Ray William Johnson

Also known as Raymond William Johnson, Rey Johnson

American YouTuber (born 1981)

Film & TV

Acting · 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

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Discography

Antisocial2018

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 4,993
Total plays: 52,130

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,665x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,963x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,032x
DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,695x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x

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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

Official website: www.raywj.com
Image: Ray William Johnson.png

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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
Commons category: Ray William Johnson
number of viewers/listeners: 14557437396

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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.