HowToBasic
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| Nationality | Australian | |||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||
| GenreScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Surreal comedy, black comedy | |||
| Subscribers | 7.03 Million[1] | |||
| Total views | 1.02 Billion[1] | |||
| Network | Fullscreen | |||
| Associated acts | TVFilthyFrank, maxmoefoe, iDubbbzTV | |||
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Last updated: 14 April 2016 |
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HowToBasic is an anonymous 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 and condiments.
His main part of his channel is often smashing, throwing and cracking eggs and making a big mess.
The channel has over seven million subscribers as of April 2016,[2][3] the highest of any Australian YouTube channel.[3][4] 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.[5] HowToBasic videos have been facetiously compared to the work of David Cronenberg and Marcel Duchamp.[6]
The channel is a part of the Fullscreen network.[4] 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 counter on which he does his videos has changed over the last 4.5 years. In early 2012, HowToBasic used a bathroom counter. In mid to late 2012 he used a blue counter. In mid-2013 to late 2014, he used a white counter. From late 2014 to to present,he used a black counter.
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.[7][8][9]
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".
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