Ibai Llanos is a famous Spanish internet personality who creates content on twitch and YouTube, find out more about him and his current net worth below
Llanos recently went viral after a fan made an Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated video of him kissing fellow streamer IShowSpeed.
Who is YouTuber Ibai Llanos Garatea as video of him kissing iShowSpeed goes viral, bio, age, height and net worth
Back in 2021, โForbes Spainโ named Ibai as Spain’s most influential social media influencer owing to his popularity and reach.
Ibai Llanes bio
Ibai Llanos Garatea is a famous Spanish internet celebrity, streamer, and esports commentator who was born on March 26, 1995, in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. He worked as a content creator for G2 Esports from 2020 to 2021 before co-founding KOI an esports organisation. The famous streamer started out gaming to take refuge as a way of refuge after the 2008 financial crisis caused major economic instability for his family.
Ibai recently went viral following an AI video showing him sharing a kiss with American streamer KSI. It all started after IShowSpeed did a live-stream of the 2024 Ballon dโOr ceremony, where he sat next to Ibai. During the live stream, there was a point when Speedโs chat section was filled with requests of asking him to kiss Ibai.
Age and height
Ibai Llanos is currently 29 years old and stands at a height of 1.8 m.
Career
Ibai started out his career in 2014 at the age of 19, playing in โLeague of Legendsโ professional competition. He narrated his first โLeague of Legendsโ match in August 2014 during the Liga de Videojuegos Profesional, LVP, Honor Division. He later moved to Barcelona in 2016 to take up work as an announcer, and by February 2019, Ibai began hosting the late-night show “Hoy no se sale” on the Ubeat network.
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Ibai eventually left the LVP in early 2020 and went on to create content exclusively for G2 Esports. The following year, in January, Ibai Llanos left G2 Esports, and co-founded the Finetwork KOI esports team alongside former professional footballer Gerard Piquรฉ. KOI has so far competed in various “League of Legends,” “Teamfight Tactics,” and “Valorant” tournaments.
That same year, in February, Ibai launched a new series titled, โCharlando tranquilamenteโ (โCalmly Chattingโ), where he spoke with public figures. Ibai started out the series with Piquรฉ as his first guest, and interviewed musical artists like Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, and Rauw Alejandro, footballers like Ronaldinho, Sergio Agรผero, and Andrรฉs Iniesta, and many more celebrities.
Net worth
According to various sources, Ibai Llanos has an estimated net worth of around $14 million. The Spanish streamer has various sources of income aside from his main income as a streamer. Ibai also co-owns the KOI esports team.
Social media
Ibai Llanos has over 15 million followers on Twitch and over 11.1 million subscribers on YouTube. He has had over three billion views on his YouTube videos, and notably earned the YouTube Creator Awards for reaching 100,000 subscribers back in 2019. He won the same for achieving one million subscribers in 2020, and ten million subscribers in 2023.
Awards and nominations
Over the years, Ibai has won various awards and nominations, which include the following:
- Ibai won Trasgo de Oro awards for Best Caster in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018
- Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards in 2020, 2021, and 2022
- ESLAND Award
- Fail of the Year (2021)
- Song of the Year (2021)
- Event of the Year (2021)
- Streamer of the Year (2021 and 2023)
- 2021 ESLAND Award nominations for:
- Clip of the Year
- Dance of the Year
- Best Content Series
- Content Creator of the Year nomination at the 2021 Game Awards
- League of Their Own nomination at the 2022 Streamer Awards
- MTV MIAW Award nominations for MIAW Icon and Global Creator 2023
- Nickelodeon Mexico Kidsโ Choice Award nomination for Streamer Favorite
Ibai Llanos has an Instagram account with the handle @ibaillanos, where she has over 10.5M followers, and about 214 posts.
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