2006–2011: Founding Y-Titty was founded in 2006 by Phil and TC. They joined YouTube on February 25, 2008. At first, videos were only published sporadically until the television station
Premiere became aware of the Hilpoltstein duo and shot a
pilot film with them. In September 2009, Oğuz Yılmaz joined the group and acts as a cameraman in many videos. The trio had its breakthrough with parodies of
Eminem and
Rihanna's "
Love the Way You Lie" and the novel adaptations of
Twilight and became known to a wider public. On June 22, 2010, the channel reached the 100,000 subscriber mark. The channel
DieJungs was also founded on December 17, 2010, on which they published web shows, vlogs and behind-the-scenes videos. In 2010, Phil, TC and OG were awarded the "
KIKA LIVE Web Award". In 2010, Y-Titty took part in the recording of the music video
SMS-Song by the music group
Die Original Elbtaler Spitzbärte, which was released on
iTunes and
Amazon.
2011: First single In autumn 2011, Y-Titty announced a rule. They introduced
FreeTittyDay, where a new sketch was uploaded every Friday. They also launched the
KomKomShow (comment-comment show). This was first uploaded after the parody of
Gotye's "
Somebody That I Used to Know" and then posted every Wednesday, in which the YouTubers reacted to comments on the respective sketch. Also in autumn 2011, the trio released its first single
Ständertime. With their motto "We want to revolutionize German comedy!" they called on people to download the song from various
download portals and thereby increase the chance of a single chart placement. The following week, the song reached number 48 in the German charts. Since about 2011, the group has been able to live off of income from YouTube.
2012: The Ponk Network and two more singles On February 7, 2012, the comedy trio was a guest on the
Harald Schmidt Show, where they announced that they had recorded around 10,000,000 video views in the previous month alone. Y-Titty founded the
Ponk network in late summer 2012. In addition to Y-Titty himself, many other comedy channels are involved, such as "ApeCrime", "FuNPeXeL" and "BullshitTV". Comedy videos were published on the channel five times a week. The Ponk shared apartment was also founded, but Phil, TC and OG did not move into it. On August 3, 2012, Y-Titty released his second single,
Der letzte Sommer They were able to top the chart success of
Ständertime and entered the German charts at number 15. In Austria they reached number 19 and in Switzerland number 34. On September 5, 2012, the trio was given a one-off show on
RTL II. On September 25, 2012, Y-Titty published the
NICHT-book, which it had already advertised and posted a video about the creation of the book on
DieJungs. In the book, Y-Titty makes fun of "haters" and tells the story of the fourth Y-Titty. On November 30, 2012, the third single,
Fest der Liebe, was released and entered the German charts at number 27. On December 31, 2012, Y-Titty became the first German-language channel with its own content to reach one million subscribers. They reached 1.5 million subscribers on March 29, 2013.
2013: Debut album and Y-Play In spring 2013, Y-Titty was nominated for the
Echo in the category "National Best Music Video" with
Der letzte Sommer, but they did not win. On December 30, 2012, Y-Titty overtook the most subscribed YouTube channel at the time, "DieAussenseiter," and one day later they surpassed the 1 million subscriber mark. On July 15, 2013, Y-Titty surpassed the two million subscriber mark on YouTube. On July 3, 2013, the
Y-Play channel was created. It was not Y-Titty's own account, but was used by various comedy groups, such as ApeCrime, the Ponk members, or Y-Titty themselves. It was a channel where they uploaded
Let's Play videos. A new video appeared every day with a specific theme such as "Versus Play," "Retro Play," or "Community Play." On May 12, 2013, the trio announced that they were planning an
album. The songs and the album were produced by German producer TheEmu. On July 26, 2013, the release of a new single was announced on
Facebook. It is called
Halt dein Maul and was released on August 9, 2013. Y-Titty set the goal of getting into the top 10 of the German single charts with this song. This goal was achieved, the song even entered the single charts at number 5. They also reached the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland. The album
Stricksocken Swagger was released on August 23, 2013 and is the group's first number one hit. On October 12, 2013, OG and TC took part in
Stefan Raab's Stock Car Crash Challenge. Y-Titty was already a guest on
TV total on 13 March 2013.
2014: Takeover Battle, Stricksockenswagger Tour and the Echo 2014 In January 2014, Y-Titty made its three channels
Y-Titty,
diejungs and
Y-Play available to lesser-known YouTubers for a week each as part of the so-called
Y-Titty Takeover Battle (YTB).
BullshitTV,
Digges Ding,
Cinemates and
SpaceBoyz were selected. The first three channels were chosen by the trio,
SpaceBoyz won a preliminary round in which all viewers were allowed to submit a video.
BullshitTV received the audience award, while the jury chose
Digges Ding as the best channel. On January 31, 2014, the song
#Hashtag with rapper MC Fitti was released. However,
#Hashtag only reached number 50 in the German charts. From mid-February to mid-March 2014, the comedy trio held its first major tour with their debut album
Stricksocken Swagger through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Y-Titty performed in
Cologne,
Frankfurt,
Hanover,
Dresden,
Berlin,
Hamburg (1st round),
Vienna,
Graz,
Zurich,
Stuttgart,
Munich and
Nuremberg (2nd round). They later said they wanted to do another tour. On March 27, the three comedians won the
Echo 2014, which was awarded via internet voting, in the category
Best National Video for the song
Halt dein Maul. Phil, OG and music producer TheEmu were there to accept the award. TC was in
Miami at the time. On June 5, 2014, Let's Player
Gronkh overtook Y-Titty in terms of subscriber count. This was the first time since the end of 2012 that they were no longer the most subscribed YouTube channel in Germany. On June 20, 2014, Y-Titty announced in a video that they would be taking a break from uploading any videos to their main channel. They also explained that they would only post videos when they felt like it. They also wanted to start working on a feature film. On August 8, 2014, the trio's sixth single, entitled
Verdammt Normal, was released. On August 25, 2014, TC started his own channel where he publishes videos from his private life. On September 11, 2014, Oğuz announced that there would be no more new videos on Y-Play, but that the channel would still be available. On September 22, 2014, the channel reached the three million subscriber mark. On October 9, 2014, Oğuz posted the first video on his own channel. Since January 2014, he has also been running another channel together with his fiancée. The videos of both channels are now set to private.
2015: Dissolution On December 11, 2015, the trio posted a music video entitled "
#endlich" on the main channel, in which they sang humorously about the end of the channel. The serious counterpart can be found on the second channel,
diejungs, in which Y-Titty explains the ending and gives an outlook on the future. Laude wants to devote more time to his acting career, Roll wants to continue with YouTube, and Yılmaz wants to devote more time to activities behind the camera. Roll wants to build a completely new, independent channel. == Controversy ==