Behind the Influence

Pokimane - On Her Rise to #1 Female Streamer, Overcoming Stereotypes, and Using her Twitch Community to Get Through Hard Times

Pokimane attributes her epic rise to the #1 female gamer on Twitch to two things - her genuine passion and love for gaming, and her incredible community of fans. Poki's followers adore her, and when she arrived at the studio, it was instantly clear why. Not only is Pokimane a skilled and talented gamer, she is bright, kind, and well-spoken. After meeting her, I would wait in line for 3 hours at Twitchcon for a glimpse of Poki too. With over 79 MILLION total views on the streaming platform, a Shorty Award under her belt, and her own documentary on Amazon, Imane is changing the game. Poki shares how she's overcome stereotypes, navigated the industry, and leaned on her Twitch community during hard times. Of course we also talked #trolls. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Behind the Influence is the next iteration of Tatiana Carrier’s intimate interview series with pioneers of today’s entertainment world. Focusing on both the people on the platforms and the people behind them, Behind the Influence provides listeners candor, laughter, seriousness and access like no other podcast show can get. Filled with personal stories, advice, revealing anecdotes, retellings of epic successes and even worse failures, there’s plenty of insights, but also a fair amount of absolute nonsense. Are you even reading this? Just listen for @!#?'s sake.