1. Philip DeFranco is best known for The Philip DeFranco Show, a news commentary show centered on current events in politics and pop culture.
46 Facts About Philip DeFranco
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In 2007, Philip DeFranco lived in Tampa, Florida, and later Atlanta, Georgia.
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Philip DeFranco worked as a waiter in a number of restaurants while making videos in 2007.
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Philip DeFranco lived in a car until moving back with his father in Tampa, on condition that he would return to college, which he ultimately did not do.
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Philip DeFranco used his large audience to win a Spore Creature Creator game promotion competition, and in doing so beat celebrities such as Stan Lee, Katy Perry, and Elijah Wood.
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Philip DeFranco chose the PKD Foundation, an organization dedicated to fighting polycystic kidney disease, which he attributed to his family's history with the condition.
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Philip DeFranco entered the 2010s having his "sxephil" channel as the fifth-most subscribed on the platform.
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The Philip DeFranco Show was fully acquired by Revision3 in May 2013, along with his other assets at the time.
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In September 2012, it was reported that Philip DeFranco received almost 30 million views a month, while by October, his channel was noted to have accumulated 2 million subscribers.
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The Philip DeFranco Show was nominated at the 3rd Streamy Awards in the "Best First-Person Series" and "Best News and Culture Series" categories.
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In January 2013, Philip DeFranco took part in a Google+ Hangout with United States Vice President Joe Biden and Guy Kawasaki, discussing gun laws.
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In 2019, Philip DeFranco was earning approximately $50,000 a month from Patreon.
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Philip DeFranco continued to be frequently cited as critical of the platform, regarding issues involving ad revenue and demonetization, with noted criticism of ads being allowed on the YouTube channels of mainstream talk shows but not on those of native creators.
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In June 2017, Philip DeFranco's channel was cited by The Verge as having over 5.4 million subscribers.
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In 2020, Anthony Fauci appeared on Philip DeFranco's show for an interview, with the goal of bringing information related to the COVID-19 pandemic to younger audiences.
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In 2007, DeFranco opened his second YouTube channel, "'PhilipDeFranco", which includes a series of vlogs which he calls The Vloggity.
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Philip DeFranco streamed on BlogTV twice a week and took a cut of the revenue which was up to $12 CPMs.
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Philip DeFranco has been paid by companies to create videos to promote Carl's Jr.
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Philip DeFranco was a founding member of The Station, but left only a few months after it was created.
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Philip DeFranco launched Like Totally Awesome, in which video reviews of a movie, video game, or technology were submitted by viewers and compiled into an episode of a video series called The Quad.
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Early in his YouTube career, Penna aided Philip DeFranco, securing him coverage in news articles and magazines, such as Fast Company.
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One of those articles mentioned that Philip DeFranco frequently collaborated with the advertising agency, Mekanism.
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In October 2013, as part of his network, Philip DeFranco launched an accompanying ForHumanPeoples YouTube channel, based on the clothing and merchandise line.
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In October 2008, Philip DeFranco co-starred with Jessica Rose and Kevin Wu in Hooking Up, written and directed by Woody Tondorf as a promo for HBOLabs.
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In January 2012, Philip DeFranco launched SourceFed, which at the time was produced by James Haffner.
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Philip DeFranco appeared alongside SourceFed co-hosts Elliott Morgan and Meg Turney, joining journalists at the Democratic and 2012 Republican National Conventions as part of YouTube's "Elections Hub" coverage.
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In July 2010, Philip DeFranco attended the first VidCon event, where he was a speaker.
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Additionally, Philip DeFranco has organized live shows and meetup events in locations such as Arizona, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
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In February 2013, Philip DeFranco was a featured as a guest judge on the second season of Internet Icon.
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In February 2012, Philip DeFranco stated he paid himself $100,000 a year, and reinvests the rest back into his company.
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Philip DeFranco aspired to have launched channels within his network by the end of 2013, though due to "the logistical complications of joining Discovery, adding staff and strategizing the future," those plans did not materialize.
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Philip DeFranco later planned 2014 to be the year that he would begin launching new channels.
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Since regaining control over his properties from the Discovery Network in May 2017, Philip DeFranco has been working towards broadening his content and reach.
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Philip DeFranco began work on Rogue Rocket and would launch the news network on April 22,2019.
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Philip DeFranco launched Beautiful Bastard in February 2019, a line of hair care named after his catchphrase from the introductions of his news show.
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In June 2020, Philip DeFranco signed with Semaphore Licensing Solutions to "seek out prospective manufacturing and retailer partners to bring Philip DeFranco-branded products to market".
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In November 2021, Philip DeFranco was announced as the chief creator officer for Fourthwall, a startup designed to help content creators build their own branded websites.
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David Cornell of The Inquisitr News wrote that Philip DeFranco is "one of the leading sources of news" on YouTube and one of the platform's success stories.
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Philip DeFranco tries to position himself as an objective, buttoned-up talk show host, even though his eponymous show is all about his take on the biggest names in YouTube drama.
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Alex Iansiti of Huffington Post noted, "The Philip DeFranco Show is a great example of a media company to sprout out of YouTube".
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Philip DeFranco voted for Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson in the 2012 United States presidential election, and declined to state who voted for in the 2016 election, though did share he did not vote "for either of the main two" candidates.
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Philip DeFranco further stated that the closest description of him that he had seen was "moderate free speech liberal".
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Philip DeFranco has criticized the perceived authoritarian nature as well as Twitter activity of current US president Donald Trump during Trump's first term.
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Philip DeFranco has polycystic kidney disease which he inherited from his father and grandfather.
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Philip DeFranco is married to his wife, media literacy and mental health advocate Lindsay Jordan Philip DeFranco.
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Philip DeFranco proposed to Doty, then his longtime girlfriend, on August 16,2013, at his "Philip DeFranco Loves Dat AZ" show in Tempe, Arizona.