• Zane Hijazi is an American YouTuber, born in Miami, Florida.
• He rose to fame with his videos on Vine along with his friend Heath Hussar.
• He started his own YouTube channel and joined The Vlog Squad, a comedy unit led by David Dobrik.
• He and Hussar started a podcast titled “Zane and Heath: Unfiltered” on Spotify, which has generated more than $600,000 in revenue.
• He is currently rumored to be in a relationship with Instagrammer Stassie Karanikolaou.
Zane Hijazi is an American YouTuber and online celebrity born under the zodiac sign Scorpio on November 18, 1992 in Miami, Florida, USA. Together with his friend Heath Hussar, Zane became famous for his videos on Vine. Today, he has nearly four million subscribers on his personal YouTube channel.
Nothing is known about Zane Hijazi’s parents, but it has been revealed that he has a brother and two younger sisters, of whom only the youngest, Hidaya, is publicly known.
Zane Hijazi has not revealed any details about his childhood and early education, but he attended Broward College in Florida where he graduated with a major in Hospitality.
His passion for the entertainment industry led him to consider enrolling in film school in his native Florida, but when he moved to Los Angeles to become a comedian, he never started college there: “I couldn’t really afford it.” to move, but I couldn’t afford to wait either. I could go to film school for a few years, but we had no idea what would happen in two years.”
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Vine
Zane Hijazi started his career Hijazi at the Miami airport as a travel director until he started full-time on the short video app Vine and posted comedic content along with his friend Heath Hussar on their ‘Zane and Heath’ shared page.
The content of the two friends was mainly aimed at a young audience, the result of their great success in creating female alter egos such as “Bonifa and Tay-Tay” and “Heather and Jane”. In 2016, Hijazi and his video partner Hussar had more than three million subscribers on Vine, but the app’s demise began, as not only Zane and Heath, but other celebrity creators were dissatisfied with the low income the website brought them, which was almost zero: ‘For a long time we had no money in our name and we lived from paycheck to paycheck’.
Besides money, Vine did not provide its creators with other important things like word filters, video editing tools and other useful features.
Although a workaround to fix it issues were presented at a press conference in Los Angeles by several famous Viners, the platform did not address the issue: “At some point, the top 20 Viners (excluding Heath and me) started boycotting Vine. They said, “If you don’t pay us, we won’t post.” But Vine refused, the top producers stopped posting, and the app went under — “Heath and I stopped posting simply because people weren’t engaged anymore.”
Looking for new opportunities and probably considering the end of Vine, Zane Hijazi started his own YouTube channel.
YouTube
In addition to creating his personal YouTube channel, Zane Hijazi and other former Vine content creators (including Heath Hussar) joined The Vlog Squad, a comedy unit led by David Dobrik, in 2017: “In his YouTube videos David has this fast paced comedic style that will keep you entertained and laughing every 5 seconds, we couldn’t believe how fast he grew on YouTube without advertising anywhere else. He started a way of vlogging that never existed, and we were lucky enough to be a part of it.”
While The Vlog Squad’s content was updated exclusively on Dobrik’s channel, so was the association exceptionally positive for Hijazibecause it ensured the growth of his personal channel on the video platform.
It was easy for Hijazi to adapt to the difference in formats between Vine and YouTube, though he faced other difficulties along the way: “When we moved to YouTube in the beginning, it was really easy to make videos because not only would we be able to shape our bits long, but it was more fun because we had time to fill that gap.” (…) ‘We were filming everything and posting twice a week. It was great, and then it got to the point where we were like, ‘Okay, we’ve run out of ideas. We have to come up with new ones now,’ and that’s when it started to get really hard.’
Despite this, Hijazi is very pleased with how his journey in YouTube has gone so far as not only is he now able to create content that better suits his tastes, but it has also allowed him to grow his presence on other social media platforms. like Instagram and Twitter. To date, Hijazi has nearly four million subscribers on YouTube.
podcast
In September 2019, Zane Hijazi and his former Vine partner Heath Hussar started their own podcast on Spotify entitled “Zane and Heath: Unfiltered” where they usually share behind-the-scenes details of their individual videos, The Vlog Squad, and other projects. .
While the podcast isn’t exactly like the content they produced during the old Vine days, Zane and Heath have found tremendous success with it. In early 2020, the network company HiStudios announced that the audio show had generated sales of more than $600,000 during its first quarter, a major milestone in Hijazi and Hussar’s career.
In an interview with Business Insider, Hijazi commented on his feelings about it: “We have seen a huge increase in subscribers. Audio people like to listen to the podcast and our joint channel has grown very quickly in the beginning compared to our own channels.
Due to the incredible success that Zane and his companion have achieved with the audio show, Spotify decided to prove their new video podcast feature with them. This allows users to not only listen, but also see Zane and Heath in their element, although other Spotify features, such as blocking the phone screen while listening to “Zane and Heath: Unfiltered”, are still available.
romantic relationships
Zane Hijazi is rumored to be gay, but there is no evidence that these speculations are true.
Zane Hijazi has been romantically linked to the YouTuber Gabbi Hanna and to the influencer Natalie Mariduena. However, none of these relationships were confirmed. Nowadays Hijazi rumor has it that he is dating the Instagrammer Stassie Karanikolaou.
She has also appeared in several of his videos and he is constantly sharing pictures of her on his social media accounts.
Lifestyle
Zane Hijazi currently lives in a multi-story home in Studio City, Los Angeles. Ownership is valued at $2.4 million, and is equipped with many conveniences such as a spacious backyard, a swimming pool, five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Hijazi owns a Lamborghini Urus, which he bought in 2019.
As of the end of 2020, Zane Hijazi has an estimated net worth of over $1 million which is a result of his career as a YouTuber and internet personality.
Zane Hijazi has brown hair and brown eyes, and often a stylized beard. He is 1.80 m tall, but his weight is unknown.
After two years of making the best coffee in the world with my best friend, we are finally ready to launch. 2 DAYS BABY!!! @kramoda pic.twitter.com/lpXBHpkkCC
— zane (@zane) December 7, 2020
Zane shared a cover of Cardi B’s WAP on his YouTube channel.
He doesn’t think he could go back to Vine if the app were reactivated, as he’s already used to YouTube’s video format.
He prefers Twitter to Instagram: “Every time I’m on it (Twitter), I find the funniest shit. Instagram is more photos and who looks best, Twitter is very real. There are a lot of things about Twitter that I don’t like because I feel like it can get hateful. But the funny stuff is really good. It’s like a big newspaper in front of your eyes.’
In an interview with 13.00, he revealed what is most important for people who want to become YouTubers and succeed on other social media: “Stay consistent and be yourself. Always think outside the box. Don’t limit yourself, which I always do, but I think that’s good advice to give to other people who want to start doing this.”
