School dropout Kai Cenat launches 'Streamer University' and millions rush to enroll

"Streamer University" is simply a task for aspiring contented creators, founded by American streamer Kai Cenat, nan most-subscribed streamer connected Twitch. In caller years, he's go a world net celebrity, known for coining viral catchphrases for illustration “rizz.” The term, which is net slang for charisma, moreover became truthful celebrated that Oxford University Press named it nan 2023 Word of nan Year.

Cenat besides made headlines aft a giveaway that he organized successful New York City spiraled retired of power – yet starring to him being charged pinch inciting a riot.

It was during a Twitch stream, Cenat had announced a “huge giveaway” successful Union Square, promising computers, PlayStation 5s and gift cards.

Thousands of fans flooded nan area, turning nan arena into a chaotic segment that led to injuries, spot harm and aggregate arrests.

Streamer University is his adjacent viral venture. On X, he described it arsenic an “all inclusive travel paid to wherever each creators will beryllium surviving connected a assemblage field for FREE and conscionable enjoying getting contented successful general”.

The assemblage field successful mobility is yet to beryllium announced.

Notable courses mentioned connected nan university’s tract are activity education, business guidance and euphony production. Despite its acquisition framing, it will apt return nan shape of a weekend-long influencer meetup.

The inaugural was launched earlier this period done a Harry Potter-inspired drama video connected Cenat’s X account, wherever he presently has 2,8 cardinal followers. 

Applications are still unfastened – some to students and to professors. Through a Google Docs form, candidates must reply questions specified arsenic “Can you wound your elbow?”, “How galore jumping jacks tin you do?” and “Which satellite has nan astir moons successful nan star system?” to enroll. Potential professors are besides required to disclose their pants size and follower count connected societal media. 

Within minutes of nan site’s launch, much than a cardinal applications were allegedly filed, causing it to crash.

Friends pinch benefits

On 17 May, successful an almost 4 hr agelong video, Cenat announced nan professors and students for nan people of 2025 – a operation of good known streamers, Youtubers and influencers, including Cookingwithkya, Agent 00 and Duke Dennis. 

Many of nan professors are members of Cenat’s ain group, AMP (Any Means Possible), a contented corporate made up of immoderate of nan internet’s biggest streaming personalities.

Founded astir 2019, AMP has built a monolithic pursuing pinch much than 7 cardinal subscribers connected YouTube. By collaborating connected videos, stunts and challenges, nan group amplifies each other's scope – which is besides nan constituent of nan university.

But nan announcement of professors and students wasn’t without backlash. Many fans went to societal media to knock nan selection, arguing that nan chosen students were already well-known influencers, undermining nan thought of giving newcomers a chance.

Kai Cenat didn’t clasp backmost successful his response, addressing nan disapproval during a caller livestream.

“I’m ne'er doing this crap again,” he said. “No matter which guidance I go, nary matter which way, I effort to make judge things are good, I ever get nan bad extremity of nan stick.”

Given Cenat’s disappointment response, it remains uncertain whether Streamer University will return for different people – raising nan anticipation that nan task whitethorn person collapsed earlier a azygous streaming instruction was ever taught.