Daniel Thrasher

Daniel Thrasher is an American YouTuber and musician. He primarily uploads piano-based comedy sketches to his self-titled YouTube channel. As of February 2023, his main YouTube channel has accumulated more than 629 million views with more than 3.48 million subscribers.[1]

Daniel Thrasher
Born (1993-02-24) February 24, 1993
Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • internet personality
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
  • accordion
  • bagpipes
  • sousaphone
Years active2007–present
YouTube information
ChannelsDaniel Thrasher
Daniel Thrasher Plus
Genre
  • Music
  • comedy
Subscribers3.47 million
(February 2023)
Total views692 million[lower-alpha 1]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: February 22, 2023

Career

Thrasher created his main YouTube channel, then titled muffinman3000, on January 5, 2007,[1] with the first video being uploaded on December 1, 2011.[2]

On November 13, 2012, Thrasher uploaded a video titled "How I Accidentally Wrote 'The Office' Theme Song", in which he explains how, after he got a new piano, he was testing a chord progression that sounded familiar, before he realized it was the theme tune to The Office.[3]

A few years later, when Thrasher was in college, the video went viral, and now has over 21 million views and is the third most-viewed video on his channel as of January 2023.[3][4]

In 2019, Thrasher quit his job as a barista to pursue YouTube as a full-time career. By that point, he had accrued over one million subscribers. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Thrasher continued to post videos. As a result, he almost tripled his amount of subscribers. He was able to increase the size of his operation to a four-person team.[5]

In 2021, American comedy duo Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning announced that a fund called the "Mythical Creator Accelerator" had been created to invest over $5 million into creators, through their production company Mythical Entertainment. Thrasher was the second beneficiary of the fund in April 2022.[3][6][7]

On December 1, 2021, Thrasher performed a one-day show at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, entitled Daniel Thrasher: Laugh or Die.[8] Thrasher also embarked on a five-show tour in June 2022, entitled Daniel Thrasher Live, traveling to three states across the Midwest.[9]

Thrasher is set to be a featured creator at VidCon in June 2023[10] and is set to appear in the US remake of British television Friday Night Dinner, titled Dinner with the Parents, to be released on Amazon Freevee.[11]

Awards and nominations
Year Organization Award Result
2022 Streamy Awards Writing Nominated[12]

Notes
  1. Views, broken down by channel:
    629 million (Daniel Thrasher)
    63 million (Daniel Thrasher Plus)

References
  1. "@danielthrasher". YouTube. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. Thrasher, Daniel (November 30, 2011). NEW CAR SMELL!. YouTube. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  3. Brown, Abram (April 22, 2022). "Rhett And Link's Investment Fund Takes New Stake In Musical-Comedy YouTuber Daniel Thrasher". Forbes. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  4. Thrasher, Daniel (November 13, 2012). How I Accidentally Wrote "The Office" Theme Song. YouTube. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  5. Kim, Victoria; Kirschbaum, Erik (October 11, 2021). "For these young people in privileged parts of the world, the pandemic was an opportunity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  6. Gutelle, Sam (April 22, 2022). "Rhett and Link are investing in creators who "have the ability to scale." Their latest target is musician Daniel Thrasher". Tubefilter. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  7. Mullin, Benjamin (December 4, 2022). "YouTube Stars Rhett and Link Think This Is Their Moment". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  8. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  9. Daniel Thrasher Live, retrieved January 21, 2023
  10. Cohen, David. "YouTube Returns as Title Sponsor of VidCon Anaheim 2023". Adweek. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  11. Bennett, Steve. "EXCLUSIVE: Who's in the US remake of Friday Night Dinner : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  12. Chan, J. Clara (October 27, 2022). "2022 YouTube Streamy Awards: MrBeast Leads Nominations for Second Year". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
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