Engagement infrastructure for Twitch and Kick streamers since 2017.
We ship free streaming tools, write growth guides, and run Affiliate-Safe delivery for streamers who care about their channel surviving the next platform enforcement wave.
stream-rise.com · Free tools · Twitch growth guide · Kick growth guide · Service standards · About
Pure browser-side, no signup, no email capture.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| OBS Bitrate Calculator | Pick upload speed + resolution + encoder + platform → recommended bitrate, keyframe interval, headroom warning. Twitch / Kick / YouTube. |
| Twitch Growth Calculator | Time-to-Affiliate estimator across all four Twitch Affiliate gates. What-if sliders. Partner trajectory. |
| Kick Growth Calculator | Kick Affiliate threshold tracker (75 followers / 5 hours / 3 unique days). |
| Stream Revenue Estimator | Twitch vs Kick monthly earnings with 50/50 vs 70/30 vs 95/5 sub split math. |
| Affiliate Safety Checker | Channel TOS-risk auditor for Affiliate-track streamers. |
| Twitch Title Grader | CTR-oriented stream-title scorer. |
| Twitch Tag Optimizer | Tag recommendation for category visibility. |
| Raid Timing Calculator | Optimal raid timing window for sender + recipient channels. |
| Subathon Calculator | Subathon planning math (sub-time conversion, target durations). |
| Sub Goal Thermometer | OBS-embeddable subscription progress widget. |
| Twitch Ads Revenue Calculator | Ads revenue estimate by viewership tier. |
| Streamer Tax Estimator | US/UK/EU streamer tax estimator (rough). |
| Cross-Platform Earnings Comparator | 6-platform earnings comparison. |
| Live Status Tracker | Helix-backed Twitch live status checker. |
| Channel Audit | Helix-backed Twitch channel audit. |
Full catalogue: stream-rise.com/tools.
Long-form editorial maintained by the Streamrise team:
- Twitch Affiliate Program FAQ (2026) — verified 2026 thresholds, sub split, payouts, simulcasting rules.
- Kick vs Twitch 2026 — full comparison: 95/5 vs 50/50 sub split, audience size, content policy, regional reach.
- How to stream on Kick (2026) — setup walkthrough plus Affiliate path.
- Kick Partner Program requirements (2026) — 250 followers + 30h + 75 CCV + 25 subs + 250 chatters + 2 VODs in 30 days.
- Joining the Twitch Affiliate Program — rolling-window mechanics + onboarding flow.
Full archive: stream-rise.com/blog.
Most viewer-buying services in this market exist on the cheap end with datacenter IPs, headless curl loops, and freshly-minted accounts — the configuration that fails the first time Twitch tightens detection. We rebuilt the delivery stack three times since 2017 (away from embed-bots, then off rotating residential proxies onto verified account sessions, then onto our current infrastructure) precisely because that pattern eventually breaks for everyone using it.
The Affiliate-Safe configuration spreads retention to resemble organic-viewer behaviour rather than a flat concurrent block. Service standards, refund policy, and named editorial bylines are public — see /about, /sla, /refund-policy, /authors.
- Wikidata: Q139592800
- Reddit: u/streamrise_tech
- Product Hunt: @streamrise_tech
- Status page: status.stream-rise.com
- Alex Morrison — Senior Editor, Twitch Growth. Maintains the Twitch Growth Guide, the platform-update analyses, and the pillar money pages.
- Daria Ivanova — Editor, Kick & International. Covers Kick platform mechanics and PT-BR / DE / RU creator markets.
- Marcus Chen — Technical Editor, API & Integrations. Reseller API, OBS / Streamlabs / encoding, broadcast-software content.
- Support: support@stream-rise.com
- API: api@stream-rise.com
- Refunds / disputes: refunds@stream-rise.com
- Live chat: bottom-right of any page on stream-rise.com (24/7)