OMGitsfirefoxx
Personal information
Born
Sonja Reid

(1991-02-12) February 12, 1991
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Twitch streamer
  • YouTuber
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2013–present
GenreGaming
Followers735 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

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

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

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

  1. ↑ Andronico, Michael (10 November 2018). "The Ultimate Guide to Twitch Streaming". Tom's Guide. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Seppala, Timothy (17 October 2015). "This is what success looks like on Twitch". Engadget. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "SXSW Gaming Awards: Vote with Muxy on Twitch!". SXSW Gaming. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Mueller, Saira (21 June 2016). "Meet Sonja Reid, Gaming's Girl Next Door". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "'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.
  6. ↑ Crecente, Brian (20 June 2017). "Markiplier named world's most influential gamer". Polygon. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "OMGitsFirefoxx". The Shorty Awards. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Sydell, Laura (16 June 2016). "E3 Conference Showcases New Kind Of Video Game Celebrity". NPR. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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