The sketches have also included more actors. Since 2012, the Smosh brand has expanded to consist of multiple channels, including a Spanish-language channel (ElSmosh), a channel focused on gaming content (Smosh Games), and a variety channel (Smosh Pit). As of May 2022, the Smosh channel has over 10 billion views and over 25 million subscribers. They began to post videos on Smosh's YouTube channel in the fall of 2005 and quickly became one of the most popular channels on the site. In 2002, Padilla created a website named '' for making Flash animations, and he was later joined by Hecox. Smosh is an American YouTube sketch comedy- improv collective, independent production company, and former social networking site founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox.
