5 things you probably didn’t know about Twitch streamer Pokimane

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Imane "Pokimane" is one of the biggest content creators on the internet today.

While her content creation journey began in 2013 on YouTube, her streaming career began in 2015 on Twitch. She started streaming after reaching Platinum rank in League of Legends, but it was her Fortnite streams that made the creator a part of Twitch royalty.

After gaining over 2 million followers in a single year, predominantly because of her Fortnite streams, she went on to win "Best Twitch Streamer of the Year" in 2017.

This article will list five things about the streamer that fans will be surprised to learn.

While the streamer calls herself "Canadian" and mostly identifies with Canada on and off-stream, she is of Moroccan origin. The 24-year-old was born in Morocco, and her parents moved to Canada when Poki was four. The streamer often takes trips to her country of origin and has said on stream that she loves visiting Morocco.

Pokimane's charm is such that one would think that she was made for streaming, but the creator started her adult life by pursuing chemical engineering. Imane was a student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, but dropped out in 2016, a year after she started streaming. Interestingly, a year after dropping out of college, she went on to win the "Best Streamer of the Year" at the Shorty Awards 2017.

While she has never talked about it on stream, in several interviews and in this 2019 video "A Day in the Life of a Twitch Streamer" on her channel, she talks about using yoga to wind down after a long stream.

Along with her string of achievements in 2019, Pokimane also appeared in Ryan Reynolds' starrer "Free Guy." She can be seen across the film making witty comments about the story as it unfolds. The streaming