Dan and Phil

Dan and Phil met on the internet in 2009 and in person that October.{{cite journal |last=Hodson |first=Charleyy |date=19 October 2016 |title=Dan And Phil Met 7 Years Ago Today So We're Emotionally Distressed RN |url=https://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/dan-phil-7-met-origin-friends/ |journal=We the Unicorns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022025659/https://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/dan-phil-7-met-origin-friends/ |archive-date=22 October 2016 |access-date=25 June 2019}} They have lived together since August 2011,{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOOjzSv-ZMM |title=HOT BOYS on Teen Cribz |date=11 August 2011 |medium=YouTube |access-date=9 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305161837/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOOjzSv-ZMM |archive-date=5 March 2015 |format=video |people=Daniel Howell}} first in Manchester before moving to London in July 2012.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-18 |title=YouTube stars to perform at Brighton Dome this weekend |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24866406.youtube-stars-dan-phil-perform-brighton-dome/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=The Argus |language=en}}{{cite tweet |number=225953399613554688 |user=AmazingPhil |title=@hi_jimmy we move next week! Yes we should :D you can teach me what an oyster card is |author=Phil Lester |date=19 July 2012}} In January 2021, they announced they bought and designed a home together,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTLPHmrr-cM |title=Something we want to tell you! |date=2021-01-04 |last=AmazingPhil |access-date=2025-01-19 |via=YouTube}} where they currently reside.{{Cite web |last=Jokic |first=Natasha |date=2024-11-22 |title=If You're A Dan And Phil Fan, This Interview Is For You |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/dan-howell-phil-lester-interview |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en}}

In June 2019, Howell came out as gay via a YouTube video on his channel.{{cite web |author=Daniel Howell |first= |date=13 June 2019 |title=Basically I'm Gay |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrwMja_VoM0 |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-13 |title=British YouTube star Daniel Howell comes out as gay: 'I'm here, I’m queer' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/13/youtube-star-daniel-howell-comes-gay-world-revealing-family-email-9949906/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Metro |language=en}} Lester followed suit by posting a coming out video to his own channel later that month.{{cite web |author=AmazingPhil |date=30 June 2019 |title=Coming Out to You |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqXFKSWniVU |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Cacich |first=Allison |date=2 July 2019 |title=YouTuber Phil Lester Tells Fans He's Gay Shortly After Comedy Partner Dan Howell Comes Out as Queer |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/are-dan-and-phil-still-living-together |accessdate=4 September 2024 |work=Distractify}} In Howell's video, he divulged that the pair had been romantically involved at the beginning of their relationship, but refrained from clarifying its current status out of respect for his and Lester's privacy. As of October 2024, the duo has still declined to publicly state their current relationship status.{{cite magazine |author= |date=October 2024 |title=Dan & Phil: A Wholesome Influence |url=https://78170746.flowpaper.com/URXOct24WEB/#page=18 |magazine=YOUR EX |location=New Zealand |publisher= TMO Publications Ltd |access-date=18 January 2025}}

Lester uploaded his first video on his channel, AmazingPhil, in March 2006.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dsyXzmHFM|title=Phil's Video Blog - 27th March 2006|date=27 March 2006|people=Phil Lester|medium=YouTube|format=video|access-date=4 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307050341/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dsyXzmHFM|archive-date=7 March 2016}}{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Danielle |date=2020-02-03 |title=YouTuber AmazingPhil on coming out videos and filmer's blocks |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/amazingphil-youtube-vidcon-interview-a4350266.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=The Standard |language=en}} Howell initially found Lester through YouTube and was a fan of his videos.{{Cite web |date=2015-10-15 |title=BBC One - Breakfast, 15/10/2015, Youtube sensations - Dan and Phil on BBC Breakfast! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0358xz0 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} After messaging with Lester online,{{Cite book |last=Howell |first=Dan |title=The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire |title-link=The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire |last2=Lester |first2=Phil |date= |publisher=Penguin Random House |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-101-93984-0 |edition=1st American |location=New York City, New York |pages=42 |language=English}} Howell posted his first video to his YouTube channel, at the time called danisnotonfire, in October 2009.{{cite journal |last=Townsend |first=Benedict |date=16 October 2017 |title=It's Been 8 Years Since Dan Howell's 'Hello Internet' And These Are His Most Iconic Moments |url=https://www.wetheunicorns.com/youtubers/dan-and-phil/8th-birthday-hello-internet-dan-howell/ |journal=We the Unicorns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113211716/https://www.wetheunicorns.com/youtubers/dan-and-phil/8th-birthday-hello-internet-dan-howell/ |archive-date=13 November 2017 |access-date=11 August 2019}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3q26mIsk1M |title=HELLO INTERNET. |date=2009-10-16 |last=Daniel Howell |access-date=2025-01-20 |via=YouTube}} Later that month, Dan and Phil met in person and created their first collaboration, a Q&A video titled phil is not on fire, posted to Lester's channel.{{Cite book |last=Howell |first=Dan |title=The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire |title-link=The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire |last2=Lester |first2=Phil |date= |publisher=Penguin Random House |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-101-93984-0 |edition=1st American |location=New York City, New York |pages=45 |language=English}} The video sparked what would become a 10-part series, with one installment uploaded a year until the last one in 2018.{{cite journal|url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2018/12/13/our-favourite-moments-from-phil-is-not-on-fire-10/|title=Our Favourite Moments From Phil is not on fire 10|journal=TenEighty|first=Clare|last=Fitzgerald|date=13 December 2018|access-date=6 September 2019}} Since 2009, Dan and Phil have frequently appeared in videos on each other's channels.

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On 12 September 2014, Dan and Phil posted the first video on their joint gaming YouTube channel, DanAndPhilGAMES. On 8 March 2015 the channel hit 1 million subscribers.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/danisnotonfire/status/574591780903108608|title=Dan Howell on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216183905/https://twitter.com/danisnotonfire/status/574591780903108608|archive-date=16 December 2015}} At the time, it was the fastest growing channel on YouTube.{{Cite web|title=SITC 2015|website = YouTube|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yes771oJ370&t=20m18s|access-date = 4 November 2015}} The channel reached over 3.1 million subscribers.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/DanAndPhilGAMES|title=DanAndPhilGAMES|work=YouTube|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116120844/https://www.youtube.com/user/DanAndPhilGAMES|archive-date=16 November 2017}} The channel features Dan and Phil playing a variety of games. Some of the most popular series on the channel include the pair's Sims 4 Let's Play{{Cite web |last=McCauley |first=Tara |date=2023-10-19 |title=Dan and Phil Games Returns to YouTube After Nearly 5 Years Offline |url=https://www.cbr.com/dan-and-phil-games-youtube-return/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=CBR |language=en}} and "Gamingmas," an annual series where the duo uploads videos to the channel every day in December until Christmas.{{Cite web |last=Cutruzzola |first=Annemarie |date=2016-12-24 |title=Dan and Phil: A Year in Review |url=https://celebmix.com/dan-phil-year-review/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=CelebMix |language=en-GB}}

In December 2018, the channel went on an indefinite hiatus.{{Cite web |title=Dan Howell and Phil Lester Are in Their 'Era of Not Giving a F---' as They Celebrate 15 Years Working Together (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/dan-howell-and-phil-lester-reflect-on-career-and-their-new-tour-terrible-influence-exclusive-8722818 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=People.com |language=en}} On 15 October 2023, Dan and Phil announced that they would both return to making videos on the channel in a video titled Saying Goodbye Forever, directed by PJ Liguori and guest starring Jacksepticeye.{{cite AV media|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=sYO30KpiVEo|title=Saying Goodbye Forever|work=YouTube |access-date=15 October 2023}} In February 2024, they commissioned Lowave Records for a custom lo-fi and synthwave-inspired soundtrack for the channel, released as an album titled All or Nothing under the artist name DanAndPhilBEATS. In continued partnership with Lowave Records, they released four additional albums in 2024.{{Cite web |title=lowave for content creators |url=https://www.lowaverecords.com/content-creators/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617041307/https://www.lowaverecords.com/content-creators/ |archive-date=17 June 2024 |access-date=20 January 2025 |website=Lowave Records |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/danandphilbeats/1732764361|title=DanAndPhilBEATS|website=Apple Music|accessdate=29 February 2024}}

For Lester's birthday in January 2024, the pair hosted a two-hour charity livestream on the channel, through which they raised over $100,000 for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.{{Cite web|url=https://whatstrending.com/youtubers-dan-phil-raise-over-100000-for-humanitarian-aid-during-livestream/|title=YouTubers Dan & Phil Raise Over $100,000 for Humanitarian Aid During Livestream|website=What's Trending|first=Andy|last=Lalwani|date=1 February 2024|accessdate=12 February 2024}} They hosted another livestream for Howell’s birthday in June 2024 for the same charity, which also raised over $100,000.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1zm19wIUA |title=DAN'S BIRTHDAY CHARITY STREAM!! |date=2024-06-11 |last=DanAndPhilGAMES |access-date=2025-01-20 |via=YouTube}}

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In 2011, Dan and Phil created a collaborative YouTube channel through the network My Damn Channel. Titled The Super Amazing Project, it featured the duo discussing and investigating paranormal events.{{cite web |author=The Super Amazing Project |date=26 September 2011 |title=The Super Amazing Project |url=https://www.youtube.com/superamazingproject |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131232126/http://www.youtube.com/superamazingproject |archive-date=31 January 2013 |access-date=27 February 2013 |publisher=YouTube}} Segments included "Viewers Spooky Happenings", where the audience of the show would send in "scary" items for the video bloggers to react to, and "In The News This Week", where the duo recapped recent light-hearted news items and viral videos. In October 2014, Dan and Phil announced that they would not carry on working on The Super Amazing Project in order to concentrate on their Radio 1 show.{{cite web |last1=Howell |first1=Dan |date=1 October 2014 |title=Danisnotonfire on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/danisnotonfire/posts/10152427898698481 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521214427/https://www.facebook.com/danisnotonfire/posts/10152427898698481 |archive-date=21 May 2016 |access-date=27 August 2015 |website=Facebook}} Dan and Phil later announced that The Super Amazing Project would be hosted by new presenters, Alastair James Murder and Victoria Atkin.{{cite tweet |number=517279060867948544 |user=AmazingPhil |title=Saying farewell to The Super Amazing Project: https://www.facebook.com/danisnotonfire/posts/10152427898698481 ... whenever I see a dog with red eyes I will remember you. 👻 |author=Phil Lester |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=27 August 2015}}

On 1 April 2015, Dan and Phil launched a spin-off crafts-based channel, DanAndPhilCRAFTS, as an April Fools joke. It featured a single video of them creating square snowflakes out of paper, with an amateur editing style and humour throughout. It reached over 154,000 subscribers and 500,000 total video views in one week.{{cite web |title=DanAndPhilCRAFTS |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEs9f6wWiJPjmyW58HpGjA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508083635/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEs9f6wWiJPjmyW58HpGjA |archive-date=8 May 2015 |access-date=7 April 2015 |website=YouTube}} Additional videos were uploaded on April Fools' Day in 2016, 2017, and 2024.{{Cite web |title=DanAndPhilCRAFTS |url=https://www.youtube.com/danandphilCRAFTS |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=YouTube |language=en}} In April 2025, they jokingly announced they were having a Phaby (Dan and Phil baby) which they deemed their "most important joint project ever".

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In November 2012, the BBC announced that from January 2013 onwards, Dan and Phil would present the Sunday night entertainment and request show for national UK radio station BBC Radio 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-11-09/vernon-kay-and-reggie-yates-to-leave-radio-1|title=Vernon Kay and Reggie Yates to leave Radio 1|first=Susanna|last=Lazarus|publisher=Radio Times|date=9 November 2012|access-date=27 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927075404/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-11-09/vernon-kay-and-reggie-yates-to-leave-radio-1|archive-date=27 September 2013}} The duo had occasionally worked with Radio 1 before, making videos for the station's YouTube channel{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/bbcradio1|title=BBC Radio 1|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712165033/http://www.youtube.com/bbcradio1/|archive-date=12 July 2013}} and presenting two Christmas broadcasts.

The show was designed to be an interactive, audio-visual broadcast involving music videos made by viewers, physical challenges performed on air by Dan and Phil, and song requests from listeners. It was streamed in a video, live on the BBC Radio 1 website, and accessible worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_one|title=Radio 1 Greg James – 27/02/2013|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 February 2013}}

In August 2014, it was announced that the last Dan and Phil show would be broadcast on 24 August, with the duo moving to a different show on Monday nights, featuring other popular video bloggers.{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Ben|title=New youth presenters for Radio 1|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/r1-youth-presenters|website=BBC|access-date=30 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825025717/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/r1-youth-presenters|archive-date=25 August 2014}} This new show was titled The Internet Takeover, and featured Lester alongside Howell live on the first Monday of every month, before coming to an end in April 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/r1-student-radio|title=BBC - Radio 1 announces new student radio curated playlist show - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505055144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/r1-student-radio|archive-date=5 May 2016}}

In 2013, Dan and Phil appeared on Friday Download, a BAFTA award-winning CBBC TV show.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRAjBcbLuJ8|title=friday download with dan & phil - one|date=4 October 2013|work=YouTube|access-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401094932/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRAjBcbLuJ8|archive-date=1 April 2016}}

From 2014 to 2016, Dan and Phil hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making backstage videos for their channel.{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Kro0grO1E1YiuHUVROPPQUqAKvVPUfy|title= Dan & Phil at the BRITs {{!}} BRIT Awards 2014|website=BRIT Awards|access-date=8 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228090540/http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Kro0grO1E1YiuHUVROPPQUqAKvVPUfy|archive-date=28 February 2014}}

In 2015, Dan and Phil had voice cameo appearances in the UK cinema release of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 as Technician 1 & 2.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Disney_UK/status/552083307110748160|title=UK cinema release of Big Hero 6|publisher=Disney UK|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232512/https://twitter.com/Disney_UK/status/552083307110748160|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.disney.co.uk/big-hero-6/characters/technicians#/videoId/1_p61qmwfb|title=The Technicians|publisher=Disney|access-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504213605/http://www.disney.co.uk/big-hero-6/characters/technicians#/videoId/1_p61qmwfb|archive-date=4 May 2015}} However, this version is not in the UK home release. That same year, the duo also guest-starred in fellow YouTuber PJ Liguori's online series Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, voicing anthropomorphic food items Brie and Rash.{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/16/new-oscars-hotel-characters-announced-at-summer-in-the-city-2015/ |title=New Oscar's Hotel Characters Announced at Summer In The City 2015 |publisher=TenEighty Magazine |date=16 August 2015 |access-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210221451/http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/16/new-oscars-hotel-characters-announced-at-summer-in-the-city-2015/ |archive-date=10 December 2015}}

In December 2016, Dan and Phil voiced two gorilla princes named Majinuni and Hafifu respectively, in the episode "The Lost Gorillas" in Disney Junior's The Lion Guard.{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/12/01/dan-and-phil-to-feature-in-disneys-the-lion-guard/|title=Dan and Phil to Feature in Disney's The Lion Guard|first=Conor|last=Riley|publisher=TenEighty|date=1 December 2016|access-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908155239/http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/12/01/dan-and-phil-to-feature-in-disneys-the-lion-guard/|archive-date=8 September 2017}}

In 2014, Phil Lester's brother, Martyn, co-founded IRL Digital, Ltd., a company that creates and sells the merchandise of various other media personalities, starting with Dan and Phil Shop and branching out from there.{{cite web|url=https://irlmerch.com|title=IRL Merch: Brand You|access-date=8 July 2019}}

In August 2015, Dan and Phil created an app, The 7 Second Challenge, based on a YouTube challenge started by Lester in a 2014 video on his main channel.{{cite journal|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/08/11/phil-lester-dan-howell-7-second-challenge-app/|title=YouTube Stars Phil Lester, Dan Howell Turn "7 Second Challenge" Into An App|journal=Tubefilter|first=Sam|last=Gutelle|date=11 August 2015|access-date=24 June 2019}} The app was discontinued in 2019. In October 2017, the duo released a party board game via Big Potato, Truth Bombs, also the brainchild of Lester.{{cite journal|url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2017/10/20/dan-and-phil-release-new-board-game/|title=Dan and Phil Release New Board Game|journal=TenEighty|first=Will|last=Moore|date=20 October 2017|access-date=24 June 2019}} They later leased Truth Bombs to Warner Bros for a Mean Girls-themed version of the game.{{Cite web|url=https://bigpotato.com/products/mean-girls|title=Mean Girls|website=Big Potato Games|accessdate=21 December 2023}}

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On 26 March 2015, Dan and Phil announced via a trailer on Howell's channel that they had co-written a book titled The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire (TABINOF).{{Cite journal|url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2015/03/27/dan-phil-announce-book-and-tour/|title=Dan & Phil Announce Book and Tour|journal=TenEighty|first=Ant|last=Lightfoot|date=27 March 2015|access-date=9 June 2016}} It was released in the UK on 8 October 2015 and worldwide on 15 October 2015, published by Ebury Press and Random House Children's Books.{{cite book|last1=Howell|first1=Dan|last2=Lester|first2=Phil|title=The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire|publisher=Ebury Publishing|date=8 December 2015|orig-year=1st pub. 2015|isbn=9781473528079|name-list-style=amp}}{{cite book|title=The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire|author1=Lester, Phil|author2=Howell, Dan|author-link2=Daniel Howell|date=13 October 2015|publisher=Random House Children's Books|isbn=9781101939840|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKJlrgEACAAJ|access-date=25 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006133901/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jKJlrgEACAAJ|archive-date=6 October 2015}} The book topped the General Hardbacks Sunday Times Bestsellers list having sold 26,745 copies in the UK in the first week of its release.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-amazing-book-is-not-on-fire-youtuber-authors-dan-and-phil-top-bestseller-chart-a3092046.html|title=The Amazing Book is Not on Fire - YouTuber authors Dan and Phil top bestseller chart|publisher=London Evening Standard|first=Rehema|last=Figueiredo|date=16 October 2015|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109235618/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-amazing-book-is-not-on-fire-youtuber-authors-dan-and-phil-top-bestseller-chart-a3092046.html|archive-date=9 January 2018}} It also became a #1 New York Times Bestseller in the young adult hardcover list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-11-01/young-adult-hardcover/list.html|title=Best Sellers - The New York Times|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=4 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029060745/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-11-01/young-adult-hardcover/list.html|archive-date=29 October 2015}}

In the same trailer the pair announced their theatrical stage show The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire (TATINOF), which travelled around the UK during October and November 2015, ending with a show at the London Palladium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huAYjF2FY9c|title=The Dan and Phil BOOK & TOUR! - YouTube|website=YouTube|access-date=20 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508080740/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huAYjF2FY9c|archive-date=8 May 2015}} During the show, they sung an original song "The Internet Is Here," which they later released as a charity single for Stand Up To Cancer, earning them a gold record disc for the sales of the song.{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/10/13/dan-and-phil-release-charity-single/|title=Dan and Phil Release Charity Single|publisher=TenEighty|first=Conor|last=Riley|date=13 October 2016|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817120426/http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/10/13/dan-and-phil-release-charity-single/|archive-date=17 August 2017}}

In 2016, they took the tour to the US and Toronto, starting with a show in Orlando, Florida on 22 April and ending on 24 June with a show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.{{Cite web|url=http://danandphiltour.com/|title=Dan & Phil - The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire|website=danandphiltour.com|access-date=27 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227003524/http://danandphiltour.com/|archive-date=27 February 2016}} It was the largest tour ever achieved by YouTube creators.{{Citation|last=VidCon|title=YouTube @ VidCon: Susan Wojcicki Keynote|date=24 June 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVOK4SdVno&t=36m58s|access-date=3 August 2016}} They later toured Australia in August 2016, starting in Perth and ending in Brisbane,{{cite web|url=http://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/dan-phil-tour-tatinof-australia-dates-tickets-show/|title=It's Official: Dan and Phil are FINALLY Coming to Australia!|first=Benedict|last=Townsend|publisher=We the Unicorns|date=17 June 2016|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110234217/http://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/dan-phil-tour-tatinof-australia-dates-tickets-show/|archive-date=10 January 2018}} and finished the tour with a European leg, performing in Stockholm, Berlin, and Dublin.{{cite web|title=TATINOF Europe|url=https://twitter.com/tatinofeurope?lang=en|website=Twitter|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206063224/https://twitter.com/tatinofeurope?lang=en|archive-date=6 February 2017}}

In October 2016, The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire was released as a YouTube Red Original film by the same name along with a documentary, Dan and Phil's Story of TATINOF.{{cite web|title=YouTube Are Teaming Up With Dan & Phil For A Movie|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/t5d41n/dan-phil-doing-a-movie|first=Linds|last=Foley|publisher=MTV UK|date=24 June 2016|access-date=9 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824014003/http://www.mtv.co.uk/youtube/news/dan-phil-doing-a-movie|archive-date=24 August 2017}}{{cite web|title=Dan & Phil on Making Their YouTube Red Tour Special, Documentary|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/dan-howell-phil-lester-youtube-red-tour-special-documentary-1201877905/|first=Todd|last=Spangler|publisher=Variety|date=4 October 2016|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006003037/http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/dan-howell-phil-lester-youtube-red-tour-special-documentary-1201877905/|archive-date=6 October 2017}} They are the first British YouTube creators to release content on the YouTube Red platform.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Alongside these films, they released a photo book, Dan and Phil Go Outside, in November 2016, which includes a personal collection of candid photos and insightful stories from the tour.{{cite web|title=YouTubers Dan and Phil pen new book for Ebury|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ebury-release-new-book-youtubers-dan-and-phil-371416|first=Katherine|last=Cowdrey|publisher=The Book Seller|date=5 August 2016|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054922/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ebury-release-new-book-youtubers-dan-and-phil-371416|archive-date=10 January 2018}} The book became a #1 New York Times bestseller.

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In November 2017, Dan and Phil announced their second tour, Interactive Introverts, a world tour that took place in 2018.{{cite journal|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/11/10/dan-phil-interactive-introverts-tour-2018/|title=Dan & Phil to Embark on Massive 'Interactive Introverts' Tour in 2018|first=Geoff|last=Weiss|journal=TubeFilter|date=10 September 2017|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174304/http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/11/10/dan-phil-interactive-introverts-tour-2018/|archive-date=10 January 2018}} The tour ran from April, starting in Brighton, to September, ending in Mumbai, and included 80 shows in 18 countries,{{cite journal|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/10/18/dan-and-phil-announce-world-tour-dvd/|title=Dan and Phil Announce World Tour DVD|first=Beth|last=Jefferies|journal=TenEighty|date=18 October 2018|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033636/http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/10/18/dan-and-phil-announce-world-tour-dvd/|archive-date=22 October 2018}} making it one of the biggest YouTuber tours of all time.{{cite journal|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/10/04/dan-phil-interactive-introverts-movie-youtube-premium-film/|title=Dan & Phil Fans Can Soon Feast Their Eyes On The 'Interactive Introverts' Tour Film|author=James Loke Hale|journal=TubeFilter|date=4 October 2018|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073438/https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/10/04/dan-phil-interactive-introverts-movie-youtube-premium-film/|archive-date=22 October 2018}}

Dan and Phil partnered with BBC Studios' TalentWorks to release a movie of Interactive Introverts with bonus features, such as behind the scenes content and directors' commentary, on DVD, Blu-ray, and available for digital download in December 2018.{{cite journal|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bbc-studios-launches-digital-content-label-talentworks-1202981269/|title=BBC Studios Launches Digital Content Label TalentWorks|first=Robert|last=Mitchell|journal=Variety|date=16 October 2018|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022034944/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bbc-studios-launches-digital-content-label-talentworks-1202981269/|archive-date=22 October 2018}}

In June 2024, Lester and Howell announced their third joint tour titled Terrible Influence, which would begin that September in Antwerp.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/danielhowell/status/1805297486476558662|title=dan and phil - the terrible influence tour tickets on sale friday 12pm local time|author=Daniel Howell|via=Twitter|date=24 June 2024|accessdate=24 June 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/community/dan-and-phil-announce-terrible-influence-tour-for-20242025-4679467|title=Dan and Phil announce 'Terrible Influence' tour for 2024/2025|work=Birmingham World|first=Emily|last=Brigstocke|date=25 June 2024|accessdate=2 September 2024}} From there, the tour stretched from the remainder of 2024 into early 2025 with dates in mainland Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and the UK and Ireland. Further UK dates were added in July 2024 due to demand.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/244400/9|title=Dan And Phil Add Extra Dates To 2025 UK Leg Of The Terrible Influence Tour|website=Stereoboard|first=Jon|last=Stickler|date=9 July 2024|accessdate=2 September 2024}}

A 2024 YouGov survey asked young LGBTQ+ Britons (16–25) which public figures made a "positive impression" on them growing up in terms of making them feel more comfortable and less alone in their identities. Though the list was "long and widely varied", Dan and Phil came second and fourth respectively.{{Cite web|url=https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/50625-visible-representation-who-do-young-lgbtq-britons-say-helped-them-growing-up|title=Visible representation: who do young LGBTQ+ Britons say helped them growing up?|website=YouGov|first=Matthew|last=Smith|date=2 October 2024|accessdate=3 October 2024}}

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