<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Subscriber and view counts updated as of 30 August 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Slow Mo Guys is a Streamy Award - winning science and technology entertainment web series created by Gavin Free, starring himself and Daniel Charles Gruchy and produced by Rooster Teeth Productions . It has been described as the biggest channel for slow motion videos on YouTube . </P> <P> The series consists of a wide variety of things filmed in extreme slow motion using a range of Vision Research Phantom high - speed cameras, capable of shooting over 343,000 frames per second . The series premiered on 3 November 2010 . As of April 2017, their YouTube channel has over 9 million subscribers and over one billion video views . </P> <P> In 2007, Gavin Free joined Green Door Films, the first production house in Europe to utilize Phantom digital high - speed cameras as a source of slow motion, working as a Data Technician and Camera Operator . He began working on adverts, music videos, and films such as Hot Fuzz . In 2008, he was hired to direct the seventh season of the Rooster Teeth machinima series Red vs. Blue . Afterwards, he had decided to make a move to Austin, Texas and work full - time for Rooster Teeth . He then created The Slow Mo Guys along with friend Daniel Gruchy in order to get a work visa . </P>

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