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Personal information
Born	Rachell Hofstetter (1992-01-08) January 8, 1992 (age 32) Moses Lake, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Live streamer YouTuber
YouTube information
Years active	2014–present
Genre	Gaming vlog react
Subscribers	4 million
Total views	573 million
Associated acts	Bella Poarch Corpse Husband CouRageJD Disguised Toast Fuslie HasanAbi Ludwig Ahgren Myth OfflineTV Pokimane QTCinderella Sykkuno
Twitch information Channel Valkyrae Years active 2015–2020

Rachell Hofstetter (born January 8, 1992), better known as Valkyrae, is an American live streamer and YouTuber. She is a co-owner of the gaming organization 100 Thieves and has been YouTube's most-watched female streamer since 2020.

Hofstetter began streaming on Twitch in 2015. She had her breakthrough by playing the competitive online game Fortnite in 2018 and joined 100 Thieves as their first female content creator. In 2020, she switched streaming platforms by signing an exclusive contract with YouTube. Later that year, she saw significant follower growth and reached her peak viewership when playing the online social deduction game Among Us, which led to her winning the Game Award for "Content Creator of the Year" and the Streamy Award for best live streamer. She was also named "Gaming Creator of the Year" by Adweek in 2021 and was included on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2022.

Early life

Rachell Hofstetter was born on January 8, 1992, in Moses Lake, Washington. She is of Filipino and German descent and has three brothers and one younger sister. She cites her mother as the reason she became interested in video games, who encouraged her to pursue it as a hobby from a young age. She attended community college and worked a job at GameStop to support herself, later graduating with an associate degree in arts and science.

Career

While working at GameStop, Hofstetter began sharing her gaming hobby on Instagram, gaining a following. After being encouraged by her followers, she started live streaming on Twitch in 2015. She later began uploading her gaming content to YouTube and had her breakthrough by playing the competitive online game Fortnite in 2018. That October, she became the first female content creator for the gaming organization 100 Thieves.

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On January 13, 2020, Hofstetter left Twitch for an exclusive streaming contract on YouTube. In her first three months on YouTube, she averaged around 1,500 concurrent viewers. Her stream then experienced significant growth and, in late 2020, regularly peaked at concurrent viewer counts exceeding 100,000. This was driven by her playing the online multiplayer social deduction game Among Us and collaborating with popular streamers like Disguised Toast, Sykkuno, Pokimane, PewDiePie and Cr1TiKaL, in addition to public figures like politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, musician Lil Nas X and television personality Jimmy Fallon. Hofstetter became the fastest growing female streamer of 2020 and surpassed Pokimane as the year's most-viewed female streamer.

On April 7, 2021, Hofstetter and CouRageJD joined the ownership group of 100 Thieves, alongside Dan Gilbert, Scooter Braun, Drake, and its founder, Nadeshot. As co-owners, they received equity in the company, which Forbes valued at $190 million at the time. ..... In September 2022, Hofstetter became an ambassador for the fitness apparel brand Gymshark. On March 11, 2023, Hofstetter co-hosted the second annual Streamer Awards alongside the event’s creator, QTCinderella; the ceremony averaged 425,000 live concurrent viewers.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Discography

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Valkyrae para niños

• List of YouTubers