<P> One of Smosh's earliest videos, "Pokémon Theme Music Video," was released on November 28, 2005 . It followed the same style as their other earlier videos, featuring the duo lip - synching the original English theme song for the Pokémon anime . However, the video instantly became much more popular than any of their other videos; over the course of its lifetime, it gained over 24 million views, becoming the most - viewed video on all of YouTube at that time . It held that title until it was removed due to a copyright notice . </P> <P> The success of their Pokémon video and other videos led Smosh to be featured in the "Person of the Year: You" issue of Time Magazine, published December 13, 2006 and on Time.com . In March 2007, a user named Andii2000 (now renamed as John) re-uploaded the original Pokémon video; it has over 15.8 million views as of October 2016 . Due to the channel's continued success, and Smosh's partnership with YouTube, the two recreated the video in November 2010, this time changing the words to be critical of The Pokémon Company taking down the Pokémon theme video . </P> <P> Over the course of the next few years, Smosh began to diversify . They started making short YouTube skits, such as their annual video series Food Battle and That Damn Neighbor . Smosh continued to grow in popularity and became one of the most subscribed channels on YouTube . In 2009, Smosh prepared a massive redesign of Smosh.com, added a games section, and put extras in the video section . In January 2010, Smosh launched the "Smosh Pit" feature, a blog that consists of various pieces of pop - culture trivia, and written comedy . In addition, 2010 saw the channel launch 3 different Smosh - based web series: Ian Is Bored, which started as a collection of comedic videos by Hecox, but then turned into both Hecox and Padilla making vlog like videos, and renamed Smosh Is Bored; Ask Charlie, where people ask Charlie, from their January 2010 Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig video, random questions; and Lunchtime with Smosh, a comedy series featuring Smosh getting and eating food from various places, and answering Twitter questions from their fans on Twitter . Some of Smosh's most popular video series include Pokémon in Real Life and If ____ Was Real . Also in early 2010, Smosh created the "iShut Up App" for Android phones as part of a Google sponsorship; it eventually made its way to the iTunes app store . In 2011, Smosh was acquired by Alloy Digital (now Defy Media). </P> <P> In 2012, the duo started three new YouTube channels, ElSmosh, with Smosh videos dubbed in Spanish, Shut Up! Cartoons, with various animated videos, and Smosh Games, with gaming - related content hosted alongside Mari Takahashi, David "Lasercorn" Moss, Matthew Sohinki, and Joshua "Jovenshire" Ovenshire . Some of Smosh's most popular videos are video - game themed music videos . These songs (along with other original songs) have been released in 4 albums to date--Sexy Album (2010), If Music Were Real (2011), Smoshtastic (2012), and The Sweet Sound of Smosh (2013). In January 2013, the Smosh channel surpassed Ray William Johnson in subscribers . Smosh released Super Head Esploder X, a video game for iPads, iPhones, and iPods, in February 2013, and in July 2013 started an Indiegogo campaign for an iOS and PC game, Food Battle: The Game . Hecox and Padilla raised $258,777 to hire video game producers to create a game based on their characters and the foods used in their annual Food Battle series . Smosh donated 10% of the funds to three charities in November 2014, as well as releasing the game . </P>

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