Biography / Wiki
The highest-paid social media influencers often had to put in a lot of effort to reach their current level of success. They know well that success doesn’t happen overnight. One such influencer is Anthony Padilla, co-creator of Smosh. Anthony and Ian Hecox, best friends since sixth grade, started Smosh, where they create web-based sketch comedy videos.
Smosh is considered one of the most popular channels on YouTube, with 22.5 million subscribers. Anthony’s popularity is also evident on other platforms, with 2.41 million followers on Twitter and 2.7 million followers on Instagram.
Height / Weight / Age
| Date Of Birth | 16 September 1987 |
| Age | 36 Years |
| Height | In Centimetres – 178 cmIn Feet and Inches – 5’ 10” |
| Weight | In Kilograms – 70 kgIn Pounds – 154 lbs |
| Body Measurements | 40-14-30 |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Dark Brown |
| Shoe Size | 10 (US) |
Net Worth
Anthony earns about $3,300 to $52,900 each month and approximately $39,700 to $634,900 each year. From his YouTube videos alone, Padilla makes at least a million dollars, significantly contributing to his overall wealth, which is valued at $8 million.
In addition to his YouTube income, he also earns extra money from selling merchandise and other entertainment ventures. These additional sources of income are estimated to be worth between $5 million and $10 million.
Education / Family
Anthony Padilla was born in Sacramento, California. His parents are Leezah Padilla and Dan Padilla. When he was young, his parents divorced, so he was mostly raised by his mother. Anthony has two brothers named Mathew and Brandon Padilla.
Regarding his education, Anthony went to Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California. After high school, he attended American River College in Sacramento, California. However, he decided to drop out to pursue other opportunities in his future.
Name |
Daniel Anthony Padilla |
| Nickname | Anthony |
| Birth Place | Sacramento, California, USA |
| Profession | Actor |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| School | Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, California |
| College | American River College, Sacramento, California (Dropped Out) |
| Religion | Not Known |
| Nationality | American |
| Home Town | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Debut | Film – Smosh: The Movie |
| Fathers Name | Dan Padilla
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| Mothers Name | Leezah Padilla
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| Step Brothers | Mathew Borrel, Brandon Borrel |
| Sister | Not Known
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Career / Fashion And Style
Anthony Padilla started his career in social media with a group called Smosh. They launched in 2002 and quickly became very popular through their website, Smosh.com.
After the website’s great success, Anthony created a YouTube channel under his own name. This channel has over 2 million subscribers and more than 146 million views. Some of the famous productions Anthony was involved in on Smosh include El Smosh, Ask Charlie, Just Shut Up, Smosh Pit, Smosh Babies, and Honest Game Trailers.
In 2017, Anthony left Smosh to pursue a solo career. Apart from his work with Smosh, Anthony also appeared in movies like The Angry Birds Movie and Bobby the Hedgehog, among others.
Girlfriends, Affairs, Wife and More
| Girlfriend | Miel Bredow
Kalel Smith(Ex-Fiancee)
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| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Wife | None |
Favourite Things
Here we provide you the list of Anthony Padilla’s favourite things.
| Favourite Food | Tacos |
| Favourite Personality | Colleen Patrick-Goudreau |
| Favourite Destination | Iceland |
Some Interesting Facts About Anthony Padilla
- His comedy group and the name of his website came from an incident in which he misunderstood mosh pit as smosh pit.
- He started eating vegan food in 2013 and fully switched to the vegan by the start of the 2014 diet due to health reasons.
- He felt that Smoshhad become a brand owned entity and in June 2017, he announced in a YouTube video that he had decided to leave
- He used to play tennis while studying in high school but later gave it up.
- He was bedridden for quite a long time due to the disease called HSP (Henoch-Schonlein Purpura).
- He started getting panic attacks at the age of 21 and he was so scared of those attacks that he dropped his college and started staying at home.
- It was falsely rumored on the social media that he had died in a car accident in 2013 and in 2015 also.
- Smosh featured in the ‘Person of the Year: You’ issue of Time Magazine, and also on Time.com in 2006 after their success of the Pokemon video.
- PewDiePie succeeded in the first position for the most subscribed channel before that Smosh was the most subscribed channel in the world for the three consecutive years.
- He and Hecox made videos of them lip-syncing the theme songs of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, and Mortal Kombat In the early days. They started creating and uploading comedy videos on YouTube in 2005.