Pokimane

Imane Anys (born 14 May 1996), known by her online handle Pokimane, is a Moroccan and Canadian online streamer, YouTuber and influencer based in California. She is best known for gameplay and commentary livestreams on Twitch, most notably in Valorant and Fortnite. She is a co-founder of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators. with over 9.46 million followers, she is the most-followed female streamer on Twitch, and the 16th-most-followed overall.

Early life Imane Anys was born in Morocco on 14 May 1996. Her mother has Berber ancestry. Her parents, two academics, immigrated to Quebec, Canada, when she was four years old. French is her first language as she studied in a French school and it is also a language spoken in Morocco.

While she described her Moroccan Arabic proficiency as "a little bit", She learned English at school.

She gained 450,000 followers on Twitch in 2017, earning her account a place within the 100 most followed on the platform. 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.

Anys has been known to stream gameplay and commentary of Fortnite, which she first streamed as part of a sponsorship. At E3 in 2018, Epic Games, the developers of Fortnite, arranged a pro–am event. The event paired streamers with mainstream celebrities in a match of Fortnites Battle Royale mode; Anys was paired with rapper Desiigner but shortly before the event, he was replaced with basketball player Josh Hart. On 19 January 2020, Pokimane announced her own official Fortnite emote.

Tech news website Digital Trends detailed that Anys frequently interacts with her audience and described her "laidback but enthusiastic personality" as "perfectly suited to long-form streams." Aside from streaming gaming content, Anys also podcasts and streams miscellaneous real-world moments. Later that month, Twitch also scheduled Anys as a partner for their Twitch Creator Camp, a series of broadcasts and articles designed to help content creators build successful channels. In March 2020, Anys signed a multi-year exclusivity with Twitch.

In December 2021, Social Blade listed Anys as the 9th-most-followed user on Twitch, with over 8.5 million followers. In late October 2020, Anys collaborated with U.S. representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar along with several other notable streamers including Disguised Toast and HasanAbi for a session of Among Us as part of a get-out-the-vote initiative for the 2020 United States presidential election.

Anys was named a featured honoree in the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 under the category of "Games", which noted her prominence as the largest female streamer on Twitch and as one of the founders of OfflineTV. She had 8.5 million followers on Twitch as of July 2021. Later in the month, Anys' stream was hate-raided by viewers of JiDion. He was later banned, which received the attention of streamer Ninja, who stated he would use his connections to get the ban reversed. Anys criticized this response from Ninja, particularly calling out Ninja's use of the word bitches when speaking on the issue. Anys and JiDion have since made amends. Later in February 2022, Anys re-signed with Twitch.

On 30 January 2024, Anys announced that she would stop streaming on Twitch stating that she was "done with Twitch's messy behavior", citing the changes that the company has made in recent years. However, she has continued to stream. On 22 October 2024, Anys and fellow streamer Valkyrae hosted a livestream featuring U.S. senator Bernie Sanders in support of the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign, along with streamers AustinShow and Sykkuno, and other popular figures such as Hank Green, Mark Cuban and Mark Hamill.

YouTube In addition to streaming on the Twitch platform, Anys also has multiple YouTube channels: Pokimane, Pokimane Too, Pokimane VODS, Poki ASMR, and imane. In 2021, Anys publicly announced that she had stopped doing ASMR, due to the amount of time and dedication it takes to make ASMR videos. The Pokimane channel features edited gaming clips from streams while Pokimane Too includes unrelated clips of her gaming content, vlogs, and podcast. In 2021, Anys launched a new channel entitled simply 'imane' which covers more personal topics and vlogs rather than gaming-related topics.

Anys was also a member of OfflineTV, a collaborative YouTube channel made up of content creators. Speaking about the channel, Anys stated, "it's not fun being a streamer and living alone, so we decided to come together in a way so we not only keep each other company but we can also collab and actually do good work and content for everyone else."

Other ventures

Outside of streaming, Pokimane has a large following across several social media platforms. As of April 2026, she has 6 million followers on Instagram, 7.3 million followers on TikTok, 6.6 million subscribers on YouTube, and 4 million followers on X.

In October 2018, fellow YouTubers Markiplier and Jacksepticeye launched the clothing line Cloak, aimed at the gaming community. Anys joined Cloak as a partner and creative director in 2020.

In October 2021, it was announced that Anys had helped launch a talent management and brand consulting firm called RTS, where she will serve as the Chief Creative Officer. Anys later quietly departed RTS "two or three years after launching", having sold her stake in the company for "at least six figures".

On 13 November 2023, Anys announced she launched Myna, a company that sells "healthy snack alternative" cookies. One four-pack of the company's midnight mini cookies product were sold for $28, drawing criticism from some, calling the cookies overpriced. On 18 November, during a livestream, she responded to the criticism stating, "When people are like 'oh my God, $28 for cookies'. It's four bags, that's $7 per bag. I know, I know, math is hard when you're an idiot. But, if you're a broke boy, just say so." Her usage of "broke" as an insult attracted further backlash. The podcast ended in June 2024, with Anys explaining "I ain't got more to say, I told all my stories". On 13 September 2024, Anys uploaded episode 1 of her new podcast, Sweet n Sour with Lilypichu, "A weekly podcast created and hosted by Pokimane and LilyPichu… real talks, sweet moments, and a dash of sour truths." After 68 episodes, on 25 April 2026, The Sweet N Sour X account announced that the podcast was ending.

On 17 January 2024, Anys made a special guest appearance at Samsung's biannual Galaxy Unpacked event, where she demonstrated the new gaming features of the S24 Series of devices' adaptive displays.

On 5 June 2025, the Creator Economy Caucus was announced at a press conference outside the Capitol Building. Anys was a participant in the launch, claiming she assisted in "recruiting congresspeople to the official creators caucus" on Instagram.

Acting In October 2019, it was announced that Anys, among a number of other internet personalities, would appear in the film Free Guy, directed by Shawn Levy, which was released in August 2021. In August 2021, she appeared in the music video for Bella Poarch's song "Inferno". In March 2025, she starred in the music video for d4vd's song "What Are You Waiting For".

Personal life In May 2024, Anys disclosed her diagnosis with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Anys has not explicitly confirmed her religion, but has spoken about being spiritual and believing in God but not being religious, stating in a 2025 YouTube video that she doesn't want to share her religion as she doesn't want to have to be "the perfect role model" of that religion, a view similar to that which she had previously shared in an episode of her podcast. Anys has also discussed having an Islamic upbringing, and participates in Muslim traditions such as Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.

As of October 2021, Anys resides in Los Angeles, California. She endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election. 2025 "What Are You Waiting For" d4vd

10th Shorty Awards Twitch Streamer of the Year

2020 10th Streamy Awards Live Streamer

Forbes 30 Under 30 Games

Best Valorant Streamer

Legacy Award 2021 Canadian Game Awards Best Personality

12th Streamy Awards Streamer of the Year

2022 Canadian Game Awards Best Streamer

2025 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Gamer

2025 Streamer Awards Best Streamed Collab (with Katseye)