Attention · creator
IShowSpeed (Darren Watkins Jr.)
Streamer · Cincinnati
- Founded
- 2016
- Entered
- 2016
- Placed at
- 2016: first documented activity
- Status 2026
- Active
- Embeddedness
- 2 connections
- Confidence
- verified · strongest source primary or company
Method
Darren Watkins Jr. registers IShowSpeed in 2016 in Cincinnati, streams NBA 2K to about ten viewers by 2020, and grows from 100,000 to a million subscribers between April and June 2021 as TikTok clips of his outbursts spread. Twitch bans him in December 2021 so YouTube becomes his platform. Warner Records releases World Cup in 2022. The Euro 2024 tour draws 2.5 billion views and an Indonesia stream hits a million concurrent viewers. He reaches 50 million subscribers in January 2026 during an Africa tour, takes Ghanaian citizenship, and performs at the 2026 World Cup closing ceremony.
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- paid byYouTubeDarren Watkins Jr. is paid through the YouTube Partner Program after moving his streams to YouTube. (partly verified)2016 to present
- came out ofKai CenatKai Cenat and IShowSpeed build a joint audience through collaborative streams and the 2024 Kai and Speed tour. (partly verified)2022 to present