About
h3h3 Productions is a YouTube channel run by the married couple Ethan and Hila Klein, which typically feature videos reacting to content uploaded by pranksters and hip hop artists (specifically producer DJ Khaled) on the video sharing platform.
History
On April 29th, 2011, the h3h3productions YouTube[1] channel was launched. On March 13th, 2013, the first video was uploaded to the channel, which discussed the different methods for wiping after defecation (shown below).
On May 12th, the channel uploaded a YouTube poop video titled “warm it up exe That’s a 10!,” which gathered upwards of 3.7 million views and 1,600 comments within three years (shown below, left). On November 20th, 2014, the channel posted a reaction video to a news story about a woman who dropped out of college after accidentally purchasing a computer with the Ubuntu operating system (shown below, right). Over the next year, the video garnered more than 800,000 views and 3,400 comments.
On December 3rd, h3h3productions uploaded a video criticizing “kissing prank”: videos on YouTube, which received over 4.1 million views and 3,900 comments within one year (shown below, left). On July 22nd, 2015, the channel posted a video reacting to the Tai Lopez “Here in My Garage” advertisement (shown below, right).
On October 5th, h3h3productions posted a video examining prank videos targeting homeless people, which guest starred YouTuber Filthy Frank (shown below). Within two months, the video gained more than a million views and 6,400 comments. As of December 2015, the YouTube channel has upwards of 440,000 subscribers and 54 million video views and the couple’s Patreon[8] page has more than 1,200 patrons. Later, on January 22nd, the pair released a 2nd video, titled Ravioli Hungry Gold Digger Prank, in which Frank and Ethan play out a fake prank involving a gold digger women chasing after a man with ravioli.
Online Presence
On Spetember 13, 2013, the h3h3productions Facebook[7] page was created, gathering over 51,000 likes within three years. On August 19th, 2014, the /r/h3h3productions[6] subreddit was launched for discussions about the YouTube channel. On November 24, 2015, the h3h3 Wiki[9] was created.
Fandom
Fans often publish posts related to the channel on Tumblr under the tag “h3h3”.[2] On YouTube, a variety of mashups and remixes featuring content from the channel’s videos have been uploaded.[4] On September 17th, 2014, YouTuber alex richards uploaded a remix of Ethan coughing to create the h3h3 theme song (shown below, left). On April 20th, 2015, YouTuber Ollie White uploaded a dubstep compilation featuring the cough clip (shown below, right).
Additionally, various remixes have been uploaded to Soundcloud[5], including at mashup featuring music by Death Grips (shown below).
Fanart
On DeviantArt there are several pieces of artwork featuring Ethan Klein tagged under “h3h3productions”.[3]
Fullscreen Copyright Controversy
In late July 2015, the video company Fullscreen flagged h3h3production’s most popular video, which was subsequently removed for copyright infringement. On August 4th, Klein posted a video to his Ethan and Hila channel reacting to the take down, which claimed his video qualified as “fair use” (shown below). The same day Ethan uploaded his response, YouTuber and game critic, Jontron tweeted a link to the video. Within four months, the video gathered upwards of 520,000 views and 2,100 comments. Following the backlash, Fullscreen removed their copyright claim.
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – h3h3Productions – About
[2]Tumblr – Posts tagged ‘h3h3’
[3]DeviantArt – Search results for ‘h3h3productions’
[4]YouTube – Search results for ‘h3h3 remix’
[5]Soundcloud – Search results for ‘h3h3 productions’
[6]Reddit – /r/h3h3productions
[7]Facebook – h3h3productions
[8]Patreon – h3h3productions