Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of your favorite YouTube stars, they go ahead and get their own TV shows you can now catch them on. Of course, you'll still get to watch all their regular YouTube content, but now you can check out their acting chops and see if they really have what it takes to make a show. We're not talking cameos or guest appearances here, either. No, these popular YouTubers have all become stars of their own shows and YouTube Premium series. While most may be web series and other smaller shows, it's a great stride for many of them.
Always up to something awesome, Grace Helbig made her leap to TV with Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, which also stars fellow female YouTuber Hannah Hart (as Dyna Girl). Liza Koshy has also made moves, co-hosting Nickelodeon's Double Dare reboot—and it's just as entertaining as it was in '92. Other notable YouTube stars with shows include Jenn McAllister, Lisa Schwartz, Cameron Dallas, and many others—so check them out below. You may even find your new favorite show!
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Rhett James McLaughlin (born October 11, 1977) and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III (born June 1, 1978), better known as Rhett & Link, are an American comedy duo. Self-styled as "Internetainers" (portmanteau of "Internet" and "entertainers"), they are known for creating and hosting Good Mythical Morning. Their other notable projects include comedic songs and sketches, Independent Film Channel series Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings, and their YouTube Red series Rhett and Link's Buddy System (Season 1 and Season 2). In their 2008 documentary, Looking for Ms. Locklear, they chronicled their search for the first grade teacher in whose class they met for the first time.- Credits: Rhett and Link's Buddy System, Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings
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Michael David Stevens (born January 23, 1986) is an American educator, comedian, speaker, entertainer, editor and Internet personality, best known for creating and hosting the popular education YouTube channel Vsauce. His channel initially released video game-related content until the popularity of his educational series DOT saw discussions of general interest become the focus of Vsauce, encompassing explanations of science, philosophy, culture and illusion. As the host of Vsauce, Stevens has become one of the most successful YouTubers (with over 12 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views), as well as a leading figure in the Internet-driven popularisation of science and education. In 2017, he created and starred in the YouTube Red series Mind Field, and presented the nationwide educational stage tour Brain Candy Live! alongside Adam Savage.- Credits: Mind Field
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Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known by his online alias PewDiePie, is a Swedish producer of Let's Play videos on YouTube. Since 15 August 2013, PewDiePie's channel has been the most subscribed channel on YouTube, being surpassed briefly in November and December 2013 by YouTube's Spotlight channel. Holding the position since 22 December 2013, the channel has reached over 34.8 million subscribers, as of February 2015. On 19 July 2014, the channel surpassed RihannaVEVO to become the most viewed channel of all time. Currently, the PewDiePie channel has received over 8 billion video views. Due to his popularity, PewDiePie's coverage of indie games has created an Oprah effect wherein their sales have been posted, and he has raised money for charities through his "Bro Army" fanbase. Aside from his online activities, Kjellberg has made appearances in other forms of media, including radio and television.- Credits: Scare PewDiePie
- Age: 35
- Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Anthony Padilla was a digital entertainer and YouTube celebrity who, together with his friend and collaborator Ian Hecox, founded the widely popular Internet comedy duo Smosh. Born and raised in Sacramento County, California, Padilla was always fascinated by tech as a young kid. Back in the mid-'90s, when the Internet was still nothing more than a minor curiosity for most Americans, Padilla was one of the first kids in his school to have an AOL connection. He quickly became intrigued by this brave new world called cyberspace, and in 2002 launched his very first website www.smosh.com. Shortly after launching smosh.com Padilla met Ian Hecox. The two young boys found that they had similar tastes in comedy, and soon began making comedy videos together. Although rudimentary in their approach, the videos, which primarily consisted of both boys lip-synching the theme songs to various TV shows, got a lot of laughs from their friends and family. Then in 2005 YouTube launched, thus giving Padilla and Hecox, who now started referring to themselves as Smosh, a digital platform to start posting their videos. They quickly uploaded all of their old videos to the site, as well as a few new ones, and within a few weeks had already earned thousands of views. Their big break came when they posted a video of the two of them lip-synching the theme to the Pokémon series. With nearly 25 million views, the video quickly became one of the most watched in the YouTube's young history, thus making Padilla and Hecox overnight stars. Over the next several years Padilla and Hecox continued making funny videos as Smosh, while growing their YouTube subscriber base by the millions. In 2015 Padilla and Hecox starred in a big screen adaptation of their web comedy sketches called "Smosh: The Movie." Furthermore, in early 2016 Padilla and Hecox also began appearing in a scripted web sitcom called "Part Timers" (YouTube, 2016- ). In July of 2016 Smosh's YouTube channel had reached over 22 million subscribers, making Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox two of the most watched entertainers on the web.- Credits: Part Timers, Smosh Babies
- Age: 37
- Birthplace: Carmichael, California, USA
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Joseph Michael Graceffa (born May 16, 1991) is an American YouTube personality, actor, author, producer, and singer. He runs two active YouTube channels, both named after him. His main channel is dedicated to vlogging while the second one features video gaming content. They both have a combined total of more than 1.7 billion views. His third YouTube channel, WinterSpringPro, has 60 million views (as of August 2017), but is no longer active. He was a contestant on 22nd and 24th seasons of The Amazing Race, and has appeared in a handful of short films as well as in Escape the Night, a scripted web series, distributed by YouTube via its paid-subscription service YouTube Red.- Credits: Escape the Night
- Age: 33
- Birthplace: Marlborough, Massachesetts
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Ian Hecox is the co-founder of the online comedy enterprise Smosh. Together with his childhood friend Anthony Padilla, they write, direct, and star in the comedy sketches they have been creating since 2005. They have amassed over 6 Billion views and over 22 million subscribers on their Smosh YouTube channel.- Credits: Part Timers, Smosh Babies
- Age: 37
- Birthplace: Sacramento, California
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