Asks & outcomes
What the brothers asked Nerdfighteria (and each other) to do, 2007–2026: 1026 asks, 970 to viewers and 56 between the brothers. 342 (33 %) are followed by a result, thanks or close in a later video — the ask and its outcome are almost always in different videos, so this page puts them side by side. 18 more are answered only inside the same video; the rest have no report on the channel in this snapshot (which does not mean they failed). Median time from ask to first later report: 7 days. This extends the thread list on Threads with the kind of ask, its cost, amounts and deadlines.
Kind of ask is assigned by keyword rules on the ask title (the extraction has no ask-kind field); cost, amounts and deadlines are the annotators' event attributes.
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video). Intervals ("N days later") and relative deadlines are counted from that said-on date.
From in-group games to money and civic action
Asks opened per year by group of kind (an ask is counted in the year it is first made). The last column is the share reported back in a later video.
| year | asks | Talk & play | Make & submit | Show up | Money | Civic | Other | reported back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 95 | 63 (66 %) | 7 (7 %) | 10 (11 %) | 7 (7 %) | 2 (2 %) | 6 (6 %) | 57 % |
| 2008 | 96 | 46 (48 %) | 13 (14 %) | 25 (26 %) | 6 (6 %) | 4 (4 %) | 2 (2 %) | 44 % |
| 2009 | 122 | 54 (44 %) | 17 (14 %) | 29 (24 %) | 16 (13 %) | 1 (1 %) | 5 (4 %) | 28 % |
| 2010 | 122 | 66 (54 %) | 11 (9 %) | 26 (21 %) | 14 (11 %) | 5 (4 %) | 29 % | |
| 2011 | 117 | 48 (41 %) | 10 (9 %) | 28 (24 %) | 24 (21 %) | 2 (2 %) | 5 (4 %) | 35 % |
| 2012 | 59 | 15 (25 %) | 5 (8 %) | 20 (34 %) | 12 (20 %) | 4 (7 %) | 3 (5 %) | 15 % |
| 2013 | 46 | 13 (28 %) | 7 (15 %) | 12 (26 %) | 10 (22 %) | 2 (4 %) | 2 (4 %) | 41 % |
| 2014 | 62 | 22 (35 %) | 9 (15 %) | 12 (19 %) | 13 (21 %) | 4 (6 %) | 2 (3 %) | 31 % |
| 2015 | 62 | 27 (44 %) | 4 (6 %) | 12 (19 %) | 16 (26 %) | 2 (3 %) | 1 (2 %) | 31 % |
| 2016 | 56 | 19 (34 %) | 2 (4 %) | 19 (34 %) | 9 (16 %) | 4 (7 %) | 3 (5 %) | 20 % |
| 2017 | 42 | 22 (52 %) | 1 (2 %) | 7 (17 %) | 7 (17 %) | 5 (12 %) | 19 % | |
| 2018 | 38 | 17 (45 %) | 1 (3 %) | 4 (11 %) | 10 (26 %) | 3 (8 %) | 3 (8 %) | 26 % |
| 2019 | 31 | 7 (23 %) | 2 (6 %) | 9 (29 %) | 9 (29 %) | 2 (6 %) | 2 (6 %) | 23 % |
| 2020 | 10 | 2 (20 %) | 3 (30 %) | 2 (20 %) | 1 (10 %) | 2 (20 %) | 50 % | |
| 2021 | 12 | 3 (25 %) | 2 (17 %) | 2 (17 %) | 5 (42 %) | 25 % | ||
| 2022 | 9 | 3 (33 %) | 1 (11 %) | 5 (56 %) | 56 % | |||
| 2023 | 14 | 2 (14 %) | 2 (14 %) | 4 (29 %) | 4 (29 %) | 2 (14 %) | 57 % | |
| 2024 | 13 | 4 (31 %) | 2 (15 %) | 1 (8 %) | 4 (31 %) | 2 (15 %) | 62 % | |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 (9 %) | 1 (9 %) | 8 (73 %) | 1 (9 %) | 18 % | ||
| 2026 | 9 | 1 (11 %) | 2 (22 %) | 6 (67 %) | 33 % |
Money and civic asks were 18 % of asks in 2007–2016 and 37 % in 2017–2026; talk-and-play asks (comments, questions, in-group votes, asks between the brothers) went from 45 % to 32 %.
Kinds of ask
| kind | group | asks | reported back | most common cost to viewer | first | last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comment, suggest or answer | Talk & play | 320 | 103 (32 %) | time (102), none (13) | 2007 | 2025 |
| Vote, pick or decide (in-group) | Talk & play | 58 | 25 (43 %) | time (21), none (4) | 2007 | 2021 |
| Between the brothers | Talk & play | 56 | 39 (70 %) | none (4), money (1) | 2007 | 2024 |
| Make and submit | Make & submit | 98 | 44 (45 %) | time (43), effort (7) | 2007 | 2026 |
| Join, attend or watch | Show up | 132 | 29 (22 %) | time (53), money (14) | 2007 | 2026 |
| Share, recruit or subscribe | Show up | 56 | 7 (12 %) | time (18), none (7) | 2007 | 2023 |
| Mail or email | Show up | 19 | 7 (37 %) | time (10), effort (2) | 2007 | 2024 |
| Read along | Show up | 18 | 0 (0 %) | time (6), money (6) | 2007 | 2016 |
| Buy or pre-order | Money | 98 | 21 (21 %) | money (54) | 2008 | 2026 |
| Donate | Money | 84 | 40 (48 %) | money (51), goods (2) | 2007 | 2026 |
| Lend (Kiva microloans) | Money | 5 | 3 (60 %) | money (4), none (1) | 2007 | 2013 |
| Civic action | Civic | 34 | 11 (32 %) | time (16) | 2007 | 2025 |
| Other asks | Other | 48 | 13 (27 %) | time (8), none (3) | 2007 | 2024 |
What it costs the viewer
| cost | asks | reported back |
|---|---|---|
| (not recorded) | 544 | 34 % |
| time | 277 | 34 % |
| money | 131 | 27 % |
| none | 33 | 30 % |
| effort | 25 | 40 % |
| comment | 6 | 33 % |
| attention | 3 | 33 % |
| make video | 2 | 100 % |
| goods | 2 | 0 % |
| sign up | 1 | 100 % |
| optional money | 1 | 100 % |
| hair | 1 | 0 % |
Money and scale
Asks where a sum, a match or a count is stated (33), with the figure as said and where it is said.
- 2007-02-19 · John asks Hank to match his $20 concert scholarship pledge (2007) [between the brothers] — $20 (asked, 2007-02-19, Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 00:01:48)
- 2007-04-02 · John: 20 people give $10 each to the fund to free Hank from his punishment (2007) [donate] — $10 each from 20 people (asked, 2007-04-02, Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble 00:02:13); 1 of 20 $10 gifts (result reported, 2007-04-03, April 3rd: Seattle! 00:03:22)
- 2007-06-28 · John asks Nerdfighters to make loans through Kiva.org (2007) [lend (kiva microloans)] — $200 (result reported, 2007-06-29, How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 00:02:31); many, many thousands of dollars (result reported, 2007-07-02, Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting 00:00:29)
- 2007-08-06 · John asks viewers to donate to Daniel Biss's Illinois state-representative campaign via ActBlue (2007) [donate] — over 100 donations for over $2,000 (result reported, 2007-08-07, August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt 00:00:56); 189 donations; about 50 fund gifts (result reported, 2007-08-09, August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections 00:00:10)
- 2007-08-22 · John points Nerdfighters to a Nerdfighter's head-shaving fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (2007) [donate] — $1,000 (asked, 2007-08-22, August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS 00:01:26)
- 2007-11-01 · John asks Nerdfighters to contribute to the foundation's train-fare project at Brotherhood2.com (2007) [donate] — somewhere around a hundred bucks (asked, 2007-11-01, November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like 00:02:53)
- 2007-11-26 · John asks Nerdfighters to find 'Tiffany with no last name' (2007) [other asks] — a very handsome reward (asked, 2007-11-26, Nov. 26th: Writing Advice (And Notes on Surnameless Tiffany) 00:01:08)
- 2008-01-21 · John asks Nerdfighters to prove Helen Hunt has seen Hank's song about her (2008) [share, recruit or subscribe] — nerdfighters may punish both brothers (asked, 2008-01-21, A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT 00:03:14)
- 2008-04-01 · Hank asks viewers to comment if they want the brothers to make videos more often (2008) [comment, suggest or answer] — 4,336 to 11 (result reported, 2008-04-08, Nerdfighting in Bangladesh 00:00:00)
- 2008-04-08 · John asks Nerdfighters to help fund Shawn Ahmed's work in Bangladesh (2008) [donate] — $250 (result reported, 2008-04-10, Barack John Obama Green 00:03:25); more than $3,000 (result reported, 2008-04-14, PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR 00:00:00)
- 2009-02-01 · John invites over-21 Chicago Nerdfighters to Mark Bazer's live talk show at the Hideout (2009) [join, attend or watch] — five bucks (asked, 2009-02-01, Super Bowl Analysis from an Idiot 00:00:00)
- 2009-03-08 · John asks viewers to donate to the Uncultured Project for Peeps for Bangladesh (2009) [donate] — 100 peeps so far (reminder, 2009-03-10, How to Get Girls to Like You 00:02:55); about 315 Peeps (result reported, 2009-03-24, Peeps! Prom! Puppy! 00:00:00)
- 2009-06-14 · John asks Nerdfighters to vote on keeping or shaving his beard (2009) [vote, pick or decide (in-group)] — almost 5,000 votes (result reported, 2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied), Half a Beard 00:00:00)
- 2009-10-11 · John asks Nerdfighters to lend to entrepreneurs through Kiva.org (2009) [lend (kiva microloans)] — more than $33,000 (result reported, 2011-09-26, Awesome Bankers? 00:02:55); $55,000 (result reported, 2011-09-30, YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses 00:00:24); more than $75,000 (result reported, 2011-11-11, The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:01:47)
- 2010-01-15 · Hank asks viewers to donate to the Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief (2010) [donate] — $10 by text, more via redcross.org (asked, 2010-01-15, Introduction to Chemistry with Hank 00:03:24)
- 2010-07-05 · John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance to win a $250,000 contest, 'with Esther' (2010) [vote, pick or decide (in-group)] — $250,000 (result reported, 2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied), I Like Balls 00:01:43)
- 2010-11-15 · John asks Nerdfighters to buy the pizza shirt, back in stock at DFTBA.com/pizza (November 2010) [buy or pre-order] — $18 (reminder, 2011-01-17, Cheating Cheaters of Cheatery: The Amazing Story of Brazil's Cotton War with the U.S. 00:03:11)
- 2011-02-21 · Hank asks viewers to come to his Seattle and Portland shows with Mike Phirman and Paul and Storm (2011) [join, attend or watch] — $20 (asked, 2011-02-21, Hank Interviews His Mayor 00:03:18)
- 2011-03-09 · John asks viewers to suggest titles for his untitled new novel in the comments (2011) [comment, suggest or answer] — more than two thousand titles (result reported, 2011-03-28, Participatory Geometry 00:01:50)
- 2011-03-21 · Hank asks viewers to donate to Water.org for the Savann Tabak well (2011) [donate] — $300 (result reported, 2011-04-06, Tales of Nerd Love! 00:03:08)
- 2011-09-09 · Hank asks viewers to make beats from his mouth sounds at star.me (2011) [make and submit] — hundreds of people (result reported, 2011-10-07, Steve Jobs and a Song 00:02:06)
- 2011-09-12 · John asks viewers to buy ten-dollar tickets for his Asheville library fundraiser talk and signing (2011) [join, attend or watch] — ten bucks (asked, 2011-09-12, Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography 00:02:42)
- 2011-11-09 · Hank invites viewers to keep donating to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at fightworldsuck.org (2011) [donate] — more than $4,000 (result reported, 2011-11-11, The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:00:54)
- 2012-03-13 · John asks non-members to join Kiva via his link and make a free $25 trial loan funded by a LinkedIn co-founder (2012) [lend (kiva microloans)] — $25 (asked, 2012-03-13, Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:02:23)
- 2013-03-05 · John asks Nerdfighters to get the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans to celebrate one million subscribers (2013) [lend (kiva microloans)] — $2,000,000 (asked, 2013-03-05, The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying video description); $2 million (at $1.976 million) (reminder, 2013-03-08, ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! 00:02:02)
- 2013-12-16 · Hank asks viewers to vote for P4A 2013 videos at projectforawesome.com (2013) [vote, pick or decide (in-group)] — Save the Children and other organizations fighting poverty and disease (reminder, 2013-12-17, THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! 00:03:28)
- 2014-02-07 · Hank asks viewers to buy old DFTBA shirts on sale for $10 ahead of the warehouse move (2014) [buy or pre-order] — $10 per shirt (asked, 2014-02-07, Kill All The Humans 00:03:15); $10 (reminder, 2014-03-28, New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! 00:02:26)
- 2014-04-25 (said on 2014-04-26, implied) · Hank asks viewers to buy tickets for Tour Because Awesome (2014) [buy or pre-order] — $15-20 (reminder, 2014-06-13, How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways) 00:02:30)
- 2014-08-22 · Hank asks viewers (not John) to go to llamajohn.com for John's birthday (2014) [join, attend or watch] — 174.3 llamas (result reported, 2014-08-26, Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World 00:00:02)
- 2014-09-22 · John asks viewers to raise $100,000 via Water.org for clean water in Ethiopia, matched by Bill Gates (2014) [donate] — $100,000 (asked, 2014-09-22, Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Agriculture video description); $100,000 (reminder, 2014-09-23, Looking Away 00:02:40); $260,000 (result reported, 2014-09-26, Gettin' Real with Hank 00:00:50); $300,000 (result reported, 2014-09-30, Keeping it EVEN REALER 00:02:02); more than $300,000 (thanks, 2014-09-30, Keeping it EVEN REALER 00:03:44); Bill Gates matches up to $100,000 (asked, 2014-09-22, Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Agriculture video description); Bill Gates matches the donation (reminder, 2014-09-23, Looking Away 00:02:40)
- 2014-12-08 · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2014 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2014) [donate] — $10,000 (reminder, 2014-12-19, BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! 00:00:33)
- 2015-08-14 · Hank asks viewers to build book towers and email photos with their height to hankandjohn@gmail.com (2015) [make and submit] — almost 900 entries (result reported, 2015-08-21, Book Towers for Miles 00:00:43)
- 2015-10-20 · John invites viewers to attend his fundraiser for Daniel Biss's comptroller campaign (2015) [donate] — $40 (asked, 2015-10-20, Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:03:42)
Totals reported on the projects the money asks serve
Money asks often belong to a project thread (Project for Awesome editions, the Kiva team, fundraisers); its reported totals are the collective outcome of those asks. 35 reported figures on 15 projects, by date:
- 2007-03-06 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) — $127.5 (raised, milestone): Hank says each brother has already given $20 to the fund and he now owes $87.5, about $127.5 in total. — Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide 00:04:07
- 2007-04-06 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) — $100 (raised, milestone): John reports the fund's first gift: $100 to One Kid, One World, which helps refugees in Africa, and thanks the contributors, most notably Hank. — Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender 00:01:59
- 2007-05-14 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck: the Brotherhood 2.0 fund (2007) — more than $300 (raised, milestone): John reports more than $300 raised in the last week for the bereaved family, with donations collected all this week (week of 14 May 2007). — Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage 00:02:47
- 2009-03-08 · Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008) — thousands of dollars (raised, outcome): John reports nerdfighters have raised thousands of dollars that are now being spent to rebuild schools and build water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh. — PEEPS for Bangladesh 00:01:15
- 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · The Harry Potter Alliance's Helping Haiti Heal raffle (2010) — $86,000 (raised, milestone): Hank reports that the Harry Potter Alliance, Harry Potter and Nerdfighter communities have raised $86,000, enough for two cargo planes of aid to Haiti. — Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! 00:02:15
- 2011-05-05 · P4A 2010 edition — more than $150,000 (raised, looked back): John reports that the 2010 Project for Awesome, overseen by Hank, raised more than $150,000 for charity. — IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! 00:01:46
- 2011-06-10 · This Star Won't Go Out bracelets sold at DFTBA.com/Esther for the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation (2010) — more than $10,000 (sales, milestone): Almost ten months after Esther Earl's death, more than $10,000 has been raised for This Star Won't Go Out. — Then I Took Off My Bra 00:01:56
- 2011-11-09 · Keep It or Shave It: Hank's facial-hair vote with dollars for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2011) — Keep It $1494.43; Shave It $1449.98; almost $3,000 total (raised, outcome): Hank reports Keep It ($1494.43) narrowly beat Shave It ($1449.98), raising almost $3,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; a $100 donation from his high school English teacher, Leanne Spillane, decided it. — 27 Part Video 00:03:10
- 2011-11-11 · P4A 2011 edition — more than $8,000 (raised / sales, milestone): With the brothers' match, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has already raised more than $8,000, to be distributed through the Project for Awesome. — The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:01:23
- 2011-11-11 · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — more than $75,000 (lent, milestone): In his quarterly report on the Bank of Nerdfighteria, John says Nerdfighters have loaned more than $75,000 through Kiva.org, across six continents. — The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:01:47
- 2011-11-16 · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — over $106,000 in loans (lent, milestone): John's description reports that the Nerdfighter Kiva bank has passed $106,000 in loans. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME video description
- 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · P4A 2011 edition — over $10,000 (raised / sales, milestone): Hank reports the money raised for P4A 2011 is already over $10,000. — Our Grandfather 00:03:27
- 2011-12-19 · P4A 2011 edition — $75,000 (FTDWS); more than $100,000 in all (raised / sales, outcome): John reports P4A 2011 results: $75,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck in 48 hours, over $100,000 with other projects, thousands of videos and millions of views. — Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath 00:00:03
- 2011-12-26 · P4A 2011 edition — $14,269.22 each; $71,000-ish in all (raised / sales, outcome): Hank reports each of the five winning charities will get $14,269.22, the $71,000-ish fund divided by five. — Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail 00:00:58
- 2012-03-13 · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — $239,000 (lent, milestone): John reports the Nerdfighter Kiva group went from $75,000 to $239,000 in loans in a quarter and now has over 9,000 members. — Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:01:54
- 2012-03-20 · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — $500,000 (lent, milestone): John announces the Nerdfighter Kiva group has hit $500,000. — Sharpie Face Question Tuesday 00:00:44
- 2012-08-10 · Evil Baby Orphanage card game: a game company's Kickstarter campaign (2012) — $50,000 stretch goal; pledge over $40 for the expansion (raised, milestone): Hank reports Weird Games took up the Evil Baby Orphanage idea and let him look at the whole card game; a $50,000 Nerdfighter expansion stretch goal adds John and Hank as time nannies. — I Don't Have a Favorite Pony 00:02:57
- 2012-08-31 · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — a million dollars (lent, milestone): The Nerdfighter Kiva group has reached $1 million in loans. — Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes 00:03:08
- 2012-12-04 · P4A 2012 edition — more than $15,000; match up to $50,000 (raised, milestone): John reports the P4A 2012 pot already holds more than $15,000 and that four anonymous donors will match donations up to $50,000. — Time for AWESOME 00:02:26
- 2012-12-11 · P4A 2011 edition — more than $80,000 to five charities (raised / sales, looked back): John reports that after last year's (2011) P4A the Foundation to Decrease World Suck donated more than $80,000 to five charities chosen by the YouTube community. — Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS 00:00:29
- 2012-12-11 · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — about to pass $1.6 million in loans (lent, milestone): John reports the Nerdfighter Kiva group, which had just passed $1 million when they last checked in, is about to pass $1.6 million in loans. — Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS 00:01:27
- 2012-12-11 · P4A 2012 edition — $15,000 in the bank plus $60,000 in pledges (raised, milestone): John reports the Bank of Nerdfighteria's giving arm is refilled ($15,000 plus $60,000 in pledges) and ready for the Project for Awesome. — Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS 00:02:37
- 2012-12-21 · P4A 2012 edition — $397,000 via Indiegogo; more than half a million dollars in all (raised, outcome): Hank reports P4A 2012 raised $397,000 on Indiegogo and more than half a million dollars in all, with over 700,000 comments and 15,000 donors. — Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) 00:01:45
- 2013-03-08 · P4A 2012 edition — over $400,000 (raised, outcome): Hank says P4A 2012 raised over $400,000 and names the ten charities receiving it, after a legally complicated delay. — ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! 00:00:58
- 2013-06-21 · Evil Baby Orphanage card game: a game company's Kickstarter campaign (2012) — over 4,000 copies sold (raised, milestone): Hank reports the Evil Baby Orphanage card game has sold over 4,000 copies, according to Weird Games. — New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News 00:00:26
- 2013-12-16 · P4A 2012 edition — $400,000 (raised, looked back): Hank says P4A raised $400,000 last year (2012). — Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! 00:01:41
- 2013-12-20 · P4A 2013 edition — $525,000 (raised, milestone): During the livestream P4A 2013 passes $525,000 raised. — Best Moments of the Project for Awesome 00:02:42
- 2014-01-14 · P4A 2013 edition — more than $860,000 (raised, outcome): John announces P4A 2013 raised more than $860,000; ten charities chosen by Nerdfighteria get $50,000 each and ten more share most of the remaining $360,000. — Giving Away Over $700,000 00:00:50
- 2014-05-27 · John's World Cup fundraiser for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2013) — nearly $6,000 (raised, milestone): John reports the World Cup support auction has so far raised nearly $6,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) 00:00:35
- 2014-06-17 · John's World Cup fundraiser for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2013) — more than $55,000 (raised, milestone): John reports the World Cup support auction has raised more than $55,000 for sarcoma research, with his $3 match per $1, and that he now supports Mexico. — Old. 00:00:12
- 2014-12-16 · P4A 2014 edition — over $1.2 million (raised, outcome): John reports P4A 2014 has raised over $1.2 million for charity, by far the most successful P4A of all time. — Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome 00:00:36
- 2014-12-19 · P4A 2014 edition — a million (raised, milestone): On the livestream John counts down from $160 short of a million, waits through an Indiegogo donation error, and celebrates when P4A 2014 passes one million dollars. — BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! 00:01:42
- 2014-12-19 · P4A 2014 edition — $1,282,750 (raised, outcome): Hank reports P4A 2014 had six trending hashtags, tens of thousands of donated perks, hundreds of thousands of votes on over 900 videos, and raised $1,282,750. — BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! 00:03:33
- 2015-05-26 · John's one-week Nerdfighteria fundraiser for Save the Children's work with Syrian refugees (2015) — over $15,000; $30,000 with matching (raised, outcome): John reports the one-week Save the Children fundraiser for Syrian refugees raised over $15,000, $30,000 with matching, and thanks donors. — Sixteen Parts 00:00:07
- 2015-10-02 · Wizard School: DFTBA Games' first card game and its Kickstarter (2015) — over 1000% funded (raised, milestone): Hank reports the Wizard School Kickstarter is over 1000% funded, so the game will be made. — Awkward Stranger Conversations 00:03:00
Longest loops: ask and outcome side by side
The 20 asks whose last reported outcome came longest after the ask (of 342 with a later report). Every ask is on its kind page.
- Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) [other asks]
- asked 2007-03-20: Hank asks viewers who are getting older and less silly to put something on their heads. — March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age 00:03:03
- → result 2023-09-19 (16.5 years later): John recalls Hank asking the community for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up: of about 400 regular viewers, about 350 sent pictures, before the iPhone. — So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! 00:04:54
- John asks Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil The Fault in Our Stars (2011) [other asks]
- asked 2011-05-23: About nine months in advance, John asks Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil his new book. — Eating the Unicorn 00:02:07
- → result 2026-09-22 (15.3 years later): Instead those early readers chose not to share the book, many waited until release day to read it, and it stayed unspoiled: one of the most generous acts of collective reading John has seen. — I Want You to Know Nothing About This 00:03:43
- John asks Hank whether he put Red Green's poop in the family Nintendo (2010) [between the brothers]
- asked 2010-03-05: John asks Hank to answer honestly whether he put Red Green's poop in the Nintendo or Red Green was a pooping genius, expecting the answer on Monday. (playful) [due: Monday] — Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK 00:02:54
- → result 2023-11-17 (13.7 years later): Hank recalls that the channel spent a long time trying to figure out whether their childhood dachshund pooped in their Nintendo. (playful) — WHAT AM I DOING 00:00:31
- John asks viewers who value and can afford it to support Crash Course and SciShow on Patreon (2015) [donate]
- asked 2015-03-17: John asks viewers who support Crash Course or SciShow through Subbable to move their subscription to Patreon, which he calls like Subbable only better. — What Are Paper Towns? video description
- → thanks 2026-02-04 (10.9 years later): Hank thanks viewers who for years knowingly gave a for-profit company money with no tax deduction, through Patreon, the Crash Course Coin, the Learnathon and SciShow fundraisers. — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:06:23
- Hank asks viewers to guess which role he played in his Rocky Horror cast (2010) [comment, suggest or answer]
- asked 2010-10-25: Hank asks commenters to guess which Rocky Horror role he played, with points for correct guesses. (playful) — Rocky Horror + Glee = ? 00:03:26
- → result 2020-07-24 (9.8 years later): Asked who he played in his Rocky Horror shows, Hank shows a photo and reveals he played Rocky. — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? 00:01:59
- John asks viewers to donate to Daniel Biss's Illinois state-representative campaign via ActBlue (2007) [donate]
- asked 2007-08-06: John asks viewers to donate this week (week of 6 August 2007), via ActBlue, to help Daniel Biss become the first nerdfighter elected to state congress. — August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished 00:01:34
- → result 2015-10-20 (8.2 years later): John recalls that Nerdfighteria helped raise money for Daniel Biss's first campaign, which Daniel lost in 2008. — Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:01:07
- Hank asks viewers to fund Crash Course through Subbable (2013) [donate]
- asked 2013-07-26: Hank asks viewers who can to pay for Crash Course through subbable.com: 'help us fund Crash Course and defy capitalism'. — Introducing Subbable 00:03:03
- → result 2021-06-25 (7.9 years later): Hank says Crash Course and Complexly have funded themselves creatively: advertising, grants from organizations that understand the mission, Subbable, then Patreon, and now the Crash Course coin. — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:02:40
- John asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn (2019) [donate]
- asked 2019-04-09: The description asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn. — The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone video description
- → thanks 2026-08-28 (7.4 years later): Hank thanks everyone who has supported Partners In Health or Save the Children over the years; much good has been done. — Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill 00:09:44
- Hank asks Nerdfighters to donate to Daniel Biss's campaign via ActBlue (2008) [donate]
- asked 2008-06-16: The description asks viewers to give to Daniel Biss's campaign through a Nerdfighters for Biss ActBlue page. — Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts video description
- → result 2015-10-20 (7.3 years later): John recalls that in 2008 Nerdfighteria helped raise money for Daniel Biss's campaign. — Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:01:07
- John asks viewers to like his video to test the one-like-per-ten-views ratio (2020) [other asks]
- asked 2020-02-25: Feeling as nervous as if asking someone to prom, John asks viewers to click like to break the cycle or find the ratio is real; probably not, but he asks them to like it so he can disprove the theory. — A weird YouTube thing? 00:03:20
- → result 2026-09-15 (6.6 years later): John says the ratio holds only if you don't ask people to like your video, which the brothers don't, because there are more interesting calls to action. — YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 00:00:29
- John asks Nerdfighters to prove Helen Hunt has seen Hank's song about her (2008) [share, recruit or subscribe]
- asked 2008-01-21: John sets the first project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's song video and provide proof; success lets nerdfighters punish both brothers. [reward: nerdfighters may punish both brothers] — A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT 00:03:14
- → result 2014-07-18 (6.5 years later): In 2011 the standing deal to punish Hank if Helen Hunt saw his 'Helen Hunt' video came true: she tweeted him, and he had to hump his entire town. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:02:33
- John asks Nerdfighters to make loans through Kiva.org (2007) [lend (kiva microloans)]
- asked 2007-06-28: John proposes that he and Hank give several gifts to Kiva.org over the next week, and hopes Nerdfighters will join. [due: 2007-07-05] — June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier 00:03:05
- → result 2013-03-20 (5.7 years later): John recalls that in 2007, with a few hundred regular viewers, the Nerdfighter community did interesting things: Nerdfighters made their first thousand dollars in Kiva loans with under a hundred subscribers. — Ads Work...but for Whom? 00:01:53
- Hank asks viewers whether it would be okay to kill baby Hitler (2007) [comment, suggest or answer]
- asked 2007-05-11: Hank asks for people's opinions on whether it would be okay to kill baby Hitler. — May 11th: Heroes 00:02:03
- → result 2013-01-15 (5.7 years later): John recounts that a commenter answered Hank's baby-Hitler question: rather than kill him, kidnap evil babies and raise them in an evil baby orphanage. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 00:57:30
- John asks would-be donors of $2,000 or more to join the PIH Sierra Leone matching team by email (2019) [donate]
- asked 2019-10-22: John asks people able to donate $2,000 or more who want to join the matching team to email him at sparksflyup@gmail.com. — Why We're Donating $6,500,000 00:08:24
- → result 2025-05-13 (5.6 years later): John says dozens of viewers came together to build a matching fund so every dollar donated monthly could be matched. — I Have the BEST News 00:00:58
- Hank asks viewers to buy a Crash Course coin to fund Crash Course (2021) [buy or pre-order]
- asked 2021-06-15: The description asks viewers to support Crash Course with the Crash Course coin. — VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! video description
- → thanks 2026-02-04 (4.6 years later): Hank thanks viewers who for years knowingly gave a for-profit company money with no tax deduction, through Patreon, the Crash Course Coin, the Learnathon and SciShow fundraisers. — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:06:23
- John asks viewers to donate to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck on behalf of the World Cup 2014 team the brothers should support (2013) [donate]
- asked 2013-11-26: John asks viewers to donate to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck on behalf of the team they want the brothers to support at World Cup 2014 (link in the doobly-doo). — The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:00:59
- → result 2018-03-13 (4.3 years later): In 2014 John and some nerdfighters auctioned their World Cup love and raised over $10,000 for sarcoma research. — Who Should We Root For? 00:02:01
- John asks viewers to buy Sun Basin Soap, whose profit goes to charity (2023) [buy or pre-order]
- asked 2023-04-28: Hank invites viewers to check out Sun Basin Soap at good.store. — I Discovered a Soap Secret 00:02:55
- → result 2026-09-01 (3.3 years later): John says Sun Basin Soap has donated millions of dollars to support the Maternal Center of Excellence at Koidu Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. — You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried 00:03:15
- Hank asks viewers to vote on his new glasses frames (2008) [vote, pick or decide (in-group)]
- asked 2008-07-27: Hank asks John, Nerdfighters and other viewers to vote in the comments on which of seven frames he should buy. — How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! 00:02:07
- → result 2011-09-28 (3.2 years later): Hank says the earlier viewer vote on his frames (2008) went well, so he trusts viewers again. — Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking 00:00:00
- Hank asks viewers to leave their favorite jokes in the comments (2008) [comment, suggest or answer]
- asked 2008-11-06: Hank asks viewers to put jokes in the comments so he can choose favourites for the 50 Jokes video. — Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:01:38
- → thanks 2011-04-13 (2.4 years later): Hank thanks everyone who submitted, and still submits, jokes, and notes it has been a long time since his last jokes video. — 31 Jokes for NERDS! video description
- Hank asks viewers to sign up for DFTBA Pin Pals before its limited openings fill (2018) [buy or pre-order]
- asked 2018-01-19: The pin club has limited openings so DFTBA doesn't make too many or too few pins, so Hank tells viewers to go sign up. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:03:39
- → close 2020-05-15 (2.3 years later): Hank says the Bizarre Beasts Pin Club is closed to new members, apologises, and says they will try to figure out something in the future. — Lookin' Kinda Dumb! 00:03:39
Deadlines
78 asks state a deadline (73 could be read as a date). Asks with a dated deadline, and whether the outcome was reported after it:
All asks by kind
- Comment, suggest or answer — 320
- Vote, pick or decide (in-group) — 58
- Between the brothers — 56
- Make and submit — 98
- Join, attend or watch — 132
- Share, recruit or subscribe — 56
- Mail or email — 19
- Read along — 18
- Buy or pre-order — 98
- Donate — 84
- Lend (Kiva microloans) — 5
- Civic action — 34
- Other asks — 48