the KICK platform in chat rooms and on channel pa

Daria Morrison·9 min
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Can You Swear on Twitch? The Profanity Label, Slurs, Chat and Tags

Twitch does not ban swearing. Its label guidelines say that "Intermittent use of vulgar language; brief, occasional outbursts; or more frequent use of mild profanity" do not need a

Marcus Chen·13 min
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How to Cancel a Kick Subscription: Web, iPhone, Android and Refunds

Kick subscriptions renew on their own. Kick's viewer guide says: "Subscriptions on KICK automatically renew each month unless you unsubscribe." [2] So if you want to stop paying fo

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Q1 2026

Q1 2026

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Top Kick Streamers Poland 2026 — Verified Q1

Polish-language Kick is one of the platform's quieter top-10 stories. Two Polish creators sit inside the global hours-watched top 10 for Q1 2026 per Streams Charts: rybsonlol (Artu

Daria Morrison·7 min
Top Streamers

Top Streamers

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Top Kick Streamers Morocco 2026 — Darija Scene

Try this. Open Streams Charts' MENA 2025 ranking and read down the top 10. You'll hit three Moroccan names — Ilyas El Maliki at #5 (27.01M hours watched), Bougassaa at #8 (16.17M),

Daria Morrison·13 min
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Top Kick Streamers Poland 2026 — Verified Q1

Polish-language Kick is one of the platform's quieter top-10 stories. Two Polish creators sit inside the global hours-watched top 10 for Q1 2026 per Streams Charts: rybsonlol (Artu

Daria Morrison·7 min
Account And Security

Account And Security

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How to Delete a Stream from Twitch

A bad stream happens. Maybe a desktop notification flashed your bank balance, your cat knocked the mic down, or you tested OBS scenes for two hours with the title still set to a pr

Alex Morrison·13 min
Chat And Moderation

Chat And Moderation

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Twitch Predictions 2026 — Channel Points Guide

Quick frame, before the rules section. Twitch predictions live inside Channel Points: viewers stake points on a coming in-stream event, the streamer calls the result, the winners s

Marcus Chen·16 min
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  • subs and donations
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Twitch Custom Messages: Full 2026 Setup Guide for Streamers

Twitch custom messages cover everything from a subscriber's 255-character resub banner to bot-driven auto-replies, Channel Point text rewards, /announce highlights, and pinned chat

Alex Morrison·13 min
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