What is Vaush?
{{BLP unsourced|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox YouTube personality | image = Vaush in 2022.jpg | image_caption = Kochinski in 2022 | birth_name = Ian Kochinski | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|14}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | nationality = | education = [[Humboldt State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | occupation = YouTuber | channels = {{YouTube channel|Vaush}} | location = | channel_website = {{URL|https://www.vaush.gg|vaush.gg}} | years_active = 2019–present | subscribers = 456,000 | views = 294.3 million | associated_acts = {{unbulleted list|[[Destiny (streamer)|Destiny]]|[[Hasan Piker]]|[[Kyle Kulinski]]}} | silver_button = y | module = {{Infobox Twitch streamer | subbox = yes | channel_name = vaushvidya | genre = {{unbulleted list|[[Political criticism|Political commentary]]|[[Gamer|Video gaming]]|[[Reaction video|Reaction]]}} | followers = 102,000 | views = 726,000 | module = {{Listen|embed=yes|pos=center|filename= Vaush voice.ogg |title= Vaush's voice|type= speech|description= On [[libertarianism]]'s relationship with [[socialism]]<br/>Recorded February 2021}} }} | stats_update = July 7, 2023 }} '''Vaush''' is a [[YouTube]]r whose real [[name]] is Ian Kochinski. He used to work for [[Destiny (streamer)|Destiny]] on Destiny’s show but then left to start his own channel about [[video games]] and [[left-wing politics]] on the [[website]] [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] and later on [[YouTube]]. Vaush is very critical of [[right-wing politics]]. Vaush became well-known after he [[debate]]d [[Carl Benjamin]]. Vaush convinced [[Hunter Avallone]] to stop supporting [[right-wing politics]] after their [[debate]]. Vaush has also debated [[Tim Pool]] about [[Critical race theory]] and has debated [[Charlie Kirk]] about [[abortion]], [[welfare]] and whether or not the [[government]] should make peopl