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Philip James Franchini, Jr. December 1, 1985 The Bronx, New York City, New York U.S. |
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Residence | Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
Occupation | YouTube personality, Senior VP of Phil DeFranco Networks and Merchandise | ||||||||
Height | 6' 1" (1.85m) | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Lindsay Doty (m. 2015) | ||||||||
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Pseudonym | PhillyD sxephil |
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Years active | 2006–present | ||||||||
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Subscribers | 5+ million (Philip DeFranco) 1+ million (Philly D) |
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Total views | 1+ billion (Philip DeFranco) 174+ million (Philly D) |
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Network | Philip DeFranco Network & Merchandise (Discovery Digital Networks) |
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Philip James DeFranco Jr. (né Franchini; December 1, 1985) is an American video blogger and YouTube personality. He is most notable for The Philip DeFranco Show, usually abbreviated as PDS, a news show centered on current events, politics, pop culture, and celebrity gossip in which he voices his opinion, often presented in a satirical manner and with frequent jump cuts to create a fast-paced feel. In April 2016, he began to add weekend content, including The Friday Show, NSFW Saturday, and Sunday Funday, but the latter two have not been features as of December 2016. His network of channels has over two billion views, and over six million total subscribers, with his primary channel having accumulated over 5 million subscribers and 1 billion views, as of February 2017. Early into his YouTube career, his audience led to his winning of various open access online polls. DeFranco also created various other YouTube channels, including Philly D (registered as PhilipDeFranco), a personal vlog and behind the scenes channel, and SourceFed, a Google-funded YouTube Original Channel focused on news and pop culture. SourceFed spawned a spinoff channel, SourceFed Nerd. In 2013, DeFranco sold his channels to Discovery Digital Networks. Since then DeFranco has been involved in launching ForHumanPeoples, a channel based on his merchandise line of the same name, which then transitioned to a sketch channel called Nuclear Family. He also helped launch Super Panic Frenzy, a gaming channel featuring other personalities signed by Discovery Digital, as well as TheDeFrancoFam, a family vlogging channel featuring his wife and son.
Philip Franchini was born in The Bronx, New York City. He has a stepmother who works at a car dealership.