The Key of Awesome

In addition to YouTube, The Key of Awesome can be found on Instagram and Facebook. Check out the links provided below for more content.

Known for its viral music videos and parodies, "The Key of Awesome," is the most watched series on the Barely Political channel. It was produced by Mark Douglas and Ben Relles. Ben Relles released his debut music video for Barely Political in June 2007; the song "Crush on Obama" featured Amber Lee Ettinger as the "Obama Girl." Over 3.37 billion people have seen the channel's videos.

Soon, "The Key of Awesome," which produced videos on news media, politics, and the military, became central to the channel's identity. Videos featuring candidates like former Senator Mike Gravel were shown during the 2008 presidential campaign. Next New Networks purchased Barely Political in 2011. Next New Networks CEO and co-founder Herb Scannell said, "With Barely Political, we've added a team that can grow our reach to a very important audience — one that likes their politics with a healthy serving of humor — timed perfectly with the upcoming 2008 election season."

Under Tom Small's principal direction, Mark Douglas, Todd Womack, Doug Larsen, Anastasia Douglas, Bryan Olsen, and on occasion, Lauren Francesca, Andrea Feczko, Amber Lee Ettinger, Ewan Gotfryd, and Michael Stevens wrote and performed on the channel. Barely Political came up at number 29 on New Media Rockstars' list of the Top 100 Channels for 2014. The Key Awesome YouTube channel has more than 5.41 million subscribers.

Ben Relles oversaw YouTube Originals as Head of Comedy in his prior role at the company. Prior to that, he served as Next New Networks' Vice President of Programming. Relles was also the founder of the humor network Barely Political along with Mark Douglas, and the channel’s programming attracted over 2.5 billion views. There is not much information available about Mark Douglas.

The Key of Awesome boasts a following of over 5.41 million subscribers on their YouTube channel. This channel's main content includes music parody videos.

YouTube Series

Aside from entertaining content, The Key of Awesome has curated several captivating video series playlists. One such series, Best of Obama Girl: Season 1, features a parody series of videos in 23 episodes.

Top Videos on the ‘The Key of Awesome’ YouTube channel

This is a Gangnam Style parody video. The video has amassed over 116 million views with 241k likes.

This is a parody video of Love the Way You Lie. The video has garnered over 87 million views and 299k likes.

This is a compilation video of the top field obstruction moments, with over 79 million views and 56k likes.

• The Key of Awesome was a TV series before a YouTube channel.

• The Key of Awesome YouTube Channel, formerly known as Barely Productions, was ranked 29th on New Media Rockstars' Top 100 Channels in 2014.