According to the rule that for every matter of "kedusha" you need a minyan, why not for kiddush?
The Ramak writes in his siddur that there are 3 categories: kedusha, kadish and kiddush.
Kedusha is feminine (Malchus).
Kadish is masculine (Tiferes). Like it says, "ir ve'kadish min shmaya nachis", "an angel and holy being came down from heaven."
Now, kedusha is the concept of what flows from chochma, wisdom, a level where all ten sefiros are included in pre-revealed state. So in order to bring it down you have to have ten "vessels" to receive it. A minyan.
However, on Shabbos and Yom Tov, when we say kiddush, the world has been elevated to the level of chochma itself, when you have the conceptual union of Adam and Chava, as represented by the the vov and daled inside the spelling of yud, that is also gematria yud. The union of the two as they exist within chochma. So, in that state all ten are already there and there is no need to draw it down into separate "vessels."
Further, on the level of chochma, the neshamos themselves shine with the light of all ten, and just as in its source, so to down below, kiddush is said in full force.
(This reminds me of the Chassidic saying when questioned about the practice of davening "beyechidus," that, "I'm davening with all ten faculties of the soul.")
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