Founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Andrew Hecox, the Smosh YouTube channel that focuses on sketch comedy has been around since 2005. The founders were originally the main actors, but once they started to generate decent money in 2015 they could afford to use actors in their videos. The channel has grown a lot over the years and in 2021 it had just over 25 million subscribers and boasted an estimated earnings via YouTube of $11 million for the year.