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Writing and early comedy (2009–2012)

• Won Weirdass Ham-ateur Night, a comedy contest run by Vir Das, in 2009.
• Debuted on UTV Bindass's Hass Ley India and wrote for MTV's Wassup and Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan.
• Wrote for Disney India shows Kya Mast Hai Life and The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir.

All India Bakchod (2013–2018)

In 2013 Bhat, Khamba, Joshi and Shakya launched AIB on YouTube. Sketches such as Honest Indian Weddings, Honest Engineering Campus Placements and political satire videos made the channel hugely popular, and by 2015 AIB had grown into a creative agency producing branded content. Bhat also had cameo roles in Ragini MMS 2 (2014) and Mr. X (2015), and in 2018 he was a judge on the first season of Amazon Prime Video's Comicstaan.

#MeToo and exit as CEO (2018–2019)

In October 2018, during India's #MeToo movement, comedian Mahima Kukreja accused AIB freelancer Utsav Chakraborty of harassment. AIB said Bhat had been told of the allegations against Chakraborty but had not acted on them, and announced on 8 October 2018 that Bhat would "step away" from the company. Bhat himself was not accused of harassment. In May 2019 AIB said he would no longer be CEO; Bhat posted a public apology, acknowledging his "failings as a leader and as an individual" and saying he was deeply sorry to those affected.

YouTube creator (2019 – present)

• Launched the Tanmay Bhat YouTube channel in 2019, later adding livestreams and a second channel, Honestly by Tanmay Bhat.
• January 2020: an eight-hour "TreeMathon" stream to fund tree planting after the Aarey forest felling.
• April 2020: co-hosted an eight-hour COVID-19 relief stream with Kaneez Surka that raised over ₹17 lakh.
• Hosted Tanmay Reacts for Netflix India (2020) and co-wrote ad scripts for CRED (2020–2021).
• Netflix's Comedy Premium League (2021).
• Guest on Koffee with Karan seasons 7 (2022) and 8 (2024).
• Contestant on Kaun Banega Crorepati with Samay Raina (Season 16), and guest judge on four episodes of India's Got Latent (2024–2026).