Dominic Panganiban (born 27 September 1990),
better known online as Domics, is a Filipino-born Canadian
YouTuber
A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006.
Influence
Influent ...
,
animator
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, and
cartoonist
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.
Panganiban generally posts story-time animations in which he tells stories about his life, an aspect of it, or his thoughts. , Panganiban's YouTube channel has over 7.39 million subscribers and 1.19 billion views. His videos have been featured on multiple websites, including
NewNowNext
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, the
Malay Mail Online
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, and
CBS News
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' website. In November 2014, he joined the
multi-channel YouTube network Channel Frederator Network
The Channel Frederator Network is an American animation, video game and pop culture Multi-Channel Network (MCN) founded by cartoon producer and serial media entrepreneur Fred Seibert and managed by Frederator Networks.
After launching Frederato ...
. Prior to doing so, he had been working for a similar YouTube network known as
Fullscreen. In July 2015, he told ''
USA Today
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'' that compared to Fullscreen, "Frederator was a better fit, because they cater more towards animation channels." Panganiban originally drew online comics, hence his screen name "Domics", a combination of "Dominic" and "comics."
[ He discontinued this to create YouTube videos full-time. In 2018, Panganiban opened a ]board game café
A board game café is a type of café in which patrons play board and card games while being served food and drink. Customers usually pay an entry fee or rent a table in order to access a large library of games and instruction from the staff on h ...
in Mississauga
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called "Domics' GG Gaming Café". However, the café was shut down in October 2020. It was located at the Heartland Town Centre
Heartland Town Centre is an outdoor shopping centre located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Heartland Town Centre occupies of space and has 180 stores, making it is one of Canada's largest malls.
Heartland Town Centre is owned and managed by C ...
. In March 2022, the café reopened at 900 Rathburn Road West in Mississauga.
Personal life
According to one of his videos, he is related to Lani Misalucha
Lani Bayot Misalucha (; born Lani Dimalanta Bayot; August 3, 1969) is a Filipino singer who performs pop, rock, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, and operatic arias. Her ability to sing across several genres gave her the title "Asia's Nightingale ...
, a popular singer in the Philippines. It was also mentioned in the video that he was 65% East/Southeast Asian, part Polynesian.
Career
In July 2010 Panganiban started a web comic, to be posted on Tumblr
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. This would later be called Domics, as his brand. He then created his main YouTube channel, Domics, in August 2012, shortly after graduating from Ryerson University
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with an architecture degree.[ By this time, he had accumulated over 100,000 followers on his Tumblr account.
The next day Panganiban posted his first YouTube video titled: "Domics: Rural" which set the tone for his channel. On his fourth video, titled "Domics: Relationship Status", he used a vlog format inspired by Swoozie. He would use this style for the majority of his following content. Since creating his YouTube channel, Panganiban has gained 7.39 million subscribers and 1.1 billion views. His most popular video, "Crushes", (published on September 26, 2016) has 30.5 million views as of April 2021. He releases about one video every month, most accumulating over a million views.]
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1990 births
Living people
Canadian animators
Canadian YouTubers
Filipino emigrants to Canada
Filipino animators
Filipino YouTubers
People from Manila
Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
YouTube animators
YouTube channels launched in 2012
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