E13. Anthony Padilla, Video: Building And Selling Youtube's #1 Channel Smosh, Connecting With Your Audience, Early Days Of Internet Advertising

Episode 13: Actor, comedian, and interviewer @AnthonyPadilla built Smosh: the world's most viewed channel and video on Youtube. He joined Youtube in 2005 when it was a few month's old and became one of the first online stars.

In his interviews, he has spent time with flat-earthers, kidnapping victims and people with multiple personalities - to help people understand other people.

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Topics

00:00 Intro

01:06 Setting up Smosh.com in 2002

04:44 The early internet days

07:56 Posting and paying for videos in the early 00's

14:10 Getting the #1 most viewed video on Youtube

17:30 A video on MoMa?

21:00 Building and selling Youtube's biggest channel Smosh

33:35 Dealing with online fame and crazy fan stories

39:47 Moving on

43:28 "I spent a day with ..." & flat earthers

53:42 Connection with the audience

55:13 Getting depth and spending a day with people with multiple personalities

59:59 Mission and future plans

01:04:30 How happy are you on a scale 1-10?

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