IShowSpeed Religion, Height, Age, Net Worth, Wiki, GF & Bio

Publish date: 2024-07-09

IShowSpeed is a US-based gaming YouTuber, streamer & social media personality. He got popular on YouTube for his gaming videos. As of now, he has gained over 15 million subscribers on the platform. Previously, he used to stream video games on Twitch but switched to YouTube after getting banned from the streaming website. Read more to know about his religion, height, age, net worth, wiki, bio, real name, gf, weight, family, ethnicity, parents, siblings & more.

IShowSpeed Wiki/Biography

IShowSpeed was born in an American family on 21 January 2005 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. His real name is Darren Watkins Jr. & his zodiac sign is Aquarius. He attended Purcell Marian High School in his hometown for a high school education. As he is pretty famous, he wouldn’t be interested in pursuing college for higher studies.

His ethnicity is mixed and he follows the Christianity religion. However, he hasn’t revealed any information about his parents or siblings yet. At the current time, he still resides with his mother. Often, his mother’s voice is heard while he is streaming on YouTube.

Real NameDarren Watkins Jr.
NicknameIShowSpeed
ProfessionYouTuber
Age18 [as of 2023]
Date of Birth21 January 2005
BirthplaceCincinnati, Ohio, USA
HometownCincinnati, Ohio, USA
Zodiac SignAquarius
NationalityAmerican
ReligionChristianity
CollegeDidn’t attend
HobbiesTraveling
Famous ForYoutube videos

IShowSpeed Girlfriend & Dating History

IShowSpeed’s marital status is unmarried. As he is very young, the YouTube live streamer has no intention to get married anytime soon. Also, his current relationship status is single.

It is known to the people on the internet that he previously dated a person named Ermony Renee. She was called with the nickname Dream.

However, the couple decided to part ways as they broke up after dating for a few months. Prior to this, Darren could’ve dated at least one person in the past. However, he hasn’t publicly shared anything about his past relationships.

Age, Height & More

IShowSpeed’s age is 18 as of 2023. His height is 5 feet 9 inches & weighs around 60 kg. He has brown eyes & black hair. Darren’s body statistics are unavailable while his shoe size is 10.5 (US). Looking at her personality, he is a fit person but is usually seen raging while playing video games.

Career

IShowSpeed started his career by launching his YouTube channel on 22 March 2016. He is known for uploading gaming videos usually NBA 2K. After consistent video uploads, a few of his videos got thousands of views helping him gain subscribers.

Leaving this, he also live streams on his YouTube channel. His channel hit 100,000 subscribers on 20 April 2021. He saw an increase in subscribers after Adin Ross appeared in his live streams.

Further, he made his music debut on 6 August 2021 with the single Lying featuring Jay Cinco. The song has got over 500k streams in one day on YouTube.

Speed’s channel surpassed the one million subscriber milestone on 30 June 2021. Over the past year, his channel grew by almost ten times. This is because he completely switched to YouTube due to the Twitch ban. Hence, this made him stay more active on the video-sharing website.

His channel growth skyrocketed after various clips from his live streams went viral. The short entertaining clips were reshared by thousands on various social media platforms including Tiktok. From these clips, people began to find his YouTube channel thereby subscribing to him.

He continues to stay entertaining as he doesn’t dedicate all his live streams to a single game. In fact, he even switches between different video games during a single live stream.

Over the past year, he has released numerous songs with his recent single titled Ronaldo [Sewey]. His latest song has acquired over 15 million streams on YouTube and almost 5 million streams on Spotify. So far in 2022, his channel has been gaining one million subscribers monthly on average. The streamer continues to grow at an exponential rate.

Regardless of sometimes facing backlash due to his serious behavior, his fans always appreciate his efforts to make live streams entertaining. Currently, he has over 16.1 million subscribers with 1.2 billion total video views.

Leaving his main channel, he has two other YouTube channels namely Live Speedy and Speedy Boykins. On the primary channel, he has seen uploading highlights from his live streams. The channel has acquired over 4.64 million subscribers with 793 million total video views.

His third channel has 1.19 million subscribers and usually uploads short video clips from live streams. The channel’s most popular video has almost 449 million views.

IShowSpeed Net Worth

IShowSpeed’s net worth is $5 million (estimated). He makes most of his money by streaming on YouTube. Being fully dedicated to YouTube, he primarily earns through ads that run during his live streams. According to Socialblade, his channel amasses an average of 75 million views each month. As per our estimations, he makes at least $125,000 a month in ad revenue.

Moving further, he often receives super chats (donations) from his fans. His earnings from super chats cannot be estimated as they are highly fluctuating. Finally, he has three different membership plans on his channel. Each plan has its own perks but the members count is unavailable to the public.

Leaving YouTube, he is mostly seen making money by selling his merchandise. Speed has partnered with Represent to sell his merch on their official website. Looking at the numbers, this source of income is very profitable as he sold out every product listed on the site. As usual, the income numbers are usually kept confidential.

Though Darren is very popular with millions of followers, he isn’t usually preferred by any brands. In the past months, he was never seen promoting or working with any company. This is because he indulged in various controversies that made him unfavorable for sponsors to work with. Below, you can find his controversies.

Controversies

Banned on Twitch: Speed started his streaming career on Twitch but got banned due to a sexist rant. He appeared in the live stream on fellow Twitch streamer Adin Ross in December 2021.

In the live stream, he asked a few explicit questions to an Instagram model. Moving forward in the conversation, he went to have a huge rant and told some explicit things on the live stream.

Looking at Twitch’s T&C, this is against their terms. Due to this, he permanently got banned from Twitch the day after the live stream.

Banned from playing Valorant: Darren got banned on Valorant after going on a sexist rant while playing against a random girl. Due to this, he primarily got banned for 30 days.

However, he got permanently banned from playing any games released by Riot games after a news reporter shared a clip of his sexist rant.

Temporarily banned on YouTube: During his ten million subscriber stream on YouTube, he did something that was against YouTube’s community guidelines. Due to this, he got a community guidelines strike that resulted in his live stream getting taken down even before hitting the milestone.

Darren announced this sad news on Instagram with the caption “I’m banned guys goodbye”. However, it looked like his strike got released and he was able to stream back on the platform just after one week.

Discography

2021

2022

Facts

FAQs about IShowSpeed

Who is IShowSpeed?

IShowSpeed is a YouTuber, streamer, and social media personality based in Ohio

Does IShowspeed have a girlfriend?

No, he is currently single.

What is IShowSpeed’s religion?

Christianity.

How old is IShowSpeed?

He is 18 years old as of 2023.

What is IShowSpeed’s height & weight?

He stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall and his weight is 60 kg approx.

How much is IShowSpeed worth?

His estimated net worth is $5 million.

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