Hasan Piker Explained
Hasan Doğan Piker (pronounced as /tr/; born July 25, 1991), also known as HasanAbi ("Turkish: [[wikt:abi#Turkish|abi]]" meaning "elder brother" in Turkish), is an American[1] online streamer, YouTuber, and left-wing political commentator.
He previously worked as a broadcast journalist and producer at The Young Turks and as a columnist at HuffPost. He streams on Twitch, where he discusses politics, news, social issues, current events, plays a variety of video games, and discusses controversial topics, often from a socialist perspective.[2]
Early life and education
Hasan Piker was born to Turkish parents in New Brunswick, New Jersey, but raised in Istanbul.[3] His father's family emigrated to Turkey from Drama, Greece.[4] His father is Mehmet Behçet Piker, a political scientist and economist who served on the Board of Directors (and as Vice-President) of Sabancı Holding, and who is a founding member of the Future Party in Turkey.[5] His mother Ülker Sedef Piker [6] [7] is an art and architectural historian teaching at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.[8] [9] His uncle Cenk Uygur is a political commentator and co-founder of The Young Turks news network. Piker says he was bullied during his time in public school in Turkey for his lack of physical fitness and for questioning Islam.[10]
Piker returned to the United States and attended the University of Miami, then transferred to Rutgers University, where he graduated cum laude with a double major in political science and communication studies in 2013.
Career
The Young Turks
During his senior year of college in 2013, Piker interned for The Young Turks (TYT), a progressive news show and network co-founded by his uncle, Cenk Uygur. After graduating, Piker was hired by the network's ad sales and business department. He asked to host the show when a fill-in was needed and later became a host and producer.
In 2016, Piker created and hosted The Breakdown, a TYT Network video series which aired on Facebook and presented left-leaning political analyses targeted, at the time, at millennial supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The show was nominated for "Best Web Series" at the 10th Shorty Awards in 2018.[11] Piker also contributed political content to HuffPost from 2016 to 2018.[12] [13]
Piker created and hosted another TYT series in 2019, Agitprop with Hasan Piker.[14] In January 2020, he announced his departure from TYT and his intention to focus on his career as a Twitch streamer.[15]
Twitch
Piker started streaming on Twitch in March 2018 while working at TYT.[16] Piker has said he shifted his attention from Facebook to Twitch in order to reach a younger audience and because of what he felt was a preponderance of right-wing commentators on YouTube and a lack of leftist representation among streamers.[17] [18] He became a popular left-wing political commentator, invited to appear on Fox News's The Issue Is and the political podcast Chapo Trap House.[19] [20] His YouTube channel features highlights of his streams, and in 2022 reached over 1,000,000 subscribers.[21] Piker also streams gameplay and commentary of video games on his Twitch channel.[22] [23] Sometimes Piker will role-play as "Hank Pecker", a caricature of a right-wing redneck.[24] [25]
Dispute with Dan Crenshaw and 9/11 comments
During a Twitch stream on August 20, 2019, Piker criticized U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw, a SEAL Team 3 veteran who served in Afghanistan, for his support of American military interventionism overseas. Piker said of Crenshaw, "What the fuck is wrong with this dude? Didn't he go to war and like, literally lose his eye because some mujahideen, a brave fucking soldier, fucked his eye-hole with their dick?"[26] [27] [28] In the same stream, Piker criticized American foreign policy and made controversial comments relating to the September 11, 2001, attacks, including "America deserved 9/11."[29] His statements caused outrage on social media and were covered by Fox News and various other media outlets. Crenshaw said that Piker's comments were a "disgusting defense of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against Americans." The Young Turks host and Piker's uncle Cenk Uygur called them "very offensive," and invited Piker to appear on TYT to apologize.[30] Instead of apologizing, Piker tried to justify his comments as satirical and cited American foreign policy as promoting conditions to make an event like 9/11 possible, but acknowledged that he should have used "more precise" language, despite no one criticizing him over whether his language was precise or not.[31] Twitch banned Piker for one week due to the comments.[32]
Collaboration with U.S. representatives
On October 19, 2020, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez collaborated with Piker and fellow Twitch streamer Pokimane to organize a stream of the Representative playing the popular multiplayer game Among Us for the "Get out the vote" initiative.[33] The stream aired the following day, featuring both Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar playing the game with Piker and other popular Twitch streamers, reaching a total concurrent viewership of almost 700,000.[34] [35] [36]
Coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential debate
During the first 2020 United States presidential debate on September 29, Piker had over 125,000 viewers watching his commentary of the broadcast, the highest viewership of the debate on Twitch.[37] Piker's stream covering the results of the 2020 United States presidential election peaked at 230,000 concurrent viewers and was the sixth most-watched source of election coverage across YouTube and Twitch, comprising 4.9% of the market share.[38] [39] [40] [41] He was the most watched Twitch streamer during the election week; his 80 hours of streams were viewed for a cumulative 6.8 million hours by an average of 75,000 concurrent viewers.[42] [43] Piker's stream reached a new high of 231,000 viewers during the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[44]
Usage of the word "cracker"
On December 13, 2021, Piker was banned from Twitch for one week for using the racial epithet "cracker" repeatedly on stream. Piker argued the term should not be considered a slur since a person using it is "powerless" and "doing it as someone who has been historically oppressed blowing off steam."[45] [46] He further contended "cracker" is not a slur in the same way as other racial slurs, stating that "It's something I've talked about so many times because it's like white boys love fucking saying, 'Cracker is the same as the n-word,' It's really stupid. The etymology of the word is different. … It comes from 'whip cracker.' So the power is still in the hands of the white person in that situation, whereas the n-word is dehumanizing."[47]
Coverage of military conflicts
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Piker, in partnership with CARE, raised over $200,000 for Ukrainian relief funds while playing Elden Ring, with an average of over 70,000 people watching his coverage of the conflict.[48] [49] [50] During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Piker's charity drive on his channel raised over $1,000,000, as of October 21, 2023, for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, American Near East Refugee Aid, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.[51] [52] He also spoke about the conflict on BBC News, and on Piers Morgan Uncensored along with Ehud Barak, the former Prime Minister of Israel.[53]
Other ventures
In the aftermath of the February 6, 2023, Turkey–Syria earthquake, Piker organized a fundraiser that was also contributed to and promoted by other streamers and content creators including Jacksepticeye, Valkyrae, Ludwig Ahgren, and IShowSpeed., the fundraiser had raised over $1,200,000 for charities such as Care International's Turkish and Syrian branches as well as two Turkish NGOs: the AKUT Search and Rescue Association, and Ahbap, which was founded by Turkish musician Haluk Levent.[54] [55] [56]
Since 2021, Piker has hosted the podcast Fear& (formerly Fear&Malding) alongside his friend and fellow Twitch streamer, Will Neff.[57] Streamers QTCinderella and AustinShow would later join the podcast as co-hosts in 2023.[58] From September 26, 2021, to October 12, 2023, Piker co-hosted the left-leaning political podcast Leftovers with co-host Ethan Klein.[59] After an episode on the 2023 Israeli-Hamas war, the show went on permanent hiatus.[60] On November 8, 2021, Piker released a line of union-made merchandise called Ideologie and donated a portion of the proceedings to strike funds in which he raised over $180,000.[61] [62] [63]
Political views
Piker has been identified as a progressive, leftist, and socialist.[64] He has advocated in favor of workplace democracy,[65] universal health care, intersectional feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, Muslim rights, and gun control; he has advocated against war, American imperialism, Islamophobia, white supremacy, fascism, and capitalism. [66]
Piker has cited his upbringing in Turkey under the Premiership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as an influence on both his left-wing views and willingness to speak out about them.[67] Piker supported the presidential primary campaigns of Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020,[68] and has been an outspoken critic of both the Democratic and Republican parties.[69] He also opposed Donald Trump's travel ban in 2017 and has been a critic of Islamophobic people and offensive stereotypes, hostility, and negative attitudes towards Muslims. Piker has shown support for Muslims and their rights, especially in the U.S.
Reception
Outlets dedicated to video game culture and youth culture have covered Piker's streams positively. In particular, journalists have noted his ability to "combine information and entertainment," and to approach left-wing political coverage in a way that is relatable and accessible to Twitch viewers, who may feel out of touch with cable news.[70] [71] Some authors also cite Piker's vulgar, animated style of expression and his physical appearance as notable factors behind his popularity.
Gaming website Kotaku selected Piker as one of their "Gamers of the Year" for 2020, citing him as a major figure in the mainstreaming of political commentary on Twitch, a platform which in the past was seen as discouraging to political discussion.[72] Piker won a Streamy in the News category at the 10th annual awards in 2020 and was nominated again in the same category for the 2021 event.[73] [74] In 2022, Piker was nominated in the categories News, Just Chatting, and Streamer of the Year, winning the News award for the second time and being nominated for three consecutive years.[75] At the event, he also presented the Creator of the Year award alongside Avani Gregg, which was won by MrBeast for the third year in a row.[76] At the 2023 Streamer Awards, Piker was nominated for Best Just Chatting Streamer and Streamer of the Year, winning the former.[77] [78]
In January 2024, Piker interviewed a Yemeni self-proclaimed "pirate" who had filmed himself on board the Galaxy Leader, a Bahamas-flagged ship that has been held captive by Houthi militants since November 2023.[79] In the aftermath, Piker was criticized by the Anti-Defamation League for having "justified the atrocities of October 7" and conducting the interview after "he ... defended the Houthis' actions, expressed support for terrorism against the State of Israel and shared propaganda from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)."[80]
Personal life
Piker was raised as a Muslim and works with Muslims for Progressive Values. He is of Turkish descent, and is the nephew of Cenk Uygur, politician and co-creator of The Young Turks.[81]
In August 2021, Piker purchased a $2.7 million house in West Hollywood, California.[82]
Awards and nominations
Filmography
Music videos
Notes and References
- Web site: HASAN PIKER. October 21, 2018. Politicon. June 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160628075250/https://politicon.com/speaker/hasan-piker/. live.
- Web site: Jackson. Gita. May 20, 2019. Socialist Twitch Streamer Says He's Changing Minds. August 9, 2020. Kotaku. G/O Media. May 20, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190520203519/https://kotaku.com/socialist-twitch-streamer-says-hes-changing-minds-1834899434. live.
- Web site: 2021-01-27. Can Hasan Piker's Stream of Consciousness Save America?. 2021-04-02. Highsnobiety. en. July 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220701080834/https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/hasan-piker-interview/. live.
- Web site: Mehmet Behçet Piker . 2024-02-09 . gelecekpartisi.org.tr Future Party (Turkey).
- Web site: 2019-12-13 . Davutoğlu'nun partisinde kimler var? . 2024-02-04 . euronews . tr.
- 2014 . Mad As Hell . 2024-07-18 . sk.sagepub.com . 10.4135/9781529762211.
- Interview with Sedef Piker (Cenk Uygur's sister) – 'Mad As Hell' Premiere . 2015-03-21 . The Young Turks . 2024-07-18 . YouTube.
- Web site: 2023 . Bilkent History Graduate Symposium 2023 . 2024-07-18 . history.bilkent.edu.tr.
- Web site: Archive PhD Hillier College of Architecture and Design . 2024-07-18 . design.njit.edu.
- Web site: Smothers. Hannah. 2018-02-20. 'Woke Bae' Hasan Piker Wants Your F*cking Attention. 2021-04-02. Cosmopolitan. en-US. February 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180220233227/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a18198474/hasan-piker-young-turks-woke-bae-interview/. live.
- Web site: THE BREAKDOWN. August 9, 2020. Shorty Awards. January 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180120220319/https://shortyawards.com/10th/the-breakdown. live.
- Web site: Hasan Piker. August 9, 2020. HuffPost. Verizon Media. October 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018031840/https://www.huffpost.com/author/hasan-piker. live.
- News: Bajalan. Djene. July 31, 2016. The Wrong Answer. Jacobin. August 17, 2020. 2158-2602. September 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921135331/https://jacobinmag.com/2016/07/turkey-military-coup-ataturk-erdogan-islamism. live.
- Web site: Agitprop with Hasan Piker. August 10, 2020. The Young Turks. December 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203145535/https://tyt.com/shows/agitprop/about. live.
- News: Park. Gene. October 21, 2020. AOC playing 'Among Us' shouldn't surprise you. Streams are a beloved pastime.. The Washington Post. October 21, 2020. 0190-8286. October 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021205849/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/10/21/aoc-twitch-stream-explained/. live.
- News: Lorenz. Taylor. Taylor Lorenz. November 10, 2020. How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch. The New York Times. November 10, 2020. 0362-4331. November 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201110173729/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/style/hasan-piker-twitch.html. live.
- News: Breland. Ali. October 21, 2020. On Twitch, AOC and Ilhan Omar Tapped Into the Future of Left Politics. Mother Jones. Foundation for National Progress. October 21, 2020. 0362-8841. October 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022051642/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-twitch/. live.
- Web site: Liberati . Riccardo . May 21, 2019 . Hasanabi ed il vento del cambiamento sociale su Twitch . Player.it . Frezza Network . it . October 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029105212/https://www.player.it/news/379883-hasanabi-ed-il-vento-del-cambiamento-sociale-su-twitch.html . live . October 26, 2020.
- News: Uhl. Jordan. July 15, 2020. The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens. The Nation. August 9, 2020. 0027-8378. August 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809023119/https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/military-recruitment-twitch/. live.
- Web site: Michaelson. Elex. July 29, 2020. The Issue Is Podcast: A debate on government's role during the pandemic with Hasan Piker, Michael Knowles. August 9, 2020. FOX 11. Fox Television Stations. August 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103245/https://www.foxla.com/podcasts/the-issue-is-podcast-a-debate-on-governments-role-during-the-pandemic-with-hasan-piker-michael-knowles. live.
- Web site: Macklovitch . Dave . Chromeo#Members . April 1, 2020 . Hasan Piker Can Bro Down And Demolish Capitalism At The Same Time . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923143442/https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/hasan-piker-young-turks-interview . September 23, 2020 . August 15, 2020 . Dollar Shave Club.
- Web site: Miceli . Max . January 13, 2020 . HasanAbi accidentally takes out teammate Greekgodx in Escape from Tarkov. Dot Esports . Gamurs. February 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213124852/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/hasanabi-accidentally-takes-out-teammate-greekgodx-in-escape-from-tarkov . live . August 9, 2020.
- Web site: Lee. Jonathan. September 2, 2020. Hasan was saved by a stream sniping troll during Twitch's Fall Guys tournament. September 5, 2020. Yahoo!. Verizon Media. December 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203145632/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hasan-saved-stream-sniping-troll-152859346.html. live.
- News: Grayson . Nathan . Nathan Grayson . January 15, 2021 . Twitch's Rust Boom Is The Streamer Crossover Event Of The Century . . January 9, 2023.
- News: Miceli . Max . July 29, 2022 . Slasher sneaks in reference to Hasan's Hank Pecker character on news broadcast . . January 9, 2023.
- Web site: Dorman . Sam . August 22, 2019 . Liberal commentator profanely attacks Rep. Crenshaw, says 'brave' fighter took his eye . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116014727/https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-commentator-profanely-attacks-rep-crenshaw-claims-brave-soldier-took-his-eye . January 16, 2021 . December 18, 2020 . Fox News . en-US.
- Web site: August 22, 2019 . TYT Contributor Goes off about Dan Crenshaw in Furious Tirade . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108004620/https://www.mediaite.com/news/tyt-host-hasan-piker-mocks-dan-crenshaws-war-injury-brave-fcking-soldier-fcked-his-eye-hole/ . November 8, 2020 . December 31, 2020 . Mediaite . en.
- Web site: August 24, 2019 . Twitch Suspends Popular Leftist Streamer After Controversial 9/11 Comments . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190824005707/https://kotaku.com/twitch-suspends-popular-leftist-streamer-after-controve-1837518859 . August 24, 2019 . December 31, 2020 . Kotaku . en-us.
- Web site: Wulfsohn . Joseph . August 23, 2019 . Hasan Piker calls his Crenshaw remarks 'satire' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823085552/https://www.foxnews.com/media/hasan-piker-dan-crenshaw . August 23, 2019 . August 8, 2020 . Fox News.
- Web site: The Young Turks . August 22, 2019 . Hasan Piker Addresses Online Comments . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201119012244/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQGvVsRpaE . November 19, 2020 . December 18, 2020 . YouTube.
- Web site: Elex Michaelson . August 30, 2019 . Hasan Piker vs Gianno Caldwell on "The Issue Is: with Elex Michaelson" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201103145311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fin-PeFNEFs&feature=youtu.be&t=607 . November 3, 2020 . December 17, 2020 . YouTube.
- Web site: Grayson . Nathan . August 23, 2019 . Twitch Suspends Popular Leftist Streamer After Controversial 9/11 Comments . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190824005707/https://kotaku.com/twitch-suspends-popular-leftist-streamer-after-controve-1837518859 . August 24, 2019 . August 8, 2020 . Kotaku.
- Web site: Bailey . Dustin . October 20, 2020 . AOC starts a Twitch account to play Among Us with Pokimane and HasanAbi . October 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020090317/https://www.pcgamesn.com/among-us/aoc-twitch . live . . October 20, 2020.
- Web site: Stephen . Bijan . October 20, 2020 . Watch AOC play Among Us live on Twitch with HasanAbi and Pokimane . October 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021003841/https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/20/21525740/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-twitch-hasanabi-pokimane-ilhan-omar-among-us. live . The Verge . October 20, 2020.
- News: Brown . Abram . October 20, 2020 . Almost 700,000 People Flock To Twitch To Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Play Hit Video Game 'Among Us' . November 30, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130222804/https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/10/20/almost-700000-people-flock-to-twitch-to-watch-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-play-hit-video-game-among-us/?sh=69344e5f604d. live . Forbes . 0015-6914 . October 21, 2020.
- Web site: Grayson . Nathan . October 20, 2020 . Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Streams On Twitch With Hasan Piker And Pokimane, Draws Over 430,000 Viewers . October 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021052704/https://kotaku.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-streams-on-twitch-with-hasan-p-1845431479 . live . Kotaku . October 21, 2020.
- News: Hsu . Tiffany . September 30, 2020 . They Watched the Debate … on Twitch . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014308/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/business/media/twitch-trump-biden-debate.html . October 1, 2020 . October 1, 2020 . The New York Times . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Jackson . Gita . November 4, 2020 . Hasan Piker's Twitch Stream Is the Future of Election Night Coverage. November 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201104202643/https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjppy7/hasan-pikers-twitch-stream-is-the-future-of-election-night-coverage . live . . November 4, 2020.
- News: Lerman . Rachel . November 2, 2020 . How people are obsessing over results (virtually) on election night . November 5, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105033922/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/02/watching-election-night/ . live . The Washington Post . 0190-8286 . November 5, 2020.
- Web site: Michael . Cale . November 13, 2020 . Streamlabs report shows HasanAbi rivaled major news outlets for presidential election coverage . November 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117183957/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/streamlabs-report-shows-hasanabi-rivaled-major-news-outlets-for-presidential-election-coverage . live . Dot Esports . November 16, 2020.
- Web site: May . Ethan . November 13, 2020 . Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet Live Stream Election Report . November 13, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113170148/https://streamlabs.com/content-hub/post/streamlabs-and-stream-hatchet-live-stream-election-report . live . Streamlabs . November 16, 2020.
- Web site: Lister . Bishop . November 7, 2020 . Hasan Piker is Now One of Twitch's Top Streamers . November 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107211928/https://gamerant.com/hasan-piker-twitch-stats/ . live . Game Rant . Valnet . November 8, 2020.
- Khan. Imad. January 5, 2021. Twitch Is Having a Political Renaissance. en-us. Wired. January 6, 2021. 1059-1028. January 6, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210106141351/https://www.wired.com/story/politicians-twitch-voters-georgia-election/. live.
- News: Messner . Steven . 6 January 2021 . The storming of the US Capitol is currently Twitch's top stream . January 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210107141203/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-storming-of-the-us-capitol-is-currently-twitchs-top-stream/ . live . PC Gamer . 7 January 2021.
- Web site: Gach . Ethan . December 14, 2021 . Socialist Twitch Streamer Banned For Calling White People 'Cracker' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214173041/https://kotaku.com/socialist-twitch-streamer-banned-for-calling-white-peop-1848213042 . December 14, 2021 . December 14, 2021 . Kotaku . en-US.
- Web site: Jackson . Gita . Gault . Matthew . December 14, 2021 . Hasan Piker Banned From Twitch for Saying 'Cracker' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214175837/https://www.vice.com/en/article/4awxjw/hasan-piker-allegedly-banned-from-twitch-for-saying-cracker . December 14, 2021 . December 14, 2021 . Vice . en-US.
- News: Grayson . Nathan . December 16, 2021 . Twitch suspension of Hasan Piker sparks debate over what qualifies as racist language . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211217083440/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/16/twitch-cracker-ban-hasan-vaush/ . December 17, 2021 . December 18, 2021 . The Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
- News: Grayson . Nathan . March 10, 2022 . Twitch in wartime . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311022831/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/10/twitch-streamers-russia-ukraine-hasan-cnn/ . March 11, 2022 . March 11, 2022 . The Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
- Web site: Ousley . Parkes . February 28, 2022 . Hasan raised $100K for Ukraine in under half an hour playing Elden Ring . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220311043948/https://legacy.upcomer.com/hasan-raised-100k-for-ukraine-in-partnership-with-care-in-under-half-an-hour/ . March 11, 2022 . March 11, 2022 . Upcomer . en-US.
- Web site: Miceli . Max . 2022-02-25 . HasanAbi hits near-record viewership for coverage of Russian invasion of Ukraine . 2022-09-02 . Dot Esports . en-US.
- Web site: Lambert . Hannah Ray . 2023-10-18 . Socialist Twitch star Hasan Piker raises $1 million for Palestinian aid . 2023-10-23 . Fox News . en-US.
- News: Colbert . Isaiah . October 17, 2023 . Twitch Star Hasan Piker Raises A Huge Amount Of Money For Palestine . . October 19, 2023.
- Web site: Bhattacharya . Richik "anarkiddie" . 2023-10-19 . Twitch streamer HasanAbi to appear on Piers Morgan's show a day after raising $1,000,000 to aid Palestine . 2023-10-20 . www.sportskeeda.com . en-us.
- News: Winslow . Levi . February 7, 2023 . Twitch, YouTube Streamers Raise Big Funds For Syria-Turkey Earthquake Relief . February 9, 2023 . Kotaku.
- News: Brewis . Harriet . February 7, 2023 . Twitch streamer Hasan Piker's Turkey earthquake fund is raising jaw-dropping amounts for victims . February 9, 2023 . Indy100.
- News: Shotwell . Alyssa . February 10, 2023 . What We Can Learn From the HasanAbi 'Hogwarts Legacy' Backlash . February 10, 2023 . The Mary Sue.
- Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . 2021-09-27 . Hasan, Ethan Klein debut political podcast The Leftovers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028105530/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/hasan-ethan-klein-debut-political-podcast-the-leftovers . October 28, 2021 . 2021-10-27 . Dot Esports . en-US.
- Web site: Fear& (@FearAndPod) . 2023-06-27 . Twitter . en.
- Web site: 2021-09-27 . Ethan Klein, Hasan Piker Launch 'Leftovers' Podcast Following Dissolution Of 'Frenemies' . 2022-08-31 . Tubefilter . en-US.
- Web site: Bhattacharya . Richik "anarkiddie" . 2023-10-24 . Ethan Klein hints at "pausing" Leftovers Podcast over the Israel-Palestine issue with co-host HasanAbi . 2023-12-25 . www.sportskeeda.com . en-us.
- Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . November 8, 2021 . Hasan drops first merchandise line, will donate proceeds to strike funds . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220215072723/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/hasan-drops-first-merchandise-line-will-donate-proceeds-to-strike-funds . February 15, 2022 . February 15, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US.
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