Dávid Julián Dobrík is a YouTuber, TikToker and an online personality situated in Los Angeles, California, USA. David was born in Slovakia on 23 July 1996 but he and his family moved to the USA when he was only 6 years old, where he went to school and played tennis. He qualified for the 2014 Boys Tennis State Tournament, where he won third place in the doubles tournaments. He found popularity early on the now-defunct app Vine and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his Vine career.
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Dobrik made his YouTube channel in 2015, on which he posted vlogs and gained subscribers quickly due to his prior success on Vine. Before starting his own channel, Dobrik was part of a YouTube group called Second class. In addition to his videos, he also created a podcast in June 2017. He also streams actively on Twitch. Most of his streams are him playing multiplayer online games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty.
Dobrik was also named one of the "10 Social Media Personalities Making the Most Noise" for 2018 by Paper magazine. In July 2019, Dobrik was featured by W magazine, among others, for being part of a trend of creating a separate Instagram account dedicated to their photos taken with the use of films or disposable cameras. In August 2019, Dobrik was featured by Variety magazine in their annual "Power of Young Hollywood" list. In the same month, Dobrik co-hosted the 2019 Teen Choice Awards with actress Lucy Hale and was awared one as well for Teen Choice Male Web Star.
| Name (User Name) | David Dobrik @daviddobrik |
| DOB (Age) | 23 July 1996 (26 years) |
| Followers/Likes | Youtube: 18.3 million subscribers Instagram: 12,120,706 followers TikTok: 26,000,000 fans |
| Net Worth | $25 million |
| Spouse/Partner | N/A |
| Nationality | American-Slovak |
In 2013, Dobrik created his account and uploaded his first video onto Vine. He collaborated on Vines with other famous Viners such as Liza Koshy, Gabbie Hanna, and Jason Nash. Dobrik made humour centric vines and short comedy sketches. He gained fame on Vine swiftly, with over 1 million followers by the time the app was shut down.
Dobrik launched his own YouTube channel in 2015 and uploaded comedy vlogs based on real-life situations and semi-scripted bits, featuring many of his former Vine collaborators. In August 2016, Dobrik created his second channel, David Dobrik Too, where he posts blooper reels, challenge videos, and more direct sponsorship deals. His main channel has over 18 million subscribers and over 7 billion views. His second channel has 8.44 million subscribers and more than 900 million views. His second channel features content with his family and friends doing challenges, reaction videos and opening fan mail.
Dobrik has a podcast he co-hosts with Jason nash called "Views with David Dobrik and Jason Nash", which they started in May 2017. It is published by Cadence13 and, as of June 2022, has 220 episodes. The podcast debuted 2nd on the Itunes chart in the podcast section. In September 2018, Dobrik created his third YouTube channel, Views Podcast, where he posts the video version of his podcast. Dobrik's vlogs feature a recurring group of friends who collectively comprise "The Vlog Squad".
Because the cast is a group of friends, membership in the cast of the vlogs is unstructured. Generally, Jason Nash, Natalie Mariduena, Josh Peck, Zane Hijazi, Heath Hussar, Mariah Amato, Scotty Sire, Ilya Fedorovich, Nick Antonyan and his siblings Vardan and Suzy, Matt King, Toddy Smith, Corinna Kopf, Jeff Wittek, Joe Vulpis, Carly Incontro and Erin Gilfoy are considered part of the Vlog Squad.
Dobrik also has a significant following on TikTok, where he posts videos with his friends, plays games, and tries out new things. He has amassed 26 million fans on TikTok and 1.3 billion likes. SocialBlade ranks him 36 for number of followers and 56 for number of likes which makes him extremely popular on the app.
Dobrik makes diverse content and uses many social media platforms for different types of content. His work has achieved critical acclaim by many users as well as many award shows and magazines, due to this he has amassed huge wealth. According to celebritynetworth.com, as of June 2022, Dobrik is worth $25 million.
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Dobrik was born to his parents Pavo Dobrik, who is a photographer. His mother's name has never been revealed as of yet. She has always been referred to as "Mrs Dobrik" whenever she has been mentioned on any social media platform. Dobrik was born in Košice, Slovakia and moved to the United States when he was 6, and has three younger siblings.
Dobrik dated fellow YouTube personality Liza Koshy from late 2015 to early 2018 but they later revealed that they broke-up in June 2018. On 15 May 2019, Dobrik legally married Lorraine Nash, Jason Nash's mother, as a comedic bit for one of his vlogs. On 12 June 2019, Dobrik announced that he and Nash had decided to end their marriage after one month.
Dobrik was also the cause of many controversies. In February 2021, Seth Francois, a former member of the Vlog Squad, accused Dobrik of sexual assault after being deceived into kissing Jason Nash while blindfolded. Being the only black member of the Vlog Squad, Francois stated he also felt pressured to participate in bits that felt culturally insensitive. In another incident, former Vlog Squad member Nik Keswani accused Dobrik of bullying and even said that it was the reason he left the group in 2018.
In March 2021, Business Insider reported that a woman had been raped by a member of the Vlog Squad, Dom Zeglaitis, in a video about group sex while she was drunk and unable to consent. On the same day, Dobrik released a short video titled "Let's talk", in which he addressed some of the recent controversies related to him, specifically in regards to former members of the Vlog Squad; however, he did not directly refer to the previous incident.
In January 2020, Dobrik launched the app Dispo. The app is a social networking and image sharing application, and the app has surpassed a million downloads and has landed briefly at the top of the list of most popular free apps on Apple's App Store, sitting ahead of Disney+ and Instagram as well as winning a spot on Apple's curated "Apps We Love Right Now" list.
In October 2020, Dobrik launched his fragrance brand David's Perfume with Flower Shop Perfumes Co. Dobrik also partnered with HeadCount to give five fans a chance to win one of five Tesla 3 models to encourage voter registration via the nonprofit HeadCount's website.
In 2019, Dobrik judged a musical competition on Nickelodeon titled America's Most Musical Family, alongside Ciara and Debbie Gibson.
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In this clip, Dobrik makes a video of a painting of a cycle which at first looks to be made out of tape.
In this TikTok, Dobrik and his podcast team react to user jaedank parodying each member of the team.
Dobrik is taping Corinna Kopf counting money in a plane in this clip.
Dobrik, in this clip, seems to be testing out a device that releases air pressure at the push of a button by stabbing it into a bottle of Sprite and having Ross Smith push the button as the knife is inside the bottle.
Dobrik is testing out a knife that releases pressurized CO2 and makes a whole in a jar of chocolate milk with it.
A. Due to a diverse source of income, Dobrik makes around $15 million in revenue, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He earns money from several social media platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Itunes since he uploads a lot on each platform and he also has several brand deals alongside merchandise sales.
A. Dobrik uses a lot of songs in his videos. Some on the list are the Friends theme song “I’ll be there for you”, “the Show goes on” by Lupe Fiasco, “How Low” by Luda Cris and “Never be like you” by Flume, Kai.
A. Dobrik and Liza Koshy first started dating in 2015 and they broke up in 2018, citing that their YouTube careers had caused them to drift apart. The couple reassured fans in a video that their split was amicable.
A. Dobrik bought a house in Sherman Oaks, California, USA, in 2020 for $9.5 million. The house is an all-new contemporary mansion with a pool.
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