Dude Perfect

          

Dude Perfect is an American YouTube channel run by Garrett Hilbert (born: May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13) [age 33]), Coby and Cory Cotton (born: July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17) [age 32]), Cody Jones (born: October 9, 1987 (1987-10-09) [age 32]), and Tyler Nathan "Ty" Toney (born: March 24, 1989 (1989-03-24) [age 31]) who specialized in "trick shot" videos. However, since 2017, they had challenge athletic competitions between the members as the main channel topic.

The channel is so popular that it is the 2nd most subscribed on YouTube Sports category. Overall, Dude Perfect ranks as the 12th most subscribed channel on YouTube with over 50 million subscribers. In addition, their channel is the most subscribed from the United States that is not a company or a toy channel.

The Start

Dude Perfect started off doing "trick shot" videos, which compiled of the boys making shots using sport equipment and often now random household items into places that seem impossible (or requires significant skill to achieve) and instantly got acclaimed fame, since they were one of the first times trick shot videos and channels had ever been established on YouTube.

Their early videos were pretty simple and did not have a lot of budget spent on them. They put their high school basketball skills and friendship together on display, dating way back to their College times, and have since bonded much more along with improving their skills in the world of trick shot showings.

Popularity

Dude Perfect's rise of fame was in 2013-2014, when trick shots were everywhere on YouTube. Dude Perfect, already having a following, got the most popularity on YouTube in the community. They appeared in a lot of commercials on a lot of events, got mentioned all around the world through writing or video platforms, had famous celebrities (mostly sports stars) endorsing them or featured in their videos, and even got their own television series, "The Dude Perfect Show", which aired their first season on CMT and currently airing it's second on Nickelodeon (since 2009, many YouTubers have appeared on the children oriented networks, Nick and Disney, such as the Paul brothers, with Fred being the first), as a result gaining almost ten million subscribers in a span of one year.

Their popularity continues to grow as many admire they love and skills of competitions and trick shots along with their expression of family friendly entertainment, as well as their appearances on Guinness World Record books which they have been on several times so far. They are the most subscribed YouTube channel in the USA that is owned by a small group of people.

Birthdays

• Garrett Hilbert - May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13) [age 33]
• Cory & Coby Cotton - July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17) [age 32]
• Cody Jones - October 9, 1987 (1987-10-09) [age 32]
• Tyler "Ty" Toney - March 24, 1989 (1989-03-24) [age 31]

Channel Series (contents)

Aside regular videos which consists of just trick shots, these are the special videos on the channel.

Stereotypes

The Stereotypes series is where the dudes act out the stereotypes of different subjects. The "Rage Monster" stereotype appears in every Stereotypes video and is portrayed by Tyler. The Rage Monster usually screams and destroys objects, and mainly rages at Cody.

Battles 

They also do a battle series where all five of them compete for the win. The videos usually consist of Nerf battle and the such. Coby won his first battle in "Giant Sumo Battle".

* Indicates guest competitor (Paper Airplane Battle: Luke Conard), (Drone Racing Battle: Liam Hemsworth)

Overtime

Overtime is a series where the dudes have a bunch of segments, which includes Wheel Unfortunate, Cool not Cool, Betcha, Absurd Recurds, Mail Time, Game Time, Taste Test, and Bloops.

Games With Consequences

Face-Off

Face-Off videos are featured on the Whistle Sports Network YouTube channel. In these Face-Off videos, the Dude Perfect members draw two people to Face-Off in a contest and a sideline announcer to commentate. The commentator is usually portrayed in a comedic sense, with an outlandish outfit and personality. Tyler is most often chosen to play this role, having been selected 10 times. At first, the winner received a replica WWE Championship belt, referred to on-air as the "WWC (Winner Winner Championship Dinner) Belt", but eventually a customized Dude Perfect Face-Off Championship belt was created, first debuting in the Office Golf Face-Off. However, the WWC is still occasionally presented along with the customized belt.

Coby is the most successful member of the group in regards to Face-Offs; he has competed in 8 Face-Offs and won 7 of them. By contrast, Cory is the least successful, being winless in his 8 Face-Offs.

Dude Perfect Customs

Aside their video content and style, here is a list of things affiliated with Dude Perfect:

• Dude Perfect has a Panda (a person dressed in a Panda costume) who taunts people from the opposing team in Dude Perfect's various contests, meaning the Panda appears on Dude Perfect's videos often. Sometimes he takes part in the competitions and wins them even. The Panda is quite famous due to being a mascot at the Texas A&M University (the college Dude Perfect went to) and being apart of Dude Perfect.

Trivia

• The channel's url name says "corycotton" who is one of the group's members, meaning the channel was originally Cory's before passing it on to his friends under collaboration.
• It's a running joke on the channel that Coby isn't good at battles, having only won two. This is mentioned in the video "DPHQ2 Trick Shots," when Coby has a completely empty shelf in his office, and he says that it's for his "future battle trophies."
• Each of the members have a nickname that their often referred to as in videos, most notably in the Overtime theme song. Cody is the "Tall guy," Tyler is the "Bearded guy," Coby is "Twin #1," Cory is "Twin #2," and Garrett is the "Purple hoser."

Subscriber Milestones

Note the following dates are according to SocialBlade.com the dates may vary by about 1 day, and if you live outside of North America the dates may vary by up to 2 days due to the Time Zone Difference.

Video View Milestones

• 1 billion views: October 16, 2015
• 2 billion views: August 7, 2016
• 3 billion views: May 8, 2017
• 4 billion views: October 26, 2017
• 5 billion views: April 13, 2018
• 6 billion views: August 25, 2018
• 7 billion views: January 15, 2019
• 8 billion views: June 2, 2019
• 9 billion views: October 9, 2019
• 10 billion views: February 20, 2020

This page was created on April 22, 2017, by HanselElGato.