Danny Rayes

Hanny Rayes (born: ), better known online as Danny Rayes, is a Syrian-American YouTuber best known for his YouTube shorts. He creates documentary style content that covers a variety of topics from pop culture to world events.
==Personal life==
Hanny was born on January 30, 1997. He is the middle child to his two siblings. He is from Phoenix, AZ and graduated from Arizona State University, where he studied Political Science. He began his initial YouTube channel in 2017 and posted vlogs for about 6 years before starting his shorts channel "Danny Rayes" in 2023. Hanny says he goes by Danny on social media because people find his Arabic name too difficult. He has traveled to places like Syria, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and The United Kingdom.
==Content==
Hanny has received recognition from the shorts he uploads. Despite achieving the million subscriber milestone in less than a year since creating his channel, making him one of the largest documentary shorts channels on the platform; his vlogging channel didn't hit 1000 subscribers until 4 years after making his first video. His shorts, often discussing world news events have received billions of views cumulatively.
==History==
Hanny created his YouTube channel on January 19, 2023. He reached 1 million subscribers on November 10, 2023.
He used to be a vlogger before starting his shorts channel. He also has a TikTok page with over 600,000 followers. His instagram has over 100,000 followers.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
* 1 million subscribers: November 10, 2023
===Video view milestones===
* 1 billion video views: August 14, 2023
==Trivia==
*Hanny was an extra in Damien Chazelle's Babylon, where he met Margot Robbie on set. He can be seen in the trailer.
*While attending Arizona State University, Hanny pursued acting in several student films and commercials.
*Hanny spent his childhood in Syira every Summer until 2010, when the civil war began.
*He is Fluent in Arabic & English.
Category:Syrian YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2023
Category:One million subscribers
Category:One billion views
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