Kick Chat Features
Engage Your Viewers. Moderate Your Stream. Build Community.
Kick's chat system is designed to be fast, flexible, and fun — giving you and your audience powerful ways to interact during your stream.
Why Kick Chat Matters
- Build loyalty through engagement
- Keep the stream safe and positive with mod tools
- Use emotes and GIFs for viewer expression
- Enhance stream flow with chat overlays and bots
Core Kick Chat Features
1. Real-Time Live Chat
- Appears instantly with no delay
- Viewers can tag your name, send emojis, and chat freely
- Messages can be deleted or timed out by you or moderators
✅ Best Practice: Greet people by name and reply to key comments on stream.
2. Moderator Tools
You (or trusted mods) can:
- Timeout users
- Ban users
- Delete specific messages
- Promote users to mod from chat directly
To assign a mod:
- Go to Settings → Channel → Add user under Moderators
- Or in chat, type:
/mod username
3. Emotes & GIFs Support
Kick supports:
- Global emotes
- Custom emotes (for verified or partnered streamers)
- Tenor-powered GIFs (enabled by default)
✅ Great way to encourage subs by unlocking exclusive emotes.
4. Pinned Messages
You can pin important messages in chat:
- Stream rules
- Discord link
- Polls or call to action
Click the "…" on your message and select Pin.
5. Chatbots & Alerts Integration
While Kick doesn't yet have native bots like Twitch's Nightbot, third-party options work great:
- Botrix
- StreamElements (via browser overlay)
- KickTools & KickAlerts (chat + alerts)
Features you can add:
- Welcome messages
- Auto-moderation
- Commands (e.g. !discord, !uptime, etc.)
- Song requests
- Timed shoutouts
Advanced Chat Overlay for OBS
Want to show chat on stream?
Use:
- Botrix Chat Overlay
- Kick Chat Overlay extension (browser source)
- StreamElements browser widget (experimental support)
Paste the overlay link into OBS → Add → Browser Source → Set width & height.
Kick Chat Features Checklist
Pro Engagement Tips
- Ask your chat questions every 15–20 minutes
- React to emotes/GIFs in real time
- Pin your Discord link during long streams
- Use shoutout commands for regulars or raiders