VanossGaming is a Canadian online celebrity video game commentator. He is one of the most popular personalities on YouTube where he posts funny videos of himself and his friends playing video games. Thanks to these videos, he was able to gain almost 24 million subscribers and his videos have been viewed a staggering 10 billion times. Find out more about the player here, including his age, family life and net worth.
VanossGaming Evan Fong Biography (Age)
VanossGaming, whose real name is Evan Fong, was born on May 31, 1992 in the Canadian city of Toronto. As a kid, he grew up playing ice hockey and became quite skilled at it. Due to his love of hockey, he paid little attention to video games. He played them sparingly and the games he played were kids puzzle games and adventure games like Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam and Duke Nukem 3D.
VanossGaming was educated at Richmond Hill High School before moving to the States where he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania to study Economics. He created his YouTube channel on September 15, 2011 and uploaded videos of him and his friends playing video games while making funny comments. His first videos included games like Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops 11 before moving on to Grand Theft Auto V and Garry’s Mod.
His comic montages proved to be a huge hit and two years after launching his channel, he reached the 1 million subscriber mark. He then dropped out of school and turned his online endeavors into a full-time job. This decision definitely paid off as his channel has become one of the most subscribed and most viewed channels on YouTube. He is reportedly adding 3000 subscribers and 3 million viewers every day. Also, each of his videos often gets millions of views.
VanossGaming rarely plays alone. He plays along with his friends, some of whom are also YouTube celebrities. His childish sense of humor attracts young and old, and he boasts one of the friendliest fanbases on YouTube. From gaming, the Canadian has spread his wings to other endeavors. These include Dead Realm, a 2015 video game he created with some friends. He also lent his voice to a YouTube animated series, Paranormal Action Squad . His exploits on YouTube have not gone unnoticed. In 2014 he was nominated for the Trending Gamer Award at The Game Awards. He was also a panelist at the 2015 YouTube Gaming Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
His capital
The millions of subscribers that VanossGaming has, as well as the billions of views he gets translates into a lot of money. Thanks to the monetization policies of various social media platforms. He reportedly makes between $44,000 and $447,000 monthly and $536,000 and $5.4 million annually. His net worth is currently estimated at a cool $7.8 million.
The family life of VanossGaming
The Canadian player is of Asian descent and is known to have a Chinese father and Korean mother. As his YouTube channel gained momentum, his parents worried about how much time he would devote to it. His conservative parents became even more concerned when he made the decision to drop out of college and make gaming a full-time job. However, he solved their worries by making sure his channel had a good hit before leaving school.
Height and Other Facts About Evan Fong
VanossGaming is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 79 kg. His hair color is black while his eyes are dark brown. The player is a big fan of ice hockey, a sport he started at the age of six. He was very good at it and even hoped to get an athletic scholarship to college. He still plays competitively and recreationally while some of his peers are now professional hockey players in the NHL. Below are other interesting facts about the internet star.
1. He got his name from his father who used the nickname Vanoss62 on his PS3 account. Vanos is the name of an engine part of the German car manufacturer BMW.
2. He rarely shows his face except on special occasions. One of them is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge 2014. Instead of ice water, he poured himself a mixture of ice cream and other ice drinks
3. This gamer has an eclectic taste in music and loves different genres like rap, electronic and rock.
4. He plays the guitar and is an aspiring musician. He has released two singles (Want You and I’m Alright) and two remixes under the Rynx moniker.
5 His favorite game is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
6. Evan loves TV shows like Breaking Bad , Dexter, and SpongeBob SquarePants .
7. Despite being of Asian descent, he prefers pasta to rice.
8. VanossGaming’s channel logo consists of an owl head, which is his favorite mask for his video game characters.
