38 Facts About David Dobrik

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David Julian Dobrik is a Slovak Internet personality.

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David Dobrik found early success on the video-sharing platform Vine, before starting his vlog on YouTube in 2015.

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David Dobrik is known for being the leader of the YouTube ensemble The Vlog Squad, which features prominently in his vlogs and comprises rotating selections of his friend group.

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Beyond internet entertainment, David Dobrik voice-acted in The Angry Birds Movie 2, was one of the judges on the Nickelodeon TV show America's Most Musical Family, and hosted a SpongeBob SquarePants special, as well as the first season of Discovery Channel's reality competition TV show Dodgeball Thunderdome.

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David Dobrik was born on July 23,1996, in Kosice, Slovakia.

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David Dobrik's family moved to Vernon Hills, Illinois, when he was six years old.

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David Dobrik attended Vernon Hills High School, where he played tennis.

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David Dobrik gained fans in recent years due to his high-energy videos which consists of pranks, inside jokes, cute animals, former Vine and YouTube stars, real celebrities and various comedy bit characters, which he previously posted three days a week and are currently posted two days a week.

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In December 2018, David Dobrik was given a Diamond Play Button by YouTube in recognition of his YouTube channel surpassing 10 million subscribers.

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David Dobrik was named one of the "10 Social Media Personalities Making the Most Noise" for 2018 by Paper magazine.

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In July 2019, David Dobrik was featured by W magazine among others for being part of a trend of creating a separate Instagram account dedicated to their photos taken with the use of films or disposable cameras.

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That same month, David Dobrik was one of the presenters at the American Music Awards of 2019, and was a guest judge in the first episode of the ninth season of Chopped Junior.

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In December 2019, David Dobrik was named in YouTube Rewind 2019 as the fifth-most-viewed creator that year on the platform, with 2.4 billion views.

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David Dobrik appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as his late-night television debut, discussing about his inspiration for his viral videos and successful YouTube channel as well as his first interaction with Justin Bieber.

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David Dobrik became the host of a reality competition television show on the Discovery Channel called Dodgeball Thunderdome with Erin Lim and Andrew Hawkins as his co-hosts.

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David Dobrik officially joined Twitch to launch his own streaming channel.

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In September 2021, Dobrik signed with streaming platform Discovery+ for a travel series called Discovering David Dobrik which began streaming in November 2021.

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In 2019, David Dobrik became a judge in a musical competition on Nickelodeon titled America's Most Musical Family, alongside Ciara and Debbie Gibson.

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In January 2020, David Dobrik launched the mobile camera app Dispo.

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In October 2020, Dobrik launched his fragrance brand David's Perfume with Flower Shop Perfumes Co.

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David Dobrik partnered with HeadCount to give five fans a chance to win one of five Tesla 3 models to encourage voter registration via the nonprofit HeadCount's website.

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That same month, David Dobrik was one of the presenters at the American Music Awards of 2020.

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In December 2020, David Dobrik was featured as honoree in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the year 2021 under the social media category.

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David Dobrik was named by Forbes as one of the highest-paid YouTube stars of 2020.

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In January 2021, Spotify tapped David Dobrik to narrate Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, one of a dozen such celebrity partnerships to bolster their audiobook programming.

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In November 2022, David Dobrik opened a pizza restaurant, Doughbrik's Pizza, in Los Angeles.

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In September 2018, David Dobrik created his third YouTube channel, Views Podcast, where he posts the video version of his podcast.

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David Dobrik was credited by The Verge for successfully integrating the podcast genre onto YouTube, which is an otherwise video-focused platform.

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David Dobrik did not specifically address the allegations against Zeglaitis from earlier that day.

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Wittek's documentary included video showing fellow Vlog Squad member Corinna Kopf swinging from the line but starting to lose balance and nearly falling, prompting her to ask to be released, which David Dobrik did not immediately do and causing her to accuse him of "taking things too far".

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When it was Wittek's turn, David Dobrik swung him higher than anyone before him and then suddenly stopped.

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Wittek has since filed a lawsuit in $10 million worth of damages to David Dobrik, regarding "general negligence and intentional tort".

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David Dobrik stated in a December 2018 interview that he speaks Slovak.

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In September 2021, David Dobrik revealed in a vlog that he had obtained his green card and could now travel outside the United States.

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David Dobrik dated fellow YouTube personality Liza Koshy from late 2015 to early 2018.

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On May 15,2019, David Dobrik legally married Lorraine Nash, Jason Nash's mother, as a comedic bit for one of his vlogs.

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On June 12,2019, David Dobrik announced that he and Nash had decided to end their marriage after one month.

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On November 22,2019, David Dobrik stated via Instagram that he had officially signed divorce papers and divorced Nash.