Smosh is an American YouTube sketch comedy-improv collective, independent production company, and former social networking site founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. In 2002, Padilla created a website named "smosh.com" for making Flash animations, and he was later joined by Hecox. They began to post videos on Smosh's YouTube channel in the fall of 2005 and quickly became one of the most popular channels on the site. The Smosh channel has over 10 billion views and over 25 million subscribers.
Ian Hecox (left) and Anthony Padilla (right) at VidCon 2014
Padilla (left) and Hecox (right) at the 2nd Streamy Awards in 2010
Hecox (left) and Padilla (right) performing at Vidcon 2012
Hecox (left) and Padilla (right) at VidCon 2014
Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III are an American comedy duo. Self-styled as "Internetainers", they are known for creating and hosting the YouTube series Good Mythical Morning. Their other notable projects include comedic songs and sketches, their IFC series Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings, their YouTube Premium series Rhett & Link's Buddy System, their podcast Ear Biscuits and their novel The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek.
Rhett & Link in June 2014 with Hank Green at VidCon.
Rhett (left) and Link (right) posing for their "Up to This Point" album cover.
McLaughlin performing as James and the Shame at Mythicon in 2022
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