LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In a recent livestream, Kick owner Eddie Craven revealed the true viewership numbers of the Adin Ross and Kim Jong Un stream.
Initially reported at 450k viewers, Craven later disclosed in a conversation on Kick with a fellow streamer that the actual figure was 700k viewers.
For background, at Craven's request, Adin Ross conducted a livestream interview with Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader, to address allegations of stolen funds during a crypto hack that reportedly cost stake.com millions of dollars.
Eddie Craven reveals viewership numbers of Adin Ross and Kim Jong Un’s stream
In Eddie Craven's latest livestream, he shared the viewership statistics for the recent stream featuring Adin Ross and Kim Jong Un.
A clip from the livestream quickly gained traction on Twitter after an official fan account of Adin Ross posted it, stating, “Kick Co-Founder Eddie states that initial reports of Adin Ross’ peak viewership hitting 450K on the Kim Jong Un stream where inaccurate and he actually had 700K live viewers.”
During the livestream conversation with a fellow streamer, Craven inquired if they had watched the stream with Adin Ross and Kim Jong Un. The streamer replied, “Yeah, I did see that.The real Kim jong-un was really, I saw that. It was very intriguing. It was good.Enjoy.”
The streamer also questioned Craven about the viewer count, noting, "It was, it was, I think the view, the view count was actually broken. The view count was actually broken on that thing.”
In response, Craven clarified, “Like everyone thinks the stream went to 450,000 viewers. It actually got up to 700,000 but the view count, the website crashed, like the whole thing crashed, the 700,000 ... went down to like 200,000, like 300,000 like two or three minutes.”
The streamer jokingly exclaimed, "F**k Eddie" as the livestream clip concluded.
Internet reacts to Eddie Craven's claim
Fans flocked to the comment section to share their thoughts. One fan said, "Incredible how that amount of live viewers and traffic was possible on Kick which is still in beta. Great things still to come."
Another wrote, "Adin really the king of this streaming shit when he actually puts effort and right promo."
The third fan said, "Only clowns believe this guy." Someone else tweeted, "That’s probably true, the stream crashed like 3x for me." "That’s insane,"a tweet read.
