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Ray William Johnson
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American YouTuber (born 1981)
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Ray William Johnson is an American comedian, singer, actor, and YouTuber born in Oklahoma City in 1981. He is educated at Columbia University and resides in Los Angeles. His professional work period began in 2007, and he has been active in the entertainment industry since that time.
Johnson’s musical output includes genres such as hip-hop and jazz, utilizing his voice as an instrument. He speaks, writes, and is native to the English language. His career has involved roles in acting and comedy, with tags associated with his work including funny, comedy, and lol.
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Film & TV
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Ray William Johnson (born August 14, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, producer, director, writer, and rapper, who is known for his YouTube channel, Ray William Johnson, and his web series on that channel, Equals Three. He is also known for his hit songs "Doin' Your Mom" (which he performed with his former group Fatty Spins) and "My Life Is Dope" which he performed under his stage name Fat…
Known for
- Who F****d Up the Internet?! — Himself2019
- Who's Driving Doug — Scott2016
- We Love You — Derrick2016
- Booze Lightyear — Booze Player2015
- The Fluffy Movie — Nurse2014
- Riley Rewind2013
- Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie — Quick-Stop hipster (voice)2013
- Riley Rewind — Mr. Osborne2013
- Your Favorite Martian — Puff puff/Benatar2011
- Epic Rap Battles of History — Boba Fett (voice)2010
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
- Antisocial2018
Member of
- Your Favorite Martian2011–2012
- Your Favorite Martiansince 2022
- Fatty Spins
- The Upside Downs
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,993
- Total plays
- 52,130
Tags
Ray William Johnson is an very really awesome 23 year old comedian and video blogger, known for his rapid rise to popularity with his internet-based show =3 (Equals Three), a bi-weekly show where he reviews popular internet videos. He started the show in April of 2009, and became a top subscribed Youtube personality in just under a year. In addition, he has a vlog channel called BreakingNYC, a comedic annotation of his day to day life. Along with reviewing viral videos, Ray is known for inadvert
Key facts
- Born
- Raymond William Johnson , ( 1981-08-14 ) August 14, 1981 (age 44) , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, U.S.
- Education
- Columbia University School of General Studies
- Occupations
- Internet personality actor comedian filmmaker rapper singer musician
- Spouse
- Kelly Farrell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 6, 2022</span>"}]]}'>2022 )
- Channels
- Ray William Johnson Your Favorite Martian
- Years active
- 2008–present
- Subscribers
- 18.7 million (Ray William Johnson) 3.81 million (Your Favorite Martian)
- Views
- 14.8 billion (Ray William Johnson) 1.09 billion (Your Favorite Martian)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.raywj.com
- Image
- Ray William Johnson.png
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1981-08-14
- start time
- 2009-00-00
- end time
- 2014-00-00
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- social media followers
- 18100000
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Ray William Johnson
- number of viewers/listeners
- 14557437396
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Raymond William Johnson (born August 14, 1981) is an American internet celebrity best known for his eponymous YouTube channel and his web series on that channel, Equals Three. In 2013, the channel surpassed 10 million subscribers and had over 2 billion views, making it one of the most watched and subscribed to channels at the time. For a 564-day period from June 2011 to January 2013 the channel was the most-subscribed YouTube channel, during which it also became the first channel to reach 5 million subscribers. Johnson left the series in March 2014 but continued to produce it and other web series like Booze Lightyear, Comedians On, and Top 6, the first two of which were later cancelled.
Johnson, along with Jesse Cale, was a founding member of Your Favorite Martian, an internet cartoon band. As of December 2025, it has 3.81 million subscribers on YouTube and 296,547 monthly listeners on Spotify. Starting in early 2011, the band released 60 songs. Their most recent song, "Real Girl", was uploaded on May 8, 2024. The band is known for edgy lyrics, with "Orphan Tears", "Stalkin' Your Mom", "Whip Your Kids", "Transphobic Techno", and "Tig Ol' Bitties" being songs in their discography.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ray William Johnson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.