Ray William Johnson

Profile Overview

Raymond William Johnson (born August 14, 1981) is an American comedian, internet celebrity, actor, and singer-songwriter 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. In the 2020s, he has since transitioned to sharing true crime stories, primarily on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.
Johnson, along with Jesse Cale, was a founding member of Your Favorite Martian, an internet cartoon band, in which he also provided vocals as Puff Puff. 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. After an over decade long hiatus 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.
Toward the end of his tenure at Equals Three, Johnson began branching out into other mediums. His first scripted web series, Riley Rewind, premiered on Facebook in 2013. He created a television concept that was purchased by FX the same year. He made his live-action acting debut in the indie road film Who's Driving Doug. In 2015 his production company, Mom & Pop Empire, was reported to be co-producing a documentary with Supergravity Pictures about monopolies in the cable television industry.