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| Founded | March 16, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-03-16) Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
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| Headquarters | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||
Key people | Andrew Yaffe - CEO | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2009–present | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 60.8 million[3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 18.3 billion[3][4] | ||||||||||||
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Dude Perfect (DP) is an American sports and comedy group and YouTube channel headquartered inFrisco, Texas.[5] The group consists of Tyler "The Beard" Toney, "The Twins" Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett "The Purple Hoser" Hilbert, and Cody "The Tall Guy" Jones, all of whom are former college roommates atTexas A&M University. Four members of the group, Jones being an exception, were brothers of the Gamma chapter of theBeta Upsilon Chi fraternity at A&M.
Dude Perfect's content predominantly consists of videos depicting various trick shots, stereotypes, and stunts. The group also regularly uploads videos of "battles", in which the individual members of Dude Perfect compete against one another in a good-natured game or contest, often incorporating different sports and a unique set of rules. Dude Perfect also created the showOvertime, a series where they host several segments, such as "Wheel Unfortunate", in which a contestant spins a wheel and gets a random penalty, "Cool Not Cool", a show-and-tell-like segment, and "Absurd Recurds", in which the Dudes attempt to break the most absurd world records they can find.
On April 9, 2009, a video of the group performing trick shots at Tyler Toney's house and a local public park was released on YouTube.[6] Within a week, the video received 200,000 views and was mentioned onGood Morning America.[7][8]
The group's second video, filmed at a Christian summer camp, was released shortly thereafter. The video amassed over 18 million views and went viral. For every 100,000 views the video received, Dude Perfect pledged to sponsor a child fromCompassion International.[6]
In 2010, Dude Perfect introduced the Panda mascot. The Panda quickly grew into a popular symbol atTexas A&M basketball games when taunting players of the opposing team.[9]
In 2016, Dude Perfect traveled to the United Kingdom to film a video with players ofManchester City,Arsenal andChelsea.[10] The group also got a chance to visit theUS Navy'sNimitz-classaircraft carrierUSSNimitz for a 3-day trip aboard and released their trip's video as an episode as part of theirBucket List. Dude Perfect also visited South Africa in their second bucket list video. In 2021,Dallas Mavericks centerBoban Marjanovic made a guest appearance.[11]
Cory Cotton authored a book titledGo Big, in which he shared the secrets the group has learned along the way building a business in a world largely influenced by social media.[12]
In June 2015, the group was selected by theHarlem Globetrotters in their annual player draft.[13]
In September 2015, the group was approved for a television series entitledThe Dude Perfect Show onCMT, which began airing during the first half of 2016.[14] The show's second season aired onViacom sibling networkNickelodeon.[15]
In 2019, Dude Perfect went on their first live tour.[16] In 2020, the group also announced their second live tour.[17]
Partnering withYouTube Originals in 2020, Dude Perfect released adocumentary:Backstage Pass. The documentary provided a behind-the-scenes look at their live tour: 'Pound It, Noggin'.[18][19]
During H2 2024 Dude Perfect sold an undisclosed share of the company to investment firm Highmount Capital, this was to raise $100 million in capital for future projects and modernize the company, introducing a more traditional business structure. This was done to allow the founders to continue to make videos they enjoy while expanding the business with more channels, presenters and content. The firm hired Andrew Yaffe a former NBA social media executive, who will direct the group on building a team to specializes in developing areas important to the group and help define of the vision on how the group will develop and evolve in the future.[20][21]
In 2009, the group set theGuinness World Record for the longest basketball shot after shooting from the third deck ofKyle Field. In October 2010, Dude Perfect extended their record with a "cross-tower" shot from a height of 66 meters (216 feet); the basket was located 45 meters (150 feet) away from the tower's base.[22] In March 2011, Dude Perfect unofficially broke their record again with a shot from the top ofReliant Stadium, which remained in the air for 5.3 seconds.[9][23] In January 2014, the group successfully attempted a shot from the 561-foot-tallReunion Tower, with Cody Jones and Garrett Hilbert holding the basket at the base of the tower.[24] In their 2016 video, "World Record Edition", Dude Perfect broke multipleworld records. The group broke the world records for longest basketball shot made with the head, highest basketball shot, longest blindfolded basketball shot, and longest sitting basketball shot.[25] Subsequently, they released a sequel based onfootball the following year, in which they broke even more world records. They later made two more world record videos:archery in 2022 andgolf in 2023.
In 2018, Dude Perfect broke the record for longest barefootLego walk and longest pea blow during their filming ofOvertime.[26] In episode six ofOvertime, Dude Perfect broke the record for the farthest distance traveled rolling acrossexercise balls.[27] In 2019, Dude Perfect broke the world record for mostping pong balls stuck on a person's head usingshaving cream,[28] and the mostdonuts stacked on each other whileblindfolded.[29] In 2020, they broke another record for the mostbeach ball header passes in 30 seconds.[30]
In 2019, onNickelodeon'sThe Dude Perfect Show, the group set 6 world records: fastest time to wrap a person with wrapping paper (team of two), most party poppers popped in 30 seconds (team of two), most thumbtacks inserted into a corkboard in a minute, most eggs crushed with the toes in 30 seconds, most drink cans opened with one hand in a minute, farthest distance traveled on Swiss balls.[31]
In 2023, in Las Vegas, the group once again broke the record of the world's highest basketball shot from a height of 856 feet from theStrat Tower. Dude Perfect spent three days in Las Vegas trying to pull off the feat and they were able to do it in the last hour of filming.
Dude Perfect currently holds more than 20 Guinness World Records.[32]
| Award | Year | Category | Result |
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| Streamy Award | 2014 | Best Sports Series | Nominated |
| 2015 | Winner | ||
| 2016 | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Best Branded Video | Nominated | |
| Shorty Awards | 2016 | Best YouTube Ensemble | Nominated |
| 2018 | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Creator of the Decade | Nominated | |
| Kids Choice Awards | 2020 | Favorite Male Social Star | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2015 | Choice Web Star: Comedy | Nominated |
| Sports Emmy Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Interactive Experience | Winner |
Dude Perfect, along with over 20 other creators, never received a formal award from Youtube for passing 50 million subscribers, an award was conceived and created by fellow YouTuber Daniel Kraft who acknowledged the work and dedication the group has done for the Youtuber community over the years.[33]
In addition to their main channel, Dude Perfect have launched additional channels such asDude Perfect Plus,Dude Perfect Gaming, andDude Perfect en Español. The latter features voice actors that dub over each of the Dudes and graphics that can be read in Spanish. Collectively, these channels have amassed 1.8 million subscribers and garnered 116.7 million views in total, as of August 2023.[34]
Amid their success, questions arose over the legitimacy of the group's trick shots. Hosts onGood Morning America discussed the tricks and debated whether they were real,[35] though experts contacted by the show stated they were unable to find evidence of the tricks being fake.
Regarding the doubts, group member Cody Jones said: "We love it when people claim it's fake, because it makes the shots seem even more ridiculously impossible; and we get more publicity and hits on YouTube, so we love the mystery of knowing whether it's real or fake."[6]
On December 18, 2022, Dude Perfect announced their intention to build a $100 million Dude Perfect World Theme Park. The park is designed to give fans a hands-on experience of the group's signature activities, such as attempting trick shots, setting world records, and even releasing stress in a "rage room." The goal is to create a space where fans can feel like they're part of the Dude Perfect team.[36]
On January 15, 2024, The Dude Perfect Video App was released on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It is an app that lets you watch unlimited Dude Perfect videos for free. Every ad is guaranteed to be family-friendly. The app also provides benefits, such as watching unreleased videos early, and watching behind-the-scenes content that has never been seen before. In an interview with Colin and Samir, Coby confirmed that the app had reached over 2 million downloads on all platforms as of Q3 2024.[21]
On January 11, 2025, Dude Perfect revealed their new $3 million HQ, Dude Perfect Headquarters 3 (DPHQ3). It includes a Putting Course, a Pickleball Court, a regulation-size NFL goalpost, a full-sized basketball court with extra moving hoops on the wall for a trickshot challenge, a Golf Simulator and much much more. They also are creating a in-person merch store next to their main HQ that has limited-edition hats, T-Shirts, and other merch.
On February 22, 2025, Dude Perfect hosted their first ever Trick Shot World Championship, where some of the best and most popular trick shot content creator teams from all around the world includingHow Ridiculous andBrodie Smith (ultimate) in a series of challenges, with the final challenge being shooting a basketball shot from the top ofGlobe Life Field. The contest was won by That’ll Work, a duo entry known for their disc trick shots.
