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ExtraEmily

Personal information
Born| Emily Xuechun Zhang[1]
(1998-01-16) January 16, 1998 (age 26)
Omaha, Nebraska
Nationality|

* American

Education| Columbia University
Occupation|

* Twitch streamer
* YouTuber
* Speedrunner

Twitch information
Channel|

* ExtraEmily

Years active| 2020-present
Genre| IRL, Just Chatting, Gaming
Games|

* Wii Sports
* Wii Fit
* Super Mario Odyssey
* Super Mario 64
* Grand Theft Auto V

Followers| 337 thousand
Associated acts|

* Asmongold
* Emiru
* Mizkif
* One True King
* Sodapoppin

YouTube information
Channel|

* extra emily

Years active| 2019–present
Genre|

* IRL
* Gaming
* Chatting

Subscribers| 76.2 thousand[2]
Total views| 27.8 million[2]

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Last updated: 24 February, 2024

Emily Xuechun Zhang (born January 16, 1998), better known as ExtraEmily, is an American Twitch streamer and YouTuber. She is a member of One True King. Her content primarily focuses on IRL streaming[3].

ExtraEmily has gained notoriety through her unconventional IRL streaming and peoples reactions to it[4][5], her one of a kind content lead to her becoming the most nominated streamer at The Streamer Awards and to winning the "League Of Their Own" award[6]. Additionally ExtraEmily is the 8th most watched female Twitch streamer[7] and the only streamer to have an animated emote of herself available on all of Twitch[8].

## Contents

* 1 Early Life
* 2 Twitch Career
* 3 Events
* 4 Awards and nominations
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early Life[edit]

Zhang was born on January 16, 1998 to Chinese parents, and spent her childhood living in Omaha, Nebraska.

In 2016, Zhang was accepted into Financial Engineering at Columbia University joining the Tau Colony of the Asian-interest Kappa Phi Lambda sorority.

Zhang finished her studies in 2020[9].

## Twitch Career[edit]

ExtraEmily created her Twitch account on April 20, 2020.

On May 29, 2020, ExtraEmily had her first live stream.

On March 23, 2021, ExtraEmily was officially partnered to Twitch through their Twitch Partner Program.

On April 12, 2022, ExtraEmily placed 2nd in One True King's "Schooled", a show loosely based on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.

On April 26, 2022, ExtraEmily was invited to the season finale of "Schooled" as multiple competitors had called in sick. ExtraEmily placed 2nd again, but as the shows victor was exposed for cheating, she was eventually crowned the winner[10]. Following her victory she was awarded $50,000, and was invited to visit Mizkif along with all members of One True King in Austin, Texas[11].

On June 20, 2022, ExtraEmily announced that she had been fired from her banking job in New York City and was officially becoming a full-time Twitch streamer[1].

On January 31, 2023, ExtraEmily was announced as the newest member of One True King[12].

On March 11, 2023, ExtraEmily was nominated as "Best IRL Streamer" at the The Streamer Awards.

On April 9, 2023, ExtraEmily did her take on the subathon trend, as she taped herself to a wall for a little over 10 hours straight while having viewers donate and subscribe to have her friends throw water balloons and various objects at her[13].

On May 14, 2023, ExtraEmily had the police called on her while recreating a Jackass stunt "Urban Kayaker" as she went kayaking in a skatepark[4][14][15].

On June 10, 2023, One True King launched independent video game and publishing company "Mad Mushroom" with ExtraEmily as part of being one of the co-owners for the company.[16]

On October 20, 2023, during TwitchCon, ExtraEmily won a popular vote to become the official emote of the event. This made ExtraEmily the first person ever to have an animated emote available across all of Twitch. The emote depicts a scene from one of ExtraEmily's earlier streams, in which she buried herself inside a trash bin using mulch until only her head was sticking out[17][18][8].

On January 4, 2024, ExtraEmily had a viral incident when cooking steak in an Outback Steakhouse parking lot as part of an "IRL challenge", in which a bystander assumed she was cooking Crack cocaine[5][19][20].

On January 16, 2024, ExtraEmily did another internet challenge, as she drank an entire gallon of water only using a fork over the course of 7 hours[21].

On February 5, 2024, ExtraEmily and One True King co-owner Emiru announced an IRL show together called "Always On (Connected By AT&T)", a show sponsored by AT&T, which will have the two content creators attend various events across the year, while test out and showcasing the capabilities of AT&T's cellular network[22][23].

On Feburary 17, 2024, ExtraEmily co-hosted the red carpet event at the yearly The Streamer Awards, with fellow streamers CDawgVA and Will Neff. At the event ExtraEmily was nominated for total of 6 awards (3 individual awards, 1 organizational award and 2 collaborative awards), the most of anyone at the event[24][6].

## Events[edit]

Year  | Event  | Result  | Ref. | Notes

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2022  | OTK Schooled  | Won  | [25] | Declared winner after the event as EEvisu admitted to cheating

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Ceremony  | Category  | Result  | Ref. | Notes

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2023  | The Streamer Awards  | Best IRL Streamer  | Nominated  | [26]
Best Content Organization  | Nominated  | Indirectly via OTK Network
Esports Awards  | Esports Content Creator of the Year  | Nominated  | [27] | Indirectly via OTK Network
Streamy Awards  | Breakout Streamer  | Nominated  | [28]
2024  | The Streamer Awards  | Best IRL Streamer  | Nominated  | [29]
League Of Their Own  | Won
The Sapphire Award  | Nominated
Best Content Organization  | Nominated  | Indirectly via OTK Network
Best Streamed Series  | Nominated  | Indirectly via Mizkif's show "Schooled"
Best Streamed Event  | Nominated  | Indirectly via Nmplol's event "Wild West"

## See also[edit]

* Asmongold — Fellow OTK member
* Emiru — Fellow OTK member

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mukherjee, Shreyan (March 10, 2023). "How old is ExtraEmily? Tracing the OTK member's age, streaming career, and more". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About extra emily". YouTube.
3. ↑ Maddock, Bryson (April 24, 2023). "Twitch Partner ExtraEmily shares her life as an IRL Streamer". esports.gg. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ingle, Rhiannon (May 14, 2023). "Twitch streamer recreating Jackass stunt gets police called on her at skate park". unilad.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Samson, Carl (January 9, 2024). "Twitch streamer accused of making crack while cooking steak at parking lot". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael, Nicholas Taifalos, Cale (2024-02-18). "Streamer Awards 2024: All results and winners for every category". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-02-18.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. ↑ Bernal, Alan (March 20, 2024). "Top 10 most viewed female Twitch streamers in March 2024". dexerto.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Twitch [@Twitch] (Oct 20, 2023). "Congrats @extraemilyy, your emote is now official out TwitchCon emote and will be a Twitch global emote for an entire year!" (Tweet). Las Vegas. Retrieved Apr 2, 2024 - via Twitter.
9. ↑ "Columbia Virtual Class Day 2020 Program" (PDF). cc-seas.columbia.edu. May 18, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
10. ↑ Hill, Emma (April 26, 2022). "ExtraEmily wins OTK Schooled after original winner EEvisu admits cheating". dexerto.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
11. ↑ Deiley, Dave (April 28, 2022). "ExtraEmily wants to visit Mizkif's house instead of $50,000 prize: "I don't want the money"". dexerto.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
12. ↑ Shaukat, Rahman (February 2, 2023). "OTK Has Signed ExtraEmily". gamerant.com. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
13. ↑ Zulkiflee, Dshae (April 10, 2023). "ExtraEmily tapes herself to the wall for 10 hours during her Wall-A-Thon". esports.gg. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
14. ↑ Shaukat, Rahman (May 15, 2023). "ExtraEmily's Kayaking Stream Triggers Police Involvement". gamerant.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
15. ↑ Ho, Liam (May 14, 2023). "ExtraEmily has police called on her for kayaking in skate park". dexerto.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
16. ↑ Newswire, PR (June 10, 2023). "OTK Network Launches Indie Game and Publishing Company Mad Mushroom". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
17. ↑ Beeler-Beistad, Lauren (May 24, 2023). "Bizarre Twitch Stream Sees ExtraEmily Burying Herself in Giant Plant Pot". gamerant.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
18. ↑ Koutsafti, Radina (May 24, 2023). "ExtraEmily transforms into human pot plant in latest Twitch stream". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
19. ↑ Parker, Jason (January 5, 2024). ""Are you sure you aren't cooking crack?" ExtraEmily gets called out in a restaurant parking lot for cooking steak". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
20. ↑ Andersen, Kenneth (January 5, 2024). "Twitch streamer accused of cooking crack in a car park". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
21. ↑ Andersen, Kenneth (Jan 16, 2024). "Twitch streamer drinks a gallon of water… with a fork". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
22. ↑ Stubbs, Mike (February 5, 2024). "Will Neff Joins OTK As The Group Announces 2024 Content And Plans". forbes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
23. ↑ Richman, Olivia (February 5, 2024). "OTK Shareholders Meeting 2024 Reveals New Creator, Programs, and Events". esi.si.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
24. ↑ Stubbs, Mike. "QTCinderella And Pokimane Will Host The 2024 Streamer Awards". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
25. ↑ Garcia, Ethan (April 26, 2022). "ExtraEmily declared winner of OTK's Schooled season 2 after EE admits to cheating". dotesports.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
26. ↑ "The Streamer Awards 2023 - Nominees". thestreamerawards.com. March 11, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
27. ↑ "Esports Awards 2023: List of nominees". Twitter.com. Esports Awards. 27 July 2023.
28. ↑ "The Streamy Awards 2023 - Nominees". streamys.org. August 27, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
29. ↑ "The Streamer Awards 2024 - Nominees". February 17, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-17.

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