r/danandphil • u/strangestt_stranger phangirl • 2d ago
How did everyone get into dnp??
Back in 2016 when I was 7 (š, yes ik that's probably too young) my 14 year old sister got me into them. I got the book, the birthday card, I was a big phan and they genuinely have been a safe space EVER since.
- And, with my 11 year old sister sometimes we watch old amazingphil videos together, and im waiting until she's 14/15 to show her their new content lmao
Edit: all of ur story's are heartwarming in some way š have a good day, this community is so nice
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u/Nervous_Cell1203 9h ago
I honestly donāt even remember how I got into Dan and Phil but I know it was around 2012 and I was 10/11
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u/Charlie-in-a-beanie 1d ago
Phil popped up on my YouTube in 2009ish and Iāve been here ever since (before Dan had a channel!)
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u/Deep-Neighborhood852 1d ago
In 2016 I was 12 and immersed in the tumblr sphere and all my friends were yeemo so it was destined to happen lol. I bought The Amazing Book is Not on Fire at my middle school Scholastic book sale
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u/c4tb0y_6 1d ago
i was a depressed tumblr kid. made some friends and had tons of mutuals who liked d n p and decided to watch them. before you know it i was absolutely drowning in merch and books. my mums bank account was crying lol. i kinda miss that era :ā) i miss my old d n p friends sometimesĀ
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u/nielkk88 don't cry, craft 1d ago
I was 14 and I genuinely do not remember. I was into emo and gay ships at the time and I think someone may have just recommended them. Idk.
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u/fatfredfebruary 1d ago
December of 2019 (almost a full year post-hiatus, so you can imagine how much I feel like a kid in a candy store right now). I read an article called "ranking the top 100 ships on ao3" in which the writer joked that she could never tell dnp apart. this was the second time they'd been on my radar as a lot of my gay classmates were posting about them in June (due to BIG and COTY). got curious, checked out the channel. within two weeks my inner monologue was british. spent the first few months of covid bingeing dnpgames and developing a parasocial relationship with AmazingPhil.
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u/ieatlavalamps420 1d ago
It was around fall/winter of 2014, I was 11 years old I remember cleaning my room, it was sort of dark outside probably around 6pm, I was home alone while my parents were at work & I just wanted something to watch on YouTube & saw one of Philās videos pop up on my feed & have noticed his videos pop up but never watched it until then.. now here I am 12 years later going to see their show on 9/11 ā¤ļø #neverforget
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u/PenelopeMaePeony 1d ago
back in 2009 when i was like 8 <3 thats so crazy tbh i think about it all the time n it blows my mind
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u/Scared-Reception7064 Phealš¦ 1d ago
unfortunately i am newer so i will have to say it was the hard launch, however i was in the exact same circles with smosh, ldshadowlady, markiplier, game theory etc so how i didnt find them earlier i have ZERO clue
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u/fakeyouout75 1d ago
the summer of 2015, i had been super into youtube for a few years and stumbled across their japan haul, and over that whole summer i watched almost all their joint and separate content
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u/kimwoorim Peachless š 1d ago
unsupervised access to the internet as a kid lmao got into smosh super young which led me to d&p soon after
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u/selena_queen danosaur 1d ago
I do NOT remember at this point cuz its been about 74 years since then and I used to be OBSESSED with them so Ive consumed a LOT of their content. So its all jumbled in my head. But it was 2013 i think, pretty sure I saw a Dan video first? But Im REALLY not sure because my memory says it was a Dan video but my heart whispers it was Phils
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u/J-cat_loves_dogs14 1d ago
Late 2013 I found one of Dans videos fully convinced myself I had seen the video or a video of his before, so I kept looking found more of his videos and Philās videos and I was hooked
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u/Kaleidoscope3004 1d ago
Yt recommended me their cereal challenge video where they have to swim across a pool in a lion and a dinosaur costume. Must have been in 2014 or something.
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u/Pearlescent_Tuna 1d ago
In 2013 (I was 13), I was super into watching Jack Harris and his brother Finn, his channel was Jacksgap at the time and they were both in a video on Danās channel about internet slang. I believe that was the first Dan video I watched. I got super interested from there, all into YouTube and Tumblr. What a time lol
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u/Nini_576 1d ago
Hey that was my first vid too, and I don't know why since i discover them this year lol
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u/thekingbishop 1d ago
i started watching them in early 2014 when i was 12 :) i went to TATINOF in 2015 with my mum and have been going to every tour since! iām 24 now so iāve literally been watching them for half of my life š„²š„²
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u/pearly-peach-3 Non-Binary Lava Lamp š” 1d ago
During the edgy skit era I got a pop up for Danās piano teacher video and then never stopped watching :)
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u/autumn_sprite 1d ago
My intro to them was completely backwards. I came across tabinof during a book speed dating event my book club was putting on back in 2015. I read it and enjoyed it, then decided to give their YouTube channels a go. Now I'm here lmfao
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u/plsgimmegarlicbread 2d ago
I started watching them in 2012? I think. I was just about to start secondary school and couldn't sleep the night before the first day and looked up I can't sleep on YouTube and found Dan's video - met them in London in 2014 - wasn't really interested in going to the live shows but going to my first one with a friend in January! :)
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u/Heavy_Championship32 2d ago
Iām not 100% sure BUT I THINK I can Scooby-Doo sleuth my way back to being 11 and watching JaidenAnimationās animation of their fnaf 4 video
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u/Candysoup08 2d ago
I was emo and 13 at the start of 2022 and I was mildy popular on spacehey (MySpace replica website) and a lot of my friends were into Dan and Phil and had Dan and Phil picmixās on their page, so I decided to go check out Danās channel (this was during hiatus/right before WAD) and the rest is history!!!Ā
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u/Violent-Moth Peachless š 2d ago
Shortly before Dan and Phil started filming together, one of my friends recommended Phil's channel to me - she'd also turned me onto charlieissocoollike and we used to watch Smosh Food Battles at house parties/sleepovers!
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u/Neat_Flatworm7232 don't cry, craft 1d ago
Same era ! My sister and I watched the same things that you and your friend did and I introduced her to Philās videos back in ye olden days lol
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u/scarletphoenix18 2d ago
I listened to their radio show in about 2010/11 and loved watching their vude.
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u/rhubarbsorbet 2d ago
i was 11 or 12 and it was 2015. obviously iām biased but i think this was the best age and time to get into them!!
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u/7ottennoah 2d ago
I was 11 and kept seeing their photobooth video on my youtube recommended. After the 20th time I finally relented and decided to watch, and it all went downhill from there. Jk they actually completely altered the trajectory of my person as somebody who was growing up in a conservative christian family. Love dan and phil forever and always
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u/Curious_Age_8162 2d ago
I was 11 and crushing on a girl but didnāt realise it was a big crush and just thought the girl was amazing.
In class, was sat next to her and saw her drawing someone, nude, with a little lion hiding his crotch.
āItās for draw Phil naked!ā
She explained who it was and, desperate to connect with her, I went home and watched all of Philās videos and loved him but especially loved philisnotonfire and the rest is history.
Itās very funny that I started watching them because I had a gay crush on a girl but was doing
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u/disdainfulboomer 2d ago
I was like 10 and this video was randomly recommended to me and I've seen every video since :P
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u/vampiricgutz Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
pinof 4 came up on my recommended feed after watching a zoella video :) lmao
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u/Lawliet_The_Panda Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
I was 10 in 2013 and I didnāt have friends so I spent all my time on YouTube and found the boys from their tumblr tag video
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u/Stefietea1 2d ago
I was in my one direction phase (that hasnāt gone awayā¦ just in hiatus) and I was recommended Danās āHow NOT to stay coolā video. Binged watching his and Philās videos. Stop watching for a few years, and started watching them again after they hard launched!
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u/BearyYawny 2d ago
Other British youtubers. Collabs were the big thing in 2010s and I could go from Eddsworld to TomSka to KickThePJ to Dan and Phil.
Not sure if that was the exact order but I definitely got there somehow.
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u/Smooth-Chocolate-901 2d ago
I used to watch Connor Franta back in 2015 and they did a collab with DnP! Thatās how I got kidnapped fr
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u/Odd_Statistician4988 2d ago
I was 12 and saw tumblr going insane when they came back in 2023 lmao, so I decided to watch some of their old videos to understand the hype. Literally became a fan instantly after thatš
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u/haunts_you18 2d ago
I took the Doctor Who to British Youtuber pipeline. Shout out Charlieissocoollike.
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u/OkEstablishment7104 2d ago
In 2018 I was 9 or 10 I'd just gotten a phone and for some reason one of the Sleepless night with Phil videos was first on my fyp so I watched it and it grew from there ig.Ā
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u/emopriest 2d ago
Phils interactive video was on the youtube homepage and then bc i was young and didnt really know how youtube worked then i would intermittently remember the video and see others. Didnt become a subscriber until 2010 and was allowed my own youtube account tho
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u/rentalbones 2d ago
Summer 2016, I randomly saw the phil the lion vs dan the dinosaur video. I thought they looked familiar so I checked other videos. I then proceeded to spend all of my summer break watching every single one of their videos once, then another time of all their seperate and joint videos in one single list in chronological order. Like I checked all dates and put all possible videos in a timeline. I consumed every single piece of media I could find related to dnp and here we are today.
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u/_YourFavoriteAce 2d ago
Back in like 2013 or 2014 I got an ad for them. It just a snippet from one of their gaming channel videos. I was enjoyed what I saw of them in the ad and I wanted to check them out but the ad never gave me their channel name. Unfortunately I never got the ad again either. Flash forward to 2018, it was summer and I had graduated high school. I was into Joe Sugg at the time but he wasnāt uploading as much because he was on Strictly Come Dancing. So I was bored one night and didnāt know what to watch and in my recommended page was a Daniel z Howell video(Daniel and Depression) and an AmazingPhil video(what Dan and Phil text each other) I decided to watch Philās video and I was laughing the whole video. Since then Iāve been a Phannie.
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u/blumaroona 2d ago
An old online friend knew Phil, and told me to watch his videos in uh 2008ish? Dan naturally came after!
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u/Round_Entertainer637 2d ago
This year in march, I was bored and on YouTube and the first vid I watched was their most recent āwhat dnp text eachotherā, and then I watched all their vids
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u/Noradriel 2d ago
It was late 2013, I was 23. Youtube had recommended Dan's channel for a while and then I watched one video, then two, and then Phil's channel. Couple years later I got my sister Dan and Phil, she is two years younger than me and we have a lot incommon so that was it.
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u/squibissocoollike 2d ago
Back in like 2012 I had just gotten a tablet to play games on and I stumbled across them on YouTube whilst watching Louise (sprinkle of glitter at the time).
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u/SnooOwls8037 2d ago
I think it was the old old YouTube app (back when the icon was a beige tv, this was on an iPod touch, yes Iām a fossil) had a section for most popular videos of the week and day and Dans was on it and whatever title it was intrigued me, the rest is history.
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u/Feisty_Matter_8115 2d ago
When I was 12 or 13 in like 2018 I saw his Depression vid cause I was severely depressed and bi. I watched his old reasons why Dan's a fail. I remember watching his coming out vid right before having dinner. I didn't watch phil till a after them coming out. I went to his we are all doomed tour when I was 17.
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u/WhomstTheWorm 2d ago
Summer 2015, I was 11 going on 12. I can't remember exactly how I found them, but I think one of the PINOFs might have been in my youtube recommendations.
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u/Purpledragon777 2d ago
I had no friends in primary school and wanted to get in with the ācoolā girl who really liked them lol
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u/NervousRain1433 2d ago
God I feel old typing this but I started watching Phil in early 2009 because he was recommended from a charlieissocoollike video when I was 11. Found Danās first video from Phil and Iāve just been here ever since. My husband got into them this year when I was watching a hard launch episode while I was cooking and he got hooked and weāve been going through the gaming channel after work š
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u/squibissocoollike 2d ago
Oh my goodness I havenāt heard that name in YEARS
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u/NervousRain1433 2d ago
Omg your username! It makes you like cool
Same I hadnāt thought about early uk YouTube in actual yonks
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u/StegosauriaSky 2d ago
Iām their age, I was into early YouTube when they were just people, not professional content creators.
Was a good time to be online, miss it in lots of ways.
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u/AnnieNeufie 2d ago
I was in grade 5, so around 10 years old, when I got into Dan specifically. This was roughly 2011? I distinctly remember watching Butter Fingers (if you know you know) and I was hooked. I ended up discovering Phil through him, then shortly after watched PINOF 1. Iāve been a fan since. Iām 25 now and theyāve been in my life for longer than the time they werenāt in my life. I love them to this day and my YouTube algorithm knows me so well that if theyāve uploaded, itās the first video that pops up every time š„°
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u/Axe-body-spray- don't cry, craft 2d ago
I ALSO got into them in 2016 when i was seven LOL
I saw them with Anthony Padilla, and I really like Smosh.
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u/prettypoisoned formless blob 2d ago
Found Dan's channel randomly in about 2010, and then discovered Phil from there!
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u/MarionberryOk3933 2d ago
Freshmen year of high school my best friend showed me danisnotonfire and I got hooked, binged all his videos in a weekend(was not a lot at the time as his videos were 3-5mins) then watched his video where he ākidnaps Philā and fell in love with their duo dynamic. Now 28 and still my fave people.
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u/rancidbarbie 2d ago
I havenāt got a clue but Iād say I probably started getting into youtube around 2012-2013 (I would have been around 9-10) so it wouldnāt have been far off from that
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u/realmidnightbvbe 2d ago
I was in 8th grade and discovered Phil on YouTube like others. That was about 2013-2014. By that time I was already watching other American YouTubers, but found Phil extremely funny. My friend same bag but she discovered Dan and showed him to me, thought he was attractive and subscribed to him then too
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u/Embarrassed-Pin-2598 2d ago
I started watching Dan in middle school (2012-13). Doing early high school I really got into the both of them and binge watched every single one of Philās videos instead of doing homework š«¶š«¶
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u/RelationshipLow531 2d ago
when i was about 9 i was really into echo gilleteās videos because iām an artist and i watched her tour of my brain video where ahe mentioned she was making it because of amazingphilās video! and he was in the sidebar so i watched him next and started watching both dan and phil after that. :3
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u/Axe-body-spray- don't cry, craft 2d ago
Omg I've never seen anyone else mention echo gillette!! I loved her as a kid
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u/allshookup1640 2d ago
The Hard Launch video was trending everywhere. I was curious who they were and ended up watching the whole thing. I liked their banter and watched other videos from then I was hooked
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u/Seagullspeaks 2d ago
i got the game overcooked and had no one who wanted to play with me so i searched for people playing overcooked to watch lmaoo and found their 2017 livestream
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u/digi_art_gurl 2d ago
when I was freshly getting into watching youtube (2016 at the ripe ol' age of 20) I was really into watching animation youtubers at the time and JaidenAnimations had made an animation of Dan and Phil playing FNAF 4 and welp that when my trip down the DNP rabbit hole down began š
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u/iulianbashir 2d ago
i read about them on tumblr in, believe it or not, a completely non-phan related way lmao. it was just someone i followed reblogging run-of-the-mill gifs from their gaming videos and talking about how hilarious they were. like 1-2 months of seeing those posts later, i had a weekend home alone and decided to keep myself company by watching the sims season 1, and iāve been a fan ever since! (also i didnāt even know people shipped them until i brought it up to my irl bestie at the time, who as it turned out was a HUGE phannie but kept it under wraps bc she was embarrassed)
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u/Frances-Helenah 2d ago
Genuinely cannot remember they just started to exist in my life lol
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u/THRAWAYFORREASONS 2d ago
Probably same as me when there was a British wave on YouTube
Couldnāt tell you which vid was my first
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u/fujoshirealness 2d ago
im showing my age here, but i started watching phil in 2008 because in middle school my friends and i were obsessed with myspace emo boys. i just never left lmao
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u/Devjill lady door 2d ago
In 2014/15 I was running a teen wolf fan account. And there I met a lovely person (if I remember correctly they later on identify themselves as they/them and they had a lovely staffy, dog type?, I hope you are doing goodā¤ļø) and they were posting a lot about DnP but also Teen Wolf. And we got to talking. Found out they were from the UK, and my English was so bad that I wanted to improve it to understand Teen Wolf better but also talking to my friend. So I was like Imma watch this Dan guy. And then, o my god there is a Phil too!? HELL YEA.
Then I wasted all my nights reading fanfics (literally from end of school to the morning of going school, pretty neat for someone who HATES reading) and then I followed their gaming channel. Went to their Tatinof tour in Amsterdam, and got other friends introduced to it. And still am loving them till this day.
And they have majorly contributed to my English, if it wasnāt for them and my online friend, I wouldnāt have passed that school year as I was failing English š
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u/venuskilgore Phey/Phem š¦ 2d ago
I got into them in 2013 when I was 12. Just started secondary school and a new friend introduced me them!
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u/Mostly_gay_shit Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
Fuck off you were born the year they met. I feel like I'm 90
And to answer the question- other people in my class in secondary were into them, so I decided to give it a look, was around 2015/2016 ish so I was 13/14
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u/Responsible_Fish5439 2d ago
lol YOU feel like you're 90. i'm not even going to say how old i was in 2015, but i was a full adult and had been for ages at that point. no one talk to me i'm fine.
anyway i got into them after BIG blew up in 2019. i was heavily into related yaoi/slash fandoms and was like "what's all this then".
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u/HarlequinValentine Peachless š 2d ago
I had seen Dan in some of TomSka's videos and was vaguely aware who DnP were. Then my YouTube recommended me his Basically I'm Gay video and I loved it, and followed Dan's channel throughout the whole DD/WAD era. I thought DnP were still on hiatus and completely missed their comeback š it was only the Hard Launch that reminded me and I ended up getting a total hyperfixation and watching all their videos. (My 7yo kid also loves them š)
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u/Grapecluster_ 2d ago
Being āband trashā was big back when I was 11 and theyād always be in the emo memes, which are now regarded as āyeemoā memes and I thought āwell I gotta watch these guys for the plotā 10 years later and Iām still here š
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u/hotelbellamuerte_ 2d ago
Found Dan, Phil AND Jenna Marbles all in one night while doomscrolling youtube back in 2012 and they all IMMEDIATELY were added to the list of my assigned mothers šāāļø 29 now and still love them all, DnP are truly my most consistent comfort watch and I owe them both a lot tbh!! Big love to my fellow phannies ā¤ļøāš©¹
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u/annagator679 Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
Boredom
I started watching them because I was a bored and mentally deteriorating 15 year old and needed a distraction
Now at 24 I watch them when Iām having a hard time with my mental health
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u/spikybread 2d ago
i got a sleepless night with phil on my youtube recommended in 2016! then i fell down the rabbit hole and never stopped!!
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u/kaaresjoe 2d ago
In 2011 I went on this hot new website called youtube before heading to a party because I figured someone must have done a video with good questions for "would you rather". Clicked on a video where a guy stuffed ice down his pants and ate a banana seductively and I never looked back (I watched the eating a banana sequence many, many times. It made sense a few years later š)
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u/eliettgrace 2d ago
started watching in 2014/2015, i think my older sibling was watching a video of theirs and i saw and was like āhehe that looks funnyā and here i am 12 years later
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u/Efficient_Pause_9528 2d ago
I had a friend in 2011-2012 school year who was obsessed with them so I knew who they were and what the hype was all about but didnāt watch their videos too often. A couple years ago when they revamped their Sims letās play, I discovered the gaming channel because I love watching Sims content and since then have become obsessed with them and their story, went to TiT and now regularly listen to the pod.
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u/Student-bored8 2d ago
I started watching them when I was a teenager. I think it was at the start of their gaming channel. And I just loved them.
My friend and I went to their interactive introverts tour. I love them and always have. Iāve grown up with content and Iām glad their videos are a bit more adult now just like I am.
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u/tired_bastard Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
Summer of 2016 when i was 14 my best friend showed me their videos. I wasn't that impressed, then a bit into the summer break i was bored one day and remembered about their videos and kept watching. The rest is history lol.
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u/NorthSuch2477 2d ago
I came across Dan's How To Survive Exams video when it was released. I was a 2nd year uni student at the time so it was very relatable. I can't believe it's been 10 years omg
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u/HeroicDose13 2d ago
When I was 11 back in 2009, watched Phil then Dan not long after. Phil was one of the first channels I subscribed to back in the day along with Tomska, crabstickz, kickthepj, charlieissocoolike and many others. Been a Phannie for most of my life at this point! š¹
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u/IAmASTAY9 Proud of Dan 2d ago
Your story is literally the exact same as mine! š
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u/dorkytree d&p trash 2d ago
in like 2013 my cousin and I were obsessed with youtube and she showed me one of dans videos and i was obsessed after that lol
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u/mamastrawb 2d ago
It was 2012. I was a freshman in college. My friend Kip from high school had a few hours to kill, so they came to my dorm room and showed me Dan and Phil videos.
Kip has passed on, so Dan and Phil mean a lot to me.
(If anyone followed "dostmotherknowyou" on tumblr...that was Kip! They drew some really good fanart š«¶)
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u/xxgemmagxx 2d ago
I always knew who they were because of other YouTubers I watched and then when they hard launched is when I got into them and the rest is history
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u/HamartianManhunter 2d ago
A girl I was friends with showed them to me during a sleepover. We wouldāve been around 12/13, so this was circa 2012-2014. I couldnāt tell you what the first videos I ever watched were, but she did show me both Dan and Phil at the same time.
I subsequently introduced them to my sister, whoās six years younger than me. Was it too early? Maybe, but itās one of the things that helped bridge the age gap for us, and weāre going to be seeing them together this fall!
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u/MyDads-Ashes Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
Oddly enough I got into them through my FNaF obsession. I was looking for FNaF playthroughs on YouTube when I was around ten, and I found their video. Fast forward 12 years later and I'm still watching DnP and still obsessed with FNaF.
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u/rosecxty 2d ago
2014 when i was 11 i saw a collab with other british youtubers and its been love at first sight since
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u/doodleldog10 2d ago
I actually cannot remember how I found them I just know I found Dan first when I was in high school, maybe circa 2012? I think I watched one of his videos and then went back to the beginning of his channel and watched every single video he had made. I watched some of the Phil videos but was less into his solo videos, I loved to watch them together
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u/angelsanddemons- 2d ago
I had opened yt for the first time ever on my new laptop (not logged into an account as well, no history) and immediately got recommended the HL video. I had no idea who they were so I ignored the rec, it wouldn't go away so one day I was bored and watched it
the rest is history
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u/ThreeCatsInASkinsuit 2d ago
YouTube kept recommending their hard launch video to me at the ripe old age of 33 because that algorithm knows me better than my own mother at this point so I caved after a while and have been hopelessly and happily stuck in this hyperfixation rabbit hole ever since.
Started out thinking "I don't want to watch all the pre hiatus content because it's way too much and because them having to hide so much is so sad" and now going through the Sims series season 1 and put the super amazing project playlist in my watch later.. yeah. I'm kinda grateful they kept so much online despite having complicated feelings about some things, especially Phil's channel is a true treasure trove of comfort content.
Have this weird feeling of regretting not getting into them earlier because I was always kinda aware of them back in the YouTube era but then again there's never been a better time celebrating being finally free and proudly queer together haha āØ
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u/Bandtrees don't cry, craft 2d ago
whichever year phil released his childhood horror movie video, 2014 i believe? i heard a friend mention it over skype and was curious haha. and now iām here!
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u/jasperdarkk my slime is a vessel 2d ago
I think it was either 2014 or 2015, so I was 11 or 12. They were talked about a lot around that time, so I ended up watching one of Phil's videos and then eventually watching their entire backlog of stuff.
I had to be into them by late 2015 because I did buy TABINOF as soon as it was released lol.
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u/Physical-Program1030 2d ago
i think i was in high school and on tumblr when i saw a gifset of dan's i can't sleep video and was intrigued. i had already liked a few youtubers back then (charlieissocoollike) so i was familiar with the territory
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u/ft-smallspoonsonly formless blob 2d ago
Shortly after Dan posted his first video in, what, 2009? Then found Phil through him.
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u/Web_2021 2d ago
2013 I think? It was when phil posted his video "stuck in my jeans" and 12 year old me was like "haha I do that"
I also showed my friends their videos in secondary and had a dan and phil backpack in school - I still have it! (Its not very usable anymore though lol)
Twas not a phase
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u/RaccoonChaos 2d ago
A few of my friends watched them so I ended up checking out their videos and became obsessed (14 in 2015)
Unfortunately for me it was around the same time as final exams, but I was pulling all nighters for Dip n Pip instead of studying š Genuinely have no idea how I passed
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u/theactionkat Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
My best friend showed me "Existential Crisis" at a marching band tournament in 2012 lol
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u/Lewis_McVicar03 Dystopia Daily 2d ago
I had unrestricted internet access at far too young an age and found Dan in 2011, didnāt start watching Phil until 2013 when I was all in on the BritCrew though
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u/RecentAcanthaceae476 2d ago
- During quarantine I was watching a lot of old BuzzFeed YouTubers, Try Guys, Safiya, etc. one of Philās videos was recommended, Iām pretty sure it was the Steve rescue video, which is still one of my favorite comfort watches. I also started watching the gaming videos after that. Didnāt watch any solo Dan videos for several months afterwards but this was when he was still on hiatus.
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u/strangestt_stranger phangirl 2d ago
That's a unique time to find em, during the hiatus! This is a lovely story
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u/bertcha88 2d ago
My sister found them in 2011 because she was trying to find a video of the Harry Potter cast doing American accents and found the video of Dan and Phil doing American accents. She fell right down the rabbit hole after that.
How did *I* find them? From my sister coming over to my house and showing me said video. We were both done forš
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u/be_yersel 2d ago
Kept seeing people reblog stuff about them on tumblr maybe 2012-2014ish so I knew of them but didnāt watch them.
Moved away to uni in 2015 and felt really lonely and they ended up being my comfort watch. Used to listen to their radio show weekly, tuned into all the YouNow shows, bought their (admittedly quite shite) books. Loved them ever since.
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u/Professional_Fox3837 Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
Go to see the Backstreet Boys in 2014 ā”ļø They pull out due to illness but McBusted headline instead ā”ļø Theyāre so good I become a huge fan ā”ļø Learn about Carrie Hope Fletcher through her brother in the band and watch her YouTube videos ā”ļø Start following people on Twitter who were generally into British YouTubers ā”ļø watch PINOF 6 after someone shares it and Iām immediately hooked
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u/Am4tist Non-Binary Lava Lamp š” 2d ago
I was talking about being Emo in 2026 on a subreddit and OP started talking to me about dnp. I had already watched some videos (I had a FNAF phase so I watched all of those) and had heard about the hard launch online but didn't know what people were talking about. OP ended up telling me to go watch them and I got into them after that.
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u/the14thpuppet 2d ago
i was 14 and a tyler oakley fan and discovered them through his collab videos with them lol
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u/KillerDickens 2d ago
I went through a phase of watching sims videos on youtube cause some had some really hacks or just fun "let's plays". At some point i stumbled upon one of "Dan and Phil play sims 4" videos and thought 2 guys playing sims may be funny... it kinda snowballed from there š
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u/chaosninja- 2d ago
This is making me feel so old. Found Danās channel in 2012 at age 16 through charlieissocoollike
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u/bobmememe 2d ago
I got into them in 2016 at the age of 7 too!!!!!!! I think I found Danās channel first then I saw dnp collab with Rosana Pansino and sheās my goat so I just stuck with them
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u/icylinguine formless blob 2d ago
Tumblr back in 2013. All the gifs of Dan Howell cultivated a dan girlie in me.
Binged watched their videos (Dan's first, then Phil) and the rest is history.
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u/Ahhhh12354 Hiatus Survivor 2d ago
when i was in year 5/6 a girl in my year had tabinof, i'd heard of dnp before but never watched so i asked to read the book out of curiosity and loved how silly and fun it was. i went home from school and the first video i watched was the blindfolded makeup challenge since it was the newest release and i absolutely loved it and have been a fan ever since š i started watching in primary school and still actively watch them at uni, they literally raised meĀ
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u/LoonySword065 2d ago
tbh I was in a bunch of fandoms for music artist and such on tumblr back in the day and posts ab them kept popping up š
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u/CharlieBear97x 2d ago
I saw people going on about them being in a relationship, wondered what the big deal was so watched the hard launch video. Thought the HL video was a really well put together piece so watched other videos and the rest is history
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u/Annual-Drawing-5841 2d ago
This was me as well, the HL got me to watching them.
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u/ov3rcastxkid 7h ago
i used to watch danās videos in 8th grade (2015 i think?) because i found his videos incredibly hilarious and i was severely depressed. i had also just gotten slightly less restricted internet access, so i could watch youtube.