Highlights
- Pokimane announces a breakup after years of keeping her personal life private.
- The streamer is focusing on her YouTube, podcast, and new creative outlets.
- It is unclear if Pokimane will share more personal life details any time soon.
Popular Twitch streamer Pokimane has just announced she is undergoing a breakup, after years of keeping her personal life mostly private. It is unclear how long she and her partner had been together prior to this announcement, but the streamer took to YouTube to update her fans on recent life updates, including her relationship status and decision to leave Twitch earlier this year.
Pokimane or Imane Anys is a well-known Twitch streamer, and is currently the most-followed woman on the platform, with roughly 9.3 million subscribers. She first joined the platform in 2013 and found success streaming various content, including unboxing and cosplay videos, as well as playing popular games like League of Legends, Valorant, and Fortnite. Earlier this year, she made shockwaves with the news that she was leaving Twitch, citing dissatisfaction with the state of the Twitch platform and streaming landscape. Recently, Pokimane has shifted her focus towards her YouTube channel and her podcast, "Don't Tell Anyone."
In a video Pokimane posted to her YouTube channel earlier today, she discusses what she has been up to in recent months. The video starts off recounting her birthday celebrations and shopping in Los Angeles, but a few minutes into the video, she breaks the news that she is going through a break-up. Despite being in the public eye, she has managed to keep much of her personal life private, including her relationships. While discussing the break-up, she says that it feels "different than past ones," explaining that being in her late 20s, she and her partner had been discussing marriage, kids, and planning a future together. She also addressed the concerns about her leaving Twitch in the video, clarifying that her contract with Twitch had merely ended, and she has no plans on leaving the platform completely.
For the past year or two, Pokimane says, she has been keeping more to herself after spending so much time in the public eye and being a public figure. It is unclear if she plans to share much more of her relationship struggles with the public, especially coming from what seems to have been a long-term relationship with rumored boyfriend Kevin Kim. However, she explains that she misses sharing more of her life and plans to continue to explore other avenues of content creation. In addition to sharing her newly-single status, Pokimane explained that she has been enjoying exploring more creative outlets, such as exercising, language learning, and having the freedom to do other things besides streaming and playing video games so often.
Pokimane has been a Twitch and social media icon for over a decade, despite her contract ending at the beginning of the year. Whether this video will truly mark a turning point in Pokimane's dedication to keeping her personal life so ly guarded remains unclear, although she did state that she is ready to share more with her fans and audience. However, what that looks like remains to be seen. She also hinted at an announcement coming to her podcast, and seems to be excited about her upcoming plans for streaming, YouTube, and personal endeavors. Fans will just have to wait and see how much of those plans and updates she intends to share with her audience.
