Valkyrae Biography
Valkyrae is a Filipino-German You Tube streamer. Her professional name is Rachel Hofstetter. The recipient of a game Award, she is best known for her livestreams on You Tube, being one of the most viewed streamers on the platform. She is also a content creator for 100 Thieves, an esports team, and an activist towards females in online gaming.
How old is Valkyrae? – Age
The Filipino-German You Tube streamer is 29 years old as of 8th January 2020. She was born in 1992 in Washington in the United States.
Who are Valkyrae parents? – Mum and dad
The you tuber was born in the United States to a German father and Filipino mother. She grew up with a sister named KC. Valkyrae described her family background as small and precious. She also revealed that she paid off her mom’s debts and also set up a childcare business for her.
Valkyrae Education
The Filipino-German streamer graduated with an Associate in Arts from a community college in Washington state. After graduation, she worked various jobs and was eventually hired at Gamestop. While working at Gamestop, She began sharing her gaming hobby on Instagram, which garnered her a small following online.
Is Valkyrae in a relationship? – Spouse
Yes, the Filipino-German streamer before was in a relationship with SonyD, fellow Twitch streamer. She had dated SonyD, who his real name is Michael Sherman from year 2016 until the year of 2018, when they later broke up. Since the action she has not yet reviewed anything concerning her relationship.
Valkyrae Career
Hofstetter began streaming on Twitch in 2015. After gathering a following, she began posting gaming videos on You Tube. She is the first female gamer and content creator for 100 Thieves, a competitive American esports team. She is an advocate for women in online gaming, sometimes playing games on all-female teams.
On January 13, 2020, the You Tuber left Twitch for an exclusive streaming contract on You Tube. While initially struggling to maintain an average viewer count of 5,000 towards the beginning of 2020, her You Tube channel experienced a significant boost when she started playing the online multiplayer social deduction game Among Us and began collaborating with popular streamers including Disguised Toast, Sykkuno, Pokimane, Jacksepticeye, Corpse Husband and pewdiepie.
She became the fastest growing female streamer of the year and surpassed Pokimane as the most-viewed female streamer of 2020. Towards the end of the year, Valkyrae’s stream regularly peaked at concurrent viewer counts exceeding 100,000, typically during Among Us sessions.
Valkyrae Net worth
The Twitch streamer has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million as of December 2020.