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Mentions by year: 2007: 32 · 2008: 37 · 2009: 46 · 2010: 42 · 2011: 19 · 2012: 25 · 2013: 20

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2007

2008

  • 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank argues Twitter is not for telling anyone how you are but for defining yourself through the self the internet lets you create across many platforms. (00:01:39)
  • 2008-04-02 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — Hank asks viewers who want more frequent videos to say so in comments on YouTube or nerdfighters.com; the reaction will decide, and comments make them feel appreciated. (00:03:29)
  • 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — Until publication John will give away as many ARCs to Nerdfighters as he can; today everyone commenting on YouTube or the Ning goes in a hat for this galley. (00:01:41)
  • 2008-05-01 · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank says Vlogbrothers videos have been viewed 11 million times at 3.7 minutes each, 40.7 million minutes or 77.4 years: one human lifetime. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-05-01 · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank says YouTube and the internet provide ways to participate, and hopes the Vlogbrothers are something viewers and the brothers do together, not a waste of time. (00:03:18)
  • 2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — Hank invites viewers to wish Katherine a happy birthday in their own way, ideally in YouTube videos, sent to her YouTube channel or by email. (00:02:53)
  • 2008-05-21 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — Asked the key to YouTube popularity, John says YouTube's new demographics feature shows Nerdfighters are extremely loyal, which he thinks is because nerdfighting is something they all do together. (00:01:10)
  • 2008-05-21 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John's advice: to become marginally popular on YouTube and help create a community you care about that is composed entirely of awesome, build a truly collaborative community. (00:01:44)
  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John announces a second celebrity challenge: if and when the brothers pass Oprah on YouTube's most-subscribed list, Nerdfighters may challenge them any way they see fit. (00:03:23)
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank and John gave a talk at Google's Chicago headquarters about YouTube, online video and online communities. (00:02:13)
  • 2008-09-22 · The Pwning of Oprah — John reads YouTube's most-subscribed directors list: the Vlogbrothers have 41,818 subscribers and Oprah 41,365, so they have 'pwned' Oprah. (00:00:50)
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the label, called DFTBA Records, exists to give YouTube-related musicians a way to produce and distribute their music. (00:01:22)
  • …and 36 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

  • 2009-03-02 · Free Will Fetish — John reveals, whispering, that the vlogbrothers now have more subscribers than Google, the company that owns YouTube. (00:02:12)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John relays wide reports that YouTube will launch a major redesign on Thursday emphasizing professional over user-generated content, with four tabs: TV, Movies, Music and Videos. (00:00:40)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says the site will emphasize TV shows, feature films and music videos not because people want to watch them but because advertisers want to advertise next to them. (00:00:58)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John finds it strange that people think YouTube has a responsibility to the little guy: corporations are not in the business of being awesome, they exist to make money. (00:01:20)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says that for the number of views it takes YouTube to make a dollar, a site like Hulu that features television shows can make ten dollars. (00:01:49)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John finds it hard to be mad at YouTube for wanting to stop losing money, but is a little mad at advertisers for thinking user-generated content can't sell Lucky Charms. (00:01:55)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says one reported change makes him furious: a feature letting viewers dim the space outside the video screen. He hates that idea. (00:02:47)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says what he hates about television is that you watch it; what he loves about YouTube is that it isn't television but something you're called to participate in. (00:02:58)
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John's favourite thing about YouTube is the comments; he admits discourse in many YouTube comments is poor, but for 'our community' comments and video responses are a huge portion of these videos. (00:03:06)
  • 2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — The chorus says maybe YouTube can become like Hulu and avoid its demise, but if it costs the little guys, Hank might say his goodbyes. (00:01:10)
  • 2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — Hank thanks viewers most of all, because YouTube is not what Google does but what the community does, including in the comments. (00:03:45)
  • 2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (00:00:29)
  • …and 43 more statements in 2009 (most important shown)

2010

  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Hank says Nerdfighter Shawn Ahmed, doing amazing work in Bangladesh, is one of five finalists to possibly attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, and asks everyone to vote for him via the sidebar. (00:02:55)
  • 2010-01-30 · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank thinks YouTube must recognise that people don't like watching long-form content on computers; rentals won't really work unless they work with people's televisions. (00:01:52)
  • 2010-03-02 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker likes to say YouTube is for squirrels on trampolines and that advertisers don't want ads next to cats on skateboards. (00:01:43)
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says Jeff Zucker is probably right about TV, his job, but on YouTube is as unqualified and clueless as Tiger Woods hosting The Marriage Ref. (00:00:56)
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank argues YouTube is not a new way of experiencing old things, as Zucker thinks when he treats it as America's Funniest Home Videos without Bob Saget. (00:01:26)
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says this is why he wants VidCon: something important is happening on YouTube, and people who understand it should meet to talk, learn, plan what comes next and celebrate. (00:02:31)
  • 2010-04-15 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't — Hank says YouTube is important, interesting and fascinating on many levels, but lots of things are important, so calling what you do important is not unusual. (00:00:44)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John says it is vitally important to pick the right patron saint, and as yet there is no patron saint of YouTube. (00:02:00)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John recommends Padre Pio, a relatively recent saint whom many consider a bit nutty, as patron saint of YouTube, and shows he keeps him in his wallet. (00:02:00)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John argues YouTube gives everyone the superpower of bilocation: he is in his Indiana basement and at Hank's house in Missoula at once. (00:02:29)
  • 2010-04-24 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank asks viewers to leave their ideas as video responses to the version of this video at youtube.com/vidcon, not the vlogbrothers one, and get people to like them; most-liked ideas are most likely to happen. (00:01:38)
  • 2010-05-04 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank imagines that when bandwidth runs short again telecoms would cut the next biggest user, probably YouTube, while Comcast.com's videos come in faster than ever. (00:01:57)
  • …and 78 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

  • 2011-01-04 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — John wishes Hank a happy four-year YouTube anniversary and says he dressed up because it is their special day. (00:00:00)
  • 2011-01-06 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — Checking whether 'our strategy' worked, Hank finds Google does not autocomplete 'is hank green' but Bing does (and suggests 'hank green is cute'), so for this purpose Bing beats Google. (00:02:35)
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John notes much conversation on Tumblr, the Ning, YouTube and Twitter about Nerdfighteria changing as it grows and how to keep the community strong, and offers his two cents. (00:00:56)
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says Nerdfighteria needs better ways to interact: YouTube comments don't lend themselves to relationships or collaboration, and the Ning confuses new users, though Ningmasters are working on it. (00:02:11)
  • 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says YouTube's carbon emissions amount to trillions of pounds of carbon. (00:02:53)
  • 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John still thinks YouTube and Nerdfighteria are awesome, but says we need to be aware of the price of that awesome. (00:03:05)
  • 2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — Hank presents the Video LP for his album This Machine Pwns n00bs: viewers can click any of its songs and listen to it on YouTube. (00:00:00)
  • 2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — Hank says the songs can be streamed free all day and night by anyone with a YouTube connection, and shared on Tumblr, Twitter or a weblog. (00:00:12)
  • 2011-04-07 · Live on YouTube — Hank announces that YouTube has let the vlogbrothers into live streaming and that they will start doing livestreams today. (00:00:11)
  • 2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — Hank, outdoing John's signing offer, says every buyer of a physical Ellen Hardcastle can send him a ten-word script that he will film and put on YouTube. (00:01:05)
  • 2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says the great thing is that the brothers are not the only Nerdfighters: thousands work together through YouTube comments, Twitter, Tumblr, the Ning and Your Pants to improve the maps, making better maps than anyone could alone. (00:01:50)
  • 2011-11-22 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John says the legislation before Congress would increase that inequality: YouTube, Google and Tumblr can afford lawyers against Viacom, he can't, and it won't stop already-illegal wholesale piracy. (00:02:54)
  • …and 11 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

  • 2012-01-07 · Kill your TV — Hank says a 15-second pre-roll on a four-minute YouTube video is seven times less advertising than on television. (00:02:39)
  • 2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he only gets annoyed when people use grammar to humiliate others in YouTube comments, rather than for its purpose: making language as clear and intelligible as possible. (00:01:06)
  • 2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — Hank argues the affluent eyeball (anyone with internet fast enough for YouTube counts as affluent) is one of Earth's most valuable commodities, so valuable that services are given free for it. (00:02:02)
  • 2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — Hank argues the internet is built on the idea that content should be free, which leaves advertising as the only model: a free YouTube that keeps its staff means looking at ads. (00:02:33)
  • 2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — Hank invites a conversation: if people want YouTube neither ad-supported nor free, or know a way to run an online company without auctioning users' psyches and habits, let's talk. (00:02:45)
  • 2012-06-15 · Flinching in the Shower — Hank asks people to leave the problems they see, from small ones like YouTube's subscription system to big ones like hunger, with (not actual) points for uniqueness and for rarely commenting. (00:02:51)
  • 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John picks tax policy (joking it is a good way to get YouTube views) as the best example of how far political rhetoric has diverged from actual policy. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John says money from selling a company (say, YouTube to Google) or appreciated stock is capital gains, currently taxed at 15%, far below the ordinary income rate. (00:01:56)
  • 2012-12-01 · VidCon 2013! — Hank explains VidCon as a yearly gathering he and John started for everyone who loves online video: professionals, hobbyists and fans, creators, communities and the industry that enables them. (00:01:47)
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. (00:01:27)
  • 2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says Nerdfighteria used to be a YouTube-based phenomenon but now has many places, listing Minecrafteria, Facebook groups, the Ning, Our Pants, Reddit, Tumblr and Kiva, and probably more. (00:00:58)
  • 2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin... — Hank says everyone who can should make a video promoting the charities they care about most, so that on Monday they take over YouTube for good stuff. (00:00:55)
  • …and 16 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

2013

  • 2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — Hank says a One Direction lip-sync video now stays up: YouTube's algorithms identify the song, ads appear on it, and Sony Music gets the ad money. (00:02:36)
  • 2013-01-16 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank says before the last Harry Potter book he emailed YouTube suggesting a front-page feature and a video; they did, the brothers' first real traction on YouTube. (01:06:09)
  • 2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — Agreeing with Hank that money changes things, John would be annoyed if CBS adapted TFIOS without permission but is happy with YouTube scene adaptations even with ads; there is no good way to define the difference. (00:02:48)
  • 2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — The Hangout will be live on YouTube at 4:50 PM Eastern on Thursday. (00:01:58)
  • 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — Mental Floss, now an educational and trivia empire, has never had a YouTube channel; John and Hank are working on bringing it to YouTube, with list videos, quizzes and a cool intro. (00:00:49)
  • 2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says YouTube is starting to look like the old system: fewer pots with more money in each, instead of many pots with the money spread out. (00:00:22)
  • 2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank worries that only big content will be self-supporting, with 99% of people watching the same boring, TV-like 1% of content, no innovation, and rich people invested in keeping it that way. (00:00:36)
  • 2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John says the problem with advertising is that it incentivises the most views, not the best: it values YouTube communities for their size, not their passions or achievements. (00:01:41)
  • 2013-04-19 · On Sexual Orientation, with Hannah, Ze, Tyler, and Meg — A guest says it is getting better, many people will be there for you, and there are resources such as the Trevor Project and people on YouTube telling their stories; you are not alone. (00:03:13)
  • 2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — John wants a broader internet and worries that Tumblr, Facebook and even YouTube can support that breadth only as long as they are willing to lose money. (00:00:59)
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — Crash Course will stay free on YouTube; the hope is that enough people who can pay will, so that everyone can have access. (00:02:03)
  • 2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — Hank says he will work on a new album in October and November, helped by favorite YouTube musicians and probably some favorite wizard rock musicians. (00:02:47)
  • …and 8 more statements in 2013 (most important shown)