Connor Franta
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Connor Joel Franta September 12, 1992 Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Residence | West Hollywood, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Occupation | Vlogger, writer, entrepreneur | ||||||||
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| Channel | ConnorFranta | ||||||||
| Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||
| Subscribers | 5.655 million (December 7, 2016) |
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| Total views | 385 million (December 7, 2016) |
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| Network | Big Frame | ||||||||
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Connor Joel Franta (born September 12, 1992) is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur, and writer.
As of November 2015, his self-named main channel on YouTube has 5 million subscribers. Franta was formerly a member of YouTube group Our Second Life (stylized Our2ndLife and O2L) under the Fullscreen Network, but is now an independent member of the Big Frame network, managed by Andrew Graham.
Franta has recently become involved in various entrepreneurial enterprises, including a clothing line, music curation, as well as a coffee and lifestyle brand named Common Culture. His debut book, a memoir titled A Work in Progress, was released on April 21, 2015. In July 2015, details of Heard Well, a record label Franta co-founded, were announced.
Connor Franta was born in Wisconsin, to Peter and Cheryl Franta, a physician and homemaker, respectively. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to La Crescent, Minnesota. He has two brothers named Dustin and Brandon and one sister named Nicola. He was raised a Catholic.
Franta attended St. Peter's Catholic School, Hokah, Minnesota, from elementary school through 8th grade. As a child, he was overweight, leading his mother to sign him up for a YMCA swimming team. He ran cross country while attending La Crescent High School, where he graduated in 2011.
He studied business at Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. In his second year, he added an arts minor, with an emphasis on films.
On December 8, 2014, Franta came out as gay in a YouTube video, stating he has accepted who he is and is "happy with that person". He also spoke on the help he got from others on the Internet, and wanted to give people struggling with their sexuality similar advice. This six-minute long video, titled "Coming Out", has over 11 million views and over 949 thousand likes, being the second most viewed video on Franta's channel as of November 2, 2016.
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