In 2010 the most-subscribed YouTube channels belonged to comedians who edited themselves in their bedrooms: Ray William Johnson's =3 viral-video reviews, Smosh's sketches, Ryan Higa's nigahiga, Fred Figglehorn's squeaky-voiced rants (which became a Nickelodeon film in September 2010) and Shane Dawson. The YouTube Partner Program paid them a share of ad revenue.
- Type
- channel
- Creator
- Ray William Johnson, Smosh, Ryan Higa, Lucas Cruikshank, Shane Dawson
- Released
- 2010
- Platform
- YouTube
- Note
- Subscriber rankings shifted through the year; nigahiga and Fred traded the top spot before Ray William Johnson took it in 2011.
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