The Most Famous
GAMERS from United States
This page contains a list of the greatest American Gamers. The pantheon dataset contains 8 Gamers, 1 of which were born in United States. This makes United States the birth place of the 2nd most number of Gamers.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary American Gamers of all time. This list of famous American Gamers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. IShowSpeed (b. 2005)
With an HPI of 51.09, IShowSpeed is the most famous American Gamer. His biography has been translated into 79 different languages on wikipedia.
Darren Jason Watkins Jr. (born January 21, 2005), known online as IShowSpeed (or simply Speed), is an American YouTuber and rapper. He is best known for his variety of livestreams, in which he primarily plays video games, including FIFA, Fortnite, and Roblox. Watkins registered his channel "IShowSpeed" in 2017, primarily posting gaming content. From 2021 to 2022, he gained substantial popularity due in part to the circulation of eye-catching clips from his live streams on social media platforms. In 2022, he was named Breakout Streamer of the Year at the 12th Streamy Awards.
2. Ninja (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 46.52, Ninja is the 2nd most famous American Gamer. His biography has been translated into 29 different languages.
Richard Tyler Blevins (born June 5, 1991), better known as Ninja, is an American online streamer, YouTuber and professional gamer. Blevins began streaming through participating in several esports teams in competitive play for Halo 3, and gradually picked up fame when he first started playing Fortnite Battle Royale in late 2017. Blevins gained the notice of mainstream media in March 2018 when he played Fortnite together with Drake, Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster on stream, breaking a peak viewer count record on Twitch. Blevins has over 19 million followers on his Twitch channel, making it the most-followed Twitch channel as of March 2024.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as American gamers born between 1991 and 2005. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living American gamers include IShowSpeed, and Ninja. As of April 2024, 1 new American gamers have been added to Pantheon including IShowSpeed.
