Bill Wurtz
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| Also known as | Billy Wilds (2009–2010) | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2002–present | |||||||||
| Website | billwurtz | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5.5 million | |||||||||
| Views | 772.8 million | |||||||||
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Last updated: May 3, 2025 | ||||||||||
Bill Wurtz (often stylized in all lowercase) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, video producer, animator, and internet personality. He is known for his distinctive style of music involving deadpan delivery and singing, as well as his animated music videos, which often include surrealist and psychedelic graphics.
Wurtz has been actively publishing music and videos since 2002. He has uploaded videos on Vine, where he first gained popularity, and on YouTube. Two of his animated videos on YouTube, History of Japan (2016), and History of the Entire World, I Guess (2017), went viral and inspired internet memes. In 2016, Wurtz won the Shorty Award for Best in Weird.