So, when it came to the Mount Rushmore of YouTubers, the duo had to admit they earned their spot. But who joins them at the top?

“We have to include Hank [Green] and John [Green] in this,” Rhett emphasized before detailing their criteria. “I’m gonna go with staying power, people who’ve been around since our era and are still doing it.”

As for the final slot, Link added that it belongs to Rosanna Pansino. 

And though their YouTube success speaks for itself, it wasn’t the original plan. Rhett and Link initially set out to become filmmakers. “We had this vision for what we wanted to do,” Rhett noted, but “making a business, making it your living” changed things.

“That’s our legacy,” he continued, “creating things in the context of the community that has gravitated towards our content, and not losing our soul in the process.”