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Matthew Santoro | |
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 Santoro in 2014 | |
| Born | (1985-07-16)July 16, 1985 (age 40) |
| Education | Brock University (MAcc) |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Genres | |
| Subscribers | 5.95 million |
| Views | 1.52 billion |
| Last updated: May 3, 2025 | |
| Website | www |
Matthew Santoro (born July 16, 1985)[2] is a Canadian YouTuber,live streamer, and educator. He creates top ten lists and "50 Amazing Facts" videos.[3][4][5] Santoro previously producedvlogging and gaming videos, which are no longer available.[6][7]
As of November 2025, Santoro's channel has 5.91 million subscribers and 1.5 billion views.[8]
Santoro most frequently uploads top ten lists, such as "10 Forbidden Places You’re Not Allowed to Visit!" and "10 Extremely BIZARRE Phobias People Actually Have!".[9][10]
Santoro grew up inWelland, Ontario, and later moved toSt. Catharines, Ontario.[1] He is of Italian descent through his father,[11] while his mother is French-Canadian. In May 2015, he moved toToronto, Ontario. A fan ofDrake andhip-hop culture, Santoro often refers to Toronto as "The 6ix".
In January 2016, he uploaded a video titledMy Abuse Story. He tearfully talked about an unnamed romantic partner, whom he claimed was manipulative and forced him to turn his friends and family away in favour of her and she had also psychologically andphysically abused him during their relationship.[12] It was claimed by his friend, Rob Gavagan (né Dyke), that the "unnamed partner" mentioned in the video wasNicole Arbour.[13]
Santoro moved toLos Angeles in the first week of January 2017 and possesses aU.S. green card, but maintained his Canadian citizenship.[14][15]
On October 21, 2017, Santoro released a video revealing that he suffers fromclinical depression.[16] Santoro made several videos afterwards explaining his progress and improvements.
On July 27, 2020, Santoro explained that after moving back toToronto, someone or some group stole a trailer from the moving company that housed most of his belongings, leaving him nothing other than what he had moved back to Toronto with himself.[17] The stolen trailer was found on July 30,[18] and its contents were returned to Santoro on July 31, although some items were still missing, and several were damaged.[19]
After Santoro graduated fromBrock University with aMaster of Accountancy in 2010, he became an accountant. He also started making videos onYouTube that year, mostly skits. In 2012 he got laid off from his accounting job. He described that experience in a vlog titled "I Lost My Job Today". He then started focusing on his YouTube career and thus began posting videos weekly.[20] Also during this time, he recalls in an interview, that he noticed that his opinionated fact compilation videos, such as his top ten lists and "50 Amazing Facts To Blow Your Mind" series, were viewed more than his other videos. That made him begin uploading those types of videos more frequently.[21] He believes that his more frequent uploading of these videos helped increased his viewership from only a few thousand per video in the past, to the millions he currently has.[3][22] He is able to make a career out of YouTube through the money he earns from ad revenue, which is more than what he made as an accountant.[22][23]
In a tweet published on August 15, 2021, Santoro announced that he was leavingYouTube after 10 years of uploading, in favor of streaming onTwitch.
In December 2022, Santoro announced his return to YouTube.[24]
Santoro has been a special guest narrator onCinemaSins'Everything Wrong With... series. He was featured in theUnderworld: Evolution video which was published on October 10, 2014. He also collaborated with Matthias, creating a song, "The Booty Song", andBarely Political in their video, "YouTube Complaints 2015". Santoro andVsauce3 collaborated withThe Muppets, in a video titled, "What if Quicksilver Ran Past You?", which was the first video in the Muppet collaboration initiative on YouTube.[25]
He collaborated withLilly Singh,Olga Kay,Toby Turner, andArnold Schwarzenegger, among others, inTerminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles, a promotional series for the 2015 filmTerminator Genisys.[26]
In July 2018, Santoro released the 100th episode of his "50 Amazing Facts" video series; for the occasion, Santoro had each fact presented by a different YouTuber. Those who took part includedRhett and Link,Kanwer Singh,Daym Drops,MatPat,Hank Green,iJustine, and theFine Brothers.[27]
Santoro is the host ofQuest Nutrition's "Food for Thought" webseries.[28] The first episode, "10 Incredible Facts About Chicken", premiered on May 28, 2015.[29]
Santoro, along withYousef Saleh Erakat,Soledad O'Brien andwill.i.am hosted theGlobal Citizen 2015 Earth Day event.[30][31] On September 26, 2015, Santoro, along withAsapScience,Stephen Colbert andHugh Jackman hosted theGlobal Citizen festival.[32]
In June 2015, Santoro obtained a global publishing deal fromPenguin Books for his book,[33] titledMIND=BLOWN, which was released on August 9, 2016.[34]
Santoro retired with the title of #1 "most loved" Periscoper in the world with over 177 million hearts on the live streaming appPeriscope on November 11, 2015.[35]
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2015 | Seventh Annual Shorty Awards | YouTube Star of the Year presented by A&E[36] | Nominated |
| 2015 | Fifth Annual Streamy Awards | Breakout Creator[37] | Won |
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