AAPI & Asian Founded Content Creators
A Hot Set highlights the domestic and international Asian new media entities founded by content creators using social media outlets as a venue to present a diverse array of scripted and unscripted media content.
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Domestic - VIDEO SHARING SITE
Represents video-sharing sites founded and entirely owned by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Fanhouse: Fanhouse is a subscription platform owned by Lucy Guo that allows creators to monetize, share exclusive behind-the-scenes content, and connect with their top fans.
Moment: Moment is a live-streaming service founded by Shray Bansal, Nigel Egrari, and Arjun Mehta (a subsidiary of Patreon) dedicated to creating virtual experiences that allow artists to have total control over their performances and interact with their fans via live-stream through real-time text chat, as well as voice and video chat.
Passes: Passes is a creator platform that allows fans to buy access to exclusive content and experiences founded by Lucy Guo. Passes develops tools for the web3 creator economy, allowing creators to unlock exclusive content and IRL experiences.
DOMESTIC - content creators
Represents independent content creator platforms founded and entirely owned by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Cut: Cut is a studio that produces short-form videos that drive fandom and deep engagement founded by Michael Gaston. The digital media platform has seven YouTube channels: Cut, Hiho Kids, Fear Pong, Line Up, Truth or Drink, Keeping It 100, and Cut Games.
Dhar Mann Studios: Dhar Mann Studios is a content creator platform founded by Darr Mann which creates content with a cause. The digital media platform has its main YouTube channel Dhar Mann Studios, six additional channels featuring content in six languages (Arabic, Dutch, French, Hindi, Portugues, and Spanish), six curated content channels (best moments, blox, bonus, bonus compilations, top videos, and true crime/mystery), and one channel in partnership with his wife.
EST Media: EST Media (Eastern Standard Times) is a global media platform that amplifies untold stories from Asia for a Gen Z audience worldwide.
Fung Brothers: The Fung Brothers is a global media brand founded by David Fung and Andrew Fung. They are one of the most prominent and well-known Asian American influencers.
Impact: Impact is a digital audio and video multi-platform media founded by Michelle Andrews, Tim Chau, and Joelene Latief to inspire and empower through accessible information, stories, and resources.
Jubilee Media: Jubilee Media is a content creator platform founded by Jason Y. Lee. Jubilee Media creates weekly informative and social experiment videos to create a movement of empathy and connection. The digital media platform has three YouTube channels: Jubilee, Twobilee, and Jubilee en español.
Nector: Nector is a dating YouTube content creator platform and an app (a subsidiary of Jubilee Media) that takes a contemporary approach to finding love and connection.
One Down Media: One Down Media is a content creator platform co-founded by Leo Albea that showcases Filipino culture, contextualizes Filipino American narratives, and prompts dialogue surrounding the diverse experiences, identities, and talents that are often overlooked, suppressed, or erased within the media landscape.
PopShift: PopShift is a content creator platform and events productions outlet founded by Raghu Alla featuring lifestyle, music, and social experiment content targeting the South Asian American community.
Rice Squad: Rice Squad is a content creator platform founded by Paul Bacera which is dedicated to documenting, discussing, and bringing attention to Asian culture, history, and entertainment.
STEEZY Studio: STEEZY Studio is a multimedia content creator platform founded by Connor Lim and Evan Zhou that provides curated classes & programs for dance fans who are looking for an easy-to-enjoy dance experience.
Wong Fu Productions: Wong Fu Productions is a film and web series content creator group founded by Wesley Chan, Ted Fu, and Philip Wang. They produce scripted films and scripted web series content. The digital media platform has two YouTube channels: Wong Fu Productions and More Wong Fu.
Zeteo: Zeteo is an independent video, audio, and digital print media platform founded by television and print media veteran Mehdi Hasan that features short-form and long-form social and political content on its home platform and its sister YouTube channel.
International Asian - video sharing site
Represents video-sharing sites founded and entirely owned by Asians within the continent of Asia.
AcFun: AcFun is a Chinese video-sharing platform.
Aparat: Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing platform a subsidiary of Saba Idea Tech Company.
Bilibili: Bilibili is a Chinese video-sharing service co-owned by Bilibili Inc., Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co., Ltd., and Sony Group Corporation.
Niconico: Niconico is a Japanese video-sharing service a subsidiary of the Kadokawa Corporation.
Tudou: Tudou is a Chinese video-sharing platform the sister to Youku.
Youku: Youku is a Chinese video hosting service a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited.
INTERNATIONAL - Asian founded
Represents independent content creator platforms founded and entirely owned by Asian people internationally.
Asian Boss: Asian Boss is a Korean content creation platform founded by Stephen Park and Kei Ibaraki. The digital media platform features news, dialogue, and street interviews with strangers about diverse topics related to the Asian diaspora. The digital media platform has five YouTube channels: Asian Boss, Asian Boss Español, Asian Boss Chinese, Asian Boss Next, and AB Podcast.
Contagious Online Media Network Private Limited: Contagious Online Media Network Private Limited is an Indian production company and content creator providing an online video service founded by Arunabh Kumar. They also offer a selection of shows, movies, clips, and other content primarily for young audiences through an application, website, and via YouTube. The digital media platform has four YouTube channels: Girliyapa, The Screen Patti, The Timeliners, and The Viral Fever.
Eastern Standard Times: The Eastern Standard Times is a global media platform cofounded by Keshia Hannam, Stephanie Tangkilisan, Maggie Teng, and Joy Jeong to share stories from Asia with the world. It is a subsidiary of EST Media.
Kumu: Kumu is a live stream content creator app founded by Roland Ros and Rexy Dorado in the Philippines that champions Filipino voices from across the world, creating a vibrant online culture filled with positivity and possibilities.
OGS: OGS (Our Grandfather Story) is a Singaporean digital media platform and content creator founded by Cheah Wenqi, Matthew Chew, and Ng Kai Yuan. It is dedicated to uncovering timeless and overlooked stories across Southeast Asia. The digital media platform has four brands OSG (which includes the YouTube Channels OGS & OGS Off-Air and two additional video verticals via Facebook and Instagram), O+ (which includes a Facebook, Instagram, Patreon, and TikTok vertical), Something Private (which includes an Instagram, iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube vertical), and Can Ask Meh (which includes a YouTube channel). In addition, OGS has two other YouTube channels nOm (a food vertical) and Ribbit FYI (a multimedia-animated social topic video vertical which also has an associated TikTok channel).
Pocket Aces: Pocket Aces is an Indian production company and content creator founded by Ashwin Suresh, Anirudh Pandita, and Aditi Shrivastava. They produce entertaining content for Indian and worldwide content consumers. The digital media platform has three YouTube channels: Dice, FilterCopy, and Gobble.
Reactistan: Reactistan is a Pakistani content creator platform founded by Ali and Safia. The platform features food tasting social experiments.
Rusk Media: Rusk Media is an Indian production company and content creator founded by Aakash Kumar and Kshitiz Sudhakar. They produce a diverse array of content via multiple platforms for Millennial and Gen Z audiences. The digital media platform has four YouTube channels: Alright!, Hattke, LIT, and ReCharge.
Times Network: Times Network is an Indian production company, broadcasting outlet, and content creator headed by Jagdish Mulchandani. They produce a diverse array of scripted and unscripted short films and web series. They also produce informative news-based content. The digital media platform has ten YouTube channels: AShamaluevMusic, ET Noe, The Foodie, Times Driver, Mirror Now, TellyTalkIndia, TimesNow, TN Plus, Zoom, and The Zoom Studios.