How Ridiculous is an Australian YouTube channel based in Perth, Western Australia. The channel's main personalities are Brett Stanford, Derek Herron and Scott Gaunson.[3] As of October 2023, they have 19.5 million subscribers and more than 10 billion video views.[4] They are mostly known for their trick shots and experiments involving dropping objects onto other objects from a great height, typically 45 metres (148 ft). Objects that have been dropped by the channel include, but are not limited to, bowling balls, basketballs, anvils, lifting stones, custom-made heavy metal objects such as giant darts and a Mjölnir-like hammer,[5] household appliances,[6] cars/motor vehicles,[7] and even a small plane.[8] The group also frequently devises interesting targets to drop said objects onto, such as RC car race tracks, giant axe blades, multiple cans of spray paint or silly string taped/grouped together, bedliner-covered obstacles, a bulletproof glass table, and pools full of oobleck.
How Ridiculous also operates a TikTok page, which had 14.6 million followers and over 300 million likes as of October 2022.[9]