Philip DeFranco is an American YouTuber and news commentator who mainly covers ongoing events, politics, and celebrity gossip.
Having YouTube subscribers of 6.41 & 1.2 million, Philip DeFranco has accumulated a net worth of $7 million. He is considered one of the highest-paid YouTubers. DeFranco has released 886 videos so far in his 6.41 million subscribed YouTube channel, Philip DeFranco. Online, he is known as PhillyD.
Philip’s YouTube channel ‘Philip DeFranco’ and ‘Philly D’ owns 6.41 & 1.2 million with a view of 2.9 billion and 255.14 million. He began his vlogging journey on YouTube in 2006. Within a short time, he has shown the way of gaining success.
Earning Highlights
Talking about earnings from YouTube, it depends on many criteria like location, views, promotions, and so on. Generally, YouTubers from U.S., Canada, and the UK get $2 to $12 per thousand monetized views.
Now, let’s be specific with Philip DeFranco. Philip’s YouTube channel ‘Philip DeFranco’ owns 2.9 billion views! Counting a day, his channel gets an average of 450k views. Therefore, Philip DeFranco earns $3600 a day that counts $1.3 million a year from YouTube.
To be more specific, here’s Philip DeFranco’s last year salary from his YouTube channel:
| Month of 2020 | Estimated Earnings |
| October | $12.5k |
| September | $12k |
| August | $20.7k |
| July | $13.5k |
| May | $7.47k |
| March | $8.99k |
| February | $9.7k |
| January | $9.65k |
Apart from YouTubing, Philip further earns from selling products. His recently launched hair care line for men obtained huge demand. Some of Philip’s best-selling products are Laundry Detergent, Dish Detergent, Fabric Softener, Oxi Booster, and so on.
In a nutshell, here’s Philip DeFranco’s yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily income or salary highlights:
- Yearly Income: $1.3 million
- Monthly Income: $88k
- Weekly Income: $22k
- Daily Income: $3600
Real Estate or Asset
In 2013, Philip DeFranco bought a $1.7 million house in Sherman Oaks. He along with his wife Lindsay Jordan DeFranco lived in that house. However, Philip listed this house in the market and sold it for $2.1 million.
In 2019, DeFranco paid $4.1 million for the luxurious property located in Encino, California. DeFranco and his wife moved to California to their new house that year.
Philip DeFranco: At a Glance
| Full Name | Philip James DeFranco |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 December 1985 |
| Birth Place | New York City, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83m) |
| Weight | 75 Kg |
| Spouse | Lindsay Jordan Doty (m. 2015 ) |
| Children | 2; Carter William DeFranco, Philip DeFranco III |
| Profession | YouTuber |
| Nationality | American |
| Net Worth | $7 million |
Early Life
Philip James DeFranco was born in the Bronx, New York City, on 1 December 1985. At an early age, Philip left his stepfather and stepmother as they beat him. Philip belongs of Italian descent.
To change his lot, Philip appeared in a theater but he became involved in sex with his boss. Later, he was arrested for selling his bootleg DVDs. Honestly speaking, his journey was not smooth at all.
Philip DeFranco attended numerous institutes like the University of South Florida, East Carolina University, and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. He started making YouTube video content in 2007 when he was only 22 years old.
Career
While studying at East Carolina University, Philip DeFranco created his self-named debut YouTube account. He covered current affairs and newsy stuff. In this type of YouTubing, Philip DeFranco was highly inspired by Dane Cook, Ze Frank, and Vlogbrothers.
Most of DeFranco’s viewers were 16 to 17 years old girls. After being inspired by his viewers, DeFranco launched his second YouTube channel ‘PhilipDeFranco’ which contains a series of vlogs.
In August 2007, Philip DeFranco obtained a large number of views for his ‘Big Boobs and You’ video. Then he realized where he should focus and began making news, gossip, and sex type video.
However, Philip gained more attention after beating celebrities like Katy Perry, Stan Lee, and Elijah Wood in the Spore Creature Creator Competition. He donated his winning prize money of $15k to the PKD Foundation—a polycystic kidney disease charity.
In January 2012, Philip DeFranco launched a YouTube-based news hub ‘SourceFed’. At that time, he signed with a multi-channel network called Revision3. The wheels of his lot began moving fast.
Since 2006, this 36 years aged YouTuber has won five awards and eight nominations so far. In 2013, Philip won the IAWTV Award in the Best News Series category. Besides, DeFranco won the prestigious Streamy Awards three times.
FAQs
Philip DeFranco announced his hosting to his independent platform that he named ‘DeFranco Elite’. He is going to launch his new platform very soon. This platform will be funded through Patreon—a membership platform. Hence, YouTube users will miss him a lot.
Social Blade is an American social media statistical and analytical tracks. In this analytical platform, Philip DeFranco holds the #25,859th position. In the United States, he has ranked #592. Talking about his topic-based rank, Philip became Social Blade’s 49th pick.
In 2015, Philip married Lindsay Jordan DeFranco who is a travel vlogger. This couple has two sons named Carter William DeFranco, Philip DeFranco III. Jordan’s travel vlogging channel name is LinzLoves. She has 93.5k subscribers.
Sources:
socialblade.com/Philip DeFranco
