Ian Hecox is the Co-founder of the online comedy enterprise Smosh. Together with his childhood friend Anthony Padilla, they write, direct, and star in the comedy sketches they have been creating since 2005. On the YouTube channel Smosh quickly became one of the most popular channels on the site and they have gained over 25 million subscribers and have amassed over 10 billion video views. Their popular series include Every [Blank] Ever, Sketch Shows, The Gosh Darn F*cking News!, VS., You Posted That?, If [Blank] Were Real, Food Battle, Ghostmates, and Behind the Scenes. Other Smosh Channes include Smosh Pit, SmoshShorts, Smosh Games, and SmoshCast which together they have over 15 million subscribers and billions of views. In 2020 Smosh enterprise also launched the Twitch channel Smosh Games.

Hecox has also starred in Smosh: The Movie (2015), Angry Birds The Movie (2016), and Ghostmates (2016) The Big What If (2016), Smoshcast (2019), and Smosh Pit Theater (2020). Hecox, Padilla, and other members of the Smosh team have together won numerous awards inducing the 2007 YouTube Awards in the comedy category, the 2013 Social Star Award for the United States Social Media Star, the 4th Streamy Awards for Best Gaming Channel, Show, or Series, the Seventh Annual Shorty Awards for YouTube Star of the Year presented by A&E, the 2016 Webby Awards for Best Gaming channel, and the 7th Streamy Awards for Best Live Show and Best Gaming Show. Follow Hecox on social media including his Twitter @SmoshIan and Instagram @smoshoutboyy where he boasts over 1.6 million followers.