What ethnicity is Pokimane?

Last Modified Dec 31, 2022 11:15 GMT
Source: Pokimane Twitter

Pokimane was born on the 14th of May, 1996 in Morocco. She was raised in Canada and is of a mixed ethnicity, Moroccan-Canadian. She is a famous gamer and a well-distinguished social media personality on Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. She plays several games but is mainly known for streaming League of Legends and Fortnite content on Twitch.

How was Pokimane’s early life?

Pokimane was born in Morocco, a country in Northern Africa, and later raised in Canada by her parents. There isn't much known about her early life or family, but she was pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University before dropping out to pursue her streaming career. Since she is from Moroccan culture, she can speak Darija, a Moroccan dialect. She is also fluent at speaking French and English.

What ethnicity is Pokimane?

Pokimane is actually from a mixed ethnicity, Moroccan-Canadian. Pokimane is quite a famous streamer, and there have always been several questions about her ethnicity. Her fans have even wondered whether she is Asian. But Pokimane was born in Morocco and raised in Canada by her parents when she was young. Later she moved to LA, United States. Currently, she has dual citizenship, Canadian and Moroccan.

Pokimane’s career

Pokimane was an ardent online gamer before joining Twitch, a live-streaming video site, in 2012. Her success on the live-streaming site catapulted her to fame and improved her net worth. On her website, she streams herself playing several online games, broadcasting with other players, and offering comments. Within a few years, she had become one of the most popular players on the platform, and in 2017 she was named Shorty Awards' Best Twitch Streamer of the Year.

How was Pokimane’s career on YouTube?

Pokimane started her YouTube career in 2014 and named her channel "Pokimane." Her channel has over 2.6 million subscribers, and she uploads gaming content, clips from her streams, or streams on YouTube sometimes. She has even been part of podcasts and has been doing vlogs.

Pokimane has another channel named "Poki ASMR." She mainly uploads videos of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) content. This is a relatively smaller channel and has 400K subscribers. Her success on YouTube has also helped make her a well-known online personality and increased her wealth.

Pokimane is also a member of Offline TV, a YouTube channel created by various content creators on which she collaborates with others such as Lilypichu, Disguised Toast, Fedmyster, William Li, Pokelawls, Josh Kim, Mark Zimmerman, and Orlando Flota, where they discuss various topics and create challenges to produce top quality content for their followers. The channel has over 47 million views and around 600,000 members.

FAQs

Q. What PC does Pokimane use?

A. Pokimane uses a 7th generation i5 processor for online gaming and streaming paired with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1090 graphics. Her entire desktop setup is from ASUS.

Q. Why is Pokimane's hair curly?

A. Pokimane has brunette hair, which is naturally curly because of her Moroccan origin. Her hair appears wavy and straight most of the time, but she loves to flaunt her curly hair.

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