Fred

Fred Figglehorn is a fictional character who is the primary subject of a channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. The Fred channel is the most subscribed channel on YouTube, with over one million subscribers. The videos are centered around a fictional 6-year-old, Fred Figglehorn, who has a dysfunctional home life and "anger management issues". The character of Fred is played by Lucas Cruikshank, a teenager from Columbus, Nebraska.

Cruikshank introduced the Fred Figglehorn character in videos on the JKL Productions channel he started on YouTube with his cousins, Jon and Katie. He set up the Fred channel in October 2005. By April 2009, the channel had over 1,000,000 subscribers, making it the most popular and subscribed channel of all time. The "Fred Goes Swimming" episode was nominated for the "Favorite User Generated Video" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards, but it lost to Barack Roll. Cruikshank also guest-starred as Fred in an episode of iCarly. He also appeared on the Tyra Banks Show, to talk about the YouTube phenomenon. According to YouTube insight metrics, the largest age group of viewers is 13-17, though Cruikshank points out that this could skew lower because users must state they are at least 13 to create a YouTube account. Many YouTube users have created parodies of Fred, or other characters in his videos.

The Fred channel has received over 47 million channel views and over 280 million video views since its launch. He has passed Nigahiga and Smosh, as well as many other famous channels. His channel was the first channel to hit one million subscribers. As of May 31, 2009 he had over 1,175,000 subscribers. Cruikshank currently lives in Columbus, Nebraska with his family, including two brothers and five sisters.

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