“Mental health is priority”: Fans wish Pokimane well as she announces break from streaming

sportskeeda.com:

Imane "Pokimane" announced a hiatus from streaming in a short but sweet note on Twitter. The Twitch superstar has been streaming for almost a decade now, becoming one of the leading online personalities. Her announcement understandably saddened her gigantic fanbase as they rushed to social media to bid her a temporary goodbye.

Pokimane cited mental health reasons and a need to take a break from her hectic streaming schedule. Creating non-stop content for months on end for her nine million followers on Twitch is a tall task. Many streamers and fans sympathized with her situation, wishing her a good holiday.

Streaming is a hectic profession as it requires a high level of focus and attention for long periods of time. Collaborative streams and IRL content require a lot of curation too. Pokimane is also one of the co-founders of the popular content group OfflineTV, adding another feather to her already illustrious cap.

Streamers and content creators (who have an idea of the stress an online career brings) praised the Canadian streamer for keeping her mental health in order. Creators such as YouTuber Daisy wisely said:

Pokimane was born on May 14, 1996 and started streaming when she was 17. She dropped out of college to pursue streaming full-time and moved to LA for the same. With over nine million followers, she commands a vast community of fans who adore her. She also has multiple YouTube channels, with over six million subscribers to her main account.

She also traveled to Europe to meet with fans over the last weekend at TwitchCon in Amsterdam. Suffice it to say that she works hard and is justifiably worn out from regular streaming. She took to Twitter to break the news of the hiatus:

She also thanked her fans for bearing with