The reason he harps so much on Kick contributions is that his LIQUIDI-TEE is probably the lowest it’s ever been lately. He might have made less on average, in total, per stream at various points in the last 5 years, but back then, what he got was at least available right away more often - there was much more emphasis on tips. Now, it seems that most of his support comes through YouTube, which takes a very long time for him to receive, and gets a very large cut taken out of it.
Since he’s petrified of specifying that he wants tips, and giving detractors something to clip, Kick contributions are the next best thing, as he gets them weekly and a much bigger cut.
He’s really trying to will more Kick whales into existence. Right now it’s basically just Doctor Lexus having a manic episode every once in a while, and Ur_Future_Dentdad tossing him like ten to twenty bucks a day (which is absolutely insane whenever I think about it holy shit imagine being a daily finsub for Phil Burnell).