In mid-March 2019, Anys addressed her declining amount of Fortnite streams, stating that she needed to 'think about what I like or dislike about the content that I've been making.' The event paired streamers with mainstream celebrities in a match of Fortnite 's Battle Royale mode Anys was paired with rapper Desiigner but shortly before the event, he was replaced with basketball player Josh Hart. At E3 in 2018, Epic Games, the developers of Fortnite, arranged a pro–am event. Īnys has been known to stream gameplay and commentary of Fortnite, which she first streamed as part of a sponsorship. Anys had a cameo appearance in a League of Legends trailer announcing a new game mode. The Shorty Awards detailed that her gameplay and commentary on the popular game League of Legends propelled her to popularity on Twitch. As a result of her account's rise on the platform in 2017, the Shorty Awards named her as the Best Twitch Streamer of the year. She gained 450,000 followers on Twitch in 2017, earning her account a place within the 100 most followed on the platform. The name Pokimane is a portmanteau of Pokémon and her name, Imane. She began streaming later that year with a $250 PC she bought off a classified website after she reached Platinum rank in League of Legends. Career Twitch streaming Īnys created her Twitch account in June 2013. Anys studied chemical engineering at McMaster University but later dropped out to pursue her streaming career full-time. In middle school, Anys began playing massively multiplayer online games such as MapleStory and Endless Online, where she focused on customization and socializing with other players. Her brother Mo, who is three years older than her, passed down his old games and cartridges from the Game Boy, Nintendo DS and Wii to her. Her parents were academics who immigrated to Quebec, Canada. She left the organization on May 19, 2023. She is a co-founder of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators. She is currently the most-followed female streamer on the platform.

She is best known for her live streams on Twitch, where she broadcasts video game content, most notably in League of Legends and Fortnite.

Imane Anys ( / ˌ iː ˈ m ɑː n ˈ æ n iː s/ Arabic: إِيمَان أَنِيس, born ), better known as Pokimane ( / ˈ p oʊ k iː ˌ m ɑː n/ or / ˈ p oʊ k i m eɪ n/ ), is a Moroccan-Canadian internet personality, Twitch streamer and YouTuber.

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