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YouTube star Darren "IShowSpeed" has been gaining more traction recently than ever before, with a large part of the credit going to the streamer's relentless touring of South East Asia over the past month. He has toured countries like Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Myanmar, among others
With his previous IRL broadcasts touring Europe making for viral many moments and subsequently attracting millions of views on YouTube, it was only natural for IShowSpeed to focus his attention on other parts of the world as well.
IShowSpeed's fans in South East Asia have helped the content creator continue the hype surrounding him. In fact, the 19-year-old has recently passed 32 million subscribers on YouTube, gaining nearly two million subscribers within just a single week. To gain an overview of the sheer influence of IShowSpeed's tour of South-East Asia, this article ranks his top IRL broadcasts within the region based on the views received on their VODs.
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Top 5 IRL streams from IShowSpeed's South-East Asia tour
5) Singapore
IShowSpeed's broadcast from the island on September 24, 2024, was marked by him reaching 32 million subscribers on YouTube. For those unaware, the streamer has a tradition of celebrating subscriber milestones by engaging in over-the-top activities, having slammed Kai Cenat in the past when he crossed 28 million subscribers.
This time though, the IShowSpeed went bungee jumping while in Skypark Sentosa, an amusement park based on Sentosa Island, Singapore. After giving Portuguese footballer and his idol Cristiano Ronaldo a shoutout, the content creator leaped off the platform. Soon after, his viewers decided to prank him by temporarily mass unsubscribing, which has become a tradition in itself within the content creator's community.
The VOD of the broadcast, available on the creator's channel, has received over 6.49 million views as of writing, making it his fifth most popular stream from the region.
4) Vietnam
IShowSpeed had visited Ho Chi Minh City during his time in the country of Vietnam. The streamer's Vietnamese fanbase came out to show their love in droves wherever he went. On YouTube, the broadcast's VOD has gained over 6.96 million views so far.
Interestingly, a fan even presented IShowSpeed with photos from his childhood. This left the content creator perplexed as he was left wondering how fans had gotten ahold of his photos from the past. On the other hand, another incident involving IShowSpeed made headlines within the country as he was allegedly overcharged by individuals who were renting out hoverboards.
This was quickly redressed as the police got involved, as per a report by Vietnamese news website Tuoi Tre News. In another report by the Vietnamese reporting website VnExpress International, the vendors were fined VND10 million and the Ho Chi Ming City Department of Tourism apologized to IShowSpeed as well.
3) Phillippines
The Phillippines proved to be yet another adventurous experience for IShowSpeed, with him meeting up with legendary former professional boxer and Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao. This interaction took place on the second day of his tour of the country, the VOD of which currently holds 8.39 million views on YouTube.
IShowSpeed and Manny Pacquiao went sparring against each other with boxing gloves on, with the former being knocked down to the ground twice. As the streamer conceded defeat, the two then proceeded to eat a popular local street food called Balut, which is prepared using fertilized duck eggs.
In terms of food, IShowSpeed also inadvertently tried other local culinary items made using pig brains and testicles. It was only after consuming the dishes that the now distressed streamer was made aware of the ingredients that had gone inside it, which made for a hilarious moment for fans.
2) Malaysia
After he visited Cambodia, where he celebrated reaching 30 million views, IShowSpeed soon moved on to Malaysia. His stream within the country had many viral moments that have helped its VOD on YouTube cross 10 million views.
One such moment was his meeting with an essential member of Malaysia's royalty, Major General Tunku Ismail Idris. He is Prince of the Malaysian state of Johor and is the heir apparent to the throne of Johor. The two's meeting began with them greeting each other and with the Johor prince revealing that his children, who were on a video call with him at the time, were excited to see them meet.
On the other hand, in a shocking incident, a fan following the content creator on a bike was seemingly involved in a crash. The former had been trailing IShowSpeed's car, and his presence was acknowledged by the streamer before he heard a loud crash. However, whether an accident took place or not could not be confirmed.
1) Indonesia
IShowSpeed's tour of Indonesia made for a total of three separate broadcasts, which were held on separate days. His most popular one, however, was his broadcast from his first day in the country. The VOD of IShowSpeed's first stream from Indonesia holds over 24 million views, making it the most viewed VOD on his YouTube channel.
IShowSpeed's stream from the country also made for his personal best in terms of the most concurrent viewers, with a massive one million individuals tuning in to watch the streamer engage in his typical gags.
Among many other intriguing interactions, such as him trying his hand at singing with a band, IShowSpeed ended up having an intense bark-off with a fellow fan and YouTuber Yoshua Marcellos "celloszxz."
While the two were conversing, Marcellos let out a howl, which was responded to in kind by IShowSpeed, who grabbed his head and started barking at him. As the latter barked back, the two could then be seen hilariously barking incessantly at each other, with Marcellos ending it with a massive scream.
IShowSpeed's influence on social media has been staggering recently, with him surpassing American pop icon Taylor Swift in terms of both followers as well as likes on TikTok.
