VanossGaming (real name Evan Fong) is an online personality, game commentator and music producer from Canada. On his YouTube channel, he uploads edits of video games such as Garry’s Mod and Grand Theft Auto V. Besides that, he performs as a DJ and makes music under the artist name Rynx. As of 2022, VanossGaming has an estimated net worth of $38 million.
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Evan grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he was born on May 31, 1992. He comes from an Asian household. Her mother is Korean and her father is Chinese. He spent most of his youth playing hockey.
He attended Richmond Hill High School and later studied economics at university. But he left during his sophomore year to devote his full attention to his YouTube channel.
His parents were initially concerned that he would put his homework on hold to focus on creating content. Nevertheless, he continued to pursue his passion.
YouTube career
Fong’s channel name was inspired by his father’s PlayStation 3 alias, vanoss63, which refers to a BMW engine. During his early years on YouTube, he met a number of other creators who would later appear regularly in his videos.
Most of VanossGaming’s videos are montage or compilation style. It started gaining mainstream interest in early 2015 when it surpassed 11 million subscribers and ranked among the top 25 most subscribed channels on YouTube.
He is also a pioneer of the established video game commentary scene. People liked his genuine personality. As of this writing, he has amassed 25.6 million subscribers.
Musical career
As a DJ under the name Rynx, Fong produced a remix of hip-hop group They’s “U-Rite” in August 2017. In December of the same year, the label Avant Garden helped him release his first single Want You.
In 2018, he started filming a music video for his first single and another for his second song. Since emerging on the music scene, he has released seven singles and an album titled In Pieces.
On September 17, 2019, the same day he announced his album, he revealed that he would be touring the United States and Canada from October to November.
Sources of income
VanossGaming earns an average of $20,000 a day from advertising on YouTube, or about $7.3 million a year. He also gets sponsorships and sells his own merchandise.
Apart from content creation and music production, Evan has also been involved in other projects. He officially announced that he had been employed as a creative director on a game called Dead Realm.
He worked on two animated series. Fong appeared in the computer-animated series Paranormal Action Squad, which broadcast on YouTube Red in 2016. He also starred in Alpha Betas, which launched its pilot episode on Fong’s channel.
Private life
VanossGaming currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He is still a great hockey fan. In the future, he even plans to develop high-quality hockey videos on his channel. Other than that, there isn’t much information about Evan’s personal life.
