Anto Garabet
Tuesday, April 14, 2020Anto Garabet is an Armenian-American YouTube star and social media influencer who has garnered popularity through his YouTube channel, AntoDaBoss. A native of Armenia, Garabet moved to America with his family when he was nine years old. While he was not involved in any sport in high school, he loved watching them nonetheless. He started making videos when he was in middle school with the aspiration of becoming a filmmaker someday. Garabet set up his YouTube channel in June 2009 and the first video was uploaded in March 2010. Since then, he has accumulated almost a million subscribers and nearly 300 million views on his channel. He is quite popular on other social media platforms as well, with about 70 thousand Instagram followers and about 90 thousand followers on Twitter. His content is mostly gaming related. However, he does make other types of videos, including Q&As, and vlogs. Garabet also has a clothing line and his merchandise is sold through his website.
While Anto Garabet was still in Armenia, he played football/soccer. After the family moved to the US, he played softball as well. However, since middle school, he has not participated in any sport or physical activity. As a teenager, he became more interested in filmmaking instead. He made several short films and screened them for his fellow students.
In June 2009, Garabet set up his YouTube channel, AntoDaBoss. He did not post any content in the initial months. He uploaded his first video, titled ‘NBA 2k10 Where Amazing Does Not Happen’, in March 2010. It took a while for the channel to gain traction but soon enough, he began to garner a loyal audience. The games that feature on his channel are Madden, NBA 2K, and FIFA. He also posts videos of him playing indoor games such as fear pong and Jenga.