- Source of Wealth: Blogging, YouTube Videos
- Age: 34
- Birth Place: The Bronx, New York, United States
- Height: 6′ 0″ (1.82 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Lindsay Jordan Doty)
- Full Name: Philip James Franchina, Jr.
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: December 1, 1985
- Ethnicity: American
- Occupation: YouTube Video Blogger
- Education: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Children: 1 (Philip III)
Phillip DeFranco, popularly known as PhillyD, is an American celebrity and vlogger (video blogger) on YouTube with a net worth of $3 million. DeFranco has accumulated his net worth from the videos he created that tackle about politics, celebrity gossip, and current events. In 2006, he formally launched his YouTube career by airing videos of him presenting his thoughts on certain events using his channel named “PhillipiDeFranco.”
Phillip DeFranco was born on Dec. 1, 1985 in Bronx, New York. A former student of the University of South Florida, and Asheville-Bumcombe Technical Community College where he took Biology, and recently, a junior at East Carolina University. His stepmother works at an auto dealership, and he’s currently living with his fiancee, Lindsay Jordan Doty.
An American YouTube vlogger with a username of “sxephil.” His YouTube channel was created around 2006 airing his “The Phillip DeFranco Show“ (PDS), a news show where Phillip delivers his news, giving his thoughts and opinions about certain matters that made him an instant celebrity. His YouTube videos are about sex, current events, celebrity gossip, and politics that are usually presented in a wry style with numerous jump cuts to create a fast-paced ambiance. As of July 2, 2013, his YouTube channel gained over 2.5 million subscribers and over 1 billion views. Making him as the 79th most subscribed YouTuber. Due to his numerous fans, he won the Wired’s Sexiest Geek of 2008 and Spore Creature Creator. Both of which are open access online polls. DeFranco has 2 other YouTube channels: SourceFed, a Google-sponsored channel and PhillipDeFranco, DeFranco’s personal video blog. As of 2013, he sold all his channels to Revision3.