8 MUST-FOLLOW GAMING CREATORS & STREAMERS
ACCORDING TO OONA’S GAMING EXPERTS
From Super Mario to Pokemon Go, from TV to mobiles, video games have come a long way. The gaming industry has now overtaken cinema as the world’s leading cultural industry. With digitalization and the emergence of platforms such as Youtube and Twitch, gaming creators & streamers have become VIPS and have never seen such large audiences as they do today. Therefore it seemed about time to handover the contribution pen to oona's gaming expert Jérémy Gretic for some insights into the Benelux gaming influencers landscape. Get ready to discover alter egos like Puxque, LekkerSpelen & many more!
@SERPENTGAMEPLAY (NL)
Rick Broers aka SerpentGameplay is Netherland’s most-watched Twitch streamer with nearly 100.000 viewed hours in June. He also has a YouTube channel with 111k subscribers where he makes ‘let’s play’ and talking videos. In his content, you can see he’s a huge fan of Nintendo, Harry Potter, and silly jokes.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“This guy has been blasting great videos for years now and it's only since last year that he got the appreciation he deserves.”
@PUXQUE (NL)
Puck is one of the few girls in the Dutch gaming scene. You can find her live on Twitch, almost every day. She gives an addictive peek into her gamer life and personal life. She also won the Best Social Award for Best Gamer and took part in the 4th season of the YouTube-series “Legends of Gaming”.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“She’s one of the few girl bosses in the gaming scene and she’s a really nice person in real life.”
@JOOSTSPEELTSPELLEN (NL)
Joost Bouhof is one of the oldest YouTubers in the game. He started 10 years ago in a time where AdSense wasn’t even a thing. He has now a gaming channel, vlog channel, and a podcast ‘De Zolderkamer’. Currently, he’s making a theatre show with a friend of his and YouTuber ‘Roedie’.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“Joost is a super creative and versatile guy, who I really look up to.”
@LEKKERSPELEN (NL)
You may know these 2 guys from their animation YouTube channel KUD. They created their channel for fun because their animation videos always took so long to make. Instead, they wanted to make relaxed gaming videos that take less effort. Lekker Spelen was born and created a whole new genre online. A combo between gaming and a podcast.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“These guys pulled some crazy stunts at events that made me hooked on what they were doing.”
@KASTIOP (BE)
Kastiop (Kacper Przybylski) is a Polish-Belgian YouTuber with nearly 300.000 subscribers, who is most known for his dubbed Dora videos. In 2019 YouTube series Legends of Gaming was looking for a new ‘legend’ (or game talent) for their 4th season. Kastiop was one of the 24 finalists and snatched the title with more than 36% of the votes.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“Only decent gamer in BE who manages to last for years. A lot of respect for that guy, because no channel in BE deserves this more than him.”
@XANDERDERYCKE (BE)
Xander Derycke is a comedian best known for his “Houdt Het Voor Bekeken”-comedy shows, where he roasts Flemish television and the film industry. During the COVID 19-lockdown, he couldn’t perform on stage and went over to Twitch to entertain people at home. He became the most popular streamer on Twitch in a very short period.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“Everything he's touched in recent years has been a success, I'm just a fan, I admit that.”
@WILLIAMBOEVA (BE)
William Boeva won Humo’s Comedy Cup in 2012; one of the most relevant comedy contests in Flanders. He is also known for his presence in lots of tv-shows like Scheire en de schepping and as a guest in many podcasts like Mosselen om Half Twee and PotKaas. William Boeva has a physical disability called pseudo-achondroplasia, which he is very open about in the media. During the COVID 19-lockdown, he starred in Gamelab, a show about games from Studio Brussel. He also streams on his own Twitch channel.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“William has accumulated immense knowledge of games over the years because he could never really go outside because of his disability. I have a lot of respect for him!”
@JEANFILS (BE)
Jeanfils is one of the most booming gaming channels over the last 2 years. That’s thanks to the popularity of the game Fortnite released in 2017. With his (nearly) daily upload schedule he became the biggest gamer on YouTube in Belgium with 1.3M subscribers. He is the fastest growing YouTuber in Belgium at the moment.
Why you should push the follow button according to Jérémy?:
“Jeanfils is Belgium's fastest-growing channel & certainly deserves a place in my list.”
