Where does IShowSpeed live?

IShowSpeed is from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. IShowSpeed is well known for his online presence and hilarious antics that have propelled him to internet fame. Originally, Watkins joined YouTube in 2016 and primarily uploaded gaming videos.

Watkins began live-streaming and uploading videos of games around December 2017, but was only able to attract two viewers until around March 2018. His subscriber count has since risen from 100,000 in April 2021 to 1 million in June 2021, and 10 million in July 2022.

What is IShowSpeed’s real name?

IShowSpeed’s real name is Darren Watkins Jr. He is also known as “Speedy” or “Speed”, this nickname was given to him by Zimbabwean-British comedian Munya Chawawa during the Sidemen charity football match in September 2022.

We can only assume that he was named after his father or grandfather because of the Jr suffix in his name, since he chose to keep his family's names private.

How did IShowSpeed become famous?

In 2021, his popularity increased when footage of his often violent behavior during live streams towards games, players, and his camera began appearing on TikTok. This popularity led to the creation of online memes. His outbursts have resulted in bans from the streaming platform Twitch and the video game Valorant.

Kotaku regards him as one of the biggest and fastest-growing streamers on YouTube. Talking Ben is a game that has greatly helped his growing popularity. Watkins' videos on Talking Ben the Dog helped the mobile app become the best-selling game on the App Store more than a decade after its initial release.

In July 2022, a firework he had set off in his bedroom nearly destroyed his house. During August 2022, while live-streaming on YouTube, he was swatted and forced to stop streaming. He said that he had been jailed and that Adin Ross had to pay his bail so that he could go back to streaming on August 11th, 2022.

He also attempted to cheat in August 2022, when he was taking a 'United States and Global Economics' course at the Ohio Digital Learning School. He requested the answers to his quiz from his viewers. His viewers pranked him by giving him the wrong answers, which resulted in him getting a zero on the test.

In September 2022, he participated in the Sidemen Charity Football Match. During the match, he became upset with the referee over a wrongly flagged offside call. In reality the offside was correct. He whipped a boy with the shirt he had taken off when he was celebrating. In November 2022, American rapper and singer Lil Nas X made his live-streaming debut and appeared on IShowSpeed's stream.

Watkins released his first single, “Dooty Booty,” in August 2021 on his YouTube channel. The song quickly gained popularity on YouTube and other social media sites such as TikTok after its upload. Watkins released a single called 'Shake' in November 2021, which received well over 130 million views on YouTube.

He received the Streamy Award for Best Breakout Streamer during the 12th Streamy Awards in December 2022. Because of his admiration for the player, the song “Ronaldo (Sewey)” was released in June 2022. Warner Records also released a single called “World Cup” at the start of the World Cup.

In November 2022, Sky Sports decided to stop featuring Watkins due to past misogynist comments, and removed all associated content. He signed an exclusive streaming contract with Rumble in May 2023. Watkins surprised fans at the Rolling Loud festival in Portugal in 2023, and later met Daler Mehndi during a visit to India in October 2023.

How much IShowSpeed worth?

Darren's main source of income comes from his YouTube ad revenue. He is worth between $500,000 and $1 million. Darren also makes money from paid promotions and merchandise sales. A large fortune has been collected through donations during his live streams and through his album.