Kick prints a channel's follower count under the streamer's name, in plain sight on every channel page. Reading it back programmatically is the harder part, because the official API does not offer it at all.
What the official API asks of you
First an account with two-factor authentication enabled, which is what unlocks the developer settings. Then an app, which gives you a client ID, a client secret, and a redirect URL. Then a token, either through the OAuth code grant with PKCE or, for server-to-server work, the client credentials flow.
At the end of all that, the public channels endpoint hands back the channel description, the category, the stream title, and whether the channel is live right now. What it does not hand back is a follower count, or any indication that a channel is verified. Those are the two things most people come for, and they are the two the endpoint leaves out.
What Metrika gives you for Kick
Send a channel name and get back the datapoints we hold for
it: follower count and verified status. The identifier is the
name from the channel URL, so kick.com/xqc is simply xqc.
$ curl -X POST https://metrika.run/api/v1/resources/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"resources": [{"platform": "kick", "type": "account", "identifier": "xqc"}]}'Follower count comes back under metrics and verified status
under attributes, in the same shape as every other platform.
No app to register, no redirect to host, no client secret to
rotate.
The same request shape everywhere
Kick is one of many platforms Metrika supports, alongside Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, GitHub, Twitch, Telegram, Snapchat, Pinterest, Discord, Reddit, Spotify, and SoundCloud. The request you write here is the request you write for all of them, and that matters because streamers rarely stay on one site. The same person usually has a Twitch channel, a YouTube channel, and an X handle, and the useful view is all of them side by side. One token, one response shape, up to ten accounts in a single call, mixing platforms freely.
What Metrika is not
Metrika is read-only and public-only. It will not tell you who is live, what they are streaming, how many people are watching, or anything about chat, clips, or subscriptions. If you need that, the official API is the right tool for the job.
Getting started
Create an account, generate an API key from your dashboard, and you get up to 500 requests per month at no cost, no credit card required. The docs cover authentication and response formats.
Get started with Metrika
Create a free account and start pulling social media datapoints in minutes. The free tier includes 500 requests per month, no credit card required.