The social media platform YouTube has been one of the influential platforms on the Internet. Therefore, this platform has become the medium to deliver huge content, from news to opinions or from beauty to jokes. One of the popular American YouTube shows ‘The Young Turks’, which is specified for liberal news and opinion shows and also appears on select TV channels. The show has contributors like Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Dore, Ben Mankiewicz, Hannah Cranston, Hasan Piker, and Kim Horcher as contributors.
In this post, we will talk about Hasan Piker, a political and entertainment journalist known for his collaborator on the show ‘The Young Turks’. In addition, he provides a detailed analysis of the main news of the day. Initially, he features comments that occurred during a Twitch stream as he recaps the Representative. He keep scrolling to know more information about his career, net worth and body measurements of him.
Subtitle : The political commentator and YouTuber, Hasan Piker.
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Hasan Piker: biography, family, career
The American journalist was born on July 25, 1991 in Istanbul, Turkey. He has not revealed information about his father and his mother. But he has a brother, an aerospace engineer who he used to mention in his videos. Furthermore, he is the nephew of a columnist, political commentator and activist, Cenk Uygur.
As a child, he attended primary school in Turkey, where he described himself as an outcast. Back in grade school, he is often in trouble for questioning the state of things or dreaming of breaking out of a repressed environment. After moving to New Jersey, USA with his family, he attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick. In 2013, he graduated from college with a double major in political science and communication with cum Claude.
After graduating, he began to pursue his career as a political journalist. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles where he also works. In addition, he also works as a business manager. He began working as an on-air host for the network’s other show, ‘Pop-Crunch,’ in 2017. Additionally, he became a regular contributor to TMZ’s Buzzfeed and TooFab.
Additionally, he also writes columns for the Huffington Post and worked as the host of Breakdown on TYT. He has also appeared in the 2016 TV series ‘The Young Turks on Fusin’ and the TV movie ‘The Gym’.
Hasan Piker: personal life and wife
His fans must be wondering if he is in a relationship or not. Well, the Turkish-American host is not married or having an affair. However, it is not clear if he is linked to anyone at the moment or not. Since then he has kept his personal life away from the media.
However, he was once involved in a rumor due to his sexual orientation. He started in an interview when he asked about his behavior towards Tomi Lahren. At the time, he stated that if he was a gay commentator, he would find attraction to conservative male pundits and asked Tucker Carlson out on a date.
In August 2019, he sparked controversy when he mentioned Dan Crenshaw’s injured eye during a Twitch stream. In addition, he added that the eyepatch he is wearing lost his eye to a “brave” terrorist and discussed a heated rant against Dan for his comments on foreign policy. In response to that, Dan commented that Piker is a perfect example of ‘outrage culture’.
Hasan Piker: Net Worth and Social Media Profiles
He must have been racking up a good income from his career as a presenter and journalist. He reportedly earns an annual income of around $33,000. Therefore, he has an estimated net worth of around $500k from his career. In addition, he is also in charge of developing, producing and co-hosting the show ‘Pop Crunch on Pop Trigger’.
He is very active on different social media platforms with personal and verified accounts as well as YouTube. On Facebook, he uses the handle with over 570k followers. He has an Instagram account @hasandpiker with 361k followers. On Twitter he has an account @hasanabi having 295.5k followers.
