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Australia

country · in 63 videos (2007–2026)

Country whose Silver Inky award John won for Looking for Alaska, home of Nerdfighter Esther, and a frequent comparison in John's talks on health-care spending and pay gaps.

Videos by year: 2007: 5 · 2009: 8 · 2010: 4 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2016: 1 · 2017: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2026: 3

Threads

Also named in the threads: The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) · John invites Nerdfighters under 25 to vote for Looking for Alaska in the Inky Awards (2007) · Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John and David Levithan sell their co-written book (2007) · John's 'Best wishes!' phone-call sign-off (2008) · VidCon 2010 edition · Esther Day: the brothers' annual videos on Esther Earl's birthday about what she chooses (2010) · Answering Google autocomplete questions (2010) · Paper Towns film: production and release (2014) · VidCon Europe 2017 edition (Amsterdam, April 8-9): the first VidCon outside the US · VidCon Australia 2017 edition (Melbourne, September 9-10) · VidCon 2017 edition (Anaheim, June 21-24) · Hank invites viewers to get tickets for the 2017 VidCons in Anaheim, Amsterdam and Melbourne (2016) · Hank: attend all three 2017 VidCons, in Anaheim, Amsterdam and Melbourne (2016) · Turtles All the Way Down: announcement and publication of John's novel (2017) · VidCon Australia 2018 edition · VidCon London 2019 edition (February)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Canada (13) · United Kingdom (12) · Europe (9) · United States (25) · China (4) · Reddit (3) · The New York Times (3) · VidCon (5) · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (3) · Earth (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — Hank calls Sydney's lights-off hour mostly a photo op letting Australia claim to act while refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, adding that Americans can't talk. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2007-06-21 · June 21: Gotta Get Outside! — Hank says Australia has only 62 weeks of water left, so water should be used for agriculture because we need to eat. — 00:02:48
  • 2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John won the first International Inky Award, the Silver Inky, an Australian young adult literature award, and thanks his Australian readers and the nerdfighters who voted for Looking for Alaska. — 00:00:39
    • In a segment he calls 'What's Going On in Nerdfighteria', John shows a crown the brothers' Australian secret niece made him as the toilet paper eating king of the world. (playful) — 00:01:30
  • 2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John says Nerdfighters are about a made-of-awesome book by a woman in Australia going to a baby in the US, raising money and awareness for causes, and a supportive community of friends 'in my pants'. — 00:02:41
  • …and 1 statement more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

Also named in: October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns

2009

  • 2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: The deadliest wildfires in the history of Australia are raging in the south of the country. — 00:02:27
    • It has been very hot, dry and windy in Australia, around 117 degrees Fahrenheit, and these conditions combined with apparent arson in at least some cases. — 00:02:32
    • The brothers have many Nerdfighter friends living in southern Australia; John says they are both concerned and sends their thoughts and prayers. — 00:02:54
  • 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — announcement: John: Paper Towns is out in Australia, though apparently hard to find, and is coming out in a number of other countries. — 00:01:45
  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — announcement: John announces a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday, May 31 in Melbourne, Australia, featuring him. — 00:00:20
  • 2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters who couldn't get a ticket to the Melbourne event that there is a second event, and that he will be in Sydney on June 3. — 00:00:19
  • 2009-05-10 · What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?! — announcement: John: In a P.S. voiced as the Poe bust, John tells Australian Nerdfighters to look in the sidebar for information about his upcoming events. (playful) — 00:01:30
  • 2009-05-19 · Question Tuesday! — John says he must prepare for LeakyCon, then leave for Australia right after, and has a ton of work on edits of the book he is writing with David Levithan. — 00:00:00
    • Asked about the hand sign, John says those who can't make it can use a workaround invented by the brothers' 'secret niece and nephew' in Australia, whom he'll meet soon. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-05-24 · WROCK! — announcement: John says he is short on time because he is going to Australia, and invites Nerdfighters in Melbourne or Sydney to hang out with him (details in the sidebar). — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John says he met hundreds of Nerdfighters, including Natalie (Community Channel), Frezned, and "our secret Australian family, the kiddos". — 00:02:03
    • John thanks Australian Nerdfighters for making his visit so awesome. — 00:03:46
  • …and 2 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

2010

2011

  • 2011-01-12 · Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History — ask: John tells Nerdfighters about the devastating floods in Queensland, Australia, and points to a link in the doobly-doo to help those affected. — 00:03:47
  • 2011-08-10 · Understanding America's Debt Problem — John explains that independent credit-rating agencies like Standard and Poor's rate debt from AAA down, and a better rating means cheaper debt: Australia pays 4% on ten-year bonds, Greece 15%. — 00:01:53

2013

  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says that, although free health care elsewhere is said to be paid for by higher taxes, the US spends more tax money per capita on health care than Germany, Australia, the UK or Canada. — 00:00:08
    • John says the US spends about 18% of its GDP on health care, against 9% in Australia. — 00:00:55
    • John says that until the US negotiates with health-care providers as effectively as Australians and British people do, its costs will keep rising faster than anywhere else without better outcomes. — 00:06:41
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank shows a map splitting the world into seven regions of about one billion people each, with North America, South America and Australia together making up one. — 00:00:57
    • Hank says Australia is mostly empty: only 2% of people live in the highlighted area of the map. — 00:01:09

2014

2015

  • 2015-01-02 · Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things — Hank says 2015 means nothing: Earth's orbit is an ellipse with no beginning point, and the day has nothing to do with the year, as New Year's in Australia shows. (playful) — 00:00:01
  • 2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later — John says that in 2009 more of his US tax dollars went to health care than would have in Japan, the UK or Australia, yet the US did not get their universal health care. — 00:00:13
    • John says the US spent more than 17% of GDP on health care, while Canada, France, Australia and the Netherlands spend under 10% with similar or better outcomes. — 00:01:38
  • 2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John: Correcting himself, John says the movie is already out in Brazil, Australia and elsewhere, critics have seen it and reviews are great; Variety said it was better than The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:27
  • 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — John says none of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria or Australia has campaign cycles lasting longer than 100 days. — 00:00:55
  • 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John calls Australia's refugee record truly abysmal and possibly in violation of international law. (hedged) — 00:05:49
    • The powerful are at fault when the oppressed and marginalized die for it; Aylan Kurdi would be alive had the EU, Canada, Australia, the US or Brazil welcomed his family. — 00:07:02
  • 2015-09-24 · Continents are Dumb — Hank: In America, at least, people are taught there are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Antarctica. (hedged) — 00:00:38
    • Hank says the definition makes some sense for Australia, but doesn't know whether it is a really big island or a really tiny continent. (unsure) — 00:01:16
    • Antarctica is an archipelago under the ice, and its biggest island is smaller than Australia. — 00:01:23

2016

  • 2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — announcement: Hank announces in the promo that VidCon US returns to the Anaheim Convention Center on June 21-24, and that VidCon goes global: Europe in Amsterdam April 8-9, Australia in Melbourne September 9-10. — 00:01:15
    • Hank says tickets are now available for VidCon US, VidCon Europe and VidCon Australia, and hopes to see viewers there. — 00:01:42

2017

2018

2019

  • 2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank films from Melbourne, Australia, first saying it is Tuesday and then correcting himself: it is Friday. — 00:00:00
    • Hank modifies the bit: he types 'why is Australia' into Twitter search and answers what comes up. (playful) — 00:00:45
    • Hank explains continents are less dense rock floating on the Earth's jelly-like interior; their movement is fairly random but extensively modelled. — 00:01:22
    • Answering Gabby's tweet about slow Australian movie releases, Hank calls it ludicrous that in a global world content is still released by continent. — 00:01:55
    • Answering Sigrid's question about Australia's obsession with fairies, Hank lists fairy floss, fairy bread, fairy penguins, fairy lights, and 'the fairies', which he assumes are boats. (playful) — 00:02:15
    • Hank discovers The Fairies, an Australian children's franchise, and mocks its YouTube description calling it both international and unique. (playful) — 00:02:58
  • 2019-10-08 · Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) — announcement: The description lists further outlets: HBO in Central Europe, the Nordics and Spain, BBC3 in the UK and Stan in Australia (October 19th). — video description
    • The series also comes out on BBC3 in the UK and in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and many other places; more info in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-11 · Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths — Hank says Australia's tawny frogmouth has two further defences: pecking at the enemy and spraying poop all over it. — 00:02:20
  • 2019-11-19 · Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit — John says the Gold Coast Bulletin published a story claiming a small Australian Rise and Shine t-shirt company got a cease and desist letter from Jenner. — 00:01:44
  • …and 5 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

  • 2020-04-17 · The Rarest Fish in the World is an Anglerfish! — Hank says handfish, a kind of anglerfish, live in only one place in the world, southeastern Australia, and are not doing great. — 00:01:02
  • 2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — Hank describes Takapourewa, or Stephens Island, at the tip of islands off the north coast of New Zealand's South Island: isolated from the isolated, an ecological experiment Earth accidentally designed. — 00:00:00

2021

2022

  • 2022-11-18 · How Much Does Humanity Weigh? — Hank says the extinction is much debated, but humans definitely contributed: it coincided closely with humans' arrival in North and South America and, separately, Australia. — 00:02:06

2024

  • 2024-07-26 · Hank Green's Top 7 Best Coconut Tree Facts!! — Hank says it is not certain where coconuts evolved, but before people moved them (for fresh water on voyages, and taste) they were probably confined to Southeast Asia and Indonesia, maybe Australia and southern India. (hedged) — 00:02:05
  • 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — announcement: Hank says Good Store's tea and coffee only ship to the US, Canada and Europe; they might start shipping tea overseas, since tea keeps its quality far longer than coffee. (hedged) — 00:14:21

2025

  • 2025-09-12 · This Might Actually be Happening — Hank says evidence of Earth's earliest life rests on isotopic fractionation in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Australia and South Africa, the oldest rocks, since Earth constantly recycles rock. — 00:10:42
  • 2025-11-04 · The Real Question — John says we know exactly how to drive down TB rates and have done it all over the world, from Chile to Japan to Australia to the United States; the world lacks sufficient money to do it globally. — 00:00:58

2026

  • 2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup — John: Australia aren't expected to win a game, but John thinks they will win one, possibly against the US, and make the knockout rounds. — 00:02:26
    • Australia's nickname, the Socceroos, is one of the best in the game. — 00:02:26
    • Paraguay are defensive-minded and tactically smart, but John is unsure where their goals will come from, as for the US, Australia and Turkey in their group. — 00:03:24 · also in: Wait...How Do You Pronounce Turkey???
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says the US men's team has beaten Paraguay and Australia at the World Cup. — 00:00:51
    • Asked whether the US is good at soccer now, John says he has no idea how good Paraguay and Australia are. (unsure) — 00:02:23

Also named in: 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!)

Also named in other years (nothing said): THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. (2012-12-17)