Ponce (streamer)

French streamer on Twitch (born 1991)

Ponce

Born|

Aurélien Gilles

(1991-09-21) September 21, 1991 (age 33)

Avignon, France

Occupation| Video game streamer on Twitch
Years active| 2016-present

YouTube information

Channel|

* Ponce

Subscribers| 266 thousand[1]
Views| 82.9 million[1]

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Last updated: 2 September 2024
Website| boutiqueponce.fr

Aurélien Gilles, known as Ponce (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃s]) is a French streamer.

## Biography

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### Early life

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Aurélien Gilles, born on September 21, 1991.[2] grew up in Avignon.[3] He studied electrical engineering in Polytech Montpellier, but reoriented himself towards the theatrical field studying at the Toulouse Conservatory school. Disappointed by drama lesson at Florent school in Paris, he became a preparatory classes math teacher for the entry exam of nurse and caregiver diplomas.[4]

## Career

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### 2016-2019: Early career

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In 2016, he started to stream on Twitch, and then joined the French Web TV called LeStream. On that platform, he uses the nickname "PonceFesse", which he will change later for "Ponce".[2][4] He has streamed World of Warcraft and the Nintendo games Mario Kart[4] and Animal Crossing.[5]

### 2019-2020: Popcorn

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In 2019, he joins Domingo's team as a full-time columnist on the talk show Popcorn.[4][5]

### 2020-present: "Ponce la nuit"

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In 2020 he hosted the program "Ponce la nuit", first broadcast on LeStream's channel, it then appeared on his YouTube channel, in which Antoine Daniel[6] and Samuel Étienne[7] were invited. He has been participating in Z Event since 2020.[8][9][10]

His channel was temporarily banned by Twitch in June, 2021 for broadcasting an 70s film trailer which shows a nipple: this temporarily suspension is relayed by Madmoizelle as a symbol of the exaggerated puritanism of the platform.[11]

### Ponce on YouTube

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YouTube channel names, subscribers, and content  Channel name  | Ponce  | Ponce Replay  | PONCE CLIPS

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Subscribers (in February 2022) | 277,000  | 76,200  | 8,120
Content  | Best-of, announcements, main videos from Ponce  | Uninterrupted past streams, Twitch VODs  | Twitch clips

## References

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1. ^ a b "About Ponce". YouTube.
2. ^ a b "Ponce". ActuStream. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
3. ^ LeStream Replay (24 March 2019). "PonceFesse mais qui es-tu ? - Zack en Roue Libre #25" (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via YouTube.
4. ^ a b c d Diego Caparros (18 December 2021). "Ponce, streamer avignonnais, star de la plateforme Twitch en France". La Provence. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
5. ^ a b Romain Cheyron (6 November 2020). "9 streameurs et youtubeurs à suivre de toute urgence". Ouest-France. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
6. ^ "Ponce la nuit reçoit le streamer Antoine Daniel". actustream.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
7. ^ "Ponce La nuit de retour avec Samuel Etienne". actustream.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
8. ^ Pokaa, La tribu (2020-11-12). "La tête ailleurs : à la découverte de la plateforme Twitch et du streamer Ponce". Pokaa (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
9. ^ "ZEvent 2020 : les streamers vous donnent rendez-vous du 16 au 18 octobre pour la bonne cause !". NRJ (in French). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
10. ^ Victor Vasseur (31 October 2021). "Sept moments marquants du ZEvent 2021, plus de dix millions d'euros récoltés au total". France Inter. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
11. ^ Mymy Haegel (18 June 2021). "Twitch bannit Ponce pour un téton, et surprise (non) : ce sont les meufs qui trinquent". Madmoizelle. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

## External links

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* Twitch Channel
* Ponce - YouTube Channel
* Ponce Replay - YouTube Channel
* PONCE CLIPS - YouTube Channel

* Internet portal
* Video game portal
* France portal

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