OMGitsfirefoxx
| OMGitsfirefoxx | |
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| Born | Sonja Reid February 12, 1991 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Followers | 735 thousand (May 1, 2023) |
Sonja Reid, better known as OMGitsfirefoxx, is a Canadian Twitch streamer and podcast host. As of November 2018, she had over 631,000 followers on Twitch.[1]
Career
[edit]Reid first started streaming in 2013, while working in the retail sector. She became a partner on Twitch in January 2014, and that summer, she quit her retail job to focus entirely on streaming. By October 2015, she had become the most-followed female user on Twitch.[2] In 2018, she hosted the SXSW Gaming Awards.[3]
In November of 2020 she began co-hosting the gaming/humor podcast Good Game Nice Try! with Aaron Bleyaert.
Recognition
[edit]Reid was named to Forbes's "30 Under 30" list in 2016.[4] She was named "Most followed female videogames broadcaster on Twitch" in the 2017 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition.[5] Also in 2017, she was named the fourth most influential gamer in the world by Forbes, and was a finalist for the "Twitch Streamer of the Year" award at the 9th Shorty Awards.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2013, Reid was dating fellow gamer Tucker Boner, also known as "Jericho". Reid and Boner met playing an online game together, and they have collaborated on Twitch gaming livestreams.[8] They separated in 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ Andronico, Michael (10 November 2018). "The Ultimate Guide to Twitch Streaming". Tom's Guide. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Seppala, Timothy (17 October 2015). "This is what success looks like on Twitch". Engadget. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "SXSW Gaming Awards: Vote with Muxy on Twitch!". SXSW Gaming. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Mueller, Saira (21 June 2016). "Meet Sonja Reid, Gaming's Girl Next Door". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "'OMGitsfirefoxx' enters Guinness World Records 2017 Gamer's Edition as most followed female on Twitch". Guinness World Records. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Crecente, Brian (20 June 2017). "Markiplier named world's most influential gamer". Polygon. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "OMGitsFirefoxx". The Shorty Awards. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Sydell, Laura (16 June 2016). "E3 Conference Showcases New Kind Of Video Game Celebrity". NPR. Retrieved 1 March 2019.