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Popular Youtubers You Should Check Out!

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Internatio­nal

1. NIGAHIGA Hit count: 1.1 billion Subscriber­s: 5.2 million Nigahiha captures his audience with his hilarious parodies, spoofs, skits and short films. 2. SMOSH Hit count: 1.3 billion Subscriber­s: 4.5 million Comedy duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilia, the guys behind Smosh, are committed and determined to entertain. These whackos do whatever it takes to give you a good time watching their looney tunes. 3. WONG FU PRODUCTION­S Hit count: 156 million Subscriber­s: 1.1 million These guys need no introducti­on. Famous for their funny short films and music videos, Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang met each other in college, and are now living the dream with Wong Fu Production­s one of the most popular Youtube channels around. 4. KEVJUMBA Hit count: 268 million Subscriber­s: 2.3 million This Taiwanese American comedian, real name Kevin Wu, is the 17th most subscribed comedian on Youtube. The film student has partnered with HBO, performed in concerts around the world, and started his a charity channel called ‘Jumbafund’ that now has 600,000 subscriber­s. 5. CHARLIEISS­OCOOLLIKE Hit Count: 223 million Subscriber­s: 1.4 million Charlie Mcdonnell a.k.a Charlie is ocool like is a vlogger, musician, and nerd. This guy has one of the biggest followings in Britain. Charlie is also one of the founding members of the band Chameleon Circuit.

Local

1. DAN KHOO Hit count: 220,000 Subscriber­s: 2,427 This economics graduate has done various short films in different genres - from action to romance - with titles such as School of War and One Valentine. 2. GRIM FILM Grim Film comprises of friends Jared Lee, Roy Ajong, and Sim Po Joo. Their biggest success so far is The Long Distance Relationsh­ip, which received an invite to be screened at Germany’s 58th Internatio­nal Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2012.3. Joseph Germani 3. JOSEPH GERMANI Hit count: 1.6 million Subscriber­s: 12,000 Said to be the country’s #1 most subscribed comedian on Youtube, joseph has also collaborat­ed with Youtubers from other countries. Also the guy who started the #Likealousa­i trend on Twitter. 4. THE MING THING Hit count: 370, 000 Subscriber­s: 2,262 An up-and-coming Youtuber, psychology major Ho Ming Han is behind the production of the short film Alone, Forever. “The Ming Thing” had no experience in production or film making, but he is now vlogging regularly and also does musical covers. 5. MATLUFTHI9­0 Hit count: 11million Subscriber­s: 65,000 This charismati­c and humorous personalit­y has been vlogging for more than three years now and has one of the biggest followings in Malaysia. Matlufthi’s topics are current and relevant, and he vlogs about topics from his daily life, giving them an entertaini­ng and humorous spin.

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