It was almost a decade ago in 2013 when Imane Anys first created a Twitch account. Over the course of several years, she started gaining significant recognition thanks to her laidback gameplay and commentary. Pokimane has since become one of the most recognizable names in the streaming community. Let's dig into Pokimane's net worth in 2022.
Pokimane's Net Worth in 2022 (Estimate): $6 million
Pokimane's net worth in 2022 is $6 million. This is according to numerous outlets, including Celebrity Net Worth.
The Twitch personality was born Imane Anys in May 14, 1996, the only daughter of parents who emigrated from Morocco. When she was four years old, they moved to Quebec, Canada; she later grew up in Ontario. In a 2021 phone interview with Wired, Anys recalled that she felt that she needed to succeed because she was a child of immigrant parents. Driven by such strong sense of responsibility, the young Moroccan-Canadian grew up a studious kid who took everything from grades to extracurriculars very seriously. However, her love for anime and video games was something she couldn't suppress even at a young age.
After completing high school, she started to pursue a chemical engineering degree in McMaster University. Around 2013, a 17-year-old Anys created her Twitch account. She managed to buy a computer a year later as she reached Platinum rank in League of Legends. It was only then that she started streaming her own content under the screen name Pokimane, a combination of Pokemon and her first name Imane.
Over the course of a few years, Pokimane saw her account grow to hundreds of thousands of followers. By 2017, the 21-year-old casual gamer was putting out recorded gaming content for approximately 450,000 Twitch followers. Seeing a golden opportunity, Anys took a chance and dropped out to pursue a risky full-time career as a streamer, which has obviously paid off tremendously.
Since her big leap, the 26-year-old streamer has garnered a hefty number of followers across many social media platforms, not just Twitch. In fact, an article in Dexerto further affirmed just how big Pokimane has become over the past few years, naming her and fellow Twitch star Amouranth as two of America's most popular streamers. The piece referenced their findings based on Casino Grounds experts' five-year study of Google trends for the Twitch community across the United States. And sure enough, Pokimane led searches in a whopping eleven states.
Pokimane currently has 9.1 million followers on the platform that started it all for the gaming enthusiast, yet it doesn't end there. She also tweets to a following of 3.9 million and posts to a million Facebook followers. On the other hand, Anys has additionally gained a gargantuan Instagram following of over 6 million people. This would, obviously, help to add to Pokimane's net worth in 2022.
For her work as an influencer, the 26-year-old Internet personality received several streaming award nominations. Among these, Pokimane has won three: 2018 Shorty Awards' Twitch Streamer of the Year, The Streamer Awards' 2022 Legacy Award recipient, and Canadian Game Awards' Best Streamer.
Outside of streaming, Anys has had a number of other ventures, such as partnering up with fashion brand Cloak and making cameo appearances in media such as film Free Guy and artist Bella Poarch's song Inferno. In October 2021, she also became talent management and brand consulting firm RTS' Chief Creative Officer.
As a woman in the male-dominated gaming community, Anys has spoken out against misogyny towards female gamers. Most recently in early 2022, she addressed a Twitch feud of sorts, where she was reportedly harrassed through the comments section by fans of streamer JiDion. Later on January 14, Pokimane addressed the controversy, tweeting:
“The hate that women receive within gaming has become so normalized, but we need to make it clear to our communities & platforms that it is absolutely not okay. … Let's make streaming inclusive for all!”
Insider then compiled numerous other streamers' statements publicly expressing support for the 26-year-old, including Twitch star Mizkif, who tweeted to his 1.8 million followers:
“Sad how Pokimane still has to deal with misogyny and harassment in 2022.”
Fortunately, it seemed that the negativity did not affect her career trajectory. In fact, she has continued to live stream League of Legends and Fortnite play and commentary, among other popular content, for her loyal and supportive viewers. At this point, you could say that her massive online audience has become somewhat its own entity. This, along with her continuing career in content creation, Pokimane has ammassed an impressive net worth of $6 million as of 2022. Not bad at all for a 26-year-old college dropout who beat the odds.
With that said, were you at all stunned by Pokimane's net worth in 2022?
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