Favij
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.jpg) Ostuni in 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Lorenzo Ostuni 7 April 1995 | |||||||||
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| Also known as | Favij | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 6.44 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 4.2 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: March 29, 2023 | ||||||||||
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.[5]
Life and career[edit]
Internet career and milestones[edit]
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".[6][7] Although they typically played first-person shooters, Ostuni did a video playing the indie horror Slender: The Eight Pages (2012).[8]
This video's popularity spurred him to create a solo channel named "FavijTV"[6] on 9 December 2012,[2] with more of a focus on indie games.[8] This channel reached 100,000 subscribers in 2013 and one million subscribers in 2014, the first Italian to cross the milestone.[9] The same year, Ostuni also acted as a correspondent for La Repubblica at BlizzCon,[8] and won the Web Show Awards in the "Gamer" category,[10]
In December 2018, Ostuni reached five million subscribers, becoming the first Italian YouTuber to do so; he also appeared on YouTube Rewind 2018.[11] He created a second channel named "JIVAF" in 2019, which was renamed "LORE". By 2021, his channel was managed by the agency Webstars Channel.[6]
Ostuni is the first professional YouTuber in Italy, as well as the most followed. He lives in Milan.[11] In 2021, Vodafone gave him a new gaming-oriented house to promote their Game Now 5G platform.[12]
Other work[edit]
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.[6][11]
Internet content[edit]
Ostuni's content mainly consists of Let's Plays,[6] but he also began creating reaction videos[13] and vlogs. After becoming a professional YouTuber, he has stopped using profanity in his videos.[11] Besides YouTube, Ostuni also has followings on Instagram and Facebook.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "About FavijTV". YouTube.
- ^ a b "FavijTV – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ "FAVIJ". Giffoni Film Festival. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ Toia, Paola (18 October 2019). "YouTube, i 10 autori più amati dai teen". Wired Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ Coccorese, Paolo (19 April 2018). "Favij, lo youtuber di Mappano: «Devo tutto alla mia prof»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b c D'Alessandro, Jaime (27 November 2014). "Favij, star di YouTube, "inviato" per Repubblica.it nei videogame". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Perna, Mark (16 December 2014). "Le star Youtube ai Web Show Awards". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d Sciandivasci, Simonetta (24 February 2019). "Due chiacchiere con Favij, il creator più seguito d'Italia". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Arriva il giovane Youtuber Favij". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Nepi, Marco (6 May 2020). "Quanto guadagna youtuber Favij: stipendio e patrimonio". The Post Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2022.