Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys is well-known for being Twitch’s top female streamer, but there’s one reason she might switch to YouTube from Amazon’s streaming service.
It’s not surprising that a streamer would leave Twitch for YouTube at this point, and given her celebrity, YouTube Gaming will almost certainly offer her an exclusive streaming deal, but that would mean giving up her Twitch audience. Many streamers, including Valkyrae and CouRageJD, have done the same and have been quite successful.
Pokimane already has a YouTube channel, but she prefers to stream on Twitch every day. Her YouTube channel has over 6 million subscribers, which will undoubtedly grow if she continues to stream regularly.
Streamers are switching to YouTube from Twitch for a variety of reasons, but one advantage that YouTube has over Twitch excites Pokimane. YouTube Gaming is seamlessly integrated into YouTube in a way that benefits gamers who choose to live stream there. While Twitch is a gaming-centric platform, YouTube houses content of all kinds, making it more mainstream than its Amazon counterpart.
Pokimane will be able to reach a wider audience thanks to YouTube’s mainstream audience, and she will be able to post content other than gaming. Her statement gave the impression that she was planning a world tour and would be vlogging her journey for YouTube.
