Kick Launches Events Hub With Four-Stream Multiview (2026)

Livestreaming platform Kick has launched a dedicated Events Hub that gathers live and upcoming broadcasts in one place, alongside a new multiview feature that lets desktop viewers watch up to four streams on a single screen. The hub rolled out on October 16, 2026, according to win.gg, and it is Kick’s latest move in its growing rivalry with Twitch.

The Events Hub acts as a central directory for everything happening on the platform. Instead of searching channel by channel, viewers can browse a single page listing ongoing and upcoming broadcasts, spanning esports tournaments, creator collaborations, and real life streams. Creators still go live from their own channels, but the hub gives major broadcasts a shared front door that is far easier to find.

The Kick streaming platform logo. Image: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kick Standout Features:

The standout feature is multiview. On desktop, viewers can slot up to four broadcasts into one shared screen, either in an evenly split grid or a focus layout that keeps one stream large while the others sit in smaller windows. Only the stream in focus plays audio, so four simultaneous broadcasts never turn into a wall of noise, and the chat panel follows whichever stream is active. Viewers can add and remove streams freely, though at least two live broadcasts are needed to start a multiview session. If one creator ends their stream, the layout reshuffles automatically to fill the gap.

Getting featured in the hub is a curated process, not a free for all. Kick has opened a dedicated application portal where event organizers submit their broadcasts for review. Once Kick approves an event, it contacts the organizers about artwork and setup details, and the hosts can then invite the participating creators directly. Simply adding an event keyword to a stream title is not enough to get in, which should keep the hub focused on genuine large scale productions rather than keyword stuffing.

Kick launched in 2022 as a challenger to Twitch, founded by Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, the entrepreneurs also behind the betting site Stake. The platform built its audience on a creator friendly 95 percent subscription revenue split, far above Twitch’s 50 percent, along with looser content rules that attracted big name streamers. The trade off has been controversy, with critics pointing to lax moderation and gambling content as ongoing concerns.

The Events Hub caps a busy 2026 for the platform. Kick first teased multiview in September through a partnership with Prodigy, released a mobile app earlier in the year aimed at real life creators, and added smaller features like unban requests and daily rewards. On the content side, a strategic partnership with the ESL FACEIT Group in April brought Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 tournaments to Kick, and Riot Games made Kick an official broadcast partner for League of Legends, VALORANT, and TFT events starting with MSI 2026. Afrobeats star Davido joined the platform on October 10, and CEO Eddie Craven has confirmed that advertising is on the way, while promising it will not destroy the viewing experience.

The timing is no accident. Twitch has spent 2026 pushing AI-driven moderation and live shopping streams, while Kick is betting that better discovery and group viewing can win over viewers and creators alike. Multiview’s killer use case is obvious: a weekend packed with overlapping esports matches, four games on one screen, one chat at a time. If organizers embrace the hub, it could become the default way to follow big multi stream moments, from tournament days to creator collabs.

The Events Hub is live now on Kick’s website, and creators who want their broadcasts featured can apply through the platform’s events portal.

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