Kwai - Short Video Community vs Twitch: Live Streaming

Kwai - Short Video Community

JOYO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
App Store
$248.7K/mo
~$2.98M/yr · 1.6M installs
VS

Twitch: Live Streaming

Twitch Interactive, Inc.
App Store
$46.39M/mo
~$556.66M/yr · 458.5M installs
Revenue winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +18549% vs other
Installs winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +27724% vs other
MAU winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +28081% vs other
Rating winner Twitch: Live Streaming wins +5% vs other

Why Twitch: Live Streaming is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Twitch: Live Streaming earns roughly 186× more per month than Kwai - Short Video Community - $46.39M vs $248.7K.
  2. Bigger install base. Twitch: Live Streaming has ~458.5M lifetime installs vs Kwai - Short Video Community's ~1.6M - 278.2× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Kwai - Short Video Community
vs
Twitch: Live Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$248.7K
$46.39M
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.98M
$556.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6M
458.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
514K
144.9M
App Store rating
4.52★
4.72★
Total ratings
15K
2.7M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers

Kwai - Short Video Community

JOYO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Feb 2, 2018
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
461.3 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
13.3.40
Languages
English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish
View full Kwai - Short Video Community report →

Twitch: Live Streaming

Twitch Interactive, Inc.
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Oct 26, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
369.6 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
29.3
Languages
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +22 more
View full Twitch: Live Streaming report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Kwai - Short Video Community or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $46.39M per month, while Kwai - Short Video Community earns about $248.7K. That is a 186.5× revenue gap (~$46.14M more per month for Twitch: Live Streaming). Annual revenue: Kwai - Short Video Community ≈ $2.98M/year, Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $556.66M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Kwai - Short Video Community or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming leads with about 458.5M estimated downloads vs 1.6M for Kwai - Short Video Community - a 278.2× gap. Kwai - Short Video Community's App Store downloads are estimated from 15K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Twitch: Live Streaming's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.7M ratings.
Are Kwai - Short Video Community and Twitch: Live Streaming in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Kwai - Short Video Community and Twitch: Live Streaming offer? v
Kwai - Short Video Community: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Kwai - Short Video Community runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; Twitch: Live Streaming runs "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Kwai - Short Video Community or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Kwai - Short Video Community 15K ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming 2.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Kwai - Short Video Community vs Twitch: Live Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $248.7K for Kwai - Short Video Community and $46.39M for Twitch: Live Streaming are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Kwai - Short Video Community or Twitch: Live Streaming to a different App Store app? v
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