Who is Evan Fong?
He was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He is of Asian descent, his mother being Korean, and father Chinese. Fong graduated from Richmond Hill High School. After attending high school, Fong studied economics in college, but later dropped out in his second year to focus on his YouTube channel as a full-time commitment . He claims that his parents were initially concerned that he was neglecting his studies in favor of producing content for his YouTube channel. Aside from his YouTube career, he continues to play ice hockey recreationally, and also plays the guitar as another hobby.
How did his YouTube Channel started?
Fong created the VanossGaming channel on YouTube on September 15, 2011. The name “Vanoss” comes from VANOS, a variable valve timing system produced by German automobile company BMW; Fong’s father used the alias “vanoss62” on the PlayStation 3, which his son later adopted for his own.
YouTube Career
In January 2015, Fong began to receive mainstream media attention as he approached 11 million subscribers and a ranking within the top 25 most subscribed channels on YouTube, with commentators identifying him as a central figure in the growing video game commentary subculture. In March 2015, he appeared on his first gaming convention panel, the “YouTube Gaming Evolution” panel at PAX East in Boston, Massachusetts, alongside collaborators I Am Wildcat, Lui Calibre, and Mini Ladd.
YouTube Collaboration
Fong has been known to do work with other popular YouTubers such as H2O Delirious, I Am Wildcat, Adam “SeaNanners” Montoya and Tom “Syndicate” Cassell. Fong first appeared on camera in July 2013, in a video celebrating one million subscribers. Fong announced that he had been working on a game called Dead Realm for “the last six or seven months” as a creative director, alongside other YouTube collaborators such as Daithi De Nogla, Terroriser, MiniLadd, and TheSyndicateProject. It was released via Steam as an early release on July 30, 2015