Daniel Howell Explained

Daniel Howell
Birth Name:Daniel James Howell
Birth Date:11 June 1991
Birth Place:Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Occupation:YouTube personality
Years Active:2009–present
Channel Name:danisnotonfire
Channel Display Name:Daniel Howell
Subscribers:6.09 million
Views:696 million
Associated Acts:Phil Lester
Silver Year:2011
Gold Year:2013
Stats Update:28 June 2024

Daniel James Howell (born 11 June 1991)[1] is an English YouTuber, presenter, comedian and author. He gained prominence through his YouTube channels Daniel Howell (formerly known as danisnotonfire), which reached over six million subscribers, and DanAndPhilGAMES. Together with frequent collaborator Phil Lester, Howell presented the Sunday night entertainment show Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 from January 2013 until August 2014, and the station's Internet Takeover slot from September 2014 until April 2016.

Early life

Howell grew up in Winnersh, Berkshire.[2] He has a younger brother, Adrian, who started a YouTube channel of his own in 2018 and works as a photographer and lifestyle coach.[3]

He was initially raised Protestant by his grandmother, but stopped going to church to make time for Wokingham Youth Theatre on Sundays.[4] He worked for the retail chain Focus DIY at the age of 16 and later at the supermarket Asda.[5] After graduating from The Forest School in 2009, Howell took a gap year, during which he started posting videos to his channel as a hobby.[6] He then went to the University of Manchester in 2010 to study law, but dropped out in 2011 because of a lack of interest in the subject, instead going on to pursue radio presenting and video blogging as a full-time profession.[7]

Career

YouTube

Howell uploaded his first YouTube video titled "HELLO INTERNET" on 16 October 2009.[8] He was encouraged by "some friends" including Phil Lester to continually upload videos to the site.

He also has a second channel, danisnotinteresting, which has over 1.7 million subscribers and 72 million views, as of September 2020. He has broadcast weekly hour-long live shows on this channel, as well as on YouNow.

Howell and Lester collaborated on a YouTube channel for My Damn Channel, entitled The Super Amazing Project, in which they investigated paranormal events.[9] In October 2014, it was announced that as of that month, the duo would not carry on working on the project, to concentrate on their Radio 1 show.[10] [11]

In 2012, he won the YouTube competition "SuperNote" run by Rhett and Link.[12] He also featured in the weekly video series, Becoming YouTube by Benjamin Cook, which looked at the different aspects to becoming an internet celebrity.[13] He also wrote a blog for The Huffington Post about the creative process behind making his videos.[14]

On 1 May 2017, Howell posted a video on his channel stating that he had changed the name of his YouTube channel from danisnotonfire to Daniel Howell, after stating issues arising from the danisnotonfire name.[15]

From 2019 to 2022, Howell took a hiatus from his YouTube channel, making only a handful of public appearances, such as announcing he had bought a home with Lester in January 2021,[16] while he attempted to get some projects off the ground behind the scenes. He explained the experience in a May 2022 YouTube video titled "Why I Left YouTube".[17] Alongside his subsequent solo tour We're All Doomed!, Howell began uploading a YouTube series called Dystopia Daily.[18]

DanAndPhilGAMES

On 12 September 2014, Howell and Lester posted the first video on their new gaming YouTube channel, DanAndPhilGAMES. It was, for a time, officially the fastest growing channel on YouTube.[19] As of December 2023, it had amassed 2.8 million subscribers.[20]

Popular recurring and annual series on this channel include their Sims 4 series, Spooky Week, and Gamingmas.[21] [22] The channel went on hiatus from December 2018 to October 2023.

The 2023 revival of DanAndPhilGAMES was introduced with a comedy sketch written by Howell, "Saying Goodbye Forever," which depicted an interrupted funeral for the channel. They were among several early YouTubers to return that year.[23]

DanAndPhilCRAFTS

On 1 April 2015, Howell and Lester launched a spin-off channel DanAndPhilCRAFTS as an April Fools joke. It featured a single video of them creating square snowflakes out of paper, with an amateur editing style and humour throughout. It reached over 154,000 subscribers and 500,000 total video views in one week.[24] "Don't cry, craft" became a popular Internet meme from that video, described by the Standard-Examiner as "one of the best known YouTube phrases of all time".[25] The channel was awarded the YouTube Silver Play Button at Summer in the City 2015.[26] [27]

On 1 April 2016, Howell and Lester made a second video for that channel in which they did another joke tutorial, this time on making glitter faces.[28] On 1 April 2017, a third video to end the original trilogy titled "Potato Prints" was uploaded.[29] On 1 April 2024, the channel returned with the video titled 'Slime', which emphasised the horror aspects present in the previous videos.[30]

Radio

See main article: Dan and Phil (radio show).

See main article: The Internet Takeover. In January 2013, Howell and Lester became the presenters of BBC Radio 1's Sunday evening entertainment and request show.[31] They had occasionally worked with the station before, producing videos for the station's YouTube channel for Edinburgh Festival Fringe and presenting two Christmas broadcasts. The show was designed to be interactive with the audience, featuring amateur music videos from listeners, challenges performed on air by the presenters, and song requests.[32] Four months after starting the show, it won the Sony Golden Headphones award.[33]

Howell and Lester presented at the Teen Awards in 2013 and 2014, as part of the BBC online coverage and their Radio 1 show.[34]

In August 2014, it was announced that the last Dan and Phil show would be broadcast on 24 August, with the duo moving to a different show on Monday nights, featuring other popular video bloggers.[35] This new show was titled The Internet Takeover, and featured Howell along with Lester live on the first Monday of every month, before coming to an end in April 2016.[36]

Television and film

In 2013 Lester and Howell appeared on Friday Download, a BAFTA award-winning CBBC TV show.[37]

From 2014 to 2016, Howell and Lester hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making backstage videos for their channel.[38]

In 2015, Howell, along with Lester, had voice cameo appearances in the UK cinema release of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 as Technician 1 & 2.[39] However, this version is not in the UK home release. That same year, the duo also guest-starred in fellow YouTuber PJ Liguori's web series Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, voicing anthropomorphic food items Brie and Rash.[40]

On 2 February 2016, Howell's BBC Three eSports documentary The Supergamers aired.[41]

In December 2016, Howell and Lester voiced two gorilla princes named Majinuni and Hafifu respectively, in the episode "The Lost Gorillas" in Disney Junior's The Lion Guard.[42]

In June 2023, Howell presented a documentary titled The Cost of Being a YouTuber: UNTOLD for Channel 4, in which he interviewed creators such as Dan Rhodes and Vikkstar.[43]

Books and tours

The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire and The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire

See main article: The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire. On 26 March 2015, Lester and Howell announced via a trailer on Howell's channel that they had co-written a book titled The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire (TABINOF).[44] It was released in the UK on 8 October 2015 and worldwide on 15 October 2015, published by Ebury Press and Random House Children's Books.[45] The book topped the General Hardbacks Sunday Times Bestsellers list having sold 26,745 copies in the UK in the first week of its release.[46] It also became a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller in the young adult hardcover list.[47]

In the same trailer the pair announced their theatrical stage show The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire (TATINOF) which travelled around the UK during October and November 2015, ending with a show at the London Palladium.[48] During the tour, they sung original song "The Internet Is Here", which they later released as a charity single for Stand Up To Cancer, earning them a gold record disc for the sales of the song.[49]

In 2016, they took the tour to the US and Toronto, starting with a show in Orlando, Florida on 22 April and ended on 24 June with a show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.[50] It was the largest tour ever achieved by YouTube creators. They later toured Australia in August 2016, starting in Perth and ending in Brisbane,[51] and finished the tour with a European leg, performing in Sweden, and in Berlin and Dublin.[52] [53]

YouTube Red Originals and Dan and Phil Go Outside

In October 2016, The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire was released as a YouTube Red Original film by the same name along with a documentary, Dan and Phil's Story of TATINOF.[54] [55] They were the first British YouTube creators to release content on the YouTube Red platform.

Alongside these films, they released a photo book, Dan and Phil Go Outside, in November 2016, which includes a personal collection of candid photos and insightful stories from the tour.[56] The book became a No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

Interactive Introverts

See main article: Interactive Introverts. In November 2017, Lester and Howell announced their second tour, Interactive Introverts, a world tour that would take place in 2018.[57] The tour ran from April, starting in Brighton, to September, ending in Mumbai, and included 80 shows in 18 countries, including but not limited to Poland, the Philippines, Russia, New Zealand, Finland, and the Netherlands,[58] making it one of the biggest YouTuber tours of all time.[59]

Lester and Howell partnered with BBC Studios' TalentWorks to release a movie of Interactive Introverts with bonus features, such as behind the scenes content and director's commentary, on DVD, Blu-ray, and available for digital download in December 2018.[60] [58]

You Will Get Through This Night

In September 2020, Howell announced his first publication without Lester, You Will Get Through This Night.[61] Written in conjunction with psychologist Dr Heather Bolton, the book is "A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after." The book was released 18 May 2021 under the HQ and Dey Street Books imprints of HarperCollins. It became a No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

We're All Doomed!

Upon his return to YouTube in May 2022, Howell announced he would embark on his first solo tour titled We're All Doomed!, beginning on 10 September 2022 at the Regent Theatre, Ipswich and wrapping up at Belfast's Waterfront Hall on 3 March 2023, traveling around the UK, Europe, US, Australia and New Zealand in between.[62] In January 2024, Howell announced two final show dates for the tour would take place in February 2024, at Alexandra Palace Theatre to record the film version of the show.[63] [64] A ticketed live premiere of the recording was streamed via Kiswe on 15 February 2024, with a pre-show orange carpet event hosted by Lester and an after-show Q&A session with Howell.[65] [66]

Terrible Influence

In June 2024, Howell and Lester announced their third tour,Terrible Influence: The Tour, which will begin on 4 September 2024 at Stadsschouwburg Antwerp[67], in Antwerp, Belgium, and with remaining show dates in Europe and North America set for the autumn of 2024, in Australia and New Zealand in December, and in the UK, the Netherlands, and Iceland in early 2025. The tour has been advertised as a celebration of a renaissance of their community and their joint content, a chance to "take back what the internet took from them," as well as a chance for fans to heal their inner child.[68]

Other

IRL Merch

In 2014, Lester's brother, Martyn, and Howell co-founded IRL Digital, Ltd., a company that creates and sells the merchandise of various other media personalities.[69]

Games

In August 2015, Howell and Lester created an app, The 7 Second Challenge, based on a YouTube challenge started by Lester in a 2014 video on his main channel.[70] The app was discontinued in 2019. In October 2017, the duo released a party board game via Big Potato, Truth Bombs, also the brainchild of Lester.[71]

Personal life

Howell and Phil Lester met on the Internet in 2009 and in person that October.[72] They have lived together since August 2011,[73] first in Manchester before moving to London in July 2012.[74] [75] In 2019, Howell revealed that the two have been romantically involved but refrained from discussing their current relationship, stating "I'm somebody that wants to keep the details of my personal life private. So is Phil."[76]

In October 2017, Howell posted a video, "Daniel and Depression", in which he revealed that he had suffered from clinical depression.[77] He also spoke of his journey to recovery, which involved taking antidepressants, seeing a therapist, and focusing on "basic self-care".[78] [79] Howell uploaded the video one day after World Mental Health Day, in which he and Lester supported #HelloYellow,[80] [81] [82] a mental health campaign by UK-based YoungMinds, prompting the organisation to name Howell their newest ambassador.[83] That same year, Howell supported and became involved in Stop, Speak, Support, an anti-cyberbullying campaign launched by Prince William.[84] [85]

Following a hiatus from YouTube, in June 2019 Howell came out as queer and gay in a video uploaded on his channel; he also said that he does not "feel the need to use labels." He discussed external and internalised homophobia he dealt with over the course of his life, particularly in school, to the point of a suicide attempt when he was a teenager. He came out to his family earlier that month over email.[86] [87]

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

YearShowAwardNomineeResultRef.
2013Shorty AwardsBest YouTube StarDan Howell[88]
2013Sony AwardsGolden Headphones AwardDan and Phil on BBC Radio 1[89]
2014Teen Choice AwardsWeb CollaborationThe Photo Booth Challenge[90]
Lovie AwardsInternet Video Person of the YearDan Howell[91]
2016Shorty AwardsBest YouTube EnsembleDan and Phil[92]
Summer in the City AwardsYouTuber Book of the Year(with Phil Lester) The Amazing Book is Not on Fire[93]
British Online Creator AwardsFilm of the Year(with Phil Lester) The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire - Official Movie[94]
(With Phil Lester) Dan & Phil's Story of TATINOF[95]
Collaboration of the Year(with Phil Lester) Phil is not on fire 7
(with Louise Pentland) Our Awkward Fancy Meal[96]
Series of the YearInternet Support Group[97]
Best Use of Tech in a VideoThe Dan and Phil 3D AUDIO EXPERIENCE[98]
Creator of the YearDan Howell[99]
2017Summer in the City AwardsCreator Book of the Year(with Phil Lester) Dan and Phil Go Outside[100]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Howell, Daniel. You Will Get Through This Night. Dey Street Books. 18 May 2021.
  3. Daniel Howell's Brother Adrian Now Has A YouTube Channel. We the Unicorns. Mia. Collins. 29 August 2018. 8 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Practical Mental Health with Daniel Howell. Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being. Matthias. Roberts. 1 June 2021. 12 June 2024.
  5. Dan Howell. 29 February 2012. How I got fired. YouTube. 7 July 2015. video. https://web.archive.org/web/20150502163432/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRdhOieTTe4. 2 May 2015. live. dmy-all.
  6. Book: The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire. Lester, Phil. Howell, Dan. Phil Lester. 13 October 2015. Random House Children's Books. 9781101939840. 25 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006133901/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jKJlrgEACAAJ. 6 October 2015. live.
  7. Web site: Howell. Daniel. Draw My Life - Dan Howell. 29 April 2013 . YouTube. 29 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130731120621/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypDWE-3kdgA. 31 July 2013. live.
  8. It's Been 8 Years Since Dan Howell's 'Hello Internet' And These Are His Most Iconic Moments. We the Unicorns. Benedict. Townsend. 16 October 2017. 11 August 2019.
  9. Web site: The Super Amazing Project . 26 September 2011 . The Super Amazing Project . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130131232126/http://www.youtube.com/superamazingproject . 31 January 2013 . 27 February 2013 . YouTube .
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  26. Tashiie12. Dan and Phil receiving 100k plaque. 17 August 2015. video. Taken at Summer in the City 2015.
  27. Howell, Dan (danisnotonfire). "well done guys it was just an april fools' joke but DanAndPhilCRAFTS now has 100,000 subscribers so @YouTube have to give it a silver plaque". 2 April 2015, 15:20 UTC. Tweet
  28. DanAndPhilCRAFTS - Glitter Faces. 1 April 2016. DanAndPhilCRAFTS. 3 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160718065804/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4x47-1ZAjw. 18 July 2016. live.
  29. DanAndPhilCRAFTS - Potato Prints. 1 April 2017. DanAndPhilCRAFTS. 18 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170508062108/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaXLJdqNXdY. 8 May 2017. live.
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  34. Web site: BBC Radio 1 - Dan and Phil - Dan and Phil at the Teen Awards!. BBC. 8 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022003230/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01kvhd5. 22 October 2014. live.
  35. Web site: Cooper. Ben. New youth presenters for Radio 1. BBC. 30 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140825025717/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/r1-youth-presenters. 25 August 2014. live.
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  38. Web site: Dan & Phil at the BRITs BRIT Awards 2014. BRIT Awards. 8 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228090540/http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Kro0grO1E1YiuHUVROPPQUqAKvVPUfy. 28 February 2014. live.
  39. Web site: Dan and Phil to appear in Big Hero 6. Sutton. Chris. 6 January 2015. 27 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143831/http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/01/06/dan-and-phil-to-appear-in-big-hero-6/. 2 April 2015. live.
  40. Web site: New Oscar's Hotel Characters Announced at Summer In The City 2015 . TenEighty Magazine . 16 August 2015 . 10 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151210221451/http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/16/new-oscars-hotel-characters-announced-at-summer-in-the-city-2015/ . 10 December 2015 . live .
  41. Web site: The Supergamers - BBC Three. BBC. 2 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160129150927/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zw0dx. 29 January 2016. live. dmy-all.
  42. Web site: Dan and Phil to Feature in Disney's The Lion Guard. Conor. Riley. TenEighty. 1 December 2016. 8 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908155239/http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/12/01/dan-and-phil-to-feature-in-disneys-the-lion-guard/. 8 September 2017. live.
  43. Web site: The Cost of Being a YouTuber: UNTOLD. Channel 4. 12 June 2023. 12 February 2024.
  44. Dan & Phil Announce Book and Tour. TenEighty. Ant. Lightfoot. 27 March 2015. 9 June 2016.
  45. Book: The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire. Lester, Phil. Howell, Dan. 13 October 2015. Random House Children's Books. 9781101939840. 25 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006133901/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jKJlrgEACAAJ. 6 October 2015. live.
  46. Web site: The Amazing Book is Not on Fire - YouTuber authors Dan and Phil top bestseller chart. Evening Standard. Rehema. Figueiredo. 16 October 2015. 9 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180109235618/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-amazing-book-is-not-on-fire-youtuber-authors-dan-and-phil-top-bestseller-chart-a3092046.html. 9 January 2018. live.
  47. News: Best Sellers - The New York Times. The New York Times. 4 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151029060745/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-11-01/young-adult-hardcover/list.html. 29 October 2015. live.
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  72. Dan And Phil Met 7 Years Ago Today So We're Emotionally Distressed RN. We the Unicorns. Charleyy. Hodson. 19 October 2016. 25 June 2019.
  73. Dan Howell. 11 August 2011. HOT BOYS on Teen Cribz. YouTube. 19 June 2016. video. https://web.archive.org/web/20160504194000/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOOjzSv-ZMM. 4 May 2016. live. dmy-all.
  74. News: The Next Big Thing? Interview: Dan Howell (danisnotonfire). Perry. Alex. The Huffington Post UK. 23 January 2013. 14 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121130095157/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alex-perry/dan-howell-interview_b_2169948.html. 30 November 2012. live.
  75. Web site: Lester. Phil. @hi_jimmy we move next week! Yes we should :D you can teach me what an oyster card is. Twitter. Phil Lester. 8 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308194632/https://twitter.com/AmazingPhil/status/225953399613554688. 8 March 2016. live.
  76. Daniel Howell opens up about his relationship with 'soul mate' Phil Lester. WeTheUnicorns. 13 June 2019. 26 June 2019.
  77. Web site: Daniel Howell Raises Over £28K for Young Minds. Hall. Pagen. 13 January 2019. Teneighty. en-GB. 9 April 2020.
  78. Daniel Howell. 11 October 2017. Daniel and Depression. YouTube. 16 October 2017. video. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012053718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp2TUPo5W0c. 12 October 2017. live.
  79. Web site: Daniel Howell posts YouTube vlog revealing struggles with depression. BBC Newsbeat. 12 October 2017. 16 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015105223/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41596557/daniel-howell-posts-youtube-vlog-revealing-struggles-with-depression. 15 October 2017. live.
  80. Daniel Howell (@danielhowell). https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BaFG_C7H-RH . 24 December 2021 . limited. 10 October 2017. Daniel Howell. 19 October 2017. photo. Instagram.
  81. @amazingphil. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BaFUQ4LBBfJ . 24 December 2021 . limited. 10 October 2017. Phil Lester. 19 October 2017. photo. Instagram.
  82. Daniel Howell and Phil Lester. 10 October 2017. World Mental Health Day - Sunshine Danny and Phil in a Cheese Onesie. YouTube. 19 October 2017. video. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911141252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImiQ9Qz3s-c. 11 September 2017. live.
  83. Daniel Howell. 2017. Introducing our New Ambassador Daniel Howell. YoungMinds. 19 October 2017. article. https://web.archive.org/web/20171020034021/https://youngminds.org.uk/get-involved/our-ambassadors/daniel-howell/. 20 October 2017. live.
  84. Duke of Cambridge Launches Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign at YouTube Space. TenEighty. Nafisah. 18 November 2017. 25 June 2019.
  85. Dan Howell Just Hung Out With Prince William And People Are Freaking Out Over The Photos. We the Unicorns. Josh. Lee. 18 February 2018. 25 June 2019.
  86. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Basically I'm Gay . 13 June 2019 . YouTube.
  87. Spangler . Todd . YouTube Star Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay: 'It Gets So Much Better' . Variety . 14 June 2019 . en . 14 June 2019.
  88. Web site: Dan Howell was nominated for a Shorty Award!. 5th Shorty Awards. 26 June 2019. 26 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626090348/https://5th.shortyawards.com/danisnotonfire. dead.
  89. Web site: Dan and Phil win a Sony Radio Academy Award all suited up . Sugar Scape . 13 May 2013 . 9 October 2013 . Lucey, Kate . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927061824/http://www.sugarscape.com/main-topics/film-and-tv/867894/dan-and-phil-arrive-sony-radio-academy-awards-all-suited-pics . 27 September 2013 . dmy-all .
  90. Web site: Teen Choice Awards News. 7 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141007015712/http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/tcnews.aspx . 7 October 2014 .
  91. Web site: LOVIE INTERNET VIDEO PERSON OF THE YEAR. Lovie. 7 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029051959/http://winners.lovieawards.eu/#!sa=558. 29 October 2013. live.
  92. Shorty Awards: The Complete Winners List. The Hollywood Reporter. Ashley. Lee. 11 April 2016. 26 June 2019.
  93. Summer in the City Awards 2016 Round-Up. TenEighty. Erin. Sutton. 14 August 2016. 26 June 2019.
  94. Congratulations to @danisnotonfire and @AmazingPhil on their incredible #BONCAS success!. 801175695120441344. BONCASawards. 22 November 2016. 22 November 2016.
  95. AND THE JURY NOMINEES FOR FILM OF THE YEAR ARE IN! @KSIOlajidebt @Caspar_Lee @danisnotonfire @AmazingPhil @bertieglbrt @midnightbeastuk. 792418253113098240. BONCASawards. 29 October 2016. 22 November 2016.
  96. And here are the nominations for Collaboration of the Year! #BONCAS. 799656909498417152. BONCASawards. 18 November 2016. 22 November 2016.
  97. Next up we have nominees for SERIES OF THE YEAR @JackHoward @DeanDobbs @kickthepj @adrianbliss @danisnotonfire @OliWhiteTV. 792426256084197377. BONCASawards. 29 October 2016. 22 November 2016.
  98. And the BEST USE OF TECH IN A VIDEO nominees are in! @MrBenBrown @thetomska @danisnotonfire @funforlouis. 792430472320192512. BONCASawards. 29 October 2016. 22 November 2016.
  99. We are very excited to announce the nominations for Creator of the Year! #BONCAS. 799655037181960193. BONCASawards. 18 November 2016. 22 November 2016.
  100. Summer in the City Awards 2017 Round-Up. TenEighty. Louise. Griffin. 7 August 2017. 26 June 2019.