Valkyrae age: How old is Valkyrie YouTuber?
James Bradley
Published Feb 09, 2026
Rachell Marie Hofstetter, better known as Valkyrae, is an American live streamer and YouTuber. She is a co-owner of the gaming organization 100 Thieves and has been YouTube’s most-watched female streamer since 2020. Hofstetter began streaming on Twitch in 2015.
Valkyrae age: How old is Valkyrie YouTuber?
Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter is a 30-year-old YouTube streamer. She was born on Jan. 8, 1992. Valkyrae began her YouTube channel in 2014 but didn’t begin uploading videos until years later. Valkyrae worked several jobs before her explosion in popularity on YouTube, including at GameStop.
After launching a successful gaming Instagram page, Valkyrae was encouraged by countless streamers to begin broadcasting on Twitch.
Valkyrae began as a Twitch streamer in 2015 and started posting videos on her YouTube in 2018. Later in 2018, Valkyrae became the first woman content creator for 100 Thieves.
In January 2020, Valkyrae left Twitch and signed an exclusive streaming contract with YouTube, becoming one of the first streamers to willingly make the platform switch.
Though she initially struggled to maintain the massive viewership she gained on Twitch, Valkyrae’s YouTube stream exploded in popularity during the rise of Among Us.