# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anthony-fantano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:42:13.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anthony-fantano"
name: "Anthony Fantano"
slug: "anthony-fantano"
description: "Anthony Nicholas Fantano is an American music critic and internet personality who runs The Needle Drop, a YouTube channel with a tie-in website and Twitch streaming channel. Self-billed as \"The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd\", as a social media influencer Fantano discusses and reviews music from a variety of genres online. He also runs the channel Fantano where he talks about events in the music industry solo or with guests and conducts interviews."
tagline: "American music critic and YouTuber (born 1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AnthonyFantano2016.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "YouTubers"
  slug: "youtubers"
profileType:
  name: "YouTuber"
  slug: "youtuber"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15222076"
birthDate: "1985-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.55
  momentum:             1.017528028136643
  historical:           16.29052133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 86
totalFollowers: 2050000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theneedledrop"
    handle:    "theneedledrop"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/afantano/"
    handle:    "afantano"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7299000/"
    handle:    "nm7299000"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/theneedledrop"
    handle:    "theneedledrop"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://theneedledrop.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxQ8o9RpqxGF2oLHcCn9VQ"
    handle:    "@fantano"
    followers: 2050000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4575532"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoni_Fantano"
    title: "Entoni Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE"
    title: "Антъни Фантано"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%95"
    title: "אנתוני פנטנו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A4%EC%84%9C%EB%8B%88_%ED%8C%90%ED%83%80%EB%85%B8"
    title: "앤서니 판타노"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Фантано, Энтони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fantano"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9f8dc2d7-43f9-4923-a3b7-6bd14cf2cc3e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51882459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1414759"
    title: "Anthony Fantano"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump