Vlogbrothers

channel · in 537 videos (2007–2026)

John and Hank Green's shared YouTube channel, which grew out of Brotherhood 2.0, their 2007 year of daily video letters.

Includes: Brotherhood 2.0, nerdfighters.com · Within: Evil Hank

Videos by year: 2007: 4 · 2008: 23 · 2009: 28 · 2010: 38 · 2011: 24 · 2012: 25 · 2013: 31 · 2014: 30 · 2015: 26 · 2016: 37 · 2017: 34 · 2018: 28 · 2019: 17 · 2020: 43 · 2021: 30 · 2022: 17 · 2023: 23 · 2024: 23 · 2025: 26 · 2026: 30

Also known as: vlogbrothers, the Vlogbrothers channel

Website: youtube.com/vlogbrothers

Threads

Often together

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

YouTube (132) · SciShow (35) · Crash Course (47) · Dear Hank and John (25) · VidCon (40) · Project for Awesome (57) · online advertising (20) · Pizzamas (33) · hankschannel (18) · world suck (22)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank thanks Philip DeFranco: the brothers got about 1,500 new subscribers just because Phil mentioned them. — 00:00:10
2007-12-13 · December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas — announcement: John: In a phone message, John tells Hank that Vlogbrothers has finally cracked YouTube's all-time most-subscribed directors list. — 00:03:33
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: Addressing all of YouTube, the song says hello to whatever comes next, toasts a thousand more secret projects, says they fell in love with nerdfighting, and greets 2008. — 00:03:00
- John tells Nerdfighters the brothers will see them weekly in January. — 00:03:31
…and 1 statement more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

2008

2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — announcement: John says one of the brothers will post at least one video per week, and on other days there will be pictures and videos from Nerdfighteria on the Ning. — 00:01:06
2008-02-11 (said on 2008-02-12, implied) · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — ask: Hank asks readers to post their blurb in a blog post and send it to him; he will set up a poll, and the winner gets a free Nerdfighter t-shirt and their face saying the blurb on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:02:00
2008-02-27 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (The Song) — Hank says his one spectacularly successful video did well because people thought it would show giraffe sex, so he wrote a song about it. (playful) — 00:00:00
- The refrain asks where the Vlogbrothers, and America, would be without people who love giraffes who love giraffes. (playful) — 00:01:00
2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — announcement: Hank: For the 20,000th subscriber, Hank, and possibly John, will video-chat via Stickam on Nerdfighters.com's front page tomorrow night at 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern. (hedged) — 00:02:19
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John says Hank will be punished too: he lost the Peeps contest without participating and made a video over four minutes without a photo montage, which breaks the rule. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank says Vlogbrothers videos have been viewed 11 million times at 3.7 minutes each, 40.7 million minutes or 77.4 years: one human lifetime. (playful) — 00:00:00
- Hank asks viewers to leave their gender in the comments for an informal demographic analysis. — 00:01:43
- Hank says YouTube and the internet provide ways to participate, and hopes the Vlogbrothers are something viewers and the brothers do together, not a waste of time. (hedged) — 00:03:18
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — John reads YouTube's most-subscribed directors list: the Vlogbrothers have 41,818 subscribers and Oprah 41,365, so they have 'pwned' Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:50
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — announcement: Hank says the Nerdfighters' punishment is for the brothers to vlog Brotherhood 2.0-style for an entire month. — 00:01:01
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank announces that he and John have both decided to put up a thousand dollars to donate to a P4A charity, chosen on the quality of the charity and its video. — 00:02:38
…and 18 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

Also named in: A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT, A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!!, Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE., Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11!

2009

2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Hank reads 'Auld Lang Syne' as asking whether Hank and John should make more videos in 2009, and answers yes. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
- Every Sunday for the year, John will send Hank a video about a current news event he considers vitally important and Hank is probably ignorant of. — 00:01:19
- Every other Wednesday Hank will perform an original song: Song Wednesdays are back. — 00:01:48
2009-03-01 · Free Will Fetish — announcement: John reveals, whispering, that the vlogbrothers now have more subscribers than Google, the company that owns YouTube. (playful) — 00:02:12
2009-06-17 · The Fathers of the Founding Fathers — Hank thanks dads, especially his own, who 'created the vlog brothers', and wishes everyone a happy Father's Day. (playful) — 00:02:12
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John says YouTube can't survive without advertising, and as vlogging becomes more their job neither can they, since he assumes no one wants to pay for Vlogbrothers videos. (hedged) — 00:02:37
2009-07-15 · This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song — Hank says it is nearly the third anniversary of 'Accio Deathly Hallows', the song that kicked the Vlogbrothers into the mainstream. — 00:03:02
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank says Florence at the peak of the Renaissance had about 60,000 people, fewer than subscribe to vlogbrothers, yet produced Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Machiavelli, Raphael and dozens more geniuses. — 00:00:51
2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — announcement: John says he will auction off his one and only pair of nerd glasses, which he wore in most 2008 Vlogbrothers videos. — 00:02:44
2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — announcement: John is auctioning his nerd glasses, worn in almost every 2008 Vlogbrothers video; the auction is linked in the sidebar and all proceeds go to Malaria No More. — 00:02:03
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says the Vlogbrothers channel traditionally reinvents itself at the end of each year, and will do so again this year (2009) with viewers' help. — 00:03:04
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — announcement: John says they have made a playlist of twenty Vlogbrothers videos to give newcomers a broader sense of what is going on in Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:06
…and 23 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

Also named in: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Inaugurated: Some Historical Background, 51 Jokes (in Four Minutes), Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments, Truth or Fail with John! Famous Authors Edition, Truth or Fail: John Green Books, HAPPY JOHN DAY!!!

2010

2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — John argues professional hurdlers respect the utility of rules; rules stand between us and chaos, which is why he now brushes regularly and why their video blog needs rules. (playful) — 00:01:45
2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — announcement: John says Hank won't see a ton of Henry in the coming vlogs, though not none, because he wants Henry to choose whether he has a private life. — 00:01:31
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to plant seeds, saplings or plants on Hank's behalf ('Hank trees and Hank plants'), photograph or film it and email it to him for a big vlogbrothers Hank tree planting video. — 00:01:05
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
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — ask: Hank asks viewers to suggest punishments or vote on suggested ones in the YouTube Moderator module below the video on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:02:42
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — John says his proudest day as a Nerdfighter came last week (week of 12 July 2010), not when the Vlogbrothers hit 300,000 subscribers, but when Nerdfighters came together with Esther and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. — 00:01:43
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John says that when he met Esther in Boston, he promised her that on her birthday, forever, the brothers would make videos about whatever she wanted. — 00:00:00
2010-10-01 · Supernote and Charlie's Birthday — announcement: Hank announces that the Vlogbrothers are taking part in SuperNote; viewers join the Vlogbrothers team via Rhett and Link's SuperNote site. — 00:00:00
2010-10-25 · Rocky Horror + Glee = ? — Hank tells John this matters to him because what the brothers do likewise has little to do with them and is a big deal because of the people doing it with them. — 00:01:30
2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — announcement: John announces that beginning Friday and continuing all next week (week of 8 November 2010), the brothers will make a solid effort to be educational. — 00:02:46
2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — announcement: John says the French Revolution video is part of a four-video series testing whether the brothers can make genuinely educational videos that help people learn the big things they have to learn in school. — video description
2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — announcement: Hank says the brothers restructure the channel every year, are discussing it now, and have ideas viewers will be excited about for doing more awesome things in 2011. — 00:03:18
…and 44 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

Also named in: Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition, Net Neutrality in the Shower, Positive Prank Calls!!

2011

2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — John wishes Hank a happy four-year YouTube anniversary and says he dressed up because it is their special day. — 00:00:00
- Thanking Nerdfighters for sticking with them, John says the vlogbrothers will continue Monday-Wednesday-Friday videos in 2011 and, having heard viewers, will make more question videos, Thoughts from Places and 'info-tational' videos. — 00:02:24
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says vlogbrothers videos have been viewed about 122 million times, with an average video length of about 3 minutes 30 seconds. — 00:00:36
2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — announcement: Hank announces that YouTube has let the vlogbrothers into live streaming and that they will start doing livestreams today. — 00:00:11
- Hank announces John is doing a livestream today from 2:30 to 4:30 Eastern time and thinks viewers should come. — 00:00:29
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — ask: John tells viewers who want a Vlogbrothers video of Hank saying their ten words to buy a copy of Ellen Hardcastle and await emailed instructions. — 00:01:27
2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who recently made an awesome video deserving a wider audience to post it as a video response; the brothers will watch all and feature a few in a future video. — 00:02:02
2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John tells Hank and Nerdfighteria that the maps they make with vlogbrothers videos will always be distorted and insufficient. — 00:01:43
2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — announcement: John: Anticipating angry comments that Nerdfighteria will die, John says Vlogbrothers videos aren't changing: same Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule and basement shooting. — 00:02:42
2011-11-18 · Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ — Hank argues the PROTECT IP Act would let a corporation have a vlogbrothers video taken down without human review, leaving creators powerless, as if the MPAA were a law enforcement body. — 00:02:35
2011-12-02 · F#*%? An Explanation of Curse Words — ask: Hank: The new YouTube lets you tag top-ten subscriptions; since vlogbrothers starts with a V it would sit below the fold, so Hank jokingly asks viewers to tag only five. (playful) — 00:03:18
2011-12-30 · How to Tip Properly — announcement: Hank will see John on Monday, when John celebrates the brothers' fifth anniversary. — 00:03:33
…and 16 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

Also named in: Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!

2012

2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — announcement: John: Change four: in 2012 there will be two Vlogbrothers videos a week, John's on Tuesday and Hank's on Friday; John apologises to viewers. — 00:01:08
2012-01-06 · Kill your TV — announcement: Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — 00:03:06
2012-04-12 (said on 2012-04-13, implied) · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank feels Vlogbrothers is a story but not an intentional one; with this series they are deliberately telling a story, splitting and writing it and moving it into the present day. (hedged) — 00:01:42
2012-06-15 · Flinching in the Shower — ask: Hank asks people to leave the problems they see, from small ones like YouTube's subscription system to big ones like hunger, with (not actual) points for uniqueness and for rarely commenting. — 00:02:51
2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life — Hank: When Esther was really sick, John told her the brothers wanted to celebrate her birthday every year the channel existed; after about two weeks she chose a day for saying 'I love you' to family and friends. — 00:02:19
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank announces that he and John have made 1,000 videos and says he is proud of them both. — 00:00:30
2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — announcement: Hank announces that the Harry Potter Alliance and the Vlogbrothers are teaming up on DFTVA, 'Don't Forget to Vote, America', for anyone who cares about the election. — 00:01:41
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
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says the foundation now has $15,000 in the bank plus $60,000 in pledges, which he says should be bigger than last year (2011). (hedged) — 00:00:29
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John announces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: today people all over YouTube are making videos about their favorite nonprofit organizations. — 00:00:00
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank reports the P4A 2012 Indiegogo campaign raised $397,000 and, with other donations across the internet, more than half a million dollars. — 00:01:45
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome raised more money than anybody expected. — 00:01:50
…and 43 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — ask: John tells Nerdfighters without Carnegie Hall tickets that a link in the doobly-doo lists hundreds of places worldwide to gather, watch the event livestream and meet other Nerdfighters. — 00:01:59
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — ask: John reminds viewers they can watch the show live at youtube.com/vlogbrothers on Tuesday at 7 PM Eastern, or at viewing places around the country and world (links in the doobly-doo). — 00:01:32
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John thanks Nerdfighters who were at Carnegie Hall or watched An Evening of Awesome at home: it was the highlight of his professional career; he thanks Hank for making it fun and surprisingly relaxing. — 00:02:41
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John says people and ideas still need some copyright protection; otherwise a network like CBS could take the Vlogbrothers videos, air them and keep all the money. — 00:00:00
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank says Vlogbrothers reached a million subscribers this week (week of 4 March 2013), plus 300 million video views. — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says he will take a four- or possibly five-week paternity leave from Vlogbrothers and everything else, except probably Tumblr. (hedged) — 00:02:26
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — John says advertisers value the number of views over their quality: Thoughts From Places videos are the channel's least viewed, yet Nerdfighters say they are among their favourites. — 00:00:32
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — announcement: John: Every Tuesday there will still be a 'John video' on vlogbrothers, with John played by others: Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Craig (WheezyWaiter), Maureen Johnson and two Nerd Factor winners. — 00:01:25
2013-08-03 · Esther Day 2013 — John recalls telling Esther the brothers would hold Esther Day on her birthday as long as they make Vlogbrothers videos; she chose love between family and friends as its theme. — 00:01:19
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says last year's (2012) P4A raised more than $400,000 for organizations fighting illiteracy, domestic violence and global poverty, among other things. — 00:00:39
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — announcement: John announces the 2013 Project for Awesome; its 48-hour livestream begins at noon Eastern today on youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:00:00
2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — Hank: During the livestream a voice (apparently Hank) announces that P4A 2013 has just raised $525,000. — 00:02:42
…and 38 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

Also named in: Introducing Subbable, Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition

2014

2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says Nerdfighters raised more than $860,000 in this year's (2014) Project for Awesome. — 00:00:50
2014-03-11 · Question Tuesday: TFIOS Movie, Existential Crises, and Symbolism — John says participating in The Art Assignment is the most fun he has had in a long time, like early Vlogbrothers: a tight-knit community doing projects and responding to each other's work. — 00:01:36
2014-03-25 · I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration — John says Ze Frank's The Show inspired most vlogbrothers conventions, like jump cuts and 'Good morning', but Ze never had a consistent sign-off. — 00:00:25
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank says Vlogbrothers has done the opposite from the start: his real office, no makeup, T-shirts from a local printer with the process shown, set videos, and how both brothers feel. — 00:02:39
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John: Five: vlogbrothers has never run pre-roll ads because the brothers find pre-rolls annoying; it has only display ads. — 00:01:59
2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John reports that tens of thousands answered his question from last week (week of 7 July 2014); they voted overwhelmingly to turn on vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and split the income between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund for educational video projects. — 00:00:13
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: After 2007 the brothers abolished the textual communication rule, changed the schedule, and exempted educational videos, montage videos and 4:01 videos (YouTube adds a second) from the time limit. — 00:01:32
2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank tells confused viewers that John, his brother, got viral meningitis last week (week of 28 July 2014); he is home from hospital and fine, though still in significant pain. — 00:01:46
2014-08-22 · Kidneys, LlamaJohn, Frankenstein, Back to School, and The Nerdfighter Online Video Workshop! — announcement: Hank sets up a framework to practise each skill: a writing workshop on Wattpad plus a video of him writing a script, an unedited vlogbrothers video to edit and share for critique, and scripts for on-camera practice. — 00:02:04
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank says vlogbrothers has run pre-roll ads for over a month, building a pile of cash the brothers are distributing to awesome creators. — 00:03:22
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John asks whether he should focus on Mental Floss, Crash Course, The Art Assignment, Vlogbrothers or the Wimbly Womblys, and whether doing all of them means doing none well. (unsure) — 00:01:38
2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank recounts Pizzamas: a few years ago limited-edition Pizza John designs, named Pizzamas, with no extra videos; last year (2013) different products; now both new designs and products plus extra Vlogbrothers videos. — 00:02:38
…and 47 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

2015-01-02 · Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things — ask: Hank thanks John for his video on racism this week (week of 29 December 2014) and points viewers who haven't seen it to youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:03:46
2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows — Hank says Vlogbrothers has always been about honesty and authenticity: being who you are, feeling what you feel and talking about what is happening. — 00:02:28
2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — announcement: both: Hank wants his video this week (week of 4 May 2015), also for his birthday, to be a Vlogbrothers Olympics; John names it a 'quadragocon', which Hank declares has fourteen events, the first being who wins Blue Steel. (playful) — 00:03:22
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: Bank of Nerdfighteria update: Vlogbrothers ad revenue is split in half between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content such as Physics Girl and The Financial Diet. — 00:02:05
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John: So even vlogging over unchosen music and making videos that aren't that good, John will 'just keep swimming', because Nerdfighteria is a big part of what keeps him going. — 00:02:42
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says the brothers use the Census every year to choose Crash Course topics and Vlogbrothers videos and to understand Nerdfighteria's interests, and thanks everyone who fills it out. — 00:01:37
2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John: Though he spent the last several weeks fearing it, John says this turned out to be the least punishing Vlogbrothers punishment ever. — 00:01:29
2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — Hank says in 2007 the Vlogbrothers imposed an artificial four-minute limit on their videos, as arbitrary as the 24-hour day, and it's great they stuck with it. — 00:03:28
2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — John recalls that in 2007 the brothers' YouTube channel had a resident mathematician, Daniel Biss. — 00:00:01
2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank explains the Project for Awesome, run by him and John since 2007, the first year of vlogbrothers: instead of a usual upload, people upload a video about a charity they think does good work. — 00:01:24
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John says this is his final Vlogbrothers video of 2015. — 00:02:07
- John asks Nerdfighteria to answer in the comments what they want more or less of on Vlogbrothers next year (2016), and whether the rules and the schedule should change. — 00:02:10
…and 19 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

Also named in: Places I've Never Been, Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece, Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling

2016

2016-02-26 · Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) — John says his biggest professional accomplishment is vlogbrothers and his biggest personal one is behind the camera, where his son Henry is. — 00:03:24 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
2016-03-25 · Snapchat Question Time! — announcement: Hank: Asked whether vlogbrothers would ever tour, Hank announces the Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers tour that day; tickets are available now and inexpensive. — 00:02:13
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says making only one Vlogbrothers video a week each makes him feel bad whenever a video isn't totally epic; a 'here's what's up with me' video feels like a wasted opportunity. — 00:00:01
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — announcement: Hank: 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
2016-08-26 · I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes — Hank says the brothers are nearing their 10th anniversary on YouTube, which is exciting and perplexing: he doesn't remember a lot of what they have done. — 00:00:46
- Hank says ten years on, Vlogbrothers remains exciting and weird, he keeps learning about the world and himself, and it has made him like people and himself more. — 00:01:44
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — sponsor: John says he is not paid to say this: Vlogbrothers has never accepted and never will accept corporate sponsorship, though they worked closely with YouTube on the tab. — 00:02:54
2016-10-28 · Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! — Hank says this is his last video before he goes on paternity leave. — 00:00:01
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John announces a 48-hour livestream on the vlogbrothers channel from noon Eastern on December 9, hosted by Hank, John and lots of special guests. — 00:01:34
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — announcement: The description says Craig Benzine stands in for Hank on the second Monday of Pizzamas. — video description
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank says the last six weeks away were weird: his first time leaving the channel in almost ten years, during a moment when everyone wanted to talk about what was happening. — 00:03:00
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — announcement: Hank says two days from now (1 January 2017) will be the tenth anniversary of the first vlogbrothers video being uploaded to YouTube. — 00:00:00
…and 60 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

Also named in: Literally Hitler

2017

2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John announces that throughout 2017 he and Hank will rewatch every Vlogbrothers video for a new project, This Date in Vlogbrothers History. — 00:01:49
2017-01-20 · Behind the Scenes of My Life — Hank says Vlogbrothers is still just him, but VidCon, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA.com and the rest need many people to happen. — 00:03:25
2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John says that in 20 years (by 2037), when today's median viewer is his age, absolute poverty and child mortality may be rare everywhere on Earth. (hedged) — 00:03:25
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: Looking back at ten years of Vlogbrothers, John says he doesn't really think about the videos. — 00:00:57
2017-04-07 · Squeezing Strangers' Bikes in Amsterdam! — Hank's plan: he puts his footage online, people make their own videos from it, and a vote decides which goes on the channel, all within about 24 hours. — 00:00:17
2017-05-10 · Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes — announcement: Hank says the film is now, or will very shortly be, available on the Vlogbrothers channel for subscribers. — 00:01:42
2017-05-30 · What Should We Keep? — ask: John asks longtime and new viewers what they think of when they think of Vlogbrothers and Nerdfighteria, what should be archived, and whether they have copies. — 00:03:13
2017-07-07 · My Earthquake Story - (And Thoughts About Numbers) — Hank: John's Civil Twilight, with a faceless thumbnail and a non-clickbait title, got far fewer views than the average Vlogbrothers video, but counting views misses viewers' very different experience. — 00:02:36
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank says the Vlogbrothers channel recently reached milestones: its 1,500th video and its three millionth subscriber. — 00:00:03
2017-11-01 · Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! — announcement: John announces the winner, whose suggester will receive all the Pizzamas merch: the Old School Vlogbrothers Joke, equal parts Strawberry Hill, champagne and Diet Dr Pepper. — 00:03:37 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says the educational fund has given grants to dozens of projects, and submissions are now open for the next round of grants. — 00:00:14
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says one problem with this view is that it is disingenuous to pretend the author isn't in the book, especially in a personality-driven culture and for an author with a public life like an 11-year video blog. (hedged) — 00:00:37
…and 59 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

Also named in: When Will You Die?, Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition, Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday

2018

2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — announcement: John wants to collaborate with his wife Sarah in 2018 on at least four episodes of a new YouTube series, Cooking History, uploaded at least initially on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:00:18
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John: Hank has worked on the book for years and people want to know about it; Vlogbrothers shouldn't become a booktube channel about one book, though. — 00:01:58
2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank says he and John have both been shying away from cultural criticism on the channel, as he feels drawn to stability and to compassion for people who are intolerant without knowing it. — video description
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank: Even on Vlogbrothers, a repeat-viewer channel with YouTube-savvy viewers, only about 30% of first-day views come from subscriptions, falling to about 15% over the video's life. — 00:00:29
2018-06-26 · How's the Water? — John: In old and probably recent vlogbrothers videos John tries to assume the wise-fish role, doling out advice and pronouncements about where social media is taking us. (hedged) — 00:01:21
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John: Over time even good shows become less broadly relevant and serve a smaller but deeply engaged audience; John feels that happened to Vlogbrothers and it has been really good news. (hedged) — 00:02:33
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank: The comments left on John's video after he asked what people get out of Vlogbrothers were life-giving to Hank; he can return to them whenever he needs a lift, and thanks John and the commenters. — 00:03:30
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank thinks the videos got better because the brothers tried to outdo each other, wanting to make a better joke, not to be more successful. (hedged) — 00:01:53
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank: This is more or less Hank's philosophy for the last 11 years, and it worked well: make a pot, present it for judgment, use the feedback to make another. (hedged) — 00:00:58
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
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank says Vlogbrothers has never felt like maintenance or keeping a thing alive to him: it is a creative outlet with freedom and complete control over the process. — 00:02:36
2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — announcement: Hank says he is doing his punishment while recording his vlogbrothers video: a makeup challenge while wearing a shock collar. — 00:00:00
…and 32 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

Also named in: Making Bad Decisions with My Dad, HAIRMERGENCY!

2019

2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions — The description marks the 12th anniversary of the channel's founding; John is grateful to viewers and to Hank for the conversation of the last twelve years. — video description
2019-02-19 · Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday — John's advice to himself 12 years ago when starting Vlogbrothers: edit jump cuts tighter, and ridiculing someone else's world doesn't make anything better, which he still needs to hear. — 00:02:26
2019-03-05 · Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole — John has thought about the picture for over half his life: a favourite book of his is about it, he made a Vlogbrothers video about it, and he owns a recent print. — 00:00:00
2019-05-10 · The Worst Product Ever — announcement: Hank says he accidentally uploaded a Hank's Channel video to Vlogbrothers that ran over four minutes, so he has another punishment brewing. — 00:03:24
2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — John: Asked whether they will let Vlogbrothers die, John says he wants to choose to end the channel, uploading the last video knowing it is the last. — 00:01:41
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
2019-09-03 · Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday — announcement: The description says John is on a sabbatical, taking a break from most work to write; this is the first of six videos during it, many pre-written or pre-shot. — video description
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank claims the vlogbrothers pioneered the Google-autocomplete video format, which everybody then stole, though he says he is not bitter. (playful) — 00:00:27
2019-09-24 · I, Too, Dislike It — In a comment John says his uncut vlogbrothers videos run 45-60 minutes and are boring and repetitive; without jump cuts he would have quit long ago. — creator comment
2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says Pizzamas starts next week (week of 28 October 2019), when he and John go back to 2007 vlogbrothers and make videos every day, so he will see John on Monday. — 00:03:33
2019-11-06 · Can You Be a Good Person in 2019? — Hank says engaging with the world's complexity, a central theme of the channel for over ten years, shows not that everything is bad but that nothing is all the way good. — 00:01:05
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — announcement: John: This is John's last Vlogbrothers video of the decade, so he shares some of his favorite days of the 2010s. — 00:00:01
…and 7 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank says Vlogbrothers at its core is not about entertainment but about doing and thinking about things together. — 00:01:36
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John says that for over a year almost every Vlogbrothers video has drawn one like for every 10 views in its first 24 hours, which must be coincidental but is very strange. — 00:00:00
2020-05-19 · Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun — John thinks All Star might be a song about celebrity by people who didn't not want fame, which isn't quite wanting it; if so, its lyric is a great double negative. (hedged) — 00:03:24
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — announcement: John: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is available now wherever books are sold, and they launch it tonight at 7pm at youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:03:13
2020-07-14 · The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. — John: Solving the cube wasn't a Vlogbrothers video, a podcast episode or answering overdue emails, but John says it also wasn't time wasted. — 00:02:55
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — announcement: John is taking next week (week of 27 July 2020) off because his brain requires it, and hopes that is okay. — 00:03:21
2020-08-28 · Break the Mold — Hank's lesson about dreams: we can only dream what we've seen, so we want to walk our idols' paths, forgetting that they didn't follow paths but created them. — 00:01:56
2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank says the channel is clearly not focused on growth right now and hasn't been for a while; it is something everybody here is doing together. — 00:00:46
2020-09-29 · How 'bout Yours? — John says the true observation is never 'this bridge is terrifying'; all you can say with certainty is 'my bridge is terrifying. How about yours?' — 00:01:32
2020-10-02 (said on 2020-10-01, implied) · I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and — Hank says the goal of Vlogbrothers is creating a community, which feels less real past some size: a breeding ground for ideas, weirdness, community and change that enables things like Crash Course. — 00:02:13
2020-10-05 · Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! — John: In a P.S., John says Hank's video on the All Star project left out that it was inspired by YouTube comments, especially one from Maddie. — 00:03:18
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John says he then realized they weren't making videos for an audience but with an audience. — 00:00:29
…and 69 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2021

2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — announcement: Hank: The Project for Awesome, a 48-hour charity livestream with guests and goofs held every year since 2007, starts one week from today on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:00:00
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: People who left many artifacts online, from tweets to YouTube videos, now have a similar experience: John's March 2007 vlogbrothers self is both familiar and quite distant. — 00:01:56
2021-04-27 · What is my new book about? — announcement: John: The Anthropocene Reviewed is essays in the form of in-depth Yelp reviews, reviewing things like viral meningitis, a photograph and the first five minutes of Penguins of Madagascar. — 00:01:27
2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank argues the brothers influenced each other so much that neither created the form of the Vlogbrothers video: they did it to each other. — 00:02:20
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John says it took him long to understand that Vlogbrothers videos are not about their topics but about Nerdfighteria being a productive community where people feel fulfilled and connect. — 00:02:43
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: Crash Course is by any measure a bigger deal than Vlogbrothers, but not to Hank: Vlogbrothers is the core of what they do, and without it Crash Course would not exist. — 00:01:56
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John stresses the 'in part': the brothers can afford not to make money from Vlogbrothers and DFTBA only because they earn elsewhere, John from books and Hank from his many jobs. — 00:02:55
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — John: In late 2006, after An Abundance of Katherines came out, John quit his day job to write full time, found himself still inconsistent and the empty days terrifying, and three months later invented an unpaid job, this channel. — 00:01:34
2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank says TikTok doesn't scratch the itches YouTube does, especially Vlogbrothers, which is unlike any other place on the internet, and that is not just nostalgia for 2007. — 00:03:01
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — John: About 48 terabytes flowed through the whole internet in 1992, the year John first got online; Vlogbrothers alone now generates more information flow every year. — 00:01:27
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says that after all these years making a Vlogbrothers video never feels like going to work: the goal isn't productivity, just making things and seeing if people like them. — 00:01:56
2021-11-23 (said on 2021-10-28, implied) · I have been playing a small trick on you. — announcement: John: Recording on Thursday, October 28, John reveals he secretly pre-made a batch of Vlogbrothers videos and took November off as a sort of mini-sabbatical. — 00:00:00
…and 44 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

Also named in: Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI

2022

2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John notes that exactly 15 years ago he was making his second Vlogbrothers video, and today announces what he calls the most amazing thing in this corner of the internet. — 00:00:00
- If John has learned one thing from 15 years on YouTube, it is never to underestimate Nerdfighteria. — 00:09:21
2022-01-07 · For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day — Hank: One day after John recorded the Vlogbrothers 15th-anniversary video, Hank, by coincidence, gets to record the channel's 2,000th video. — 00:00:00
- Vlogbrothers videos often reach an important point at the end, but often they don't: sometimes life is just about life, doing what you wanted or needed to do that day. — 00:02:26
- 2,000 videos and 15 years of doing things Hank couldn't have imagined because they didn't exist, always thanks to people working together to keep each other honest and push for useful things. — 00:02:26
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — John says Vlogbrothers earned just over $145,000 in 2021, mostly from YouTube ad revenue, some from YouTube Premium subscribers and Super Chats. — 00:00:29
- John says half the money went to the brothers' Partners In Health project to reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone; the rest was split between a Complexly educational fund and a fund for emerging educational creators. — 00:00:58
- John says they have handled ad revenue this way for years, possible only because both have other jobs: books for John and, for Hank, 10,000 jobs including books. — 00:01:27
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John loved Hank's video last week (week of 28 March 2022): poignant, beautifully written and genuinely one of his all-time favorite vlogbrothers videos. — 00:00:00
2022-10-25 · Instantly Debateable — John argues that penny videos, despite lots of engagement and views, were less effective at making change ('pun intended') than far less-viewed Vlogbrothers videos about Kissy Psychiatric Hospital. — 00:02:26
2022-11-18 · How Much Does Humanity Weigh? — ask: Hank says the Sock Club closes Monday and there will be no other Vlogbrothers video before then, so viewers who want to sign up must do it now. — 00:03:34
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — announcement: John is taking next week (week of 26 December 2022) off, so this is his last Vlogbrothers video of 2022. — 00:03:24
…and 18 statements more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

Also named in: Utter Chippy Butty Chaos, Some Advice

2023

2023-01-03 · TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH — John notes that on January 3, 2023, Vlogbrothers turned 16 and so can drive; some viewers were born after it began. — 00:00:00
2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank: Apologising for the glitch, Hank quotes 'a man' who once said there are still some glitches to work out. (playful) — 00:00:43
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank does not know whether he will make Vlogbrothers videos, Dear Hank and John, SciShow or Tangents during treatment; he is playing it by ear. (unsure) — 00:06:14
- Hank hopes this is not his last Vlogbrothers video for four months, but will not pressure himself if it is. (hedged) — 00:13:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — announcement: Hank says the schedule suits Vlogbrothers: a full week of recovery before his first video (maybe next week (week of 5 June 2023)), then two weeks before the next. (hedged) — 00:00:58
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank calls this the best news video in all 15-plus years of Vlogbrothers. (playful) — 00:07:15
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John says he has changed a ton in adulthood too, including since starting this project. — 00:03:33
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says that for over ten years half of the Vlogbrothers channel's ad revenue has gone to grants for small educational internet creators, since getting started is harder than it used to be. — 00:07:20
- Hank invites people making mostly long- or short-form educational video, or who know someone who is, to apply via the description link; grants are usually $1,000 to $3,000. — 00:07:58
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says this morning, watching an old Vlogbrothers video with him, his son Orin said that was Dada before his injury, and Hank did not know what to say. — 00:00:00
2023-11-07 · NaFaDoYBIMSCoM — John recalls creating, at the dawn of Vlogbrothers in 2007, an alternative to NaNoWriMo: NaFaDoYBIMSCoM, National Finish a Draft of Your Book I Mean Seriously Come On Month. — 00:02:14
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — recommendation: both: For newcomers, the brothers point to a playlist of 20 Vlogbrothers videos giving a broader sense of Nerdfighteria. — 02:20:08
…and 26 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

Also named in: So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?!

2024

2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — announcement: John: After 17 years John knows how to show up for the work, so from now on he won't make a video in weeks he doesn't want to, even if it hurts subscriber or view growth. — 00:03:22
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank says the brothers are still doing Vlogbrothers because the song isn't over and is still delivering. — 00:02:28
- Hank says they now make Vlogbrothers because it is creatively rewarding, though the inspiring part is creating the project and the community, not the videos. — 00:02:45
2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End — John thinks a lot about how Vlogbrothers will end; maybe in death, and he would be okay with that if it became an archive of what two people thought and experienced. (hedged) — 00:02:43
- John is not convinced death is Vlogbrothers' ideal ending; the ideal is that, like Tom Scott, they complete the project, though he doesn't know what completion looks like. — 00:02:54
2024-06-11 · BEEF DAYS — announcement: John: In a P.S., John says that on Saturday at noon Eastern the brothers will host a livestream on the Vlogbrothers channel about Partners In Health's work, honoring young nerdfighter Amit, who died of cancer and left part of his estate to PIH, trying to raise money to match his gift. — 00:05:30
2024-06-25 · taking a break — announcement: John is taking time off; in 17 and a half years of making videos he has never had to do this, and he feels really bad about it. — 00:00:00
- 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
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says his company has more videos in the dataset than almost anyone: Marques Brownlee 9, MrBeast 19, Mark Rober 24, MinutePhysics 85, against Vlogbrothers 188, SciShow over 300, Crash Course 982. (hedged) — 00:02:26
2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — John says there is lots to look forward to on Vlogbrothers, but their 18 years of history together is not for nothing. — 00:04:13
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — Hank says he is freaking out about stuff and needs John's help; he is not in therapy or taking medication right now. — 00:55:32
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John: Hank's video made John wonder why he still makes YouTube videos after almost 20 years, when most colleagues have moved on, and whether that is longevity or creative stasis. — 00:00:00
…and 32 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

Also named in: Some New Things…

2025

2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says having John as his brother is a tremendous benefit, and everyone can have a bit of it through the vlogbrothers channel and the book. (playful) — 00:04:27
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — announcement: Hank has made a long recording of the waterfall, will upload it to the Vlogbrothers channel and will donate all the money the video makes to Partners In Health. — 00:00:29
2025-03-28 · White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! — announcement: The description presents the video as a quality-controlled white-noise video over 12 hours long. — video description
2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — announcement: Hank commits the brothers to continuing the quadrennial Vlogbrothers Quadragocon, starting with the first event right away: holding fingers exactly 12 inches apart. — 00:02:21 · also in: Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says the channel had about 9,000 subscribers after its first year and about 640,000 when Crash Course launched in early 2012 with The Fault in Our Stars, and only reached a million in March 2013. — 00:01:27
- John says growth then sped up: the two millionth subscriber came in mid-2014 as The Fault in Our Stars movie took off, the three millionth in May 2017. — 00:01:56
2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well — Hank calls Pizzamas the weirdest vacation, work nostalgia: a simpler era of work when he can clear his schedule and be 2007 Hank. — 00:06:45
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank: Offering a full history of Vlogbrothers from its first video to yesterday's, Hank says the most interesting thing about the project has been watching a community construct itself. — 00:02:26
- Hank says that is why he and John quietly take no profit distributions from DFTBA or Complexly and give away all the revenue from the channel. — 00:05:35
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John knows many viewers will be disappointed when Vlogbrothers ends, but they will go on doing amazing things, and many connections formed by the community will outlive Vlogbrothers by decades. — 00:03:20
- John says they started the channel hoping to become closer to each other and definitely succeeded; he really values having a project with Hank. — 00:03:50
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — announcement: John is taking a couple of weeks off from Vlogbrothers for family time at the end of the year, so this is his last video of 2025. — 00:04:18
…and 37 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

2026-02-06 · One week until P4A! — ask: John invites viewers to join the Project for Awesome from February 13 to 15 on the vlogbrothers YouTube channel. — 00:00:31
2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — John tells Hank the channel, the Project for Awesome and everything grown from them exist because he wanted to get closer to Hank through a shared project, which has worked for almost 20 years. — 00:03:47
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says Vlogbrothers videos are known for the best comments because they have the best moderators; livestream chats are not known for quality, but P4A conversations are meaningful and full of wonder and hope thanks to good mods. — 03:39:56
2026-03-13 · Pain — Hank says a weird part of the Vlogbrothers channel is that it is two guys being humans. — 00:03:04
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: Often siblings connect over aging parents; for them it is Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, Dear Hank and John and more, and working with someone you trust all the way down is beyond a gift. — 00:01:56
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — announcement: Hank announces that applications for the Vlogbrothers Educational Creator Grants open on Monday, June 1. — 00:05:20
2026-06-19 · You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower — Hank explains the Vlogbrothers Creators Grants: part of the channel's ad money goes into a pool, and every year creators of somewhat educational content apply for small grants. — 00:04:38
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says the phenomenon of TFIOS drove John, and to a lesser extent Hank, to retreat to higher-barrier corners of the internet like Vlogbrothers, with its decades-long history of tiny chickens, Projects for Awesome and bean Furbies and videos not expected to draw many viewers. — 00:00:58
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says that on their channel, consistently over 20 years, one person liked a video for every 10 who watched it: the ratio he once made a video about. — 00:00:29
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says views may suit brand deals, but Vlogbrothers does none: they make things with people, such as artists' Pizzamas shirts whose money goes to Partners In Health. — 00:08:15
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank says his artwork is not video but the channel, the brotherhood, the whole thing: from people unsure which brother is which to people making Hollywood, Ending cakes, fonts and hospitals in Sierra Leone. — 00:06:57
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank: Among the Vlogbrothers things he is proudest of, Hank names the yearly bets on educational creators funded by a piece of Vlogbrothers ad revenue, which he calls the most rational thing. — 00:05:58
…and 46 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026

Also named in: How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe