Pokimane Biography
Born Imane Anys, Pokimane (her online alias) is a Moroccan-Canadian internet personality. Her live stream on Twitch, broadcasting video game content, most notably in League of Legends and Fortnite brought her into the limelight. Additionally, she is a member of Offline Tv, an online social establishment group of content creators.
Pokimane Age|Birthday
The online content creator, Pokimane was born on 14th May 1996. Therefore, she is 25 years old as of 2021 and celebrates her birthday on 14th May every year.
Pokimane Height|Weight
Pokimane’s height is 5 feet 3 inches (approximately 160 centimeters). Moreover, her weight is 55 kilograms.
Pokimane Family
She goes by the name Amy, Pokimane’s name is Imane, and has one sibling, a brother. She is of Canadian, Moroccan nationality.
Pokimane Boyfriend
Not much is known about Pokimane’s relationships. However, her alleged relationship with Fedmyster ended on sour terms as Fedmaster was accused of sexual misconduct by Yvonne Yvonnie” Ng and Lily. In addition, she has also been speculated to have been in a relationship with HasanAbi.
Pokimane Education
Anys dropped from McMaster University where she studied chemical engineering to pursue her streaming career full time. In addition, in 2017, Pokimane gained 450,000 followers on Twitch which earned her account a place within the 100 most followed on the platform.
Pokimane Career
In 2017, the Shorty Awards named Pokimane as the Best Twitch Streamer of the year. Her gameplay and commentary streams of League of Legends propelled her to popularity on Twitch according to Shorty Awards. Moreover, in a League of Legends trailer announcing a new game mode, she made a cameo appearance.
Anys first streamed gameplay and commentary of Fortnite as part of a sponsorship. The developers of Fortnite arranged a pro-am event at E3 in 2013, Epic games. Moreover, in a match of Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode, the event paired streamers with mainstream celebrities. Shortly before the event, Anys was replaced with basketball player Josh Hart. She had been previously paired with rapper Desiigner. She stated that she needed to think about what she likes or dislikes about the content that she has been making. This she addressed due to her declining amount of Fortnite streams in mid-March 2019.
In addition, her laidback but enthusiastic personality is detailed by Tech news website Digital Trends as she frequently interacts with her audience. This perfectly suits long-form streams. Moreover, she podcasts and streams miscellaneous real-world moments aside from streaming gaming content.
Partnership
Twitch has directly partnered with Anys as one of the more popular streamers on the platform. Furthermore, in the 2018 TwitchCon event, she was selected as one of 15 ambassadors in July 2018. She was later scheduled in a series of broadcasts and articles designed to help content creators build successful channels. This she was scheduled by Twitch as a partner for their Twitch Creator Camp. Additionally, she signed a multi-year exclusively with Twitch in March 2020. She was listed as the 7th most followed user on Twitch by Social Blade. As of September 2021, she had over 8.1 million followers.
Moreover, she collaborated with U.S. representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar in late October 2020. Disguised Toast and HasanAbi were among the several notable streamers she collaborated with for a session of Among Us. This was an initiative for the 2020 United States presidential election as part of a get-out-the-vote.
In addition, in the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 under the category of Games, she was named a featured honoree. As one of the founders of Offline TV and the largest female streamer on Twitch, this noted her prominence.
YouTube
Pokimane has multiple YouTube channels in addition to streaming on the Twitch platform. They are; Pokimane, Pokimane, Pokimane Too, Pokimane VODS, Poki ASMR, and imane. Pokimane Too includes unrelated clips of her gaming content, vlogs, and podcast whereas the Pokimane channel features edited gaming clips from streams. Moreover, the Pokimane VODS channel full unedited VOD clips of streams uploaded. Featured videos that are part of a broader YpuTube community of ASMR content are in the Poki ASMR. However, she ceased uploading on the channel. A new channel entitled Imane was launched in 2021 which covers more personal topics and vlogs rather than gaming-related topics.
In addition, she is a member of a collaborative YouTube channel made p of content creators, Offline Tv. Anys stated that they decided to come together in a way not only to keep each other company but also collab and do good work and content for everyone else. She also said that it is not fun being a streamer and living alone.
Other Ventures
Anys among other internet personalities were announced in October 2019 would appear in the film Free Guy. The show was released in August 2021 directed by Shawn Levy.
Anys joined Markiplier and Jacksepticeye’s fashion brand Cloak as a partner and creative director in June 2020.
Furthermore, in the music video for Sub Urban and Bella Poarch’s song, INFERNO, Anys starred in August 2021.
Awards and Nominations
2018 – 10th Shorty Awards – Twitch streamer of the Year – won
– 8th Streamy Awards – Live Streamer – Nominated
2019 – Esports Awards – Streamer of the Year – Nominated
– Canadian Game Awards -Best Canadian Streamer – Nominated
2020 – Esports Awards – Streamer of the Year – Nominated
– 10th Streamy Awards – Live Streamer – Nominated
Filmography
Free Guy – 2021 – Cameo appearance as Herself
Music Video
Inferno – 2021 – as Herself with Sub Urban and Bella Poarch as artists.
Pokimane Net Worth
Any’s net worth ranges between $1 million to $2 million as of 2021.
