Favij

Lorenzo Ostuni (Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso oˈstuːni]; born 7 April 1995), known online as Favij (Italian pronunciation: [faviˈdʒɛi]) or FavijTV, is an Italian YouTuber. With over six million subscribers and four billion views,[2] Ostuni has been described as one of the most popular YouTubers in Italy.[3][4] He is also the most followed Italian YouTuber.

Favij
Ostuni in 2016
Personal information
BornLorenzo Ostuni
(1995-04-07) 7 April 1995
Mappano, Turin, Italy
Occupation
YouTube information
Also known asFavij
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genre
Subscribers6.42 million[1]
Total views4.1 billion[1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2013
1,000,000 subscribers 2014
Last updated: February 3, 2023

Life and career

Internet career and milestones

Ostuni was born in Mappano, Turin, and took a computer course at ITIS Carlo Grassi. In 2011, he and two friends began a YouTube channel called "TheSharedGaming".[5][6] On 9 December 2012,[2] Ostuni created a solo channel named "FavijTV",[5] which reached 100,000 subscribers in 2013 and one million subscribers in 2014, the first Italian to cross the milestone.[7] He also won the Web Show Awards in the "Gamer" category the same year.[8] In December 2018, Ostuni reached five million subscribers, becoming the first Italian YouTuber to do so; he also appeared on YouTube Rewind 2018.[9] He created a second channel named "JIVAF" in 2019. By 2021, his channel was managed by the agency Webstars Channel.[5]

Ostuni is the first professional YouTuber in Italy, as well as the most followed. He lives in Milan.[9] In 2021, Vodafone gave him a new gaming-oriented house to promote their Game Now 5G platform.[10]

Other work

In 2015, Ostuni made his acting debut in Game Therapy and Mondadori published his first book, an autobiography titled Sotto le cuffie. His second book The Cage was released three years later. Ostuni has also dubbed characters in Disney films such as Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) and Onward (2020) and was a judge on the 2019 Just Dance: World Cup. He has a line of collectible stickers from Panini Group.[5][9]

Internet content

Ostuni's content mainly consists of Let's Plays,[5] but he also began creating vlogs. After becoming a professional YouTuber, he has stopped using profanity in his videos.[9]

References
  1. "About FavijTV". YouTube.
  2. "FavijTV – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. Toniolo, F 2020, ‘I videogiochi su YouTube: un confronto fra Italia ed estero’, in R. Fassone, M.B. Carbone (eds.), Il videogioco in Italia, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, pp. 271–284
  4. "FAVIJ". Giffoni Film Festival. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. "Favij è lo youtuber numero 1 in Italia, volevamo capire un attimo con lui quanto guadagna". Cosmopolitan (in Italian). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. Coccorese, Paolo (19 April 2018). "Favij, lo youtuber di Mappano: «Devo tutto alla mia prof»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. Piras, Stefania (26 October 2014). "Favij, ecco chi è l'italiano premiato da Youtube per il suo canale da 1,2 milioni di iscritti". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  8. Perna, Mark (16 December 2014). "Le star Youtube ai Web Show Awards". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. Sciandivasci, Simonetta (24 February 2019). "Due chiacchiere con Favij, il creator più seguito d'Italia". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. Lichene, Riccardo (3 May 2021). "Favij, lo Youtuber più seguito d'Italia: «Io e i miei fan una grande famiglia, non vedo l'ora di riabbracciarli tutti»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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