Smosh
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| Hecox (left) and Padilla (right) at VidCon 2012 | |
| YouTube channel ( comedy ) | |
| language | English |
| founding | November 19, 2005 |
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Smosh (main channel) Smosh 2nd channel (second channel) Shut Up! Cartoons (cartoon channel) Smosh Games (gaming channel) |
| Subscribers | over 24,000,000 (main channel) over 6,000,000 (second channel) over 2,000,000 (cartoon channel) over 7,200,000 (gaming channel) |
| Calls | over 8,000,000,000 (main channel) over 1,500,000,000 (second channel) over 340,000,000 (cartoon channel) over 2,700,000,000 (gaming channel) |
| Videos | over 1000 (main channel) over 1,200 (second channel) over 450 (cartoon channel) over 2,400 (gaming channel) |
| network | Break |
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Smosh was a comedy duo that posted on Youtube . Founders were Ian Hecox (born November 30, 1987 ) and Anthony Padilla (born September 16, 1987 ), Padilla left the project in 2017. Videos are still published under the name. Padilla started uploading Flash movies to Newgrounds in early 2003 . He was later supported by his friend Ian Hecox. Soon after, in the fall of 2005, they started uploading videos to YouTube. With over 20 million subscribers, they are one of the most popular YouTube channels. On May 25, 2013, they became the first YouTubers to reach 10 million subscribers.
The Smosh channel was the most subscribed YouTube channel for three different time spans. The first period ran from May to June 2006, the second from April 2007 to September 2008 and the third from January to August 2013.
On November 6, 2018, the Smosh parent company Defy Media abruptly ceased operations without warning. On November 12, 2018, the Smosh cast released a video announcing that the production of Smosh, Smosh Pit and Smosh Games content was still in progress and that existing videos were being finalized and other content independent of Smosh would be published on their YouTube channels. They subsequently joined Mythical Entertainment after their company was acquired by Rhett and Link .
channels
Smosh has seven channels on YouTube, five of which are currently active. A new video is uploaded almost every day on the Smosh channel, where Hecox and the other Smosh members post videos. On the channel Smosh Pit ( IanH ), which was initially used for vlogs and other non-scripted videos, sub- series such as Eat It Or Yeet It and Try Not To Laugh Challenges are uploaded. In El Smosh old and new episodes are uploaded, which have been translated into Spanish. On the AskCharlie channel , active from May 2010 to December 2011, videos of the Ask Charlie series were uploaded, in which an anthropomorphic guinea pig named "Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig" answered questions posted by viewers. The ShutUpCartoons channel started in April 2012 . So far, a total of 18 different series are planned for the cartoon channel, each of which should contain 10 episodes. Since September 2012 Smosh operates another channel, SmoshGames . The Smosh members play and test various video games on this channel. The Smosh team operates a podcast with the SmoshCast channel .
history
2005-2009
In the beginning, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla video shooting, where she lip-synched to theme songs from different series like Mortal Kombat , Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles nachsangen in playback. Initially, these videos weren't meant to be posted online, but after sending them to their friends, they started a YouTube channel.
One of Smosh's first videos, Pokémon Theme Music Video , was released in November 2005. It followed the style of the earlier videos, showing the duo mimicking Pokémon's vocals lip-sync to the original English theme song. The video became much better known than any of their other videos; By the time it was blocked, the video had received 24.7 million views, making it the most viewed video on YouTube at the time. It retained that title for six months, but was removed from YouTube after the website received a message from Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd. who saw the video as a violation of copyright law.
The success of the Pokémon video led Smosh to be featured in Time Magazine's Person of the Year: You , which was published on December 13, 2006. It also inspired her to expand her style and start producing videos of various genres, such as mini-skits. In March 2007, a user named Andii2000 uploaded the original Pokémon video again. The video received over 15.8 million views (October 2012). Due to the ongoing success and Smosh's partnership with YouTube, the two created a new version of the video in November 2010, in which they replaced the text with a different one.
Since 2010
In January 2010, Smosh started the Smosh Pit function , a blog that consists of different parts of pop culture. In addition, some web series based on Smosh were launched: Ian is bored , Mail Time with Smosh and Ask Charlie .
Also in early 2010, Smosh created the iShut Up App for Android as part of a sponsorship agreement with Google and finally with the iTunes App Store .
Smosh started their gaming channel SmoshGames on September 26, 2012.
Since 2013
On February 15, 2013, Smosh released their second iOS app called Super Head Esploder X and on November 19, 2014 a third app followed, called Food Battle - The Game .
Since 2017
On June 14, 2017, Anthony Padilla announced his exit from Smosh and posted a personal statement on his own channel. Padilla also criticizes the way Defy Media handled the Smosh brand and treated its employees unfairly.
On November 6, 2018, Defy Media abruptly announced that they would stop production and lay off all employees. Hecox announced that Smosh would continue and that plans were underway to give Smosh a new home. On November 12, 2018, the Smosh cast posted a video to announce that they would continue to post the videos on their private Youtube channels in the meantime.
On February 22, 2019, Mythical Entertainment acquired Smosh. This led to changes in the Smosh line-ups and teams, with some former members returning while others left. Smosh currently works in the Mythical Entertainment Los Angeles office.
Movie
On July 24, 2015. Smosh: The movie by 20th Century Fox in the United States of America published. Outside the United States, Lionsgate published it two days later.
Discography
Studio albums
| title | Album details | Chart placements | |
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| US comedy |
US Heat. |
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| Sexy album |
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11 | - |
| If Music Were Real |
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5 | 26th |
| Smoshtastic |
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3 | 27 |
| The Sweet Sound of Smosh |
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4th | 33 |
| "-" did not enter the charts | |||
Awards
| year | Award | category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2006 | 2006 YouTube Awards | Comedy | Smosh Short 2: Stranded | Won | |
| 2009 | 2009 Webby Awards | Experimental & Weird | Sex Ed Rocks | Nominated | |
| 2010 | 2010 Webby Awards | Viral | If Movies Were Real | Nominated | |
| 2013 | 3rd Streamy Awards | Best comedy series | Smosh | Nominated | |
| Audience Choice for Personality of the Year | Smosh | Nominated | |||
| Best Animated Series | Oishi High School Battle | Nominated | |||
| 2013 Webby Awards | Branded entertainment short form | Ultimate Assassin's Creed 3 song | Nominated | ||
| 2013 Social Star Awards | Most popular social show | Smosh | Nominated | ||
| United States Social Media Star | Smosh | Won | |||
| 2014 | 4th Streamy Awards | Best comedy channel, show, or series | Smosh | Nominated | |
| Best gaming channel, show, or series | Smosh Games | Won | |||
| 2015 | Seventh Annual Shorty Awards | YouTube Star of the Year presented by A&E | Smosh | Won | |
| 5th Streamy Awards | Show of the year | Smosh | Nominated | ||
| Best gaming channel, show, or series | Smosh Games | Nominated |
Web links
- Official website
- Smosh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Channel information , accessed on December 2, 2015
- ^ A b Lev Grossman: Smosh . Time Magazine . December 16, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Most Subscribed YouTube Channels . watchin.today. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ YouTube - Most Subscribed Members. May 17, 2006, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Virginia Heffernan: A Big Deal: The Run-Off on YouTube !! April 26, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Joshua Cohen: Smosh Passes Rey William Johnson as # 1 Most Subscribed Youtube Channel. Tubefilter, January 12, 2013, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Todd Spangler, Todd Spangler: Defy Media Is Shutting Down, Will Lay Off Employees. In: Variety. November 6, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Smosh: Smosh is Homeless. November 12, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Smosh: the rumors are true ... WE FOUND A HOME! February 22, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ^ Todd Spangler: Smosh Co-Founder Anthony Padilla Is Leaving the YouTube Comedy Group. Variety, June 14, 2017, accessed June 15, 2017 .
- ↑ AnthonyPadilla: Why I Left Smosh. June 14, 2017, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ AnthonyPadilla: My thoughts about SMOSH / Defy Media shutting down. November 7, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Todd Spangler, Todd Spangler: Defy Media Is Shutting Down, Will Lay Off Employees. In: Variety. November 6, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Smosh: Smosh is Homeless. November 12, 2018, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Smosh: the rumors are true ... WE FOUND A HOME! February 22, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ^ Todd Spangler, Todd Spangler: Smosh Acquired by Rhett & Link's Mythical Entertainment. In: Variety. February 22, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Smosh in the US charts (Billboard)
- ↑ YouTube Video Awards: Best Comedy Video . YouTube. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ↑ Jake Coyle: YouTube Awards announces winners . NBC News. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ↑ a b c 3rd Annual Nominees & Winners . Streamy Awards. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ↑ Superstars and Superfans are Connected through The Social Stars Awards 2013 . shinesquad. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ↑ a b 4th Annual Nominees . The Streamy Awards. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ↑ And the winners of the 7th Annual Shorty Awards are… . The Official Shorty Awards Blog. April 20, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
- ↑ a b 5th Annual Nominees . The Streamy Awards. Retrieved October 5, 2015.