17 Facts About Smosh

Smosh is an American YouTube sketch comedy-improv collective founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox.

Since 2012, the Smosh brand has expanded to consist of multiple channels, including a Spanish-language channel, a channel focused on gaming content, and a variety channel .

The Smosh channel has experienced three different spans as the most subscribed YouTube channel.

Success of their Pokemon video and other videos led Smosh to be featured in the "Person of the Year: You" issue of Time, published December 13,2006.

Smosh continued to grow in popularity and became one of the most subscribed channels on YouTube.

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In January 2010, Smosh launched the "Smosh Pit" feature, a blog that consists of various pieces of pop-culture trivia, and written comedy.

Also in early 2010, Smosh created the "iShut Up App" for Android phones as part of a Google sponsorship; it eventually made its way to the iTunes app store.

In January 2013, the Smosh channel surpassed Ray William Johnson in subscribers to become the most-subscribed YouTube channel for the third time.

Smosh released Super Head Esploder X, a video game for iPads, iPhones, and iPods, in February 2013, and in July 2013 started an Indiegogo campaign for an iOS and PC game, Food Battle: The Game.

In February 2014, Smosh released a mobile app to access Smosh videos and other content from their website, and in late 2014 an Xbox One app.

In March 2015, Smosh re-launched the Smosh Games Alliance, a multi-channel network where fans join to enjoy network benefits in exchange for a percentage of the ad revenue.

The series features regular Smosh cast members, Grossman, Hecox, and Padilla, in addition to Cat Alter, Jade Martz, Casey Webb, and Natalie Whittle .

On June 14,2017, Padilla announced he would be leaving Smosh to pursue independent video ventures due to a "lack in creative freedom".

Hecox said that Smosh was not "going away" and that plans were underway to find Smosh a new home.

Smosh is currently operating out of Mythical Entertainment's Los Angeles office.

Additionally, Smosh created the film Ghostmates for YouTube Premium that was released on December 14,2016.

Smosh Pit Weekly was a series on the channel hosted by Mari Takahashi from April 2011 to August 2015, posted on Saturdays.