Kick Sub Revenue Calculator

Subscriptions are the backbone of most Kick income, and gifted subs are a big, spiky part of that — this free calculator turns your recurring and gifted subs into a monthly and yearly take-home estimate using Kick’s documented 95/5 split. Instead of guessing what a sub is “worth,” you put in your own numbers and see the real, after-cut figure.

How much of a Kick sub does the streamer actually keep?

Kick’s publicly documented split is 95/5: the creator keeps 95% of subscription revenue and Kick keeps 5%, which covers payment processing. On a $4.99 Tier 1 sub that works out to roughly $4.74 kept and about $0.25 to Kick. It’s one of the most creator-favourable splits in streaming — Twitch’s standard split is 50/50 and YouTube’s is 70/30 — and it’s the single hard, platform-official number this calculator is built on (last verified August 2026).

Do gifted subs pay the streamer the same as normal subs?

Yes. A gifted sub is just a subscription that a viewer buys for someone else, so it runs on the same 95/5 split and pays the streamer the same ~95% of the sub price. That’s why this calculator treats recurring and gifted subs with the same math and simply reports them on separate lines. The real difference is time, not money: a recurring sub renews each month, while a gifted sub covers a single month and then lapses unless the recipient chooses to keep subscribing.

What is a “gift bomb” actually worth?

When someone drops a big batch of gifted subs, the headline cost is simple multiplication: the sub price times the number of subs. A hundred gifted subs at $4.99 costs the gifter about $499, and the streamer keeps roughly $474 of that after the 5% cut. The quick-answer box in the calculator shows both sides — what the gifter spends and what the creator keeps — so you can sanity-check any “100 gifted subs” figure you see. For the full breakdown, our guide on how much 100 gifted subs on Kick costs walks through the caveats.

Is a Kick sub $4.99 or $5.00?

You’ll see both in 2026. Kick’s Tier 1 sub has been priced at $4.99, and some current help pages now list a flat $5.00, with higher tiers costing more and prices sometimes varying by region. Rather than bake one number in and pretend it’s universal, this calculator defaults the sub price to $4.99 and lets you change it — set it to whatever your tier actually charges and every figure updates instantly.

Why do gifted subs feel so unreliable as income?

Because they’re one-off. A gift bomb spikes your subscriber count and your revenue for that month, but those subs don’t auto-renew — each covers its gifted month and then expires. That makes gifted subs fantastic for momentum (a wave of new subs, chat hype, more visible activity) and unreliable as a salary. The channels that convert gift bombs into durable income are the ones that keep the gifted viewers around long enough to re-subscribe on their own, which comes back to being seen and giving people a reason to stay.

How accurate is this Kick sub calculator?

It’s an estimate, and it’s only as good as your inputs. The 95/5 split is a real, documented platform term; the sub price is variable, and your future subs and gifts are a forecast, not a guarantee. It doesn’t model taxes, currency conversion, tier mix, or churn between months. Use it to answer concrete questions — “what would 80 subs plus a 100-gift night actually pay me?” — not as a promised paycheck. For income beyond subs (KICKs, gifts and tips), use the broader Kick earnings calculator.