N3on
Houston-born Kick streamer who films IRL streams at parades, games and events, runs one of the biggest paid clipping networks online and co-owns an online casino.
Streaming · YouTube · Updated Oct 9, 2026
N3on is a 22-year-old streamer from Houston, Texas, who went from NBA 2K and Fortnite videos on YouTube to IRL streams on Kick, where about 790,000 people follow him. His reach mostly comes from clips: he told Business Insider in April 2026 that he paid more than $1.4 million to 303 clippers over five weeks. On August 1, 2026, a golf cart he was riding in during Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival appeared to strike a woman on his stream, per Dexerto. In September 2026 he launched an AI version of himself to keep his channel live while he sleeps.
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Questions people ask
Who is N3on?
N3on is a Kick streamer born in Houston, Texas. Famous Birthdays credits his early growth to NBA 2K gameplay, 1v1s and commentary on YouTube, and The National reports that Adin Ross encouraged him to stream in public and that he built an audience on Twitch before moving to Kick for better terms. Today his streams are mostly IRL: parades, playoff games, giveaways and long days with other creators. In September 2025 he became a co-owner of Motherland, an online casino, alongside Iggy Azalea, per Complex.
What happened to N3on in Canada on August 1?
On August 1, 2026, he was streaming from the back of a golf cart moving through the crowd at the 59th Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade when the cart stopped suddenly and appeared to strike a woman, per Dexerto, which noted the moment of impact is not clearly visible. Dexerto, citing TMZ, reported that he was not driving. The footage shows him jumping out, running toward her, then sitting on the curb with his head in his hands. Dexerto reported no police statement on the incident and no public details of her injuries, and we have not found a later update. It was his third widely covered Canada stream of 2026: in April, police asked him to consider safety at Surrey’s Vaisakhi Parade after crowds pressed around him, per the Surrey Now-Leader, and two days later Edmonton police told him arena staff planned to remove him from an Oilers playoff game before letting him return to his seat, per Daily Hive.
Is N3on still streaming on Kick? Why is he using AI?
Yes. As of October 9, 2026, his Kick channel is active, not banned, with about 790,000 followers. On September 7, 2026 he announced an AI version of himself that would keep his channel live while he sleeps, credited OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra and Higgsfield, and posted that it was his “last stream as a human being,” per Dexerto. After viewers called him a sellout, he said on stream, “First off, it’s not AI,” called it an experiment he wanted to try before someone else did, and said he would keep streaming daily himself, per Net Influencer. Separately, in late August fans spotted a livestreamer in Rockstar’s GTA 6 preview who looks like him; Rockstar has not confirmed any link, per The National.
Why did N3on go to jail? Why did he get arrested?
No major or trade press has reported an arrest or charge against him that we could confirm, as of October 2026.
Why did N3on get banned from the UFC?
He was denied entry to UFC 296 in Las Vegas in December 2023 after comments he made on stream ahead of the event, and UFC president Dana White later dismissed him as a “clout-chaser,” per Complex. It did not last as a working ban: on December 7, 2025, UFC 323 weekend, he hosted UFC Strike’s Telegram gift drop, a four-hour livestreamed auction of UFC collectibles that sold all 60,000 items, per the same report.
Why is N3on famous? Why is he so popular, and why is he rich?
Clips, mostly. Business Insider reported in April 2026 that he paid more than $1.4 million to 303 clippers in five weeks, usually $40 per 100,000 views, and he estimates his network at about 1,000 people, half of them in a group he built with Adin Ross, per Tubefilter. He has said some earlier stunts were scripted, including faking his own death, and that he once paid people to spread negative clips about him; he now says he no longer scripts incidents, per The National. On money: he says Kick pays him well, Kick has not confirmed his figures, and he co-owns the Motherland online casino.
What happened to N3on at the World Cup? Why did he get marked, is FIFA suing him, and was he banned from India?
As of October 9, 2026, we could not find a report in major or trade press of a World Cup incident involving him, of FIFA suing him, or of India banning him. Without one, we do not repeat the claims. If a sourced report appears, this entry will add it.
Why did N3on change his staff? What happened to his assistant?
He has not explained those staff changes in anything major or trade press printed that we found, so we do not repeat the reasons going around.
How old is N3on? What is his real name?
He is 22, born August 13, 2004, in Houston, Texas, per Famous Birthdays. His real name is Mikyle Rafiq, as printed by The National in August 2026. He streams as N3on, often written N3ON.
Where can I watch N3on?
Live on Kick at kick.com/n3on, which his YouTube channel also points to, and in uploads on YouTube at @N3ON. He has guested on Steiny’s podcast One Night with Steiny five times since October 2023, once with Bradley Martyn in February 2024 and most recently in September 2026, per the show’s feed.
What is N3on’s net worth?
He does not publish a number and neither do we.
Who is N3on dating, and what about his past relationships?
Not something we cover.
Who represents N3on?
His Kick and YouTube pages name no manager or agency; his Kick bio carries sponsor links. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because he is one of the most searched streamers on Kick and most of what people ask has an answer on the record. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with N3on. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. An IRL stream with no fixed plan: a parade, an arena, a giveaway, a guest, and the crowd that forms once people realize he is there. The format runs on what happens around him, which is why the best and worst moments of his year both came from crowds.
Why it travels. He pays for it to travel. A stream that drew modest live numbers can reach millions as clips, because about 1,000 clippers are paid by the view to cut it, and he has said clippers made one quiet yacht stream look like a major event. The incidents spread on their own, which has made public safety the recurring question at his Canadian events.
Brand fit. Nobody mainstream right now. He co-owns an online casino, his Kick bio carries gambling-adjacent sponsor links, the Toronto golf cart incident has no public resolution, and police stepped in at two of his Canadian streams in April 2026. Brands already inside Kick’s sponsor world know what they are buying; anyone else should wait.
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Sources: N3on’s Kick and YouTube; Famous Birthdays; Dexerto, August 2, 2026; Dexerto, September 8, 2026; Net Influencer, September 8, 2026; The National, August 30, 2026; Business Insider, April 2026 via Tubefilter, April 29, 2026; Surrey Now-Leader, April 22, 2026; Daily Hive, April 23, 2026; Complex, December 12, 2025; Complex, September 24, 2025; One Night with Steiny feed. Follower counts via Social Blade and Kick, October 2026.
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