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Former Smosh shows
  • Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig (2009–2012)
  • Every [Blank] Ever (2015–2022)
  • Part Timers (2016)
  • Smosh Live! (2016)
  • Smoshtober (2016)
  • Smosh Animated (2016)
  • One Letter Off (2016–2017)
  • The Big What If (2016–2017)
  • You Posted That? (2017–2020; moved to Pit channel in 2023)
  • This Week in Smosh (2017)
  • Smoffice (2017–2022)
  • Interviewing Exes (2021–2023)
  • Idiots Present... (2022–2023)
  • Funeral Roasts (2022–2023)
  • Let's Do This (2023)

Smosh Games

The Smosh Games channel features videos consisting of Let's Plays and video game commentary shows. When the channel was first created, Padilla and Hecox were the regular features of these videos; the pair began to appear less regularly on the channel over time, with fellow Smosh Games members Mariko "Mari" Takahashi, Joshua "Joven" Ovenshire, David "Lasercorn" Moss, Matthew Sohinki, Amra "Flitz" Ricketts, [72] Wesley "Wes" Johnson, [73] Ericka "Boze" Bozeman and Damien Haas handling most hosting duties by 2017. The channel has over 7.3 million subscribers and over 2.5 billion video views as of May 2021. [74] Takahashi, [75] Moss, [76] Sohinki, [77] Ovenshire, [78] Ricketts, [79] and Johnson [80] also have their own channels, which are not considered part of the Smosh roster.

From 2015 to 2019, the channel hosted annual Smosh Summer Games and Smosh Winter Games events. The first Summer Games in 2015 introduced Shayne Topp to the Smosh crew as a referee, while the 2017 Winter Games introduced Boze to the lineup. Damien Haas joined later in 2017. In August that year, Sohinki and Lasercorn announced that they would no longer be full-time members of Smosh Games, in order to focus on their new channel, Toaster Ghost, and for Lasercorn to spend more time with his son. They have not ruled out appearing in future Smosh-related videos however, and have appeared occasionally in videos since then.

On January 4, 2018, Ricketts left the channel after being accused by multiple women of sexual assault and rape. [81] [82] [83] After Ricketts' departure, the channel's show Game Bang was paused indefinitely and was later implied to be canceled.[ citation needed ]Game Bang has not returned since 2018, but still remains one of the longest-running shows on the Smosh Games channel.

The channel became inactive after Smosh's parent company, Defy Media, folded. However, it was confirmed in a 2019 episode of SmoshCast that the channel would resume in April that year, with the main cast being more involved and Lasercorn returning. [84] The video featured a lineup of Ian, Mari, Lasercorn, Courtney and Damien, with production staff Sarah Whittle and Matt Raub featuring in subsequent videos. Both Sarah Whittle and Matt Raub left Smosh in May 2021 and July 2022 respectively. It is currently unknown if any other former Smosh Games members would return to the channel. In an April 2019 episode of SmoshCast, Jovenshire explained that he had not been an employee of Defy Media since May 1, 2018 and had been working freelance with Smosh Games since. [85] However, he has reappeared in subsequent videos, including a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate competition on May 18, 2019. [86] Mari and Lasercorn both left the channel in 2020 to launch New Element Six (NE6) with fellow Smosh Games alumni Flitz, Joven, Sohinki, and Wes. However, the group disbanded in mid-2020, and Mari later announced her move to Las Vegas. [87] In 2022, Lasercorn, Jovenshire, Sohinki and Mari once again reunited to create OGSoG, a podcast YouTube channel.

The Smosh Games channel uploads every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The videos consist of playing video games, board games and card games, with various recurring games and series.

Current Smosh Games shows
  • Board AF (2016–present)
  • Gaming with a Twist [Formerly Chaotic Gaming] (2019–present)
  • Stan Trivia (2020–present)
  • Sword AF (2023–present)
Former Smosh Games shows
  • Gametime w/ Smosh Games [Formerly Gametime w/ Smosh] (2012–2016)
  • Why We're Single (2012–2014)
  • Super Mari Fun Time (2012–2014)
  • Backseat Gaming (2012–2014)
  • Top 5 [Formerly Top 5 Fridays] (2012–2015)
  • Game Bang (2012–2018)
  • Boss Fight of the Week (2012–2013)
  • Smosh Games Reviews (2012–2013)
  • Dope! or Nope (2012–2014)
  • PVP [Formerly Gamer Nation] (2012–2013)
  • Bonus Videos [Formerly I Have a Raging Bonus] (2012–2016)
  • Smosh Action News Games Update Today [a.k.a. S.A.G.N.U.T.] (2012–2013)
  • Smosh Games Vs. (2013)
  • Cage Match Challenge (2013)
  • Grant Theft Smosh (2013–2018)
  • Let's Play Saturday (2013)
  • 16-Bit High School (2014)
  • Honest Game Trailers (2014–2018) [Purchased by Fandom and moved to the Fandom Games channel]
  • Maricraft (2014–2018; 2019–2020)
  • Button Bash (2014–2015)
  • Smosh Smash! (2015)
  • Cell Outs (2015–2018)
  • Friendly Fire (2016)
  • Press Start (2016–2017)
  • Reality Shift (2016–2017)
  • Smosh Games Live (2017)
  • The Damien and Shayne Show (2017)
  • Smosh & Order (2018)
  • Courtney Plays Sims 4 (2019)
  • Damien Breaks Games (2019)
  • Viva Smosh Vegas (2021)
Smosh Summer Games and Smosh Winter Games

The Smosh Summer Games and Smosh Winter Games were an annual competition held on Smosh Games and Smosh Pit (Smosh 2nd Channel until its rebrand in 2017) channels, which featured all the Smosh members being split into two teams either randomly or by selection of the team captain, each named based on the theme of the games that year, and competing in various events consisting of both video games and physical games. The Smosh Summer Games last took place in 2019, with the Winter Games last taking place in 2017.

Smosh Summer Games (2015–2019)

  • Smosh Summer Games (2015)
  • Smosh Summer Games: Camp (2016)
  • Smosh Summer Games: Wild West (2017)
  • Smosh Summer Games: We Blew It! (2018)
  • Smosh Summer Games: Apocalypse (2019)

Smosh Winter Games (2016–2017)

  • Smosh Winter Games (2016)
  • Smosh Winter Games... Again (2017)

Smosh Pit

From Smosh Pit (originally named "IanH" and later Smosh 2nd Channel, and at first used for vlogs and other non-scripted videos), Hecox and Padilla upload their side series Smosh is Bored on Mondays, while the rest of the team uploads vlogs on Thursdays, and Put It in My Mouth and Smosh's Seriously Super Stupid Sleepover on Saturdays. It has over 7.2 million subscribers and over 2.4 billion views. [88] Smosh Pit Weekly was a series on the channel hosted by Mariko "Mari" Takahashi from April 2011 to August 2015, posted on Saturdays.

On July 28, 2017, Ian Hecox announced that Smosh 2nd Channel would be renamed "Smosh Pit" in the near future, and that Smosh Pit Weekly would be revived, with Mariko "Mari" Takahashi returning as host. Two other shows, WHOA! Nature Show, starring Courtney Miller and Olivia Sui, and One Hour Song Machine, starring Keith Leak Jr., were also announced.

The channel hosted The Show w/ No Name, a weekly interactive series that features three members of the Smosh cast as hosts on rotation, with members of Smosh Games occasionally appearing alongside the main cast. The show features art drawn by fans, along with questions submitted via Twitter for the cast to answer.

The Smosh Pit series Try Not to Laugh, started in 2017, consists of the primary and/or secondary Smosh cast (usually with at least one guest) performing various improvised scenarios directed at one cast member, who has a mouthful of water, in an attempt to cause them to laugh and spit out the water. The most popular of these videos, as of June 2021, stands at 36.7 million views. [89]

Current Smosh Pit shows
  • Try Not to Laugh (2017–present)
  • 2 Truths 1 Lie Challenge (2018–2020; 2023–present)
  • Smosh Pit Theater (2019–present)
  • The Challenge Pit (2019–2021; 2023–present)
  • Beopardy (2020–present)
  • Who Meme'd It? (2021–2022 SG; 2022–present)
  • Agree to Disagree (2022–present)
  • Reading Reddit Stories (2022–present)
  • You Posted That? (2023–present)
  • Culinary Crimes (2023–present)
Former Smosh Pit shows
  • Smosh is Bored [formerly Ian is Bored] (2010–2017; 2023 "[Members Only]")
  • Lunchtime with Smosh (2010–2017; 2023 [Members Only])
  • Smosh Pit Weekly (2011–2015, 2017–2018)
  • Squad Vlogs (2015–2022)
  • What're Those?! (2016–2017 SGA; 2017 SG; 2020–2022)
  • Put it in My Mouth (2015–2017)
  • Seriously Super Stupid Sleepover (2015–2017)
  • Smosh Lab (2016–2017)
  • The Show w/ No Name (2016–2018)
  • WHOA! Nature Show (2017)
  • One Hour Song Machine (2017)
  • Day Jobs (2018)
  • Spelling BEE-Kini Wax (2019)
  • Ranked (2019)
  • Hacking Off (2019–2021)
  • Eat It or Yeet It (2019–2024)

SmoshCast

As a part of the Mythical Entertainment rebrand, a podcast titled SmoshCast was launched in February 2019. In its first run, each Wednesday a new episode was released on iTunes with Ian Hecox, or occasionally Courtney Miller, hosting alongside cohosts from the Smosh crew. The channel took a hiatus in 2020, returning for one episode after on May 4, 2021, to announce Sarah Whittle's departure from Smosh.

After another hiatus from May 2021, SmoshCast was confirmed to return in June 2023 with a new design and logo, this time returning permanently, instead of as a one-off re-appearance.

In August 2023, was later revealed that SmoshCast would have a revamped format, again with a new logo because SmoshCast would split into two shows taking place on the SmoshCast channel, which together would make up the SmoshCast content. The SmoshCast podcast was renamed to Smosh Mouth, with a new show, Flashback w/Smosh being introduced and hosted by Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. Flashback w/ Smosh was later moved to the main channel. The channel currently has over 380,000 subscribers as of August 2023.

Smosh Mouth

Smosh Mouth (also referred as the SmoshCast) is based on the original format of SmoshCast's first iteration. The podcast was reintroduced on 26 June 2023 and is hosted by Shayne Topp and Amanda Lehan-Canto every Monday with one other rotating Smosh member and/or a guest joining them each episode. It includes them talking about their lives and various other topics and current events, revealing and discussing possible future ideas for various content and reading through and discussing various things on social media, such as Reddit posts and more.

Flashback with Smosh

In August 2023, the SmoshCast channel introduced a new show alongside the podcast called Flashback with Smosh, hosted by Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. Following Padilla's return to Smosh, Hecox and Padilla react to old Smosh videos from 2005 to 2016, and talk about old memories and behind the scenes stories from their old videos. This was announced with a video on the Smosh Pit channel where Hecox and Padilla reacted to old Smosh videos with newer Smosh members Angela Giarratana and Chanse McCrary. However, the series was moved to the main Smosh channel. In addition to revisiting their own videos, Hecox and Padilla have also featured guests on the show (some of whom they have collaborated with) such as Daneboe, Jacksfilms, and Rhett & Link.

ElSmosh

On ElSmosh, the team (managed by Chilean YouTuber SoloPatrick) uploads new Smosh episodes that have been dubbed over in Spanish. The channel was created in July 2011 and currently has over 3.7 million subscribers. The videos are mostly from the main Smosh channel, particularly the Every Blank Ever series. Previously, the channel used to dub former Smosh shows such as, ElSmosh Pit de la Semana (Smosh Pit Weekly) and the Honest Game Trailers series from Smosh Games. [90]

AnthonyPadilla

AnthonyPadilla hosted vlogs uploaded by Padilla. Most videos uploaded prior to 2016 were removed when Padilla revived the channel to upload personal vlogs. As of April 2023, it has over 7 million subscribers. [91] When Padilla departed from Smosh in 2017, the channel was no longer associated with the Smosh brand. When Padilla returned to Smosh in June 2023, Ian Hecox appeared on his I Spent the Day With series, opening up the possibility that his main channel could upload Smosh-related content in the future. However, it is not yet known if this channel will return to the Smosh umbrella.

Defunct or inactive channels

New AskCharlie

AskCharlie, active from May 2010 to December 2011, hosts videos from the Ask Charlie series, where an anthropomorphic guinea pig, named Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig, answers viewer submitted questions. It has over 321,000 subscribers.

Shut Up! Cartoons

Shut Up! Cartoons hosts a number of animated series, created by different animators. It has over 2 million subscribers. [92] The channel was created in January 2012 but has been inactive since June 2017.

Smosh Games Alliance

The Smosh Games Alliance (SGA) channel was used for extra content for the Smosh Games crew. It originally spotlighted fan-submitted gaming content and offered tutorials in "Smosh University", and later hosted vlogs from the Smosh Games crew. It has over 249,000 subscribers. [93] The channel was created in February 2013 but has been inactive since December 2016.

Smosh France

The Smosh France channel was launched in June 2013 and currently has over 140,000 subscribers, which similar to ElSmosh, provided French dubbed-versions and on-screen subtitles in French of various Smosh videos, particularly from the main Smosh channel. The channel has been inactive since January 2020.

SmoshShorts

The SmoshShorts channel consists of TikTok videos re-uploaded as YouTube Shorts. The channel was created in May 2021 and currently has over 20,000 subscribers, but has been inactive since August 2021. The main reason for the channel's inactivity is because the videos have been uploaded on the Shorts sections of the main Smosh channels instead.

Current members

Main

  • Ian Hecox – Smosh (2005–present), Smosh Pit (2006–present), Smosh Games (2012–present)
  • Anthony Padilla – Smosh (2005–2017; 2023–present), Smosh Pit (2006–2017; 2023–present), Smosh Games (2012–2017; 2023–present)

Recurring

  • Keith Leak Jr. – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2014–present)
  • Olivia Sui – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2015–present)
  • Noah Grossman – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2015–present)
  • Courtney Miller – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2015–present)
  • Shayne Topp – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2015–present)
  • Damien Haas – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2017–present)
  • Tommy Bowe – Smosh Games (2018–present), Smosh, Smosh Pit (2019–present)
  • Spencer Agnew – Smosh Games (2020–present), Smosh, Smosh Pit (2021–present)
  • Amanda Lehan-Canto – Smosh (2020–present), Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2022–present)
  • Chanse McCrary – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2022–present)
  • Arasha Lalani – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2022–present)
  • Angela Giarratana – Smosh, Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2022–present)
  • Trevor Evarts – Smosh Pit, Smosh Games (2024–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Smosh
Ian Hecox & Anthony Padilla by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Ian Hecox (left) and Anthony Padilla (right) at VidCon 2014
MediumInternet
Years active2002–present
Genres
Website smosh.com
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2005–present
Subscribers26.6 million
Total views10.758 billion
Network Defy Media (2011–2018)
Mythical Entertainment (2019–2023)
Independent (2023–Present) [1]
Associated acts Shut Up! Cartoons
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
  • 2007 (Smosh)
  • 2011 (Smosh Games)
  • 2011 (ElSmosh)
  • 2019 (SmoshCast)
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
  • 2009 (Smosh)
  • 2011 (Smosh Games)
  • 2011 (ElSmosh)
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2013 (Smosh)
Last updated: April 22, 2024
List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Comedy
[94] 		US
Heat.
[94]
Sexy Album11—
If Music Were Real
  • Released: November 11, 2011
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
526
Smoshtastic
  • Released: December 3, 2012
  • Formats: Digital download
327
The Sweet Sound of Smosh
  • Released: November 30, 2013
  • Formats: Digital download
433
Shut Up! and Listen
  • Released: December 10, 2015
  • Formats: Digital download
4—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Smosh
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef(s)
2007 2007 YouTube Awards Comedy"Smosh Short 2: Stranded"Won [95] [96]
2009 2009 Webby Awards Experimental & Weird"Sex Ed Rocks"Nominated [97]
2010 2010 Webby Awards Viral"If Movies Were Real"Nominated [98]
2013 3rd Streamy Awards Best Comedy SeriesSmoshNominated [99]
Audience Choice for Personality of the YearSmoshNominated [99]
Best Animated SeriesOishi High School BattleNominated [99]
2013 Webby Awards Branded Entertainment Short Form"Ultimate Assassin's Creed 3 Song"Nominated [100]
2013 Social Star AwardsMost Popular Social ShowSmoshNominated [101] [102]
United States Social Media StarSmoshWon [103]
2014 4th Streamy Awards Best Comedy Channel, Show, or SeriesSmoshNominated [104]
Best Gaming Channel, Show, or SeriesSmosh GamesWon [104]
2015Seventh Annual Shorty Awards YouTube Star of the Year presented by A&ESmoshWon [105]
5th Streamy Awards Show of the YearSmoshNominated [106]
Best Gaming Channel, Show, or SeriesSmosh GamesNominated [106]
2016 2016 Webby Awards Gaming (channel)Smosh GamesWon [107]
6th Streamy Awards GamingSmosh GamesNominated [108]
FoodPut it in My MouthNominated [108]
2017 7th Streamy Awards LiveSmosh LiveWon [109]
GamingSmosh GamesWon [109]

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