Shane

Shane Dawson (July 19, 1988) is a YouTube comedian and actor. Dawson is known for making comedy videos featuring recurring characters, impersonations and spoofs of popular music videos [1]. His YouTube channel is the third most subscribed channel of all time [2], with over 1.5 million subscribers.[3] Dawson has since expanded his presence on YouTube by adding a second sketch comedy channel.[4]

Dawson's career began when he and several friends would turn in videos instead of homework in high school. Eventually, teachers would trade tapes with the students, and ask for personal copies of what was filmed. Dawson's first videos on Youtube were old assignments that he turned in during high school.[5]

In 2010, Forbes magazine named him their 25th most famous web celebrities [1] and he was featured on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Show! Attack of the Show!][6].

Channels on YouTube
Shane posts new videos on his [7] main channel every Saturday and VLogs on his second channel, ShaneDawsonTV2, throughout the week. He often has a topic of the day, which is supported by skits that involve him and his characters. Shane also makes spoofs of popular media from time to time, such as Lady Gaga's Bad Romance(Bad Bromance) and Telephone, Kanye West's Stronger and multiple movies and TV shows, such as Degrassi: The Next Generation, and Dawson's Creek. He has another YouTube channel, Shane, where he posts unedited videos directly from his iPhone. This channel was created as a place to post much more personal videos and messages about his life. These videos are much shorter and unedited. Shane has over 1.5 million subscribers on his main channel, 1 million subscribers on his second channel and almost 200,000 on his third channel. He has admitted that he previously thought of suicide after he lost his job at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Craig_Inc. Jenny Craig] because of a video[8](this was hinted through his use of the phrase "Schmemmy Shmaig" as a way to identify his employers[9]), but Youtube "basically kept [him] alive" through his posting of videos every week.[8] Shane Dawson is currently the 3rd most subscribed person on YouTube behind Fred Figglehorn and nigahiga.