VanossGaming (real name Evan Fong) is an online personality, gaming commentator and music producer from Canada. On his YouTube channel, he uploads montage of videos games such as such as Garry’s Mod and Grand Theft Auto V. Aside from that, he performs as a DJ and makes music under the artist name Rynx. As of 2022, VanossGaming has an estimated net worth of $25 million.
Background
Evan grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he was born on May 31, 1992. He belongs to an Asian household. His mother is Korean, and his father is Chinese. He spent the majority of his youth playing hockey.
He attended Richmond Hill High School and went on to study economics in college. But he left out in his sophomore year to devote his full attention to his YouTube channel.
His parents were first apprehensive that he was putting his schoolwork on hold in order to focus on creating content. Nonetheless, he continued to pursue his passion.
YouTube Career
Fong’s channel name was inspired by his dad’s PlayStation 3 alias vanoss63, which refers to a BMW engine. In his early YouTube years, he met a number of other creators who would later appear in his videos regularly.
The bulk of VanossGaming’s videos is montage or compilation style. He began to garner mainstream interest in early 2015 when he surpassed 11 million subscribers and ranked among YouTube’s top 25 most subscribed channels.
He is also a pioneer in the established video game commentary scene. People loved his authentic persona. At the time of writing, he has amassed 25.6 million subscribers.
Music Career
As s DJ under the moniker Rynx, Fong produced a remix of hip-hop group They’s “U-Rite” in August 2017. In December of that year, record label Avant Garden helped him release his debut single Want You.
In 2018, he started filming a music video for his first single and another one for his second song. Since his emergence in the music scene, he has released seven singles and one album titled In Pieces.
On September 17, 2019, the same day he announced his album, he revealed that he would be on tour in the US and Canada from October to November.
Income Sources
VanossGaming earns an average of $20,000 per day from YouTube advertising, That’s an estimated $7.3 million per year. He also gets sponsorships, and sells his own merch.
Aside 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 named Dead Realm.
He has worked on two animated series. Fong appeared in the computer-animated series Paranormal Action Squad, which aired on YouTube Red in 2016. He also starred in Alpha Betas, which launched its pilot episode on Fong’s channel.
Personal Life
VanossGaming currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He still remains a big fan of hockey. In the future, he even plans to develop high-quality hockey videos on his channel. Other than this, there’s not much information about Evan’s personal life.
