Hasan Piker Will Never Run for Office

The Twitch streamer could pivot from influencer to candidate. But he tells WIRED’s Big Interview podcast he’d rather use his platform to tell Dems “you can’t podcast your way out of this problem.”

The Joe Rogan of the Left; the poster child for antisemitism; Woke Bae. Hasan Piker is many things to many people. They don’t all feel the same way about Piker or his politics, but most presumably agree on one thing: He is a relentless human being.

Most days a week, you can find the 34-year-old Twitch streamer talking to his audience, often for six to nine hours at a stretch. Most of that time, he’s discussing and reacting to the news. And during President Trump’s second term, there’s plenty of that to go around.

Of course, Piker isn’t speaking into the void. He has nearly 3 million followers on ...