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Joe Santagato – Must Know Things About The Comedian Life
Joseph Patrick “Joe” Santagato is a comedian, entertainer, and YouTube celebrity. He rose to fame on the video-sharing website after posting vlogs, comedic content, and a comedy video series. After that, he started working on more than just his own YouTube channel’s worth of comedic videos by teaming up with other channels. His podcast, “The Basement Yard,” has hit the number one spot on iTunes.
Joe Santagato – Let’s Take A Look At His Life
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Birth & Early Years
Joe Santagato was born on February 25, 1992, in the United States and was raised in Queens, New York. He has Italian and Irish heritage from both his parents sides. His father Joseph was a firefighter for the New York City Fire Department and his mother Elizabeth worked as a secretary in a public school. Thomas, Keith, and Shannon are his three older siblings. Thomas is an ex- member of Team USA and a national skeleton champion. Keith had a gamingfocused YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers from 2015 to 2017.
Santagato attended St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, Louis Armstrong Middle School, and St. Francis Preparatory School where he played on the football team that won the state championship though he didn’t get much playing time. He was also skilled at basketball. Afterward, Santagato enrolled at Queensborough Community College but left to focus on building his YouTube channel while working as a pizza delivery boy and waiter.
Career In 2010, a buddy recommended he start posting videos to YouTube; at the time, he was working as a producer and editor for the online news website Elite Daily. His original channel was called SantagatoTV, but he changed it to Joe Santagato Channel in 2014 when he decided to devote himself full-time to YouTube. He then began diversifying his programming by launching more channels devoted to specific topics. He was highlighted on narratively, another online site, three years after he first launched his YouTube channel.
Joe Santagato Rise To fame On YouTube
Steve Santagato is a prominent YouTube figure with several channels, such as Extra Joe and Veterans Minimum. On Extra Joe, he used to upload daily vlogs but he stopped six years ago and the channel has been redundant since; on Veterans Minimum, he covers sports. He also hosts podcasts through The Basement Yard channel, which features fellow YouTubers Danny LoPriore, Anthony Davino, and Frank Alvarez. In addition, Santagato has appeared as a guest on his brother’s channel, Keith Santagato.
Joe formerly worked for the YouTube channel SDK, also known as Settle Down Kids, which included a large cast of other comedic YouTubers. He served as the host of Dwayne Johnson’s “Rock the Promo” YouTube show in 2016, but he also frequently promotes products, especially Audible, a company he adores working with. He advertises his products and uses his business to sell them online. Moreover, Santagato has made a few cameos on the Door3 YouTube channel.