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HowToBasic
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HowToBasic

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HowToBasic is an Australian YouTube comedy channel, with over 17 million subscribers as of 2025. The creator of the videos neither speaks nor shows his face, thus remaining anonymous. The channel primarily features bizarre and destructive visual gags disguised as how-to tutorials. The channel first gained popularity in 2013.

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Social media personality.name
HowToBasic
Social media personality.logo
HowToBasic.png
Social media personality.youtube_handle
HowToBasic
Social media personality.youtube_years_active
2011–present
Social media personality.youtube_subscribers
17.8 million
Social media personality.youtube_views
3.97 billion
Social media personality.stats_update
3 March 2026
Social media personality.instagram_handle
HowToBasic
Social media personality.tiktok_handle
howtobasic
Social media personality.twitter_handle
howtobasic
Social media personality.instagram_followers
417 thousand
Social media personality.tiktok_followers
5.3 million
Social media personality.twitter_followers
324.8 thousand
Social media personality.twitter_years_active
2012–present

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HowToBasic is an Australian YouTube comedy channel, with over 17 million subscribers as of 2025. The creator of the videos neither speaks nor shows his face, thus remaining anonymous. The channel primarily features bizarre and destructive visual gags disguised as how-to tutorials. The channel first gained popularity in 2013.

, HowToBasic is the eighth biggest Australian YouTube channel. The channel's estimated net worth is US$2 million .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HowToBasic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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