If you’re fluent in internet history, you’re probably familiar with Smosh—which started as a website coded by co-founder Anthony Padilla, before it became a YouTube channel created with classmate Ian Hecox.
While in high school, the teens wrote, directed, filmed, and edited comedy sketches, making content that naturally developed catchphrases (“SHUT UP!”) for adolescents across the country.
Over two decades later, Smosh has amassed over 43 million subscribers across its YouTube channels and over 4 million followers on Instagram, despite temporarily losing ownership of the company and a member of the duo.