Dylan Zitkus

Dylan Elliot Zitkus (born: ) is an American YouTuber and TikToker best known for his short comedic skits.
==Content==
Dylan's content mainly consists of short comedy sketches, as well as memes made using external audio. Most of his YouTube videos are reuploads from his TikTok page, though he has made some original content for YouTube.
==History==
Dylan joined TikTok in late 2019, under the handle @dzitkus. He would start posting videos there, and would begin to gain a large following. He created his YouTube account on May 31, 2020, but wouldn't upload until July of that year.
As Dylan's TikTok page grew, he would also begin posting his TikToks to his YouTube channel. His TikTok page would start growing substantially throughout the second half of 2020, while his YouTube channel grew slowly. He created a second TikTok account, @notdzitkus in March 2021 and would periodically upload there. In July 2021, Dylan's YouTube channel would begin to take off, gaining thousands of subscribers. A video he reuploaded from his TikTok page to YouTube on June 2, 2021, has garnered over 16 million views.
Dylan amassed over 3 million followers on TikTok and 100,000 subscribers on YouTube by late 2021. However, on September 28, 2021, Dylan announced on his @notdzitkus TikTok account that his main TikTok account (@dzitkus) had been terminated for an unknown reason.Please follow my Instagram I don’t even know what to do — @notdzitkus (TikTok). 28 Sep 2021 He continued to post on @notdzitkus as well as his YouTube channel, though. 
Dylan's YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers and 1 billion total video views in April and July 2022, respectively. In July 2022, he started a vlog channel, where he would upload mainly story and prank videos. In May 2023, the @dzitkus TikTok account was reinstated, and he began to upload there once again.You guys miss me? — @dzitkus (TikTok). 7 May 2023
In January 2024, Dylan announced that he would be quitting both YouTube and TikTok.Chapter 2 is gonna go crazy — @dzitkus (TikTok). 15 Jan 2024 He cited becoming tired of the "skit" format of his content, and also revealed that he would begin livestreaming on Kick. However, he continued uploading videos shortly after this announcement.
==Personal life==
Dylan Elliot Zitkus was born on January 31, 2005, and grew up in the Chicago area of the U.S. state of Illinois. He attended Vernon Hills High School, which he noted is coincidentally the same high school David Dobrik attended. After graduating, Dylan moved to Miami, Florida, in September 2023.
Dylan considers himself an extrovert. He played soccer growing up, but quit in his senior year of high school.
==Trivia==
*In some of his skits, Dylan gave his characterized self the middle name Bartholomew. Numerous articles online began to report that Bartholomew was his real middle name until he uploaded a video addressing the misinterpretation, revealing that his middle name is actually Elliot.
*In June 2023, fans began commenting on Dylan's videos as if they were mourning his death. Dylan uploaded multiple videos addressing it, though users continued to make the posts.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*1,000 subscribers: July 2020
*10,000 subscribers: June 2, 2021
*100,000 subscribers: September 4, 2021
*1 million subscribers: April 9, 2022
*2 million subscribers: September 4, 2022
*3 million subscribers: June 22, 2024
===Video view milestones===
*1 million video views: July 8, 2021
*10 million video views: July 20, 2021
*100 million video views: November 1, 2021
*500 million video views: March 15, 2022
*1 billion video views: July 12, 2022
==References==
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Prank YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020
Category:One million subscribers
Category:Two million subscribers
Category:Three million subscribers
Category:One billion views