eSAFETY GUIDE
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Kick

16+
Minimum age for Australians from 10 December 2025
16+ Minimum age for Australians from 10 December 2025

What is Kick?

Kick is an online streaming platform and social media service where you can watch or broadcast live streams and chat with other users. You can follow, watch and subscribe to live video streams in a variety of categories including games, music, gambling and just chatting. Kick allows you to publish your own content and offers advice on how to become a streamer and build your audience. You can also connect with other streamers and viewers in a group live stream. 

Content creators can offer paid subscriptions to their viewers in different tiers, which are available via in-app purchasing. Kick also allows multistreaming or the ability to broadcast to other platforms simultaneously such as Youtube Live and Twitch. Kick is an Australian Company owned by Easygo.

Kick allows streaming of gambling and includes streams that contain ‘not safe for work’ content such as incidental nudity and sexual content in games, which must be tagged as 18+. 

Website: kick.com
Apps: Android app, Apple iOS app

How do people use Kick?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use live streaming and social media services like Kick.

Kick is used for: content creation, gaming, in-app purchasing, live streaming, messaging/online chat, online relationships, photo/video sharing, screen capture and video calling.

Social media age restrictions for under-16s

Kick announced that from 10 December 2025, Australians under 16 will no longer have access to their Kick accounts or be able to create a new account. This change is in response to the Australian Government’s social media age restrictions.

Australian users will be asked to confirm their age using the k-ID system by 10 December.

These links are provided by Kick:

  • About the changes
    Find out about what this means for Australian users under 16.
  • Age assurance FAQs
    Learn how Kick verifies age, what information is used and how privacy is protected.

How can you report someone or ask for content to be removed?

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How can you moderate comments?

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How can you protect your personal information?

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Key links

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Social media changes are coming

From 10 December 2025, certain social media platforms won’t be allowed to let Australian children under 16 create or keep an account.

Find out more at eSafety’s social media age restrictions hub.

About The eSafety Guide

The eSafety Guide helps you find out how to protect your personal information and report harmful content on common social media, games, apps and sites. Entries are for information only and are not reviews or endorsements by eSafety. Before choosing to use any online service or platform it’s best to:

  • do your own research to understand the risks and benefits
  • check the age rating and requirements
  • consider privacy
  • check the permissions and other settings
  • check the in-app reporting options.

If you are a parent or carer who is deciding whether a child should be allowed to use an online service or platform, you can also:

  • consider your child's readiness for the types of content and experiences they might encounter
  • help them understand what to do if they need help
  • provide ongoing support and monitoring, for example through regular check-ins with your child
  • agree to some rules about use of each service or platform.

To find out more, you can read the App checklist for parents, as well as information about parental controls in social media, games and apps and mental wellbeing resources for families.