ESPORTS
By Anushka Mohanta
POKIMANE IS A LIVESTREAMER WHO IS MAINLY SEEN ON TWITCH, PLAYING GAMES OR HAVING JUST CHATTING SESSIONS. ALTHOUGH, SHE ALSO CREATES CONTENT ON YOUTUBE.
HER REAL NAME IS IMANE ANYS AND SHE HAILS FROM MOROCCO. AS SHE MOVED TO CANADA WITH HER PARENTS DURING CHILDHOOD, SHE IS CONSIDERED A MOROCCAN-CANADIAN INTERNET PERSONALITY.
POKIMANE CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY ON 14th MAY AND SHE IS CURRENTLY 26 YEARS OLD.
APART FROM LIVESTREAMING ON A REGULAR BASIS, POKIMANE HAS APPEARED IN SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD MOVIES SUCH AS FREE GUYS AND TV SERIES SUCH AS DREAM SMP.
ALTHOUGH POKIMANE'S MAIN POPULARITY COMES FROM TWITCH ONLY, AS SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FEMALE STREAMERS ON THE PLATFORM.
SHE HAS CERTAINLY EXCELLED IN HER STREAMING CAREER AS SHE WON THE 2018 TWITCH STREAMER OF THE YEAR AWARD ALONG WITH THE BEST STREAMER AWARD AT THE CANADIAN STREAMER AWARDS.
ASIDE FROM STREAMING VENTURES, POKIMANE HAS SPONSORSHIP DEALS WITH CASHAPP, NZXT AND POSTMATES. SHE ALSO HOLDS STREAMING CONTRACT WITH TWITCH MAKING HER ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTNERED STREAMERS.
ALTHOUGH A STREAMER'S EXACT NET WORTH CANNOT BE DETERMINED, SEVERAL WEBSITES HAVE CONFIRMED HER NET WORTH TO BE CLOSE $1-$2 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.