The Janoskians (Just Another Name Of Silly Kids In Another Nation) are a YouTubecomedy group, pranksters, singers, entertainers, and stunt performers, based in Melbourne, Australia. But, in late 2013, The Janoskians relocated to Los Angeles, where they are currently living. They began posting comedy videos on YouTube in September 2011 and have caught the attention of Justin Bieber, Liam Payne and Ellen DeGeneres.
Their channel was created on 7 July 2011 with their videos mainly consisting of the five doing pranks and performing gross-out humor on the unsuspecting public and each other. They also perform stunts that are physically demanding and risky in nature, mockumentaries, dares and skits. In totality, they have over 65 million total video views worldwide and above 2 million hits on both the Awkward Train Situations videos as of May 2013.
The Janoskians have achieved teenage pop fandom with several social networking services, such as their Facebook, Twitter and Keek pages, and even fanfiction.As of 10 January 2014, the group's YouTube channel has over 1,250,000 subscribers.