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Multistreaming on TikTok LIVE: rules, settings and how to go live

Short answer: Can you multistream to TikTok LIVE? Yes, if TikTok has given your account a stream key for streaming software. Keep other platforms' information, like a merged chat or an "also live on" banner, off your TikTok picture.

TikTok LIVE puts your stream in front of people scrolling past, which no other platform does as well. Adding it next to Twitch, YouTube or Kick is one of the best ways to grow, but TikTok has two things to know first: not every account gets a stream key, and TikTok doesn't want other platforms on screen.

This page has the TikTok side of it: how to send your stream there with Multistream Cloud (one upload) or the free Multistream app (from your PC), where TikTok's stream key is, the settings TikTok recommends, and TikTok's rules for streaming to other platforms at the same time.

Method 1: Multistream Cloud (one upload for every platform)

Multistream Cloud takes one stream from OBS and sends a copy to TikTok, Twitch and Kick, and to up to 12 platforms in all. Your internet only uploads that one stream, so adding a platform doesn't need a faster connection. It comes with Pro, $10/mo.

  1. Create your Multistream account, then get Pro on your Account page.
  2. In the Studio, step 1 (Pick platforms), click Add a platform and add each one:
    • TikTok: paste the server URL and stream key from TikTok LIVE Studio or TikTok's LIVE settings. TikTok only gives a stream key to accounts it has allowed to go live from streaming software.
    • Twitch: click Sign in with Twitch, then Authorize in the Twitch window. Multistream reads your stream key for you.
    • Kick: click Sign in with Kick, log in and click Allow. Or paste the Stream URL and stream key from Kick's Creator Dashboard → Settings → Stream Key.
  3. Install Multistream for OBS (Windows 10 or 11, OBS 31 or newer) and open OBS. The Multistream dock opens on the right.
  4. In the dock, click Sign in with your browser and approve it.
  5. The dock's pre-flight check looks at your OBS settings, Multistream Cloud, your platforms and where OBS sends. If OBS isn't sending to Multistream yet, click Point OBS at Multistream.
  6. Click Go live on 3. After a 3, 2, 1 countdown, OBS starts streaming and TikTok, Twitch and Kick go live.

If OBS or your internet drops, Pro keeps your platforms live on your BRB clip for up to 30 minutes, and when OBS is back you carry on in the same broadcast, with the same chat. Turn it on under Disconnect protection.

Method 2: the free Multistream app (from your own PC)

The free Multistream app for Windows can send the copies from your own PC instead. Your upload then carries one copy for each platform, and if your PC's internet drops, your platforms drop with it. Run the app's Speed test first to see what your connection can carry, or work it out with the free upload calculator.

  1. Download the Multistream app for Windows 10 or 11 and open it.
  2. Go to Multistream → Go live and set Where the relay runs to This PC.
  3. Open Setup guide and click Add a platform for TikTok, Twitch and Kick. Twitch, YouTube and Kick accounts you've connected in the app add in a click; the others take their stream key.
  4. Install Multistream for OBS and open OBS. Without Pro, the Multistream dock sends your stream through the app on this PC, so keep the app open.
  5. Click Go live on 3 in the dock. Your PC uploads one copy for each platform.

Give TikTok a vertical picture

Add the free Multistream Vertical tool to OBS (it's offered after the settings check in the Studio's step 2, and in the app's setup guide). It sends a second, 9:16 picture next to your main one, and Multistream sends that one to TikTok and the 16:9 one to your other platforms.

Without it, TikTok gets your widescreen picture, which still works but looks small on a phone held upright.

TikTok's stream key, rules and settings

Who gets a stream key. You must be 18 or older to go LIVE, and TikTok only gives a stream key to accounts it has allowed to go live from streaming software. Its requirements vary by region and change without notice. If you have one, it's in TikTok LIVE Studio or TikTok's LIVE settings, and it can change between streams, so paste the new one into Multistream when it does.

Nothing from other platforms on screen. TikTok's LIVE guidelines say not to show information from a third-party platform: no text with other platforms' information or links, and no QR codes. That rules out a merged chat overlay or an "also live on" banner on your TikTok picture. Multistream's pre-stream check reminds you.

Quality. TikTok LIVE Studio offers 1080p, 720p and 480p, recommends 720p at 30 fps for most streams, and sets the bitrate by itself. TikTok publishes no bitrate figures for streaming software, so use the settings your other platforms recommend.

Kick Partners. TikTok LIVE is a vertical platform, so it doesn't need Kick's Multistreaming toggle.

TikTok with each platform

Step-by-step guides for the most common pairs: Twitch and TikTok, YouTube and TikTok, Kick and TikTok, horizontal and vertical at once.

Questions, answered

Can you multistream to TikTok LIVE?

Yes, if TikTok has given your account a stream key for streaming software. Keep other platforms' information, like a merged chat or an "also live on" banner, off your TikTok picture.

Why don't I have a TikTok stream key?

TikTok only gives stream keys to accounts it has allowed to go live from streaming software, and you must be 18 or older. Its requirements vary by region and change without notice.

Can I show my Twitch chat on TikTok?

No. TikTok's LIVE guidelines say not to show information from a third-party platform.

Can I multistream to TikTok for free?

Yes, with the free Multistream app, which sends a copy to each platform from your PC. With Pro ($10/mo), Multistream Cloud takes one upload and sends every copy.

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