Stas Asafyev

Stas Asafyev and his Porsche Cayman S car (981)

Autoblogging on youtube is now a very common activity among young people who understand cars. But it is not enough to understand cars, their repair, the subtleties of buying and selling: you need to know everything thoroughly, be able to explain it competently and interestingly, mount a high-quality video.

Stas Asafyev is one of such skilled auto bloggers: he not only regularly posts good reviews on automotive topics, but also officially works in this segment. The blogger is the head of the AVTOPRAGMAT company, where they will pick up a car with mileage, checking it thoroughly and helping to save money when buying.

Surname, first name, patronymic: Astafyev, Stanislav Alexandrovich;

Place of birth: Veliky Novgorod, Russian Federation;

Date of birth: 1991, May 10;

Zodiac sign: Taurus; according to the Eastern horoscope - White Goat (element of the year metal); patron planet Venus;

Education: higher education; graduate of NovSU (Faculty of Construction, Architecture and Art);

Occupation: youtube blogger, autoblogger; head of the AUTOPRAGMAT company;

Marital status, children: not married, no children.

https://www.instagram.com/asafevstas/

He was born in Veliky Novgorod (not to be confused with Nizhny Novgorod – these are different cities!), studied at the city gymnasium No. 4 at the socio-economic department, after school he entered the Novgorod State University. university – that's what is known about the childhood and youth of the future autoblogger and owner of a successful company now. Grandfather is a front-line soldier who went through the whole war from the first to the last day, beloved mother: these two close people from Stas' family are often guests on his social media accounts. In the first year of university, the guy got his license – this was the beginning of his serious passion for cars.

"We read magazines, "pyaterochka" picked at the garage," Stas Asafyev told about the prerequisites for working with cars in an interview for avtocod. Autobloggers began to appear on the Internet, and all his friends took him with them to buy a car – he was already so well versed in this topic. The case helped him decide on his future business: he and a friend bought a used car, converted it, and sold it 2.5 times more expensive! "Why not do it seriously? You can help people make safe purchases, and make money on it," Stas thought. The channel where he started posting videos with reviews of his work was opened on YouTube in 2011.

The first three years the work was sluggish: "It was necessary to sell junk, and I am an honest man," according to Stas about those times. It started when he came to Moscow in 2014 and opened a company there - now it is a successful company AVTOPRAGMAT, of which the blogger is the head. Success came then to his channel with auto-reviews: "Several thousand subscribers came in, customers went to the selection, an office appeared, employees," from his story about the beginning of a successful career. Another fragment from his interview: "AUTOPRAGMAT" is plowing hard, and I'm sawing video - that's how things are going."

In 2018, Stas Asafyev's subscribers were happy to receive interesting news about their idol: the guy decided to participate in the "Stand Up" project, he wrote quite a lot of material for the performance. "There is something to criticize, but the "raisin" is undoubtedly felt!" – experienced old-timers of the "Stand Up" program commented on the blogger's speech. Stas explained his sudden desire to go on stage: "Suddenly I wanted to do something that is fundamentally different from the main work."

Documentaries on YouTube channel

Documentaries are the most popular category on the channel. Millions of viewers around the world will learn stories about the automotive industry of Japan, France, Germany, the USA ... And this is not to mention the vital 75 minutes of safety, which tells in detail about the consequences of unbuckled seat belts.

The circle of friends of Stas Asafyev in the networks is expanding every day – there are almost 10 thousand friends in his VK, and more than 13 thousand subscribers. 124-plus million views - on his main YouTube channel. True, the youtube service sometimes strongly begins to resist the monetization of the plots of a successful blogger – this was, for example, already with his video about Detroit. The same fate befell Stas's new video about Japan: suddenly, for unknown reasons, monetization was restricted on the first day, thus blocking the path of the video to the top lists in the segment "car reviews".

"The presence of historical scenes, videos about accidents,– is the official reason for the strict restriction on the part of YouTube. "The video had to be "covered up" in those places that fit the stated restrictions," Stas Asafyev said at the end of April about the plot "How cars that changed the world appeared from the ruins." The quality of the film was not affected, and there was hope that the video would be returned to general screenings, algorithms and recommendations. But even with the restrictions, the story about Japan has already gained almost a million views.

Almost with absolute certainty, we can say that Stas Asafyev is not married, he has no children. Sociable, emotional, he immediately rushes to inform subscribers about every important event in his life, and of course, he would notify fans if he got married, or an heir would be born to him. But such a cool guy is clearly not alone, he probably has a girlfriend!

-The blogger does not drink, except a little bit in honor of an important event. In October 2019, when the number of views on his YouTube channel reached one hundred million, he wrote in VK: "Maybe I'll have a glass of wine in honor of this. Or maybe I won't drink it– it's a big dose for me, and I'm going to work tomorrow."

-At the same time, he asked fans to congratulate their colleagues who participate in the filming - Pavel Avdeev and Oleg Bashin. "I'm always in the frame, and the channel keeps on those who don't get into the frame!" the blogger wrote about friends.

-Stas took his mother to her anniversary in Paris, he has been abroad many times himself – he loves to travel. "I love surfing in Bali," the blogger said: "I've been there five times, and Bali is different every time!"