David Dobrik
Dávid Julián Dobrík (/ˈdoʊbrɪk/; Slovak: [ˈdaːvid ˈdɔbriːk]; born July 23, 1996) is a Slovakian-American Internet personality. He found early success on the video-sharing platform Vine before starting his vlog on YouTube in 2015. In 2019, he co-founded the photography app Dispo. Dobrik entered the United States as a child, and was later protected under the DACA program, before eventually being granted permanent residency.
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Dobrik on America's Most Musical Family in 2019 | |||||||||||||
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| Born | Dávid Julián Dobrík July 23, 1996 Košice, Slovakia | ||||||||||||
| Education | Vernon Hills High School | ||||||||||||
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Lorraine Nash
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| Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 17.9 million (David Dobrik) 8.14 million (David Dobrik Too) 1.65 million (VIEWS) | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 7.14 billion (David Dobrik) 946 million (David Dobrik Too) 44.9 million (VIEWS) | ||||||||||||
| Network | Collab | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: January 8, 2023 | |||||||||||||
Dobrik is known for being the leader of the YouTube ensemble The Vlog Squad, which features prominently in his vlogs and comprises rotating selections of his friend group. As of July 6, 2022, Dobrik's vlog channel had 19 million subscribers and 7.1 billion views. The channel was the fifth-most viewed creator channel on YouTube in 2019, with 2.4 billion views that year. Controversies have arisen around Dobrik's involvement with the Vlog Squad, including allegations of sexual assault, bullying, and injuring former member Jeff Wittek.
Beyond internet entertainment, Dobrik voice-acted in The Angry Birds Movie 2, was one of the judges on the Nickelodeon TV show America's Most Musical Family, and hosted a SpongeBob SquarePants special and the first season of Discovery Channel's reality competition TV show Dodgeball Thunderdome.