Ray William Johnson

**Raymond William Johnson** (born August 14, 1981) is an American internet personality, actor, and comedian. He became famous for his YouTube series called Equals Three, where he talked about viral videos. His channel was one of the most popular on YouTube in the early 2010s.

From June 2011 to January 2013, his channel was the most subscribed on YouTube. It was also the first channel to reach 5 million subscribers. By 2013, it had over 10 million subscribers and more than 2 billion views. Ray stopped hosting Equals Three in March 2014, but the show continued with new hosts. He also created other shows like Booze Lightyear, Top 6, and Comedians On.

## Early life

Ray was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He went to Norman North High School and graduated in 1999. Later, he studied history at Columbia University in New York, but did not finish his degree. While in college, he began making videos and uploading them to YouTube.

## Career

In 2009, Ray started the Equals Three series. It quickly became very popular. He later worked with Maker Studios but left in 2012 after a contract dispute. After that, he created his own studio called Equals Three Studios.

He also made animated music videos on a channel called Your Favorite Martian. This project ended in 2012, but he revived it in 2023 with new videos.

In 2013, Ray made a web series called Riley Rewind and worked on a TV project with the FX network. He also acted in a movie called Who's Driving Doug in 2016.

## Music and films

Ray is also a musician. He released an album called Fat Damon in 2018. He co-created a film company called Mom & Pop Empire, which made movies and documentaries.

## Recent work

In 2020, Ray returned to YouTube with a new series called Svperhvman. He now creates short comedy videos on YouTube Shorts and Facebook. He also brought back Your Favorite Martian after ten years.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2009–2014|_Equals Three_|Host as himself (until 2014)|Also creator and executive producer, formerly writer|
|2010|_The Professionals_|Stan|Episode: "Special Request"|
|2010|_Annoying Orange_|Crabapple|Episode: "Crabapple"|
|2010–2011|_Breaking NYC _|Himself|66 episodes|
|2011–2012|_Breaking Los Angeles _|Himself|8 episodes|
|2011–2012|_Your Favorite Martian: The Animated Series_|Puff (voice)|11 episodes|
|2012|_RVC: The Lone Shopping Network_|Derek||
|2013|_Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie_|Quick Stop Hipster (voice)||
|2013|_Riley Rewind_|Mr. Osborne|Also creator, director, writer, and executive producer|
|2013–2014|_Epic Rap Battles of History_|Goku / Boba Fett|2 episodes|
|2014|_The Fluffy Movie_|Nurse||
|2015|_Manson Family Vacation_||Executive producer|
|2015|_Booze Lightyear_|Booze Player|Also creator, writer, and executive producer|
|2015|_Comedians On_|Himself|Also creator and executive producer|
|2015|_Top 6_||Executive producer|
|2016|_Who's Driving Doug_|Scott||
|2016|_We Love You_|Derrick||

## Discography

|class="unsortable"|Year|style="width: 25em" class="unsortable"|Name|style="width: 5em"|Views|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|"Doin' Your Mom"|24m|||||
|"Fresh Prince" (cover)|41k|||||
|"YouTube Party"|118k|||||
|"Muppet Sex"|327k|||||
|"Apple Store Love Song"|143k|||||
|"School'd"|158k|||||
|"(untitled gangsta song)"|45k|||||

|class="unsortable"|Year|style="width: 25em" class="unsortable"|Name|style="width: 5em"|Views|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|"My Balls"|1.5m|||||
|"Zombie Love Song"|33m|||||
|"Bottles of Beer"|13m|||||
|"Club Villain"|28m|||||
|"The Stereotypes Song"|5.2m|||||
|"The Unofficial Smithers Love Song"|14m|||||
|"Orphan Tears Part 1"|48m|||||
|"Mr. Douchebag"|31m|||||
|"Transphobic Techno (Bitch Got a Penis)"|18m|||||
|"Grandma Got a Facebook"|2.8m|||||
|"Tig Ol' Bitties"|3.2m|||||
|"Fight to Win"|21m|||||
|"Stalkin' Your Mom"|24m|||||
|"Robot Bar Fight"|17m|||||
|"8-Bit World"|19m|||||
|"Puppet Break-Up"|411k|||||
|"Whip Your Kids"|5m|||||
|"Booty Store"|1.1m|||||
|"Nerd Rage"|4.2m|||||
|"Epileptic Techno"|1.4m|||||
|"Dookie Fresh"|612k|||||
|"Santa Hates Poor Kids"|18m|||||
|"Shitty G"|10m|||||
|"Friend Zone"|25m|||||
|"She Looks Like Sex (Remix)"|12m|||||
|"We Like Them Girls"|8.9m|||||
|"Alien"|16m|||||
|"White Boy Wasted"|12m|||||
|"Complicated"|15m|||||
|"Take Over The World"|17m|||||
|"Text Me Back"|12m|||||
|"Jupiter"|9.5m|||||
|"Just a Friend" (Biz Markie cover)|14m|||||
|"Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye cover)|10m|||||
|"Fight for Your Right" (Beastie Boys cover)|5m|||||
|"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem and Rihanna cover)|8.7m|||||
|"Road Rage"|11m|||||
|"My Balls" (Alt rock cover)|10m|||||
|"Alien (Unplugged)"|3.6m|||||
|"Jump Around" (House of Pain cover)|500k|||||
|"Bartender Song" (Rehab cover)|4.9m|||||
|"High Voltage" (Linkin Park cover)|6.1m|||||
|"Boom Headshot"|7.8m|||||
|"Orphan Tears Part 2" (feat. Cartoon Wax and Stevi the Demon)|4.6m|||||
|"Orphan Tears Part 3" (feat. Cartoon Wax and Stevi the Demon)|2.4m|||||
|"Verified"|8m|||||
|"Uno Reverse" (feat. Cartoon Wax)|5.9m|||||
|"Eff This Job" (feat. Cartoon Wax)|2.8m|||||
|"Brain Rave" (feat. Stevi the Demon)|3.2m|||||
|"This Is Why I'm Single" (feat. Shuba and Cartoon Wax)|4.1m|||||
|"Rich People" (feat. Cartoon Wax)|7.2m|||||
|"Gentleman's Ballad"|2.1m|||||
|"Everyone Clapped" (feat. Cartoon Wax)|3.3m|||||
|"Date Myself"|2.9m|||||
|"Damn I'm Ugly" (feat. Billy Marchiafava)|2.6m|||||
|"Telescope" (feat. Stevi the Demon)|1.9m|||||
|"Iamverybadazz"|2.3m|||||
|"The Trauma Song"|2.2m|||||
|"Algorithm God"|1.6m|||||
|"Real Girl"|1m|||||

|class="unsortable"|Year|style="width: 25em" class="unsortable"|Name|style="width: 5em"|Views|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|"Conspiracy Theory Guy" (feat. Wax)|269k|||||
|"Fred Astaire"|824k|||||
|"My Life is Dope"|116k|||||

|class="unsortable"|Year|style="width: 25em" class="unsortable"|Name|style="width: 5em"|Views|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|"Fred Astaire 1"|824k|||||
|"Everything is Bullshit 2"|152k|||||
|"BANG! 3"|182k|||||
|"Wolverine 4"|177k|||||
|"I'm Speaking 5"|107k|||||
|"Pixar Mom 6"|255k|||||
|"You Keep Me Hangin' On 7"|138k|||||
|"Ugly 8"|1.2m|||||
|"Baby Yoda 9"|132k|||||
|"Brain Stew 10"|1.1m|||||
|"Silent Mode 11"|17k|||||
|"Let's Do Drugs 12"|363k|||||
|"Yellow 13"|363k|||||
|"Heartcatchthump 14"|21k|||||
|"Kung Fu in the Afterlife 15"|527k|||||
|"Stupid World 16"|398k|||||
|"Everything is Bullshit 12" (Evolved Version)|11k|||||

## Infobox (youtube personality)

- **embed**: yes
- **silver button**: yes
- **silver year**: 2009
- **gold button**: yes
- **gold year**: 2010
- **diamond button**: yes
- **diamond year**: 2013
- **stats update**: April 20, 2025
- **years active**: 2008–present


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ray William Johnson
- **alma mater**: Columbia University School of General Studies
- **birth place**: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.