HowToBasic

HowToBasic
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Residence Cannington, Perth, Australia
YouTube information
Channel name HowToBasic
Years active 2011–present
Genre Surreal comedy, black comedy
Subscribers 7.02 Million
Total views 1.02 Billion
Network Fullscreen
Associated acts TVFilthyFrank, maxmoefoe, iDubbbzTV
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 14 April 2016.

HowToBasic is an Australian YouTube channel with over seven million subscribers that gained popularity in 2012-2013 for its bizarre and misleading instructional videos - often with the reoccurring theme of throwing and smashing eggs or other food-related objects such as ingredients.

The channel has over seven million subscribers as of April 2016,[1][2] the highest of any Australian YouTube channel.[2][3] In June 2013, the person behind HowToBasic was interviewed as part of a 6 PM News Bulletin by Nine News Perth broadcast on STW. The station preserved his anonymity on his request.[4] HowToBasic videos have been facetiously compared to the work of David Cronenberg and Marcel Duchamp.[5]

The channel is a part of the Fullscreen network.[3] HowToBasic has collaborated with other YouTube personalities such as Max Stanley of "maxmoefoe", George "Joji" Miller of "TVFilthyFrank", and Ian Kovic of "iDubbbzTV".

His videos mostly consist of him throwing, mixing, or smashing food ingredients against the counter tops and floor of his kitchen in a random manner, generally creating a large mess. In some occasions he may also smashing several other objects ranging from household appliances to various electronics such as computers.

The channel has been briefly suspended on multiple occasions, once in 2014 and again in late 2015 on presumed violations of YouTube's policy on misleading content. Soon after, the channel was restored, and suspension lifted in both circumstances.[6][7][8]

In popular culture

Cartoon Network's The Amazing World of Gumball used Gumball's way of preparing food similar to HowtoBasic in the episode "The Traitor".

References

  1. ↑ "HowToBasic". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  2. 1 2 "Top 100 YouTubers in Australia Filtered by Subscribers - Socialblade YouTube Stats | YouTube Statistics". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  3. 1 2 "Can you make money out of YouTube? You bet, just ask these Aussies.". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Perth teen's bizarre videos become internet hit". Nine News. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  5. ↑ "Is Kurt Coleman the future of Australian screen storytelling?". The Conversation. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  6. ↑ "UPDATED: Popular YouTube Channel HowToBasic Terminated Without Warning". MOARGeek. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  7. ↑ "HowToBasic on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  8. ↑ "Spam404.com on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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