Destiny (streamer)

Destiny
Bonnell in 2022
Personal information
Born
Steven Kenneth Bonnell II

(1988-12-12) December 12, 1988 (age 35)[1]
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Occupations
  • Political and social commenator
  • Streamer
Spouse
Melina Göransson
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(m. 2021; div. 2023)​
[2]
Children1
Websitedestiny.gg Edit this at Wikidata
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2013–present
Genres
Subscribers
  • 852 thousand (Destiny)
  • 182 thousand (Last Night on Destiny)
  • 86.9 thousand (Destiny Clips)
Total views
  • 569,700,756 (Destiny)
  • 104,816,274 (Last Night on Destiny)
  • 55,647,651 (Destiny Clips)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2018
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2011–2022
GenrePolitics/Gaming
Followers699,700 (before his indefinite suspension)
TikTok information
Followers196.2 thousand
(August 4, 2024)
Likes7.8 million
(August 4, 2024)
Instagram information
Page
Followers100 thousand
(August 4, 2024)
Last updated: August 4, 2024

Steven Kenneth Bonnell II (born December 12, 1988), known online as Destiny, is an American live streamer and political commentator. He was among the first people to stream video games online full-time.[5] Since 2016, he has streamed political debates with other online personalities, in which he advocates for progressivism and liberal politics.[6][7]

The New York Times has described Bonnell as a liberal,[3] while in 2020 Bonnell described himself as "a very big social democrat".[7]

  1. ^ "The Omni Liberal". Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Bonnell, Steven (January 22, 2024). "Yemen History | Kick or Keep tonight @ 6 EST". YouTube. 1:44:50. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Roose, Kevin (June 8, 2019). "The Making of a YouTube Radical". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Oscar (June 29, 2022). "Meet the Twitch, YouTube Streamers Who Deradicalize While They Debate". CNET. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  5. ^ McCormick, Rich (August 26, 2014). "This is why people want to watch other people play video games". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 28, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  6. ^ Quirk, Trevor (January 15, 2020). "Can This Notorious Troll Turn People Away From Extremism?". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on June 28, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference motherjones20 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).