Felipe Castanhari

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Castanhari.

Felipe Castanhari
Castanhari at Campus Party Brasil, February 2013
Personal information
Born
Felipe Mendes Castanhari

(1989-12-20) December 20, 1989 (age 35)
Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupations
Partner
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genres
Subscribers14.9 million[1]
Total views1.5 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2014
10,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: May 30, 2024

Felipe Mendes Castanhari (born December 20, 1989) is a Brazilian YouTuber, graphic designer and television presenter, best known for his YouTube channel Canal Nostalgia (since 2011) and for creating and presenting the Netflix limited series Mystery Lab (2020). He was nominated for a Meus Prêmios Nick and a Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro in 2017, and for a MTV MIAW Award in 2018.

Biography

Castanhari was born in Osasco on December 20, 1989, and is of Portuguese and Italian descent. Beginning his career working as a graphic designer and 3D animator, he started a YouTube channel in 2011, motivated by the fact that, one day, while researching about media he grew up with as a child during the 1990s on YouTube, "couldn't find any satisfactory results".[2] His first successful video was about the Brazilian version of the show Disney Club,[2] but as time went by Castanhari shifted the focus of his videos from nostalgic media and popular culture to also comment on history, science and politics.

In 2014, Castanhari's channel received strikes from Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox for copyright infringement. Following backlash and a series of petitions from fans and other YouTubers, the strikes were subsequently revoked.[3][4] A 2016 video, in which he discussed the 1964–85 Brazilian military dictatorship from a self-described "apolitical perspective", received criticism from right-wing and far-right sympathizers.[5] In March 2016, he was featured in the "Forbes 30 Under 30" list by Forbes Brasil.[6]

In February 2017, he appeared in Internet – O Filme, written and produced by Rafinha Bastos, alongside several other Brazilian internet personalities, playing the character Mateus.[7] In October 2017, Castanhari hosted a television series for the History Channel based on journalist Leandro Narloch's book Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Brasil.[8] Controversially, the series' producers misled the several historians interviewed for the series by omitting the subject of the show. Disagreeing with Narloch's views, several of the interviewed historians asked for their interviews to be removed following the show's premiere.[9] Castanhari later clarified that he had no control over the show's production except for his own lines.[10]

In November 2019, alongside several other YouTubers, he took part in a Black Friday livestream, recorded at the YouTube Space in Rio de Janeiro. At the time, it was YouTube's longest livestream, lasting for over five hours.[11][12] In April 2019, his first book, Almanaque Nostalgia, was published through Editora Planeta.[13] In May 2019, he announced he began work in a Netflix limited educational series, Mundo Mistério (released in English-speaking territories as Mystery Lab),[14] which eventually premiered on August 4, 2020.[15][16] In 2021, he made a brief 10-second cameo as a photographer in Monica and Friends: Lessons, the sequel to 2019's Monica and Friends: Bonds, both films based on the famous Turma da Mônica comic books by Mauricio de Sousa.[17]

In April 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Castanhari asked for other YouTubers to divulge information about the disease.[18] In December 2021, he was legally made to financially compensate a sum of R$25,000 to humorist Marcius Melhem after directing a series of insulting posts towards him on Twitter;[19] earlier that year, Melhem was accused of sexual harassment by several women.[20] In December 2023, his year-end video guest starring Kevin O Chris was criticized for supposedly associating singer Taylor Swift with the figure of the Grim Reaper, in a reference to the death of Ana Clara Benevides. The video was further criticized for paying tribute to fellow YouTuber PC Siqueira, who had committed suicide amidst allegations of pedophilia.[21]

Personal life

From 2020 to late 2023 Castanhari was in a relationship with fellow digital influencer Nyvi Estephan;[22] their breakup, however, was only made public a year later.[23]

In a 2015 video on his channel, he described himself as agnostic.[24]

Awards and nominations

Castanhari was featured in the "UNDER 30" list by Forbes Brasil in March 2016,[6] and in December 2019, the market research firm Instituto QualiBest rated him as the 7th most influential Brazilian YouTuber.[25]

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2017 Meus Prêmios Nick Best YouTuber Nominated [26]
2017 Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro Best YouTuber Nominated [27]
2018 MTV MIAW Award Parody of the Year Nominated [28]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Canal Nostalgia". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "Jovem mostra que é possível ganhar dinheiro com vídeos na internet". Pequenas Empresas & Grandes Negócios (in Portuguese). April 14, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "TV americana ameaça fechar canal brasileiro no YouTube". Época (in Portuguese). January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Canal Nostalgia: Warner retira 'strike' e página não sairá do ar". TecMundo (in Portuguese). January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "Canal Nostalgia causa polêmica com vídeo sobre ditadura". Estadão (in Portuguese). June 6, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Under 30 2016: 30 jovens mais promissores do Brasil abaixo dos 30 anos". Forbes Brasil (in Portuguese). March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "Na estreia de 'Internet - O filme', youtubers relembram primórdios da web". G1 (in Portuguese). February 23, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Felipe Castanhari comanda 'Guia Politicamente Incorreto' na tevê". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). October 21, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Produtora e History armaram truques para criar série sobre história do país". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). October 29, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Olá, meus queridos amigos!". UOL (in Portuguese). November 23, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  11. ^ "Felipe Neto faz live de cinco horas com shows ao vivo em dez canais do YouTube para Black Friday". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). November 28, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Com Felipe Neto, YouTube fará live de 5h durante a Black Friday". Metro Jornal (in Portuguese). November 24, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "O almanaque do Castanhari". O Globo (in Portuguese). April 14, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  14. ^ "Felipe Castanhari, do Canal Nostalgia, anuncia série na Netflix". Estadão (in Portuguese). May 15, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Castanhari estreia sua primeira série original da Netflix". Istoé (in Portuguese). August 3, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "Felipe Castanhari desvenda os mistérios da humanidade em nova série da Netflix". Folha de Pernambuco (in Portuguese). August 3, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  17. ^ @fecastanhari (July 22, 2022). "Minha participação de 10 segundos no filme da turma da Mônica passando pela sua timeline pra lembrar que lançou a série da Turma da Mônica no Globoplay e tá MUITO incrível!". Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Instagram.
  18. ^ Amado, Guilherme (April 4, 2020). "CASTANHARI CONVOCA INFLUENCIADORES A AJUDAR A INFORMAR SOBRE CORONAVÍRUS". Época. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  19. ^ "Justiça condena Felipe Castanhari a pagar R$ 25 mil a Marcius Melhem". BNews (in Portuguese). December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  20. ^ "Marcius Melhem vira réu por assédio sexual contra 3 mulheres". G1 (in Portuguese). August 8, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  21. ^ "'Mexeu com a pior facção': Felipe Castanhari publica retrospectiva de 2023 e causa revolta na web; entenda". BNews (in Portuguese). December 30, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  22. ^ Paulo Pacheco (June 12, 2020). "Após terminar noivado, repórter do BBB assume namoro com YouTuber". NaTelinha (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  23. ^ Pedro N. Jordão (March 5, 2024). "Felipe Castanhari e Nyvi Estephan fazem post comovente sobre fim da relação". CNN Brazil (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  24. ^ "100 Fatos sobre mim em 3 minutos". YouTube. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  25. ^ "Whindersson Nunes é considerado o maior influenciador digital do Brasil; veja lista". Correio 24 Horas (in Portuguese). December 10, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  26. ^ "Meus Prêmios Nick 2017: veja a lista de indicados!". POPline (in Portuguese). September 5, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  27. ^ "Felipe Castanhari também concorre ao Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro 2017". Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  28. ^ "Veja a lista completa dos indicados ao 'MTV MIAW 2018'". Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2024.