He has written a blog for The Huffington Post about making his YouTube videos and his creative process. In 2014 he was named Lovie Internet Video Personality of the Year. Howell and Lester launched the YouTube channel DanandPhilGAMES in 2014 and had one million subscribers in March 2015. They launched DanandPhilCRAFTS in 2015 as an April Fool’s Joke. Dan and Phil won a Sony Golden Headphones Award in 2013. They wrote a book called The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire in 2015 and will tour the UK for The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire. In 2017 he changed his channel name to “Daniel Howell”. Today that channel has over 6.5 million subscribers.