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33 statements about Subbable in 18 videos, by upload date.

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2013

  • 2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — ask: John asks Hank to fix this problem during his paternity leave. (playful) — 00:01:09
  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank says he is working hard to solve the problem of advertising valuing distraction as much as or more than engagement, but it is taking time. — 00:01:22
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — The description says advertising does not care how viewers feel; the brothers fear distracting content will become the norm and loved content rare, and Subbable is their attempt to slow or stop that. (hedged) — video description
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — Hank: Cultural changes need activation energy and catalysts; Hank feels Nerdfighteria, now a powerful force, could be the activation energy and Subbable the catalyst. (hedged) — 00:01:00
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: Subbable lets you subscribe to content and choose what to pay: $0, $1, $5 or $100 a month, or a one-time amount. — 00:01:12
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: Subscribers get videos and other content in their feed, possibly some exclusive content, without having to pay. (hedged) — 00:01:26
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: Money spent is banked in Subbable and traded for perks for that project, such as a signed poster, a mention in an episode, or a message to a loved one in the description. — 00:01:33
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: Subbable launches with only Crash Course, the brothers' educational show, which is very expensive to make. — 00:01:45
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: The Google grant that paid for Crash Course for the last two years is ending; without Subbable and its fans' support they cannot keep making it. — 00:01:50
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: Crash Course will stay free on YouTube; the hope is that enough people who can pay will, so that everyone can have access. (hedged) — 00:02:03
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — ask: Hank asks viewers, which he calls weird, to pay for content because they want to, not because they are forced to: a cultural shift. — 00:02:13
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — Hank credits developer Peter Jaros, designer Andrew Willis and the support of Nerdfighteria for making Subbable possible. — 00:02:38
  • 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — ask: Hank spells out subbable.com and asks viewers to go there, help fund Crash Course, and 'defy capitalism'. (playful) — 00:02:59
  • 2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — announcement: Hank says Subbable had a snafu with Amazon and recurring payments: monthly subscriptions were cancelled because they were not following all of Amazon's rules; now they are. — 00:03:00
  • 2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — ask: Hank asks Subbable subscribers to sign back in and re-up their subscriptions; Subbable has been very successful, and if everyone re-subscribes Crash Course will be safe, but only 50% have so far. — 00:03:12
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. — 00:02:55
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — Hank says Subbable is doing amazingly, with Wheezy Waiter, Mystery Guitar Man, CGP Grey, MinutePhysics, Beer & Board Games and Woodworking for Mere Mortals now on it. — 00:00:18
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — Hank says Subbable has averaged $100,000 a month paid out to partners over the last two months. — 00:00:29
  • 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank: By coincidence, Subbable has also just launched comments, its own comment system. — 00:03:19

2014

  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank says 40% of respondents don't know Subbable, which has been so successful that SciShow, Crash Course and Sexplanations would not exist without it. — 00:01:48
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank explains Subbable as a voluntary subscription platform where subscribers choose any monthly amount, even zero, which keeps the shows available to everyone, including people who can't pay. — 00:02:02
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank: Answering census comments from viewers who feel bad about not having money, Hank says never to feel bad and not to buy their things if it makes them less financially secure. — 00:02:21
  • 2014-11-07 · New Crash Course and Pizzamas! — Hank: People chose to give money through Subbable; Hank says Crash Course relies hugely on that support, which lets it make better and more content, and he could never be more grateful. — 00:02:02
  • 2014-11-10 · The Woman Without a Face - Pizzamas Day 1 — Hank shows leftovers from last year's (2013) Pizzamas: DFTBA always orders extra in case of returns and tends to give the leftovers away as SciShow or Subbable perks or for the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:58

2015

  • 2015-03-17 · What Are Paper Towns? — ask: John asks viewers who support Crash Course or SciShow through Subbable to move their subscription to Patreon, which he calls like Subbable only better. — video description
  • 2015-03-17 · What Are Paper Towns? — announcement: John reports that yesterday (16 March 2015) Subbable was acquired by Patreon, which he calls great news. — 00:00:07
  • 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets — Hank thanks Patreon patrons funding SciShow and Crash Course; they are almost two-thirds of the way to pre-Patreon-switch funding levels. — 00:01:33

2020

  • 2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John lists ideas Hank has realized: VidCon, NerdCon, Subbable, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Truth or Fail, Crash Course, SciShow, a podcast, card games, T-shirts, Eons, books and coffee mugs. — 00:01:27

2021

  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — 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. — 00:02:40
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has had many wonderful ideas, from VidCon to SciShow to Subbable, and helped make amazing things. — 00:00:29

2023

2025

  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank adds things they are no longer associated with, like VidCon, plus the work of Emily Graslie and Chelsea Fagan, a hard-to-run crowdfunding platform acquired by Patreon, and a third-tier English soccer team. — 00:03:40
  • 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says Subbable was a crowdfunding platform launched about the same time as Patreon and so similar to it that Patreon ended up acquiring it. — 00:03:53