A nine-year-old boy from Washington has become an unlikely social media sensation thanks to his extraordinary childhood fascination with toilets, toilet seats and household appliances.
Known online as “The Toilet Kid”, Damian has turned his unusual interest into a hands-on hobby. Rather than simply collecting toilets, he tests different models to see how effectively they flush and has built a dedicated testing bench in his backyard.
A hobby that turned into a backyard experiment
Damian’s fascination centres on examining toilets and toilet seats and comparing how different models perform. His interest also extends to other household appliances, reflecting his curiosity about how everyday objects work.
Images and videos shared online show the young enthusiast posing alongside toilets and demonstrating his unusual testing setup. What began as a childhood interest has attracted a growing audience intrigued by his highly specific passion.
His backyard has become a toilet testing station
Damian’s test bench allows him to position toilets and conduct flushing experiments. Images of the setup show full-sized toilets placed on a wooden structure and connected to plumbing equipment.
For Damian, the bench is more than a display area. It gives him a practical way to compare different models and observe their flushing performance.
His collection keeps getting bigger
The young enthusiast is also building a growing collection of toilet-related items, including toilet seats. As the collection expands, he reportedly plans to upgrade the testing bench so it can accommodate more toilets.
His approach combines collecting, experimenting and documenting his findings, giving his unusual hobby a practical dimension.
‘The Toilet Kid’ finds an audience online
Damian’s story has attracted attention partly because toilets are such ordinary household objects, yet he approaches them with the enthusiasm many children reserve for cars, trains or machines.
His willingness to share his experiments online has transformed a private childhood fascination into a distinctive social media presence.
Bigger testing plans are ahead
Damian hopes to create more room for his collection and continue testing different models as his hobby develops.
What makes his story stand out is not simply the subject of his fascination, but the curiosity and enthusiasm behind it. His backyard test station has turned an everyday household fixture into the centre of an unusual childhood experiment — and earned him a memorable nickname along the way.