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469 statements about VidCon in 190 videos, by upload date.

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2009

  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank says he and John decided a couple of months ago to create a real-life online video conference bringing the best online video creators and their communities together for an epic weekend. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank announces the conference will happen this summer in Los Angeles, July 9th to 11th. — 00:00:36
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank lists who will attend: Nerdfighteria creators from CharlieIsSoCoolLike to WheezyWaiter and online video stars including Michael Buckley, Dave Days, Shay Carl, Natalie Tran and Shane Dawson. — 00:01:29
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank says VidCon will have many of the most successful people in online video, with demonstrations, talks, performances, concerts and dance parties, and the community will be asked for ideas. — 00:02:06
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank announces an insider track for people into YouTube, on the specifics of building community and the business and future of YouTube. — 00:03:22
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank says registration will cost money because such events cost a lot to put on. — 00:03:22
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — ask: Hank points viewers to VidCon2010.com, Twitter.com/VidCon and YouTube.com/VidCon for more information. — 00:03:22

2010

  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank announces the preliminary VidCon schedule is finished, so people can now see what will be going on. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says that, organizing it himself, he struggles to get distance from VidCon, but at moments realizes it will really happen and is extremely excited. — 00:00:27
  • 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
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says VidCon mixes serious talks, like Ze Frank's, with fun such as Rhett and Link writing a song on stage and Mystery Guitar Man making a stop-motion video with audience sounds. — 00:02:31
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says VidCon will have dozens of meetups and classroom sessions, YouTube company staff taking suggestions, dance parties, concerts, karaoke and a sword swallower. — 00:03:09
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says the 9th and 10th will be packed, the 11th is left open for attendees to design their own activities, and the schedules are up at VidCon 2010, linked below. — 00:03:39
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John: At VidCon John most looks forward to Ze Frank, the ball pit, Charlie McDonnell biting his finger, and the concerts at night. — 00:02:05
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — announcement: John: Asked whether he and Hank are trying to get rich from VidCon, John jokes about it, then says any proceeds from VidCon will go to charity. — 00:02:35
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — announcement: John says VidCon tickets can be fully refunded until June 15 for anyone who can't go. — 00:02:35
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank apologizes to those who cannot attend VidCon; the event will be streamed live online so they can be there virtually. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: Asked why VidCon runs July 9-11 but has only two days of programming, Hank says the Sunday, the 11th, is meant to be user-generated conference content. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: For Sunday VidCon has a convention space, audio-visual supplies, maybe a small budget, and many people dedicated to the online video community. (hedged) — 00:00:40
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: Rather than deciding on the spot at the conference, the organizers decided lead time and preparation would be better, so Hank is asking for ideas now. (hedged) — 00:00:40
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank floats ideas for the Sunday: a VidCon/YouTube open mic session, a poetry slam (if those aren't lame now), flash mobs, or the world's largest circle of people videotaping each other. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:09
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Molly Lewis (quoted): Molly Lewis, as Hank quotes her, says VidCon needs to set up a room just for Calvinball. — 00:01:09
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank explains Calvinball, a no-rules ball game from the mind of Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, and says it sounds like a pretty good time. (playful) — 00:01:09
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — ask: 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
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank: Impractical ideas, like 45 minutes of Shane Dawson touching his hair, probably won't make the cut, but innovative ideas for the people and space will be accepted. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:07
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: VidCon will not provide food; cheap food such as sandwiches will be for sale and there is a Starbucks in the lobby. At a hotel conference the hotel serves food at outrageous prices; covering it would have meant charging about $400. — 00:02:38
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: Parking is not $35: VidCon attendees get parking for $12 a day instead of $35 a day, which Hank still finds ridiculously expensive. — 00:03:07
  • 2010-04-28 · Who's in Your Hug Bucket? — Hank jokes that VidCon will be very good for his hug bucket. (playful) — 00:02:32
  • 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — a guest: Self-described jugglers and sword swallowers for VidCon wish Hank a happy birthday. (playful) — 00:07:44
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: VidCon is less than a month away: the conference hotel is full but there is a group rate at another hotel, prices are about to rise for the last time, and it is almost sold out. — 00:00:45
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — ask: John tells Nerdfighters who want to go to VidCon that they should probably register now. (hedged) — 00:00:45
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: Besides the YouTubers, many people from YouTube will be at VidCon giving keynotes about YouTube's inner workings, which John expects to find fascinating. — 00:00:45
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: VidCon attendees under 18 need someone over 18 in their party in order to check into the hotel. — 00:00:45
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: Natalie Tran (Community Channel) can't come to VidCon all the way from Australia; John says they are bummed but understand. — 00:01:23
  • 2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — announcement: Hank calls it a colossal win for him, Nerdfighteria and YouTube that VidCon is about 50 tickets away from selling out. — 00:02:55
  • 2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — ask: Hank tells viewers who want VidCon tickets to get them now, because it is almost sold out. — 00:03:24
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: Six days before VidCon, Hank says there is no space in his head for anything except VidCon, not even a tale about brain chemistry. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — announcement: Hank apologizes for talking about VidCon again, since it is sold out and many people cannot come. — 00:00:23
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank says 1,227 people have paid VidCon registrations. — 00:00:52
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — announcement: Hank, Charlie McDonnell and JustDean will be on a local LA news show on Tuesday the 6th; Hank tells LA viewers to tune in to KTLA. — 00:00:52
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank has sent 1,165 emails from the VidCon 2010 Gmail address, which holds 1,516 threads; he apologizes to the 300 people he did not answer. — 00:01:21
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: 93 speakers and performers will appear at VidCon, and 24 YouTube employees bought tickets. — 00:01:21
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: The hotel wanted to charge $40,000 for wireless internet, which is why VidCon will have no wifi. — 00:01:50
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: Flip is donating 30 VidCon-branded Flip cameras as prizes, and organizers bought 37 bulk boxes of granola bars for tote-bag snacks. — 00:01:50
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — announcement: Hank: VidCon will hopefully stream three simultaneous live streams during the entire conference. (hedged) — 00:02:20
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: Organizers bought 15,000 playpen balls for a real ball pit at VidCon. — 00:02:20
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: Not everyone can be at VidCon, but online video makes a strong community: it is in the end about online, so those who cannot come can follow it on the internet. — 00:03:17
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — announcement: Hank coyly says that maybe they will do VidCon again sometime. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:17
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — John tells Hank he will find out at VidCon how pleasant it is to spend time with people wearing your face on their chest. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • 2010-07-08 · Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon — James at War: James thanks Hank and says he can't wait for VidCon to start and be over so he can make a video about it. (playful) — 00:03:37
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John says he is just back from VidCon and has compiled his top ten VidCon moments for Hank. — 00:00:07
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John's number five is the mass hug at the Nerdfighter gathering, involving hundreds of Nerdfighters. — 00:01:29
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John says that although YouTubers are mostly introverted, nerdy people, everyone at VidCon was incredibly nice, famous people did not act famous, and the vibe was supportive and collaborative. — 00:01:51
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John's number one is seeing Hank sing about particle physics in front of a thousand people who loved every second of it. — 00:02:49
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John thanks Hank for the thousands of hours he spent making VidCon and says it felt like his favourite parts of the internet existed in real life for three days. — 00:03:08
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — ask: John asks those who were at VidCon, in person or on the live stream, to say what their favourite parts were and, if Hank does it again, who and what they want at VidCon 2011. — 00:03:18
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank jokes that he has slept for four days to recover from VidCon, where he says he did not sleep at all. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says he feared all of YouTube would hate the brothers after VidCon, from people sick of hearing about it or over some epic failure. (hedged) — 00:00:33
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says that after VidCon nobody seems to hate them; in fact many people seem to like them more. (hedged) — 00:01:01
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — recommendation: Hank thanks everyone making VidCon recap videos and links a few favourites in the description. — 00:01:49
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — announcement: Hank says he and John both failed to make a video last week (week of 5 July 2010); viewers' forgiveness over VidCon doesn't count, since they agreed to keep the schedule, so both must be punished. — 00:02:13
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank thanks everyone who supported VidCon and says its success came from low expectations and a really amazing community, making it a really important thing. (hedged) — 00:03:11
  • 2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — John recalls Hank's Friday video showing two VidCon ball-pit balls signed by Shane Dawson, and says titling it 'Shane Dawson signed my balls' with a high-contrast Shane thumbnail would have guaranteed huge views. (playful) — 00:00:26
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — Hank: At the airport going home from VidCon, Hank saw a small, heavily made-up woman with a four-man entourage; people readied cameras, and he later identified her as Snooki from Jersey Shore. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — Hank: After someone took a photo with Snooki, another person asked Hank if he was Hank Green and wanted a photo with him, leaving Snooki confused: 'when worlds collide'. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, first suggested to him at VidCon: a 10-minute workout video working 'the whole nerd body', since John is doing well on his fitness plan. — 00:02:34
  • 2010-07-24 (said on 2010-07-23, implied) · Grammar School with Snooki — John: After Hank's video on Wednesday about meeting Snooki, a reality TV star John only half knew, John checked her Twitter, and what he found troubled him. — 00:00:19
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank's song bids goodbye to 32-year-old John, recapping his year (travel, a son, VidCon, a book with David Levithan) with the refrain 'now you're 33, French the llama'. (playful) — 00:03:23

2011

  • 2011-01-28 · Is Hank Green Batman? — announcement: Hank officially launches VidCon, saying some will laugh because people found the website long ago; vidcon2011.com is now officially online. — 00:02:52
  • 2011-01-28 · Is Hank Green Batman? — announcement: Hank: VidCon 2011 is in Los Angeles at the same hotel as last year (2010), the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza: July 28 (Thursday) is an industry day, July 29-30 community days. — 00:03:02
  • 2011-01-28 · Is Hank Green Batman? — ask: Hank asks viewers to register for the conference and find information at vidcon2011.com. — 00:03:19
  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank also shows two giraffes, Cowboy Bebop's Jet, his junior-cotillion photo, a Pro Image of soccer-days John, VidCon and LeakyCon programs, an 'evil baby Hitler' and a concept Chevy Volt. (playful) — 00:01:09
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: In the last year Hank organized and ran VidCon, which John calls the largest online video conference in the world. — 00:01:34
  • 2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — Hank: VidCon is the most stressful thing in Hank's life: assume 10,000 things with a 1% failure rate, and he sees only the failures while everyone else sees the 9,900 successes. (hedged) — 00:02:09
  • 2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — announcement: Hank: VidCon this year (2011) is already sold out, Hank notes, but next year (2012), 2012, VidCon will have a much bigger venue. — 00:02:34
  • 2011-07-11 · Hank Talks to NASA About the Space Shuttle — announcement: Hank notes, playfully stressing the coincidence, that Massimino is speaking at VidCon about social media and outer space. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:26
  • 2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: 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
  • 2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: Hank sets rules for the scripts: not profane, in English, and they must make sense. — 00:01:27
  • 2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — announcement: Hank shows his album Ellen Hardcastle, thanks buyers and says he looks forward to making videos with their scripts. — 00:03:41
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank notes VidCon is about eight days away. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank says the email explaining how Ellen Hardcastle buyers send their ten-word scripts was not sent at first but now has been. — 00:02:28
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank says people who bought the Ellen Hardcastle CD at LeakyCon or will buy it at VidCon can send a photo of themselves with it plus their script. — 00:02:28
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank: Because of the confusion, Hank extends the offer: anyone who buys within 14 days gets a video of their ten-word script on his new Hardcastle Videos channel, filmed after VidCon. — 00:03:07
  • 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — announcement: John says VidCon starts tomorrow and he has many exciting announcements. — 00:00:01
  • 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — announcement: John announces next year's (2012) VidCon will be at the Anaheim Convention Center, and invites viewers to sign up at VidCon.com for news even if they can't come this year (2011). — 00:03:18
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank admits he missed a video, entirely his fault, so viewers get to punish him and can suggest punishments. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank says VidCon was totally awesome and shows a poster signed by all the VidCon speakers. — 00:03:16
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank says the signed VidCon poster will be auctioned at the Project for Awesome, but until then it's his. — 00:03:16
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank says he looks forward to John's video about VidCon on Friday, assuming that's what John will make. (hedged) — 00:03:16
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John recalls standing on stage with Hank before the doors opened for VidCon 2011, unable to imagine the chairs full of people, and then they were. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John thanks Hank for organizing another amazing VidCon. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John lists VidCon moments: resting on beanbags, Charlie McDonnell playing Rock Band, meeting 'the actual Yosemite Bear', Philip DeFranco playing a game (name unclear) with him, and the Gregory Brothers. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says Meghan Tonjes performed on the VidCon main stage and he almost cried listening to her play on the couch. — 00:00:32
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says Driftless Pony Club, another band Hank and Alan signed to DFTBA Records, played; after ten years as a band, thousands sang their lyrics back to them for the first time. — 00:01:51
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says that at the end of one of his poems George Watsky dove headfirst into the VidCon crowd, which caught him. — 00:01:51
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says that through nerdfighting, DFTBA Records, helping YouTubers and planning conferences, Hank has built a career making places where people can fall and get caught: he builds communities for a living. — 00:02:20
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John announces a punishment for Hank: besides his family, John brought to Montana one box of signature sheets for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:15
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: Hank says the box holds 7,400 sheets, 5% of the total, and he will draw an anglerfish on every one, so buyers have a 5% chance of a 'Hanklerfished' copy. — 00:02:23
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John: In an outtake, John announces a punishment for Hank for failing to make a video, breaking their promise of a video every Monday, Wednesday and Friday into perpetuity. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says he is working hard on his Ellen Hardcastle 10-word videos. — 00:02:48
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — a guest: A VidCon 2011 attendee in the montage calls it the most epic thing they've been at; others describe hugs, love in the room and people rushing the stage. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank: Per the description, Hank thanks the people whose VidCon 2011 videos he 'poached' for this promo. — video description
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: Per the description, VidCon 2011 footage will be uploaded to VidCon's YouTube channel very soon. — video description
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — a guest: A montage voice describes VidCon as 2,500 people, growing, mostly young, excited makers, and the best community to be around. — 00:00:21
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank announces that VidCon 2012 is happening and that the site and registration are being released now-ish. — 00:01:04
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — ask: Hank urges viewers to register now, because early-bird registration is only available to the first 1,000 people. — 00:01:31
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank explains that opening registration early is about getting money into the account so VidCon can start paying for things. — 00:01:31
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: Answering FAQs gathered on Twitter, Hank says VidCon is in Anaheim, across the street from Disneyland at the Anaheim Convention Center, with lots of cheap hotels. — 00:01:31
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: The community days are Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30; the industry day is Thursday June 28. — 00:01:31
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: There are three registration passes: the community pass, as always, for everything on the 29th and 30th; the industry pass adds the 28th, an industry-of-online-video day. — 00:01:55
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: The new Expo Pass is extra cheap but gives access only to the expo hall. — 00:02:18
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank: The Expo Pass exists because community passes always sell out and selling too many would make it feel less community-ish, and because the expo hall will hold all the video-gaming content. — 00:02:18
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank: Whatever you are - young, old, amateur, professional, tall, short - everyone is allowed to come to VidCon and everyone will enjoy it. — 00:03:04
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: Some of VidCon will be livestreamed - they are not sure about all of it - and the whole thing will be videotaped and put up afterwards. (hedged) — 00:03:04
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: Asked about VidCons elsewhere, Hank says they dream about a VidCon UK and a VidCon East Coast but haven't figured out how to do it yet. — 00:03:04
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank: The ball pits and Nerf guns are coming back to VidCon. — 00:03:24
  • 2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank is in Anaheim, where VidCon will be held, during BlizzCon, because he wanted to steal BlizzCon's ideas for making conferences epic. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — ask: Hank says VidCon is already partly sold out (amount unclear) and tells viewers to get tickets now. — 00:01:57
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — ask: Hank invites viewers to submit VidCon ideas and questions through a page on VidCon's Facebook, promising to answer the questions. — 00:01:57
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — Hank: Auction items also include the flip chart Chameleon Circuit used making Still Got Legs, 'a piece of history', and the VidCon poster signed by about 50 YouTubers. — 00:02:35

2012

  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank is in Anaheim at the Anaheim Convention Center planning VidCon, on top of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, 2D Glasses, SciShow, Crash Course and DFTBA Records. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank announces he will tour the place where VidCon will be held in June by screaming (the title bit). (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — announcement: Hank shows where VidCon 2012 will happen: registration in the main lobby, the Expo Hall, and an arena for the main stage event with floor seating. — 00:00:23
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank says the convention center is a quarter-mile-long building, and VidCon has the whole second and third floors, which it is filling up. — 00:00:59
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank finds the new building spacious and airy, with light, unlike last year's (2011) basement venue, and his cell phone works there. — 00:00:59
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank says that at past VidCons it was easy to get in front of people only if they already knew you; this year (2012) VidCon is trying to make that easier for talented unknowns. — 00:01:28
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — ask: Hank: VidCon is partnering with Celebrate the Web on a web series pilot contest with many prizes; Hank says the deadline is very soon and details are in the description. — 00:01:57
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — ask: Hank: Designers can design the shirt everyone will wear at VidCon 2012; the selected designer wins a free camera. — 00:01:57
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — ask: Hank: VidCon has been asking VidCon-related questions on VYou; Hank invites viewers to answer, and something cool might happen if a suggestion is taken. (hedged) — 00:01:57
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — announcement: Hank: King of the Web is working with VidCon to crown VidCon kings in music, gaming, vlogging and other categories; Hank is pretty sure winners get a free ticket and cash. (hedged) — 00:02:27
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — ask: Hank: Musicians can apply for VidCon's open mic room, where less well-known performers will play for attendees. — 00:02:27
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — ask: Hank: VidCon 2012 will raise money for the Project for Awesome and the Foundation to Decrease World Suck through a book drive and a charity auction; attendees should bring books. — 00:02:27
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — announcement: Hank: Attendees can unlock achievements: ribbons for their badges, given at certain events to people who are curious, awesome, creative or costumed. — 00:02:56
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — announcement: Hank: VidCon will hold an online video costume contest; the winners get to come up on stage. — 00:02:56
  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks Hank for increasing awesome through Vlogbrothers, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, VidCon, DFTBA Records and EcoGeek, and says he does too much. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2012-06-01 · Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics — Hank: Asked about a party if money were no object, Hank says he would throw VidCon. (playful) — 00:01:55
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — announcement: Hank lists his many jobs: VidCon is coming up at the end of the month, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries just passed 50,000 subscribers, plus SciShow, Crash Course, Truth or Fail, EcoGeek and DFTBA Records. — 00:00:03
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — Hank says he can be more productive because he has help: teams at VidCon, DFTBA Records, SciShow and Crash Course. — 00:02:35
  • 2012-06-12 · Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo — John spent last week (week of 4 June 2012) in New York City at BookExpo America, which he calls essentially the VidCon of book publishing, and found it a celebrity fest. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-06-22 · Hank is Maybe Crazy — Hank says things are so busy with VidCon and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries that he had no time to prepare this video, and that it mostly conveys that he is stressed out. — video description
  • 2012-06-22 · Hank is Maybe Crazy — announcement: Hank doesn't want to say much about VidCon because tickets are no longer on sale and viewers would be sad, but it is the biggest thing on his mind. — 00:01:27
  • 2012-06-22 · Hank is Maybe Crazy — announcement: Hank is getting new business cards for VidCon and has one more Vlogbrothers video to make before VidCon, when he will be in LA. — 00:03:04
  • 2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — John says VidCon is this week (week of 25 June 2012) and lets out a long scream he calls the sound of his anxiety. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — John predicts that, if history is a guide, Hank will fail to upload his Friday video because of VidCon stress. (playful) — 00:02:13
  • 2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to prepare punishment ideas for Hank and leave them in the comments. (playful) — 00:02:21
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank says he did make a video, and that the punishment ideas viewers suggested for him on John's last video could easily apply to John, who has at least one outstanding punishment. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank calls one suggestion, driving to Canada with only Mountain Dew, bread, peanut butter and $14, very good; it might be funny enough to do anyway, but he doesn't want to be blacklisted. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:22
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank mentions an idea for John's punishment: a livestream of John watching the Twilight movies, 'a full day of torture'. (playful) — 00:00:22
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank: Since most viewers can't attend VidCon, Hank feels bad missing a video during it, but won't spend the video on VidCon because that would only make them sad. — 00:00:51
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank wanted to give a talk on what online video means on VidCon's main stage, but even at his own conference couldn't get a long enough slot; he wrote the talk anyway. — 00:01:20
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank says this is why he is excited about online video and why he created VidCon, which is a small part; the big part is that he and viewers get to be part of it. — 00:03:22
  • 2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — recommendation: Hank calls 'John and Sarah play Wii Tennis' the most important launch at VidCon and tells viewers to watch it on HankGames. (playful) — 00:03:46
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — ask: In the description John asks viewers who were at VidCon to say so in comments and share their favorite moments. — video description
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John lists the YouTubers seen in the VidCon footage: Watsky, Felicia Day, Vi Hart, Derek, Brady of Numberphile, Meghan Tonjes, the Gregory Brothers and WheezyWaiter. — video description
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John says he got to VidCon before the 7,120 other attendees to see the expo hall, the DFTBA booth, the food, the bouncy castle and the stage. — 00:00:03
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John recaps VidCon: Hank performed with Felicia Day and George Watsky before thousands, Meghan Tonjes sang about John's book, they met nerdfighters, discussed educational video, watched a Gregory Brother hula-hoop. — 00:00:37
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John's VidCon highlight was an hour away from the craziness discussing the Monty Hall problem with Vi Hart, Brady and Derek. — 00:00:37
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John says what he loves about reading together is what he loves about VidCon: Hank started VidCon but everyone makes it happen, as Bradbury wrote his novel but it becomes real only when read. — 00:02:05
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John adds that even amid shared experience we are still alone, since every VidCon and every reading is unique, but sharing readings and experiences is a comfort: we are lucky to be alone together. — 00:02:05
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John thanks Hank for starting VidCon, and thanks the VidCon staff and all the volunteers who made it happen. — 00:02:34
  • 2012-07-06 (said on 2012-07-07, implied) · The Higgs Boson — Hank says he is on vacation in Laguna Beach, has a new obsession with Instagram, and hasn't yet digested everything that happened at VidCon. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-07-06 (said on 2012-07-07, implied) · The Higgs Boson — announcement: Hank says he is looking forward to making a more complete video of his thoughts from VidCon. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank and the Nerdfighters give John a birthday present: a picture of the brothers at VidCon 2011 made up of over 5,000 Nerdfighters doing the Nerdfighter sign. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank says they started educational channels that both have more than 200,000 subscribers, plus a record label, a web series and a conference. — 00:02:11
  • 2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life — John: decisions will be unmade by circumstance, e.g. a spouse's job in Kuala Lumpur, a sudden astrophysics PhD, an uncle's junkyard, or a little brother starting a video conference. — 00:01:28
  • 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John says without Hank's large upfront investment VidCon would never have existed, which would suck because it is fun and has created jobs; the same holds, much larger, for YouTube. — 00:01:27
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — a guest: An opening montage of VidCon footage has unnamed voices saying the convention is almost three times larger than last year (2011) and praising its community and creators. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — Hank says he was in Los Angeles this week (week of 26 November 2012) for about 36 hours, mostly planning VidCon. — 00:00:45
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — Hank: Filming from a bathroom at a talent agency, Hank says he is there for a VidCon meeting, not as talent, and jokes about its knitted wallpaper and mouthwash. (playful) — 00:00:45
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — Hank says he hung out at YouTube's creator space, which he calls possibly literally insane, and filmed My Drunk Kitchen with Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart (not related), with Grace Helbig there too. — 00:01:47
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: 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
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon is all-ages, but California hotels do not let under-18s check in, so young attendees should plan for that. — 00:02:16
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon has two tracks: an expensive industry track that subsidizes the community track; community tickets are $100 for now and rise as the conference nears. — 00:02:16
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank contrasts the tracks: how-to sessions on green screens or jump cuts are community track, while a talk on consolidating channels into multi-channel networks is industry track. — 00:02:16
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank gives the VidCon 2013 schedule: an industry day on Thursday, August 1st, the conference open to everyone on the 2nd and 3rd, and Disney Day on the 4th. — 00:02:46
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says a list of confirmed attendees is up and will grow; VidCon has signings, meetups, Q&As, talks, concerts and performances, and previously a ball pit. — 00:03:15
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon planning is going very well and about a third of the tickets are already sold. — 00:03:15
  • 2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon.com has a frequently asked questions page and is where to buy tickets and learn more about the conference. — 00:03:44
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. — 00:00:58
  • 2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says he is grateful to have worked with so many amazing people on projects like the P4A, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and VidCon, and that he just loves to create and to help people create. — 00:03:01

2013

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2014

  • 2014-02-04 · Should We Raise the Minimum Wage? — John lists the businesses Hank has started: Crash Course, SciShow, DFTBA Records, VidCon and, jokingly, 'the ceaseless juggernaut' 2D Glasses. (playful) — 00:00:02
  • 2014-02-04 · Should We Raise the Minimum Wage? — John says that, though hard to quantify, paying a living wage has let VidCon and DFTBA Records keep employees for years and grow sustainably. — 00:03:12
  • 2014-02-28 · The Cost of Fun — Hank says VidCon runs two days from about 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.; at the current $150 ticket price that is $5 per hour of entertainment, which is pretty good. — 00:00:38
  • 2014-02-28 · The Cost of Fun — Hank says no one pretends time watching TV compares to time enjoying VidCon: hopefully 20 hours of VidCon is more than ten times as entertaining as 20 hours of TV. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:33
  • 2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — announcement: Hank says VidCon is less than three months away and he is working constantly on its content, which is time-consuming and terrifying; he apologises to those who can't go. — 00:00:54
  • 2014-04-25 (said on 2014-04-26, implied) · I Love Science (Clean Version) (Uncensored link in the Description) — announcement: Hank announces the band's tour after VidCon: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Denver, Salt Lake City and possibly Eugene, with a ticket link in the description. (hedged) — 00:02:47
  • 2014-04-25 (said on 2014-04-26, implied) · I Love Science (Clean Version) (Uncensored link in the Description) — announcement: Hank says the tour also features Rob Scallon, Andrew Huang, Wheezy Waiter's band Driftless Pony Club and Harry and the Potters; all shows are all ages and tickets are under $20. — 00:03:11
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank lists the tour's lineup and dates: Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers with Driftless Pony Club, Harry and the Potters, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon, at VidCon in Anaheim on June 28, then Pomona (for Los Angeles) June 30, San Francisco July 1, Eugene July 2, Portland July 3, Seattle July 5, Boise July 6, Salt Lake City July 7 and Denver July 9. — video description
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank says the whole tour is booked, with tickets on sale for every stop: Pomona (near LA), San Francisco, Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Denver and Salt Lake City; some venues changed. — 00:02:17
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers will also play at VidCon. — 00:02:36
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — ask: Hank tells viewers to get VidCon tickets right now because it is 95% sold out, and says he would love as many nerdfighters as possible to be there. — 00:02:40
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank describes VidCon as an annual meet-up of people who love online video, with concerts, panels, culture-and-business discussions, Q&As and signings, in Anaheim from June 26 to 28: three days this year (2014). — 00:02:50
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — Hank says he is super excited about VidCon and also super overwhelmed by it, 'but that's life'. — 00:03:07
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — Hank apologises to people outside the Western US: SciShow, Crash Course and the other Missoula projects and people make it hard to be away more than a couple of weeks; he makes internet things so everyone can have them. — 00:03:18
  • 2014-06-13 · How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways) — announcement: Hank says the VidCon 2014 agenda, what happens at what times, has just been released. — 00:01:38
  • 2014-06-13 · How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways) — Hank paints anglerfish art for the VidCon charity auction, says he doesn't know how, and did four pieces after saying he would do two. — 00:02:06
  • 2014-06-13 · How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways) — ask: Hank urges viewers to buy $15-20 tickets for Tour Because Awesome with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Harry and the Potters, Driftless Pony Club, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon. — 00:02:30
  • 2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video — ask: Hank says most viewers, 99%, can't be at VidCon, so he gives them, and attendees too, an assignment instead. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video — ask: Hank tells viewers to grab a friend and take Homestar Runner into their lives: check out HomestarRunner.com. — 00:01:56
  • 2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video — ask: Hank tells viewers to grab a friend, click the links in the description and enjoy. — 00:03:37
  • 2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video — Hank has to go back to VidCon work and, playfully, would rather keep making this video. (playful) — 00:03:43
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank: VidCon is happening and Hank, who didn't prepare properly, doesn't know how he'll make his video this week (week of 23 June 2014). — 00:00:01
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank introduces Dave: their warehouse manager, VidCon merch manager, SciShow writer and a really good friend. — 00:00:43
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank sees the VidCon stage and arena for the first time and finds it pretty cool. — 00:01:48
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank goes to a technical rehearsal to test his computer and PowerPoint, and shows the big room where he gives his industry presentation; VidCon, for him, is mostly walking. — 00:02:56
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank: At a welcome party for people who came to help at VidCon, Hank meets Natalie Tran, who gives him Tim Tams, and Katherine arrives. — 00:03:09
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank says all this was the day before VidCon started. — 00:03:40
  • 2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — John says VidCon was so fun he took hardly any video; it was basically that level of sensory input for 72 straight hours. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — John: Before VidCon, John was on The Colbert Report, which meant having his makeup done. — 00:00:06
  • 2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts — Hank is on tour with a rock and roll band, which he finds really weird. — 00:00:24
  • 2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts — Hank has been asking his tour audiences what concert knowledge should be shared with the world, and passes on what he collected. — 00:01:01
  • 2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts — Hank: Tip 13 was shouted at Hank's Portland show; unable to hear it, he had the people around the shouter repeat it, and dozens shouted 'Don't worry about looking cool!' — 00:02:59
  • 2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts — Hank thanks everyone coming out to the shows; being part of that for people has been amazingly fantastic. — 00:03:48
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John: Every year there is a huge Nerdfighter gathering at VidCon to talk about what's ahead for Nerdfighteria; John shares some of what came out of it. — 00:00:25
  • 2014-07-11 · Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps — Hank says he has just got back home to Missoula from tour and shares one full day in the life of the tour, step by step. — 00:00:00
  • 2014-07-11 · Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps — The description says the video covers a day of the just-completed western US tour of Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Driftless Pony Club, Harry and the Potters, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang. — video description
  • 2014-07-11 · Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps — In the description Hank calls the tour ridiculously fun and thanks everyone who came out to the shows. — video description
  • 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Both brothers failed to upload during VidCon 2010; the punishment videos were John's 'Fitness for Nerds' and Hank's Katniss Everdeen makeup tutorial. — 00:02:28
  • 2014-11-07 · New Crash Course and Pizzamas! — Hank: With love for Pemberley Digital, SciShow, VidCon and the Wimbly Womblys, Hank calls Crash Course the best thing the brothers do and says he is very proud of it. — 00:00:13
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank's description: registration for VidCon 2015 is officially open at VidCon.com. — video description
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Jenna Marbles: In the VidCon 2014 montage Jenna Marbles says she lives for the hugs, for VidCon and for the meet and greets. — 00:00:04
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank announces that VidCon 2015 is officially happening. — 00:01:23
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Hank: they started VidCon in 2010 because online video was amazing and deserved a real-world time and place for a weekend; heading into its sixth year, it has become quite big. — 00:01:38
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Hank: last year (2013) VidCon had 20,000 people; 2015 will be the first year it doesn't grow, with tickets cut off at about the same size. — 00:01:54
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: signing meet-and-greets continue but are 'Disney Fast-Passed': Community Track registrants rank whom they want to meet in early spring, the system assigns tickets, and badges become passes. — 00:02:03
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: ticket holders need only arrive about half an hour before a signing since their place in line is guaranteed; the goal is that everyone arrives knowing what to expect. — 00:02:22
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: VidCon 2015 uses the whole convention center, twice the space for the same number of people, with five main-floor stages open to all for panels (including race and gender), performances, Q&As and concerts. — 00:02:30
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: a new Creator Track for people interested in the process, craft and business of online video offers panels, workshops, a lounge and a keynote; slightly pricier, without signings. — 00:02:49
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Hank thinks VidCon 2015 will be fantastic: a great team is assembled and already designing amazing content. (hedged) — 00:03:13
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Hank apologises to the many who can't come because of the size of the planet; the real culture of online video happens online, where viewers already are. — 00:03:20

Also named in: In Pursuit of Quiet

2015

  • 2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows — Hank says that as SciShow, Crash Course, VidCon and DFTBA have grown, more complicated infrastructure leaves him less freedom to talk about them. — 00:02:38
  • 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets — announcement: Hank says the opening good-morning came from crowds at Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers' last West Coast tour shows, and that they are going on tour again on the East Coast. — 00:00:04
  • 2015-03-27 · Announcing NerdCon: Stories — announcement: Hank says VidCon's full-time staff have lulls between yearly VidCons and wanted another conference, so he chose stories, a cultural institution as important to him as online video, or more. — 00:02:16
  • 2015-03-27 · Announcing NerdCon: Stories — announcement: Hank says NerdCon: Stories will have panels, talks, performances, Q&A sessions and a tiny vendor room, and will be much smaller than VidCon. — 00:02:54
  • 2015-04-10 (said on 2015-04-11, implied) · This Video Makes No Sense — Hank gives a quick tour of his offices: staff at work, Callie Awesomesauce moved to a different tank for being 'a murderer', the Crash Course studio (now upstairs), SciShow and VidCon. (playful) — 00:01:31
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John: July 24 is both the Paper Towns release date and the first day of VidCon, which John jokes will be relaxing. — 00:03:15
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John warns VidCon tickets will probably sell out in the next couple of weeks, so no one can say he didn't warn them. (hedged) — 00:03:21
  • 2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — announcement: Hank explains VidCon's meet-and-greet lottery: to get signings or pictures attendees rank favorite creators and the system assigns meet-and-greets; skipping the lottery means none. — 00:02:12
  • 2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank says only about half of VidCon registrants have signed up for the lottery so far, which terrifies him; he worries people will arrive and be disappointed. — 00:02:33
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — Hank says VidCon is a week away, which as per tradition gives him a great deal of general, non-specific anxiety that he can only wait out. — 00:00:01
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — Hank: To distract himself Hank wrote four Vlogbrothers scripts in the last week but felt dishonest using them instead of talking about VidCon. — 00:00:19
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — Hank says online culture is becoming mainstream culture with VidCon part of it; he doesn't necessarily want online new media to become mainstream media, but it is happening. (hedged) — 00:02:25
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — announcement: Hank notes, as a sign of mainstreaming, that at VidCon this year (2015) Katie Couric is interviewing Ze Frank. — 00:02:39
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — Hank says VidCon is bigger than the brothers and will change, sometimes annoyingly; he is lucky to be able to steer it and takes that seriously, but it moves in a current he can't and shouldn't fight. — 00:02:57
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — Hank says that in the end he is extremely proud of VidCon and of online video. — 00:03:15
  • 2015-07-17 · Is YouTube Good for Humanity? — Hank hopes everyone leaves VidCon with that understanding reinforced: these platforms and this unprecedented cultural phenomenon are something we are all part of, not just experience. — 00:03:39
  • 2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John: In a P.S., John is sorry about Hank's VidCon stress and offers comfort in images of Pluto, a cold, distant former planet humans came together to understand. — 00:03:27
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — announcement: Hank says they are on the main stage of VidCon 2015. — 00:00:15
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John notes there are people at VidCon younger than the first vlogbrothers video, which makes him aware of how old he is. — 00:00:48
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — Hank says they started VidCon in 2010 in the basement of a hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, and it is somewhat bigger now. — 00:01:26
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John: Showing the first VidCon, John names Tyler Oakley, Rhett and Link, Dave Days, Shay Carl and iJustine; many are still at VidCon, their lives changed, and Smosh went on to make movies. — 00:01:38
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John is incredibly anxious and feels maybe VidCon and the movie shouldn't have been scheduled on the same day. (hedged) — 00:01:58
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John says that when they started VidCon in 2010 they knew YouTube was a big deal but had no idea how big it would become. — 00:02:08
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — Hank says they did not know they were taking power away from the giant corporations that made content, and neither did the corporations, who have now realized it and come to VidCon. — 00:02:15
  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — Hank is proud of VidCon but mostly proud to be part of the cultural explosion that put power in the hands of the people who watch and make content. — 00:02:42
  • 2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John thanks everyone who made the movie, and thanks Hank for a great VidCon. — 00:03:49
  • 2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says VidCon was great and he is buzzing about online video and internet culture; he thanks sponsors, attendees, creators, staff and volunteers, and was freaked out beforehand. — 00:02:46
  • 2015-08-07 · Is This Video Cool? — announcement: Hank: NerdCon: Stories is still happening October 9th and 10th in Minneapolis; since VidCon they have been planning it, and most but not all tickets are sold. — 00:03:35
  • 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — announcement: The description gives the fundraiser details: John and Daniel will talk government and politics on Saturday, November 21st at Ravinia Festival's Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Illinois. — video description
  • 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — announcement: John: The fundraiser adds a special reception at 6:00pm in the Freehling Room next to the hall; main-event tickets cost $40 and include a signed copy of An Abundance of Katherines. — video description
  • 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — announcement: John will hold a fundraiser for Daniel next month (November 2015), his last public appearance before VidCon; tickets are $40 and every attendee gets An Abundance of Katherines signed by both. — 00:03:32
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: The description corrects the video: VidCon 2016 is June 23-25, not July as the video wrongly showed. — video description
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — Hank thanks everyone who has supported VidCon and tells those who can't come not to worry: the real celebration of online video happens on the internet every day. — video description
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank announces VidCon 2016, the seventh annual VidCon, on June 23-25 in Anaheim, with registration open now. — 00:01:44
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank: Because VidCon 2015 went pretty well, Hank says VidCon 2016 will basically repeat last year (2014) with a little more: more stages, more space, more special guests. — 00:01:54
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — Hank says VidCon's goal has always been to reflect the state of online video, so it has grown as online video has grown. — 00:02:04
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — Hank feels VidCon has not been good at reflecting the explosion in gaming content or making it a priority, though streamers and YouTube gamers are huge; he feels bad about that. (hedged) — 00:02:10
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank says he really wants to make gaming a priority at VidCon this year (2015) and has been trying to understand the YouTube gaming and Twitch worlds, which are diverse and huge. — 00:02:26
  • 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank: Most things stay the same: the Creator, Community and Industry tracks, and signings and photos by a lottery in which attendees rank favourite creators, since first-come, first-served in 2014 turned out kind of bad. — 00:02:44
  • 2015-11-18 · SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) — announcement: The description reminds Chicagoans that John will be talking with Daniel Biss this weekend in Highland Park. — video description

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  • 2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — announcement: Hank: As a P4A perk Hank wrote a short story, Bonker Doesn't Die, in which April May goes to VidCon and must rescue a celebrity internet pig. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — announcement: Hank: P4A perks include Hanklerfish art Hank made with friends (already selling out), shirts, coins, socks, posters and Hank's short story about April May going to VidCon. — 00:03:14
  • 2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John: Their least viewed video of 2010 introduced VidCon, which became important to them and to the culture and business of online video. — 00:01:56
  • 2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank: Reason three: understanding internet creators, how creative people survive, why they make things and how they make a living, has been his life's work, through DFTBA, VidCon and Complexly. — 00:01:47
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has an idea every 20 seconds and has called some 7,000 times saying he has a million-dollar idea; a million dollars per idea would give John about $7 billion, nearly 3% of Jeff Bezos’ wealth. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says that with ideas in general, Hank's job is to be extremely enthusiastic and his own is to be extremely dubious. — 00:00:29
  • 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
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has also had terrible ideas, such as Surprisingly Edible, a store selling only things that don't look edible, and Pelifans, an Only Fans for pelicans. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says a Hank idea that survives his anxious, dubious filter is a great one, and he has approved almost all of Hank's best ideas, almost without exception. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says he was right that 2D glasses didn't make a million dollars but wrong otherwise: they were very successful and changed both brothers' lives, because Hank realized his ideas could become things. — 00:01:46
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says if the idea of 2D glasses could become 2D glasses, then a conference could become VidCon, an educational video company Complexly, and John with a mustache a t-shirt. — 00:01:46
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says the Awesome Socks Club raised over $700,000 for charity in its first year. — 00:02:45
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John hopes this is the year Hank proves him fully wrong and the club becomes a literal million-dollar idea, because it does a lot of good. (hedged) — 00:03:21
  • 2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John says Hank has so many ideas that a website tracks days since he started a thing, and in a recent video John said Hank has an idea every 20 minutes and John's job is to say when they are bad. — 00:01:27

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Also named in: The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!!

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  • 2025-02-21 · No Video Today!! — Hank says after every event, such as every VidCon, he predictably feels sad, listless and sleepless a few days later, which he attributes to dopamine withdrawal. — 00:00:49
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says that every seven to ten days for the last 20 years Hank has called him with an idea, inevitably a million-dollar idea. (playful) — 00:00:34
  • 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank concludes that making white-noise videos is a good business to be in, and wonders what it would be like to be in it for Partners In Health. — 00:00:23
  • 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — announcement: Hank: If it works, Hank may look for other good sounds in the world and become a sound hunter for charity. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:42
  • 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank tells John that at VidCon 2025 he found out the dad of one of his favorite YouTube musicians is one year older than John, and apologises for telling him. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says he was inducted into the VidCon Hall of Fame along with the people who said good morning at the start, and enjoyed hanging out with old-school YouTube friends. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank: Asked in the comments why the VidCon co-creator is only now inducted, Hank replies that the Hall of Fame was just created. — creator comment
  • 2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John recalls Hank calling to say he had made the app with a developer named Bria; John thought the pitch brilliant and loved the idea of buyable beans like a Hank Bean. — 00:02:11
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank jokes they went from too few Wikipedia pages to too many, a presence stretching from tuberculosis activism to nerdpunk to VidCon that leaves newcomers no way to catch up. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank lists such things: VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, Complexly, DFTBA.com selling merch for many creators, and Good.Store donating its profit to charity. — 00:03:24
  • 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 jokes that most of Hank's million dollar ideas are in fact single digit dollar ideas. (playful) — 00:03:53
  • 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says VidCon, a more successful venture, grew from a hotel basement into one of the largest US conferences; it still exists, but the brothers have not owned it since before the pandemic. — 00:04:22

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  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says his earlier tellings made it sound like John had an idea for a video, but John was clearly proposing a big idea: they discussed finding time, taking investment and dropping VidCon. — 00:00:38
  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John hails Hank as inventor of 2D Glasses, TikTok science guy, Crash Course, VidCon and Project for Awesome man, best-selling novelist, Billboard-charting musician and Emmy winner. (playful) — 00:00:13
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank contrasts this with money from his books and from running VidCon, which felt normal and right because he was working hard to run a business. — 00:03:00
  • 2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John's comment says Hank's money comes from books plus Hank's channel, Focus Friend, VidCon, 2-D glasses (which made money) and endless Hank projects. — creator comment
  • 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank is excited to scratch the event itch in a way that seems safe, noting that VidCon traumatized him a little. (playful) — 00:07:47
  • 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says the brothers started VidCon, and that he has stopped doing VidCon. — 00:01:29
  • 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says most YouTubers don't know how to do anything on a stage, because they talk to cameras by themselves and then edit for hours. — 00:01:58
  • 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank recalls Craig spending each VidCon making his stage piece, a one-off only attendees saw, one-upping himself every year until he had to stop. — 00:01:58