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iShowSpeed concluded a 28-day Africa tour with a heartfelt farewell post, promising to return in the future.
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During the tour, he livestreamed daily from various locations, donning different national soccer jerseys and engaging in local activities.
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With a significant increase in viewership, Watkins shared personal experiences, plans to donate to local communities, and future trip hints.
iShowSpeed wrapped a 28 day tour across Africa on Tuesday with a farewell post reading “Thank You Africa ❤️ I Will be back,” closing one of his most sustained international livestream runs to date.
The 21 year old creator spent nearly a month broadcasting daily from multiple countries while documenting street scenes cultural events and large public gatherings that regularly formed around his appearances.
Thank You Africa🌍❤️
I Will be back.✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/tCIRAO5MeB— Speed⭐️ (@ishowspeedsui) January 27, 2026
During the tour Watkins livestreamed from major cities and landmarks and mixed travel with on camera participation. He wore different national soccer jerseys in each stop tied to his long running football fandom and streamed activities that ranged from local dances and street celebrations to wildlife safaris and a visit to the pyramids in Egypt. In several streams he told viewers the experience shifted his perspective on the continent and said the trip felt different from his past tours.
Near the end of the run Watkins shared the results of an ancestry DNA test that he said showed he was “100 percent African,” a claim he presented as personal context rather than verified research.
He also said he planned to donate money to local communities he visited and teased a return trip. His final post from the tour received tens of thousands of likes within minutes.
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The Africa streams coincided with a notable increase in audience size. Public analytics trackers show Watkins crossed the 50 million subscriber mark on YouTube during the trip with a gain of roughly two million subscribers over the course of the month. Several individual livestreams drew millions of views and sustained high concurrent audiences compared with his baseline content earlier in the year.
The tour followed a pattern Watkins has developed over the past year, built around long-form IRL travel streams. In 2025, he completed similar high-visibility runs through South America and parts of Europe, where local crowds and authorities often reacted in real time to his broadcasts.
The Africa series stood out for its duration and for the consistency of daily streams rather than for a single viral moment.
