Roberto Gonzales, known online as Fanum, JustFanum, and elFanum, is a popular Dominican-American content creator, streamer, and brand endorser most known for his YouTube videos and blogs.
He recently made news for appearing in one of Kai Cenat’s recent Chicken Big Mac livestreams alongside WWE superstar, John Cena, which earned hundreds of thousands of views live.
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Still, thinking about all the traction this young man is getting online can make many fans wonder about the details of his life. If you are, too, you’ve come to the right post.
Let me break down everything you should know about JustFanum age, career, and what made him an internet favorite!
How Old Is JustFanum?
Curiosity about one’s age and personal life details naturally accompanies stardom-hood. And with his massive following on social media, many have wondered, like you, about the age of JustFanum.
So, let’s turn the clock back a little.
JustFanum, Roberto Gonzales in real life, was born on August 22, 1997. That makes him 27 years old at the time of this writing.
Before his internet fame, young Gonzales grew up in The Bronx, New York City. If you’re ever wondering where he got the “drip,” there’s your answer.
Gonzales also has a younger brother he grew up with, who occasionally appears in his YouTube videos. Information about the YouTuber’s parents is yet to surface, but we know he’s part Dominican.
How Did Just Fanum Become So Popular?
If you’ve ever heard of the internet slang “Fanum tax,” you’re looking at the person responsible for coining and popularizing that.
The viral slang simply means taking a share of your family or friends’ meal, as clarified by Gonzales in one episode of Wired Autocomplete Interview.
As silly as the phrase may sound, it became associated with Generation Alpha Slang and helped Gonzales gain much attention from the netizens.
In 2020, he also got made into a meme on the internet called the “Fanum straight face meme,” featuring the influencer’s face gazing quite uncannily into the camera.
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Gonzales began his career by posting NBA 2K gaming videos on his YouTube channel, Fanum Live, which he created in 2013. He then started streaming on Twitch in 2016.
In 2017, he created his handle JustFanum, posting updates of his New York life, commentaries, challenges, and stories from his childhood.
His multiple channels and platforms now enjoy massive followings, with his YouTube handles amassing over 4 million subscribers. And that’s not mentioning his accounts on other platforms, such as Twitch, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Besides his well-received videos, the YouTuber is also an original and important member of AMP, a group of content creators, alongside Kai Cenat, ImDavisss, DukeDeniss, Agent00, and Chrisnextdoor.
Just last year (2023), Gonzales won the “Breakout Streamer of the Year” at the 13th Streamy Awards, placing him further along the map.
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“I can’t think of a streamer more deserving, a streamer more electrifying, he [Fanum] brings the energy every single time,” one of Gonzales’s friends announced in The Streamer Awards.
Final Thoughts
To some, games and YouTube are a means of entertainment. But for people like JustFanum, they’re an instrument for connecting to people and earning well-deserved success.
At 27, the kid from The Bronx now enjoys the result of his hard work alongside his AMP family! How cool is that?
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