Smosh Cast Height The Stat Collection Behind Your Favorite Youtubers

How to Build and Verify a Cast Height Database for YouTube Channels

I spent about three weeks compiling height data for the Smosh cast because someone on a Reddit thread made a bet about who was tallest, and honestly, nobody had a complete list. The result ended up being a shared Google Sheet that more people than I expected use for trivia, comparison videos, and occasionally, scammy merch sites trying to claim "exclusive stats." Here is how you actually do it without making mistakes. The core of any reliable cast height collection comes down to source hierarchy. I found this is where most people mess up, and once you get it wrong, your whole dataset is compromised. Start with primary sources. I checked IMDb pages first, then cross-referenced with interviews where cast members actually mention their height on camera. For the Smosh crew, Anthony Padilian and Ian Hecox both stated their heights in various podcast appearances over the years. When they did, I logged the exact date and timestamp. If someone says "I'm about six feet" in a 2014 interview and then says "five ten" in a 2022 one, you have a discrepancy to deal with, not just a single number to copy.

Secondary sources come next. Wikipedia entries sometimes list heights, but those are often editor-submitted and unverified. Fan wikis are worse. I encountered a page that listed Noah Grossman at 5'4" based on a single blurry photoshopped image, which was completely wrong. I had to go back and correct it using footage from actual Smosh videos where he stands next to known-height cast members. The problem I ran into most often is that many former Smosh cast members do not publicly state their height. Emily Begley, for instance, never gave an official number anywhere I could find. What I did was look at side-by-side video comparisons with cast members who had confirmed heights. This is imprecise, obviously, but it is better than leaving a blank or making something up. I ended up estimating she is roughly 5'5" to 5'6" based on her positioning next to Ian and others across multiple videos. My workflow for this entire process was straightforward. I used a Google Sheet with columns for name, confirmed height in feet and inches, source type, source link, date last verified, and notes. I also kept a separate tab for disputed or estimated values so anyone looking at the sheet could see exactly what was verified versus what was inferred. I spent about 40 hours on the initial compilation for Smosh alone. Updating it after that takes maybe two hours a year unless a new cast member joins or someone publicly states a different measurement.

One counter-intuitive thing I learned is that social media bios are not reliable for height data. People lie in bios, they guess, they use approximate numbers, and sometimes they copy from other people. I caught three entries in my sheet that I had initially sourced from Instagram because the cast member had listed a height there, only to later discover it was incorrect when I found an interview where they said something different. Always prioritize on-camera statements or interview mentions over a profile bio. Another pitfall is assuming all cast members from a channel can be treated the same way. Smosh had main cast, recurring cast, guest appearances, and background people. I stopped counting anyone who appeared in fewer than three videos as part of the cast. This decision cut my initial list down significantly but made the final data much more defensible. If someone was in one skit and you list their height alongside Anthony and Ian, people will notice and it undermines the whole collection. The biggest bottleneck in this kind of project is time. A complete and verified cast height database for a channel as long-running as Smosh, which has had dozens of cast changes since 2005, will realistically take a full-time person about two weeks to compile properly. Part-time, it stretches to a month or more. I had help from two other people who each took a section of cast members, but even then, we had disagreements on about a dozen entries that required going back to source material to resolve.

If you want to use existing data rather than build from scratch, there are fan-maintained pages on sites like The-Smosh-Wiki and some Reddit threads, but treat them as starting points, not sources. I found at least eight errors across the two main wiki pages I checked, ranging from incorrect heights to people listed as cast who were never actually part of the core group. The sheet I ended up with is public, and I would say the same about mine for any project like this. You can find it by searching for the Smosh cast height spreadsheet, though links drift over time. The more useful thing is the methodology itself, which I described above. Anybody can apply it to any YouTube channel cast, not just Smosh.