HowToBasic Personal information Nationality Australian[1] YouTube information Channel HowToBasic Years active 2011–present[2] Genre Surreal comedy, black comedy, visual gags Subscribers 11.3 million+ Total views 1.81 billion+ Network Fullscreen[3] Associated acts Maxmoefoe, Filthy Frank, Michael Stevens, iDubbbzTV, beansceneTV Play buttons 100,000 subscribers 2012 1,000,000 subscribers 2013 10,000,000 subscribers 2018 Subscriber and view counts updated as of 29 May 2018.