34 Facts About Phillip DeFranco

Philip James Phillip DeFranco was born on Philip James Franchini Jr.

Phillip DeFranco is best known for The Philip DeFranco Show, a news commentary show centered on current events in politics and pop culture.

Phillip DeFranco has been a student at the University of South Florida, a biology student at Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College, and later a junior at East Carolina University.

Phillip DeFranco worked as a waiter in a number of restaurants while making videos in 2007.

Phillip DeFranco lived in a car until moving back with his father in Tampa, Florida, on condition that he would return to college, which he ultimately did not do.

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Phillip DeFranco streamed on BlogTV twice a week and took a cut of the revenue which was up to $12 CPMs.

Phillip DeFranco used his large audience to win the Spore Creature Creator, a game promotion competition, and in doing so beat celebrities such as Stan Lee, Katy Perry, and Elijah Wood.

Phillip DeFranco chose the PKD Foundation, an organization dedicated to fighting polycystic kidney disease, which he attributed to his family's history with the condition.

In October 2008, Phillip DeFranco co-starred with Jessica Rose and Kevin Wu in Hooking Up, written and directed by Woody Tondorf as a promo for HBOLabs .

Phillip DeFranco has been paid by companies to create videos to promote Carl's Jr.

Phillip DeFranco was a founding member of The Station, but left only a few months after it was created.

Phillip 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.

Early in his YouTube career, Penna aided Phillip DeFranco, securing him coverage in news articles and magazines, such as Fast Company.

One of those articles mentioned that Phillip DeFranco frequently collaborated with the advertising agency, Mekanism.

Phillip DeFranco entered the 2010s having his "sxephil" channel as the fifth-most subscribed on the platform.

In July 2010, Phillip DeFranco attended the first VidCon event, where he was a speaker.

In January 2012, Phillip DeFranco launched SourceFed, which at the time was produced by James Haffner.

Later in the year, Phillip DeFranco hosted the 25th anniversary of Discovery Channel's Shark Week.

The Philip Phillip DeFranco Show and SourceFed were nominated for awards in the 3rd installment of the Streamy Awards.

The Philip Phillip DeFranco Show and SourceFed were nominated for Streamy Awards; The PDS was nominated for Best First-Person Series and Best News and Culture Series.

In January 2013, Phillip DeFranco took part in a Google+ Hangout with United States Vice President Joe Biden and Guy Kawasaki, discussing gun laws.

In November 2013, Phillip DeFranco was a special guest in a live pre-show simulcast for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary from YouTube Space LA.

Additionally, Phillip DeFranco has organized live shows and meetup events in locations such as Arizona, Los Angeles, and Toronto.

Phillip 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.

Phillip DeFranco later planned 2014 to be the year that he would begin launching new channels.

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In 2017, Phillip DeFranco announced he was no longer working with Group Nine Media and would instead be an independent creator again.

Phillip 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.

Phillip DeFranco launched Beautiful Bastard in February 2019, a line of hair care named after his catchphrase from the introductions of his news show.

Since regaining control over his properties from the Discovery Network in May 2017, Phillip DeFranco has been working towards broadening his content and reach.

David Cornell of The Inquisitr News wrote that Phillip DeFranco is "one of the leading sources of news" on YouTube and one of the platform's success stories.

Philip Phillip 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.

Alex Iansiti of Huffington Post noted, "The Philip Phillip DeFranco Show is a great example of a media company to sprout out of YouTube".

Phillip DeFranco voted for Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson in the 2012 United States presidential election, but he no longer labels himself a libertarian.

Phillip DeFranco has polycystic kidney disease which he inherited from his father and grandfather.