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VidCon

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VidCon is the online video conference Hank and John created to bring creators and their communities together, first held in Los Angeles in July 2010.

Includes: VidCon Australia, VidCon Europe

Videos by year: 2009: 1 · 2010: 16 · 2011: 18 · 2012: 17 · 2013: 17 · 2014: 16 · 2015: 15 · 2016: 19 · 2017: 22 · 2018: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2021: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2026: 6

Also known as: Vidcon, VidCon US

Website: vidcon.com

Threads

Project history (10)

Story (4)

Ask (23)

Promise (4)

Running joke (2)

Punishment (1)

Also named in the threads: Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) · Question Tuesday: weekly Tuesday question days for nerdfighters (2007) · DFTBA Records: founding of Hank and Alan's label for YouTube musicians (2008) · 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) · Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010) · Shane Dawson 'inscribed his name upon my balls': Hank's signed playpen-ball double entendre (2010) · John: Fitness for Nerds workout video, punishment for a missed video (2010) · Hank: do a YouTube-style makeup tutorial by September 1 (2010) · John's Pizza John mustache, worn on camera as a recurring bit (2011) · Crash Course: launch of the brothers' educational channel (2011) · SciShow: launch of Hank's science channel (2011) · Hank asks viewers to check out the P4A 2011 eBay auction items at projectforawesome.com (2011) · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries web series (2012) · John at BookExpo America in New York City (2012) · Hank asks viewers to sign up for a one-time secret mailing list by Saturday night (August 2012) · Happy John Day 2012 edition: Nerdfighters' photo-mosaic birthday present for John · Subbable: launch of the brothers' pay-what-you-want subscription service, starting with Crash Course (2013) · Hank asks viewers to buy tickets for Tour Because Awesome (2014) · Paper Towns film: production and release (2014) · Hank asks viewers to buy NerdCon: Stories 2015 tickets at nerdcon.com before it sells out (2015) · NerdCon: Stories 2015 edition (Minneapolis, October 9-10) · Dear Hank and John: the brothers' advice podcast (2015) · Hank asks John to put a New Horizons picture of Pluto in his Tuesday video (2015) · Internet Creators Guild membership launch (2016) · VidCon Europe 2017 edition (Amsterdam, April 8-9): the first VidCon outside the US · VidCon Australia 2017 edition (Melbourne, September 9-10) · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria 2017 edition (Boston, February): celebrating ten years of Vlogbrothers · NerdCon: Stories 2016 edition · How to Vote in Every State: launch of the 54-video guide to registering and voting in each US state (2016) · Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016)

Often together

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

SciShow (31) · Crash Course (35) · DFTBA Records (35) · YouTube (48) · Complexly (15) · Subbable (6) · Los Angeles (13) · Grace Helbig (5) · Alan Lastufka (5) · URLatron (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

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
    • Hank announces the conference will happen this summer in Los Angeles, July 9th to 11th. — 00:00:36
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Hank says registration will cost money because such events cost a lot to put on. — 00:03:22
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2010-03-10 · 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
  • 2010-04-23 · 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
    • 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
  • 2010-06-11 · 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
  • 2010-07-02 · 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
    • Hank says 1,227 people have paid VidCon registrations. — 00:00:52
  • 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
  • 2010-07-16 · 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
    • 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
  • 2010-07-21 · 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
  • …and 49 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

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
    • 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
  • 2011-07-13 · 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 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • 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 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
  • 2011-08-05 · 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: 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
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — announcement: Hank announces that VidCon 2012 is happening and that the site and registration are being released now-ish. — 00:01:04
    • 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
    • Hank urges viewers to register now, because early-bird registration is only available to the first 1,000 people. — 00:01:31
    • The community days are Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30; the industry day is Thursday June 28. — 00:01:31
  • …and 40 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 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
    • 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
  • 2012-06-08 · 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
  • 2012-06-29 (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
  • 2012-07-03 · 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
    • 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
  • 2012-08-24 · 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
  • 2012-11-30 · 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2012-12-04 · 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
  • …and 48 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John calls 2012 an amazing year for the brothers: Hank co-created The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow and Crash Course, VidCon doubled, and The Fault in Our Stars spent 51 consecutive weeks on the NYT list. — 00:02:45
  • 2013-03-05 · The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying — announcement: John says this is his last trip until August, when he goes to VidCon, and he is excited to become an infrequent flyer. — 00:02:27
    • John thinks a big part of being a parent is being around, so he is going to try that for a while. (hedged) — 00:03:17
  • 2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank says his job gets intense in VidCon planning time, which is starting now, 90 days out. — 00:01:23
  • 2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John explains that for about six years Hank has phoned him roughly once a week opening with 'I have a million dollar idea'. (hedged) — 00:01:02
    • John pitches his 'million dollar idea': a phone-baby app that cries, must be soothed (feeding, pacifier, shushing), can't be muted and wakes every few hours for 12 weeks, a parody of newborn care. (playful) — 00:01:31
    • John says he will never be the brains of the operation but is very grateful to be part of it, and thanks Hank for the gift of VidCon. — 00:02:59
  • 2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon — Hank says that over four years people urged them to sell VidCon to a big media company, take investment, obey sponsors or grow to 20,000 people; saying no has always been best. — 00:02:07
  • 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
  • 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank announces VidCon 2014, the fifth annual VidCon, about 230 days away, with tickets on sale now. — 00:00:32
    • Hank says it is crazy how big VidCon has grown, but it still feels like a special time for online communities to come together in the real world, and he is proud of it. (hedged) — 00:01:22
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: The Foundation to Decrease World Suck has $23,955 in the bank, from VidCon, the Nerdfighter Minecraft server and charity items at DFTBA.com, a much better start than last year (2012). — 00:02:00
  • …and 29 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

Also named in: TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More!

2014

  • 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
  • 2014-04-25 (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
  • 2014-05-09 · 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
    • 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
  • 2014-06-13 · 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
    • 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
  • 2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts — Hank is on tour with a rock and roll band, which he finds really weird. — 00:00:24
  • 2014-07-11 · 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
  • 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank's description: registration for VidCon 2015 is officially open at VidCon.com. — video description
    • Hank announces that VidCon 2015 is officially happening. — 00:01:23
    • 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
    • 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
  • …and 38 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

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
  • 2015-07-17 · 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
    • 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
  • 2015-07-24 · 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2015-07-31 · 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
  • 2015-10-20 · 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: Hank announces VidCon 2016, the seventh annual VidCon, on June 23-25 in Anaheim, with registration open now. — 00:01:44
    • 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
  • 2015-11-18 · 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
  • …and 28 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — The description says YouTube is becoming more business-like, even corporate, and Hank is part of this: he runs a business making content he (not his collaborators) owns, and VidCon with a business-of-YouTube track. — video description
    • Hank says he is now the CEO of a media company without quite knowing how: with VidCon, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and other productions they have about 30 employees. — 00:00:17
  • 2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon — announcement: Hank announces two new VidCons, in Melbourne, Australia, and in Amsterdam, which he calls huge and kind of shocking to see finally happening. — 00:02:19
  • 2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank: Looking back to the Sunday after it (26 June 2016), Hank says VidCon went very well and lots of amazing things happened. — 00:00:00
    • Revealing the big VidCon announcement for people near Boston, Hank says that next February, for ten years of Vlogbrothers, they will hold NerdCon: Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:26
  • 2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank: At VidCon this year (2016) volunteers gave wristbands to anyone donating to help the families and victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. — 00:03:02
  • 2016-09-16 · Let's Talk about Failure — Hank tells John he is in the midst of a failure: his company celebrates nerdy things offline, starting with VidCon, and he started NerdCon: Stories. — 00:00:28
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says that, unlike his VidCon 2010 answer, it is not simple: making your way on YouTube has become much more difficult and complicated. — 00:02:57
  • 2016-11-10 · The Museum of Pizza Johns Past — Dave introduces Valerie, who lives in Missoula and works for VidCon, as the designer of Pizza John, which led to Pizzamas: her lasting legacy. — 00:00:35
  • 2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — Hank says the conference business is weird and difficult and he is still dealing with some of the financial fallout from NerdCon: Stories, but it is worth it when people say VidCon or NerdCon is one of the best times of their year. — video description
    • 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
  • 2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank lists the dream-like things of his ten years: friends, touring in a rock band, Carnegie Hall, a first home, creating VidCon, SciShow and Crash Course, a bobblehead, 2D glasses, interviewing the president. — 00:00:09
  • …and 33 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

2018

  • 2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — Hank thought at VidCon EU about how story blends into place and groups, because that is also the story of online communities, which VidCon is ultimately about. — 00:00:55
    • VidCon EU this year (2018) could not have a fan component, for reasons Hank puts on screen. — 00:01:09
    • VidCon EU was still a cultural exploration: a chance to ask where our ideas come from, what stories we tell ourselves and each other, and whether they are good. — 00:01:14
    • Hank is proud of VidCon and of people who take their stories seriously and let them change and become messy and complex. — 00:01:53
    • Hank wants more chances to examine the stories he tells himself: a weekly hour on his Twitter feed with someone who cares, travel and time-lapses, and gatherings of like-minded people. — 00:02:35
  • 2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John technically co-founded VidCon, but only because he was on the phone with Hank when Hank came up with the idea; that is true of most things they made together. — 00:03:37
  • 2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — ask: Hank is headed to VidCon soon; the Community Track signing lottery is open and closing, so viewers who want signings need to buy tickets very soon. — 00:03:11
    • Hank is working on his VidCon Creator Track talk, part of why he has been thinking about this; advice is hard because creators differ so much. — 00:03:23
  • 2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — announcement: Hank will be at VidCon a week from now. — 00:03:43
  • 2018-06-22 · Stumping EDU Creators - Trivia at VidCon — Hank: On VidCon day two, Hank has been talking to educational YouTube creators and decides to ask them trivia questions to see how smart they really are. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — announcement: Hank is nearly on his way to VidCon Australia, where tickets are still available. — 00:02:42
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says he turned reading novels into work, just as VidCon made watching YouTube work, SciShow his science obsession, Vlogbrothers his interest in online communities, and Dear Hank and John being dumb with his brother. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • …and 7 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

  • 2019-07-05 · You Need to Know About This Ridiculous Fish — Hank: VidCon is next week (week of 8 July 2019), so Hank is stressed and can't concentrate; being older, he knows the remedy: very weird animals. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — announcement: The description promises exciting news the next day at the Gathering of the Nerdfighters at VidCon. — video description
    • Hank explains that VidCon now closes all its balconies because a kid peed off one at VidCon 2016. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-07-16 · star struck — John blabbered to Dan Howell at VidCon last weekend, couldn't form a sentence meeting Zadie Smith seven years ago, and wonders if Rebecca Lowe saw his hands shaking. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — Hank says that at VidCon he did his punishment for uploading a 4:02 video meant for Hank's channel to Vlogbrothers: drinking the juice of Gushers. — 00:00:29
    • Because each Gusher holds little juice, helpers squeezed Gushers into cups through most of the live Dear Hank and John episode on the VidCon stage. — 00:00:59
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — Hank: In a comment reply Hank says he draws a salary as CEO of Complexly and DFTBA but mostly already made his money: he sold VidCon a couple of years ago. — creator comment
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Many favorite moments were little: a Joan Mitchell show with Sarah, sprawling at VidCon with Rosianna, hamburgers with Hank, the Pettibon spiral, his mom's painting of his La-Z-Boy, laughing while filming Crash Course with Stan. — 00:03:18
  • …and 4 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

2021

  • 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
    • John says Hank has had many wonderful ideas, from VidCon to SciShow to Subbable, and helped make amazing things. — 00:00:29
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • John says the Awesome Socks Club raised over $700,000 for charity in its first year. — 00:02:45
  • 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
  • …and 2 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

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

2023

2024

  • 2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End — John says most successful creators of their moment move on from YouTube: of the featured creators at the first VidCon in 2010, almost none make their living on YouTube today. — 00:01:05
  • 2024-06-25 · taking a break — announcement: John will be at VidCon this weekend and online for a few days, then take July away from the internet entirely to see if it helps, and see how he feels in August. — 00:00:29
  • 2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) — announcement: The description says the video was recorded at VidCon at John's suggestion and edited by Hank, adding a bit of John to John-free July. — video description
    • Hank says CG5 approached him in the VidCon lobby, knowing Hank once tweeted that he unironically enjoys CG5's music, and Hank apologized. (playful) — 00:02:36
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank recalls that while running VidCon, in a boring multi-day meeting where a presenter's email alerts showed on screen, he emailed him with the subject 'fart fart fart' in all caps and everyone laughed. (playful) — 00:04:01
  • …and 1 statement more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

2025

  • 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
    • 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 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
  • 2025-08-19 · 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 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • …and 3 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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