Fanum (streamer)

Dominican-American Twitch streamer and YouTuber (born 1997)

Fanum

Fanum in 2019

Personal information
Born|

Roberto Gonzalez

(1997-08-22) August 22, 1997 (age 27)

The Bronx, New York City, U.S.

Occupations|

* Twitch streamer
* YouTuber

Organization| AMP
Website| fanumsupply.com
Twitch information
Channel|

* fanum

Genres|

* Gaming
* Just Chatting

Followers| 2.9 million
Associated acts|

* AMP
* Kai Cenat

YouTube information

Channel|

* Fanum Live

Years active| 2013–present
Genre| Comedy
Subscribers| 3.3 million[1]
Views| 2.4 billion[1]

Creator Awards

| 100,000 subscribers|
| 1,000,000 subscribers|

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Last updated: March 24, 2025

Roberto Gonzalez (born August 22, 1997), better known online as Fanum, is a Dominican-American streamer and content creator. Fanum emerged online around 2016. He is known for being the originator of the vernacular "Fanum tax".[2][3] He won "Breakout Streamer of the Year" at the 13th Streamy Awards and the "Best Roleplay Streamer" of the year award at the 2022 Streamer Awards and 2023 Streamer Awards. He is a member along with Kai Cenat and Duke Dennis of the streamer collective Any Means Possible (AMP).

## Early life

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Fanum was born on August 22, 1997, in The Bronx, New York City to parents from the Dominican Republic. He has a younger brother who has appeared in his videos.[3] He speaks English and Spanish.[4] After graduating from high school in New York City, Fanum enrolled in college but left mid semester to focus on earning money for his YouTube equipment.[5]

## Career

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Fanum began streaming on Twitch in November 2016 and made his YouTube channel, JustFanum, in May 2017. He posted his first video in February 2019. He streamed NBA 2K and later expanded to IRL vlogs, which often drew upon his experiences in New York.[6][7]

In March 2023, he won "Best Roleplay Streamer" at the 2022 Streamer Awards.[8] On August 27, 2023 Fanum won "Breakout Streamer of the Year" at the 13th Streamy Awards.[9][10] Fanum has been featured on the music video for Offset's September 2023 single "Fan" alongside Kai Cenat.[11][12]

In February 2024, he won "Best Roleplay Streamer" at the 2023 Streamer Awards.[13] On June 2, 2024, he played in a soccer charity match hosted by British YouTube group Beta Squad and American YouTube group AMP at Selhurst Park, London, England, where he played for team AMP. The event raised money for The Water Project.[14] Later that month, he appeared as a contestant in the Sidemen reality competition series Inside. The series features 10 guests who compete in challenges to secure a prize fund totalled at £1 million, with everything they buy or do costing money from the prize fund. He was in the show for seven days and finished in 4th place.[15][16] Later in December 2024, he was nominated for "Best Roleplay Streamer" at the 2024 Streamer Awards.[17]

On February 14, 2025, Fanum participated in "Match for Hope 2025", a soccer charity event hosted in Doha, Qatar, as a player for team AboFlah & KSI, facing off against team Chunkz & IShowSpeed. The match ended with team AboFlah & KSI's 6-5 victory over team Chunkz & IShowSpeed. The event managed to raise more than $10.7 million for charity.[18][19]

On March 8, 2025, Fanum participated in the 2025 Sidemen Charity Match, held at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom, playing for the YouTube Allstars team.[20]

### AMP Group

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Fanum is an original and prominent member of the American content collective known as Any Means Possible or AMP. He contributes to the group's collaborative challenge videos. Fanum invited popular streamer Kai Cenat to the AMP group. In August 2023, Kai Cenat was arrested following a meet-and-greet he hosted with Fanum in Union Square Park that resulted in at least 2,000 people crowding the park. The event resulted in property destruction and several injuries. While no charges were placed against Fanum, Cenat was charged with inciting a riot.[6][21]

## Fanum tax

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Fanum tax is an Internet slang term describing the theft of food between friends.[22] The first usage of Fanum tax referred exclusively to Fanum, who jokingly "taxed" snacks by taking bites of food from fellow content creators during streams.[3] The term circulated among the YouTube collective AMP in late 2022 and was popularized especially during Fanum's Twitch streams with popular American YouTuber Kai Cenat, where Fanum would take Cenat’s cookies.[23] In an interview with Wired, Fanum defined the term as:

> Let's say your friend having a meal, he's having a good meal, and you just want a piece of that meal. Like, you know what I'm saying? You need a share. That's your friend and the friend's share, right? Get you a little piece of the meal. It's the Fanum tax. You just go ahead and just like, lemme get a little bit of 5%, 10% of the meal, maybe 20%.[24]

On October 2, 2023, a TikTok account under the username @ovp.9 posted a short video of a character from the online video game Fortnite "singing" to a musical parody of the 2021 song "ecstacy" by Suicidal-Idol.[25] The parody, titled either "Sticking Out Your Gyat for the Rizzler" or "You're so skibidi, you’re so fanum tax",[26] features multiple internet culture terms including gyatt, Skibidi Toilet, rizz and Sigma male. The song was used in many videos on TikTok, inspiring the mass creation of videos featuring Minecraft-inspired games on the platform.[6] The sound was used in over 195,000 videos and amassed over 321 million views on TikTok.[25] The New York Times referred to the term as "the language of Gen Alpha."[27]

## Filmography

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Web roles  Year  | Title  | Role  | Network  | Notes  | Ref.

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2024  | Inside | Contestant  | YouTube, Side+ | Series 1; 4th place  | [28]

## Awards

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Year  | Ceremony  | Category  | Result  | Ref.

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2022  | The Streamer Awards | Best Roleplay Streamer  | Won  | [8]
2023  | 13th Streamy Awards | Breakout Streamer  | Won  | [29]
The Streamer Awards | Best Roleplay Streamer  | Won  | [13]
2024  | Nominated  | [17]

## References

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1. ^ a b "About Fanum Live". YouTube.
2. ^ "Fanum Is Your Favorite Celebrity's Favorite Streamer". GQ. November 9, 2023. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
3. ^ a b c Singh, Amay (July 30, 2023). "Who is Fanum? Popular AMP-affiliated streamer's online career explored". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
4. ^ "Fanum Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions". WIRED. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
5. ^ "Fanum on Growing Up in The Bronx, Joining AMP, YouTube Hustle & More". Youtube. No Jumper. July 31, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
6. ^ a b c Press-Reynolds, Kieran. "The new Gen Alpha slang 'fanum tax' has even stumped Gen Zers, who worry they're too old to keep up". Insider. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
7. ^ "Fanum - Night Talent". Night. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
8. ^ a b Snavely, Adam (March 12, 2023). "Streamer Awards 2023: All results and winners for every category". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
9. ^ "MrBeast, Kai Cenat, Dylan Mulvaney win big at 2023 Streamy Awards". CBS News. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
10. ^ Tinoco, Armando (August 28, 2023). "Streamy Awards 2023 Complete Winners List: Dylan Mulvaney, MrBeast, Michelle Khare, Dream & Leo González And More". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
11. ^ Zemler, Emily (September 15, 2023). "Offset Announces New Album 'Set It Off,' Drops Music Video for 'Fan'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 24, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
12. ^ Duran, Anagricel (September 15, 2023). "Offset announces upcoming LP 'Set It Off' and shares video for 'Fan'". NME. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
13. ^ a b Taifalos, Nicholas; Michael, Cale (February 18, 2024). "Streamer Awards 2024: All results and winners for every category". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
14. ^ Mayo, Marc (June 2, 2024). "Beta Squad vs AMP: Charity match abandoned after pitch invasion - LIVE!". The Standard. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
15. ^ "Sidemen take on Love Island with £1m YouTube reality show Inside". BBC. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
16. ^ Byford, Celine (June 3, 2024). "YouTubers launch new reality show featuring Love Island stars and Made in Chelsea OGs". Reality Tidbit. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
17. ^ a b "The 2024 Streamer Awards: All Nominations". Esports Illustrated On SI. November 12, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
18. ^ Schneider, Jacob (February 14, 2025). "USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino coaches team Chunkz x IShowSpeed to narrow 6-5 loss vs. team KSI x AboFlah at Match For Hope charity game". GOAL. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
19. ^ Evans, Ethan (February 14, 2025). "Match for Hope 2025's full lineup of football legends and celebrities". Football London. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
20. ^ Zeqiri, Daniel (March 8, 2025). "Sidemen vs YouTube Allstars result: Speed scores winning penalty in nod to Cristiano Ronaldo". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
21. ^ Mier, Tomás (August 5, 2023). "Streamer Kai Cenat Charged With Inciting a Riot After Chaotic NYC Giveaway". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
22. ^ Glaze, Virginia (January 22, 2024). "What does 'Fanum Tax' mean? Viral Kai Cenat meme explained". Dexerto. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
23. ^ Stanford, Kaitlin (October 17, 2023). "What is 'Fanum tax'? TikTok song of Gen Alpha slang has Gen Z feeling like the new 'cringe' generation". In The Know. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
24. ^ "Fanum Tax: The Evolution of Internet Culture Through Gen Alpha's Lexicon". Neon Music. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
25. ^ a b Diaz, Ana (October 19, 2023). "'You're so Skibidi, so Fanum tax,' and other fun nonsense, explained". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
26. ^ Torrefranca, Marielle (January 3, 2024). "WATCH — 3 'skibidi' origin stories you may not know about". CBC Kids. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
27. ^ Kircher, Madison (November 8, 2023). "Gen Alpha Is Here. Can You Understand Their Slang?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
28. ^ Mukherjee, Shreyan. "Sidemen Inside: All confirmed influencers participating in the event revealed". SportsKeeda. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
29. ^ "Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List". People. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

## External links

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* FanumLive YouTube channel
* JustFanum YouTube channel

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Streamy Awards winners – Channel, Series, or Show

Overall|

| Streamer of the Year‡|

* Ninja (2018)
* Ninja (2019)
* Nickmercs (2020)
* Valkyrae (2021)
* Kai Cenat (2022)
* Kai Cenat (2023)

|

Short Form|

* the cheeky boyos (2021)
* Sheena Melwani (2022)
* Chris Olsen (2023)

International†|

* OzGirl (2010)
* Travel Story (2013)
* Noob (2014)
* RackaRacka (2015)
* HolaSoyGerman (2016)
* Juanpa Zurita (2017)
* Pautips (2018)
* Fischer's-フィッシャーズ- , Mark Angel Comedy and Camila Loures (2019)
* Whindersson Nunes (2020)
* Mythpat (2021)
* Khaby Lame (2022)
* Ibai (2023)

Individual|

| Breakout Creator|

* Matthew Santoro (2015)
* Liza Koshy (2016)
* David Dobrik (2017)
* Emma Chamberlain (2018)
* MrBeast (2019)
* Charli D'Amelio (2020)
* Bella Poarch (2021)
* Ryan Trahan (2022)
* Dylan Mulvaney (2023)

|

Breakout Streamer|

* IShowSpeed (2022)
* Fanum (2023)

First Person|

* DailyGrace (2013)
* Jenna Marbles (2014)
* IISuperwomanII (2015)
* Casey Neistat (2016)
* Lilly Singh (2017)
* David Dobrik (2018)
* David Dobrik (2019)
* Emma Chamberlain (2020)
* Yes Theory (2021)
* Airrack (2022)
* Ryan Trahan (2023)

Just Chatting|

* xQc (2022)
* Quackity (2023)

Variety|

* Ludwig (2022)
* IShowSpeed (2023)

VTuber|

* CodeMiko (2022)
* Gawr Gura (2023)

Show|

| Podcast|

* Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig (2018)
* Impaulsive (2019)
* On Purpose with Jay Shetty (2020)
* Dark History (2021)
* Call Her Daddy (2022)
* On Purpose with Jay Shetty (2023)

|

Scripted Series|

* Blame the Hero (2019)
* A Heist with Markiplier (2020)
* Could You Survive The Movies? (2021)
* In Space with Markiplier (2022)
* BRYCE (2023)

Unscripted Series|

* Escape the Night season 4 (2019)
* UNHhhh (2020)
* 30 Days With: Bretman Rock (2021)
* Challenge Accepted (2022)
* Sam and Colby (2023)

Subject|

| Animated|

* How It Should Have Ended (2010)
* Electric City (2013)
* RWBY (2014)
* The Cyanide & Happiness Show (2015)
* sWooZie (2016)
* RWBY (Volume 4) (2017)
* storybooth (2018)
* Andrei Terbea (2019)
* Jaiden Animations (2020)
* Ketnipz (2021)
* MeatCanyon (2022)
* Helluva Boss (2023)

|

Beauty|

* Missglamorazzi (2014)
* Gigi Gorgeous (2015)
* Kandee Johnson (2016)
* Patrick Starrr (2017)
* James Charles (2018)
* Nikita Dragun (2019)
* James Charles (2020)
* Bailey Sarian (2021)
* MissDarcei (2022)
* Mikayla Nogueira (2023)

Comedy|

* Liza Koshy (2017)
* Brandon Rogers (2018)
* Jack Douglass (2019)
* Sarah Cooper (2020)
* LeendaDong (2021)
* RDCWorld (2022)
* RDCWorld (2023)

Commentary|

* ContraPoints (2020)
* Drew Gooden (2021)
* Danny Gonzalez (2022)
* penguinz0 (2023)

Competitive Gamer|

* tarik (2022)
* TenZ (2023)

Fashion and Style‡|

* Bethany Mota (2014)
* Lauren Elizabeth (2015)
* Amanda Steele (2016)
* Tess Christine (2017)
* Niki and Gabi (2018)
* PatrickStarr (2019)
* Wisdom Kaye (2020)
* Wisdom Kaye (2021)
* Wisdom Kaye (2022)
* Wisdom Kaye (2023)

Food‡|

* Epic Meal Time (2014)
* Epic Meal Time (2015)
* Tiny Kitchen (2016)
* Worth It (2017)
* Worth It (2018)
* Binging with Babish (2019)
* Tabitha Brown (2020)
* Nick DiGiovanni (2021)
* Cooking with Lynja (2022)
* Nick DiGiovanni (2023)

Gamer‡|

* Smosh Games (2014)
* PewDiePie (2015)
* The Game Theorists (2016)
* Smosh Games (2017)
* Ninja (2018)
* The Game Theorists (2019)
* Dream (2020)
* Dream (2021)
* Markiplier (2022)
* Dream (2023)

Health and Wellness|

* Blogilates (2014)
* Blogilates (2015)
* Yoga With Adriene (2016)
* Jay Shetty (2018)
* Jay Shetty (2019)
* Chloe Ting (2020)
* Doctor Mike (2021)
* Doctor Mike (2022)
* Dr Julie (2023)

Kids and Family|

* Kids React (2014)
* What's Up Moms (2015)
* Kid President (2016)
* Brooklyn & Bailey (2017)
* Guava Juice (2018)
* JoJo Siwa (2019)
* Ryan's World (2020)
* The LaBrant Fam (2021)
* Rebecca Zamolo (2022)
* Ms. Rachel (2023)

Learning or Education‡|

* Vsauce (2014)
* Vsauce (2015)
* Laci Green (2016)
* Veritasium (2017)
* Marques Brownlee (2018)
* Mark Rober (2019)
* Mark Rober (2020)
* Veritasium (2021)
* Tom Scott (2022)
* TierZoo (2023)

Lifestyle|

* iJustine (2015)
* GloZell Green (2016)
* LaurDIY (2017)
* Merrell Twins (2018)
* Bretman Rock (2019)
* Larray (2020)
* Addison Rae (2021)
* Charli D'Amelio (2022)
* AMP (2023)

News‡|

* Alive in Baghdad (2009)
* Auto-Tune the News (2010)
* The Philip DeFranco Show (2013)
* SourceFed (2014)
* The Young Turks (2015)
* The Philip DeFranco Show (2016)
* The Young Turks (2017)
* The Philip DeFranco Show (2018)
* The Philip DeFranco Show (2019)
* HasanAbi (2020)
* Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan (2021)
* HasanAbi (2022)
* HasanAbi (2023)

Science and Engineering|

* Mark Rober (2021)
* Mark Rober (2022)
* I Did a Thing (2023)

Sports|

* Red Bull (2014)
* Dude Perfect (2015)
* 30 for 30 Shorts (2016)
* Cold As Balls (2018)
* Ryan Garcia (2020)
* Deestroying (2021)
* Jesser (2022)
* Jesser (2023)

Technology|

* Marques Brownlee (2019)
* Marques Brownlee (2020)
* Mrwhosetheboss (2021)
* Mrwhosetheboss (2022)
* Marques Brownlee (2023)

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