Philippines
Cong TV, the handle of Filipino content creator Cong Velasquez, built one of the Philippines' largest YouTube audiences through a comedy-forward vlogging style rooted in unfiltered, street-level humor and group-oriented content.
Total Followers +0.8%
12.7M
Across YouTube
Primary Platform
YouTube
12.7M followers · 100% of audience
Engagement
3.5%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. — / IG post
The couple held an intimate baptism ceremony for their second child, Tokyo Athena, followed days later by a Spider-Man-themed third birthday party for firstborn Kidlat.
The couple revealed the birth of their daughter, with firstborn Kidlat captured getting emotional as he met his new sibling for the first time.
Cong TV and Viy Cortez surprised fans by announcing a second baby through a vlog documenting a spontaneous Taiwan trip and a positive pregnancy test reveal.
Cong TV joined American mega-streamer IShowSpeed for his third Philippines stream as part of IShowSpeed's Southeast Asia tour.
The longtime couple exchanged vows at L'Annunziata Parish Church in a lavish wedding reported to have cost eight digits (PHP), drawing fellow creators including Alodia Gosiengfiao.
| Platform | Followers | 30d Growth | Engagement | Posts / wk | Last upload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 12,700,000 | +100K | 3.5% | 0.5 | 8 days ago |
| Window | YouTube | Combined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 |
| Last 30 days | +100K +0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +100K |
| Last 90 days | +99K +0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +99K |
| Last 365 days | +99K +0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +99K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Cong TV, the handle of Filipino content creator Cong Velasquez, built one of the Philippines' largest YouTube audiences through a comedy-forward vlogging style rooted in unfiltered, street-level humor and group-oriented content. His channel bio — which loosely translates to 'why are you even here? there's nothing here. are you an idiot?' — is a reliable indicator of his tone: deliberately self-deprecating, aggressively casual, and designed to reward the in-group. Much of his output orbits Team Payaman, a content collective whose shared vocabulary of inside jokes and recurring characters gives his uploads a serialized feel. Single-word Tagalog post titles like 'TURO,' 'BALIK,' and 'MALABAN' function almost as shorthand for an audience that already knows the context, reinforcing a community dynamic that keeps engagement consistently above category benchmarks.
His viewership skews heavily male and concentrates in the 18–34 age band, with a meaningful diaspora presence across the United States and Canada — reflecting where Filipino overseas communities congregate online. That geographic spread gives him reach well beyond domestic Philippine media while keeping cultural specificity intact, a combination that makes him relevant to brands seeking authentic access to the Filipino-language internet rather than a generic Southeast Asian audience. A partnership with LICKD, the music licensing platform aimed at YouTubers, hints at an increasingly production-aware approach to his content. As Philippine digital advertising matures and more globally distributed brands seek culturally embedded Filipino voices at scale, Cong TV's combination of high engagement, loyal community infrastructure, and comedy credibility positions him as a durable mid-funnel asset in that market.
Cong TV reaches an audience concentrated in Philippines primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations. As a vlog creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Demonstrated partners include LICKD. Engagement on YouTube runs around 3.5%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Cong TV's tier (Mega, 12.7M combined followers, Philippines). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Cong TV's real name is Mark Segundo. He built his entire online identity around the "Cong" nickname and has grown it into one of the largest Filipino YouTube channels, now well past 12 million subscribers.
"EK" is the nickname of Viy Cortez, a fellow Filipino content creator and Cong TV's longtime partner. He references her constantly in his captions and videos, and #iloveek has become one of his most recognizable recurring hashtags.
Hashtags like #rekindlethemagic and #eksafenmagical that run across his content point strongly to the couple having gone through a separation before reuniting. The rekindling became a publicly followed storyline, with his community rallying around those tags as the situation played out.
Cong TV keeps a notable variety of exotic animals, with his channel covering reptiles, birds, horses, and other unusual pets. Animal content is a recurring fixture of his channel and one of the things that sets him apart from a typical Filipino vlogger.
Team Payaman is Cong TV's content crew and community brand, built around him and his close circle of friends and fellow creators. Hashtags like #teampayaman and #teampayamanfair appear consistently across his posts, and the group has cultivated a loyal fanbase throughout Filipino social media.
His bio translates roughly to "why did you end up here? there's nothing here. are you stupid?" — a deliberately absurdist piece of Filipino internet humor aimed at anyone who actually reads a channel description. It fits his comedy-first identity perfectly, playing deadpan even on his own About page while sitting on a Mega-tier channel.
A recent video titled "ARTISTA" — the Tagalog word for actor or celebrity — hints at Cong TV exploring a move into mainstream Philippine entertainment. Filipino mega-creators of his scale regularly cross over into TV and film, and his audience size makes the transition a natural one to attempt.
LICKD is a music licensing platform that lets YouTubers legally use popular commercial tracks in their videos without risking copyright claims or demonetization. Cong TV partnered with them in 2025, which aligns with the music production angle in his content and the practical need for cleared audio on a channel of his scale.
Cong TV posts almost entirely in Filipino/Tagalog, which shows up in everything from his YouTube bio to his video titles and community hashtags. Over half his audience is based in the Philippines, with a significant diaspora following in the United States and Canada who connect with the language.
Cong TV has surpassed 12 million subscribers on YouTube, placing him firmly in the Mega creator tier and among the most-followed individual Filipino channels on the platform. His engagement rate runs well above the category average, indicating an audience that is genuinely active rather than just subscribed.
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