If you are interested in video games, you may have heard of VanosGaming. He is a Canadian video game commentator and one of the most popular YouTube stars today. The YouTube channel of VanossGaming has over 7 billion video views and about 20 million subscribers.
Actually, it is known that his channel is the 13th most subscribed YouTube channel currently. VanossGaming is popular for his amazing editing skills, great talent for video games and also for his ironic humor. His YouTube channel consists of many comedic gaming comments. VanossGaming together with his friends produces the funniest gaming videos and he has an estimated net worth of $7.8 million.
If you want to know more about VanossGaming and his career, you should read this article. We will also tell you what his real name is and how you can find this YouTube star on social networks. But, first we will tell you something more about early life of VanossGaming and his origin and also about his career development.
Early Years
The first thing that we will tell you is the real name of VanossGaming. His name is Evan Fong and he was born on May 31, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Asian descent, because his mother is Korean and his father is Chinese.
VanossGaming was not a big fan of video games when he was young. He used to play only Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam and other similar children games. In his childhood he used to play sports like hockey and he was also playing electric and acoustic guitar.
He attented Richmond Hill High School and he got an athletic scholarship for ice hockey. Evan Fong studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania, but he left his studies when he was the second year. Then he focused completely on his YouTube channel, which made his parents worried. They didn’t agree about the fact that their son would leave the University and dedicate completely to video games on YouTube. However, he became famous very soon and all his efforts paid off.
Career Development
The videos of VanossGaming are usually videos where he and his friends are laughing and making jokes over popular games. The VanossGaming channel was created on September 15, 2011. Actually, the father of Evan Fong used the name vanoss62 when he was playing PlayStation 3, so Evan Fong later adopted the name Vanoss for himself. You may be wondering what does Vanos means. Actually, this word means a variable valve timing system that is produced by BMW automobile company.
The first time Evan Fong has appeared on camera was in July 2013 when he was celebrating one million of subscribers in his video. Later in 2015 Evan Fong had over 11 million subscribers and he was one of the most popular YouTube video game commentators. He has created gaming commentaries on many games, such as Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Dead Rising, Garry’s Mo and Titanfall.
Evan Fong usually co-operates with some other popular YouTube stars, such as Tom “Syndicate” Cassell or Adam “SeaNanners” Montoya. In April 2015 he had signed with Jetpak, which is a popular multi-channel network. This network was created by Tom “Syndicate” Cassell and Adam “SeaNanners” Montoya.
The year 2015 is known for some other projects as well. Actually, in July 2015 Evan Fong has been working on a game that is called Dead Realm. Fong was a creative director of that game and he collaborated with MiniLadd and Daithi De Nogla.
In November 2015 Evan Fong released a new logo for his brand. The logo consists of the characters V and G which are written in white color on black background.
The year 2016 was also important for the career of Evan Fong. In November that year Evan Fong, Scott Robinson and Adam Montoya announced that a popular computer-animated series of videos called Paranormal Action Aquad will be presented on YouTube Red.
Personal Life
We don’t know much about Evan Fong’s personal life. It is known that he is single at the moment and the names of his ex-girlfriends are not known. Once he was seen to be kissing a female, but the details of it are not clear. Evan Fong doesn’t talk too much about his personal life on social media.
Biography
Real name: Evan Fong
Nick name: VanossGaming, Vanoss
Date of birth: May 31, 1992
Birth-sign: Gemini
Birth place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence: Vancouver, Canada (It is known that Evan Fong lives with his parents in Vancouver, Kanada.)
Age: 25
Occupation: Video game commentator
Education: Richmond Hill High School
University of Pennsylvania (He studied economics, but he had dropped out of college and concentrated on gaming.)
Awards: He was nominated for The Game Awards in 2014, category Trending Gamer
Personal Life and Family
Nationality: Canadian
Ethnicity: Asian
Religion: Non-religious
Father name: Unknown (It is known that his father is Chinese.)
Mother name: Unknown (It is known that his mother is Korean.)
Relationship status: Single
Ex girlfriend: Unknown
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Children: /
Hobby: Playing video games, ice-hockey, playing guitar
Personal Look and Measurements
Height: 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight: 79 kg (175 pounds)
Body: Athletic
Hair Color: Black
Eye color: Dark brown
Hair style: Evan Fong wears short hair and casual hairstyle.
Shoe size: 10.5 US
Distinctive features: His face is round and girls usually love him for his cheeks. He has no tattoos on his body.
Net Worth and Salary
Net worth: $7.8 Million (It is estimated that the net worth of VanossGaming is over 7.8 million dollars. He has earned that money by playing games and posting them on YouTube. VanossGaming produces funny gaming videos together with his friends and he is earning about $12 000 daily.)
Social networks
Not only VanossGaming is posting videos on YouTube, but he is also popular on other social networks, such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. He has over 2.15 million followers on Twitter and about 20 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. This number is growing rapidly because Evan Fong is gaining over 11 000 subscribers daily, which makes him one of the most popular YouTubers.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanossinstagram/?hl=en (@vanossinstagram)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanossGaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eaut (VanossGaming)
Snapchat: https://snapchat.maximumpop.co.uk/username/vanossgaming/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VanossGaming/ (Vanoss Gaming)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VanossGaming
Quick Summary
As you have seen, the real name of VanossGaming is Evan Fong and he is a popular Canadian video game commentator. As we have already said, Evan Fong is half Chinese and half Korean, but he was born in Canada. He didn’t have a support of his parents when he decided to leave his studies and to focus on video games.
He is a video game commentator and he entertains others by playing video games and also by reacting in a funny way. Actually, Evan Fong is playing games with his friends and he is posting videos on YouTube. Call of Duty, Titanfall and Dead Rising are some of the most popular games that he is playing.
The channel of VanossGaming has become one of the most popular on YouTube and he has millions of subscribers and followers. As we have already said, the net worth of Evan Fong goes to unbelievable 7.8 million dollars, so there is no doubt that today he is one of the richest YouTube stars.