Rachel Hofstetter – better known as Valkyrae – is the world’s top female streamer for the second year in a row. Valkyrae previously beat popular Twitch streamer Pokimane to become the world’s most-watched and fastest streamer in 2020.
Stream Hatchet – a leading E-sport and gaming data analytics company – reported that Valkyrae has continued to be the most-viewed female streamer for a consecutive quarter with 12.2 million views, compared to her closest competitor Pokimane – whose views stand at 6.8 million.
Our Q1 2021 Live Game Streaming Trends report is now available!
Live streaming viewership has grown 80% YoY
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@Valkyrae still the top female streamerDownload the full report here:https://t.co/9KhbZ8hcoA
— Stream Hatchet (@StreamHatchet) April 7, 2021
The 29-year-old American gaming influencer initially began her career on the streaming platform Twitch and then shifted to YouTube in 2020. Her next-level gaming skills and her collaborations with big-name gaming streamers such as Pokimane, JackSepticEye, Disguised Toast and PewDiePie – have led to a massive rise in her viewership.
She has also worked with the popular lifestyle and gaming organization 100 Thieves for three years and has recently become a co-owner for it. The other co-owners include media entrepreneur Scooter Braun, rapper Drake, and businessman Dan Gilbert:
Happy to announce that I am officially a co-owner of 100 Thieves!
Its been almost 3 years since I joined the team and I would have never expected this path to lead to this..
I’m proud to be one of the first women co-owners in esports and beyond excited for our future together! pic.twitter.com/hb5uxI8rea
— rae (@Valkyrae) April 7, 2021
Apart from gaming, Valkyrae featured in the music video ‘DAYWALKER!’ by Machine Gun Kelly ft. Corpse Husband – which got 12 million views within 2 weeks of its release.