Her stage name is Pokimane and she is considered the queen of the streaming platform, with almost ten million people watching her play video games. But now she is leaving the platform. This is bad news for the provider.
Pokimane squeals excitedly into the microphone as more and more people tune in to the 27-year-old’s first live stream on YouTube. The viewers see a well-lit room and the streamer in a blue blouse. She asks into the microphone: “Am I online?” In the background her cat is scratching at the door. In the live chat they welcome the viewers, who actually only know them from Twitch, to YouTube for the first time. “You can see my future,” says Pokimane. The seemingly banal scene is a historic moment in the world of professional live streaming.