Kick Subs Payout Calculator
Estimate Kick subscription payouts and creator take-home (USD)
Kick payout calculator FAQs
What revenue split should I enter?
Kick’s widely cited default is a 95/5 split in the creator’s favor. To mirror that, enter 5% in the platform cut field. On a $4.99 subscription, this works out to roughly $4.74 per sub before refunds and tip fees.
Do I need to include refunds and chargebacks?
Only if they actually occur. A small percentage for chargebacks and refunds keeps your forecast realistic, especially at scale. The calculator reduces sub gross by your refund rate first, then applies the platform cut so you don’t overstate net revenue.
How do I handle multiple subscription tiers?
You can either use a weighted average price across tiers or run the calculator separately for each tier. Keep the period length consistent (for example, one calendar month) so your comparisons remain apples to apples over time.
Can I add donation tips to the payout?
Yes. Enter total gross tips for the same period plus an estimated processor fee percent, and tick “Include donation tips in total payout”. Tips net is added on top of net subs so you can see both your baseline and “subs + community generosity” totals.
Does this include taxes or currency conversion?
No. The calculator shows payout in USD only and does not model local taxes or bank conversion spreads. For true take-home, compare these estimates against your actual payout statements and accounting records.
How to use this Kick subs payout calculator
1. Turn headline subs into a practical payout
Kick Subs Payout Calculator turns “I had a good month” into a concrete take-home number in USD. You enter your main sub tier price (or a weighted average across tiers), how many paid subs you held in a period, the platform cut percent, and any expected refunds or chargebacks. The tool computes sub gross, reduces it by refunds, applies the platform cut, and shows your net subs income for that window.
2. Mirror Kick’s 95/5 split accurately
Kick is known for a 95/5 revenue split in favor of creators on standard subscriptions. To mirror that, enter 5% as the platform cut. On a $4.99 tier, that means the estimator returns around $4.74 per subscription before refunds. Keeping that mental rule-of-thumb makes it easier to translate sub goals live—“another 100 subs is roughly $474 in net sub revenue this month” is clear for you and your community.
3. Keep inputs consistent from month to month
For useful trends, treat each run of the calculator as one consistent reporting period: a calendar month, a specific campaign, or a subathon. Use the same period for subs, refunds, and tips so your totals line up. If you experience occasional refunds or chargebacks, add a small percentage to the refunds field instead of guessing in your head—this avoids inflating your expectations as your channel grows.
4. Layer donation tips without hiding your baseline
Tips can be a big part of creator income, but they’re naturally spiky. By treating tips as a separate block with their own gross amount and processor fee percent, you can compare “subs-only baseline” against “subs + tips” totals. Many processors charge a percent plus a flat fee; entering just the percent yields a slightly conservative estimate that still keeps you in the right ballpark. If you don’t have reliable tip data yet, leave tips at zero and focus on stabilizing subscription revenue first.
5. Use the copy-ready summary for tracking and sponsors
When you tap “Copy summary”, the calculator generates a compact payout breakdown: sub price, paid subs, platform cut, refunds, net subs, optional tips net, and total payout. Paste this text into a spreadsheet after each big stream or month to build a simple revenue history, or drop it into a sponsor deck to show how your audience translates into predictable subscription income and more variable tip spikes.
6. Treat the results as planning numbers, not final accounting
The page is an educational planner, not a live connection to Kick’s backend. It does not fetch your actual payout statements, payment processor fees, or local tax rules. Use it to set targets, sanity-check live sub goals, and communicate expectations with mods, editors, and potential sponsors. As your channel grows, refine these assumptions with real payout data from Kick and your payment processor.
How the payout math is approximated
Let p be sub price in USD, s the number of paid subs in the period, c the platform cut percent, and r the refunds percent. Sub gross is G = p × s. Base after refunds is B = G × (1 − r). Platform fee is F = B × c, and net subs payout is Nₛ = B − F.
If you include tips, let Tg be gross tips and t the tip fee percent. Tips net is Nₜ = Tg × (1 − t). Total payout is then Nₛ + Nₜ. All percentages in the calculator are entered as 0–100 values and converted to decimals internally. The tool does not apply any additional tax or currency conversion; those depend on your bank, payment processors, and local rules.