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world suck

motto · in 149 videos (2007–2026)

The mission phrase of the community: decreasing world suck.

Videos by year: 2007: 41 · 2008: 7 · 2009: 9 · 2010: 9 · 2011: 17 · 2012: 13 · 2013: 10 · 2014: 14 · 2015: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2026: 3

Also known as: worldsuck, decrease world suck, decreasing world suck

In the lexicon: world suck

Threads

Also named in the threads: Brotherhood 2.0 Book Club: each brother reads a book the other assigns (2007) · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) · The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) · Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) · Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) · Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment) · John: 20 people give $10 each to the fund to free Hank from his punishment (2007) · Daniel Biss runs for Illinois state representative (2007) · My Pants: the Brotherhood 2.0 forum (2007) · The brothers visit a village in the Dominican Republic, arranged by their dad (2007) · John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) · John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) · John asks viewers to donate to Daniel Biss's Illinois state-representative campaign via ActBlue (2007) · The brothers' feud, to be judged by Nerdfighters (2007) · Hank's conceit that Brotherhood 2.0 is a 16-year-old (2007) · Brotherhood 2.0 scavenger hunt (2007) · Foundation project: train fare to bring a secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together (2007) · John asks Nerdfighters to help fund Shawn Ahmed's work in Bangladesh (2008) · Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008) · Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts (2008) · John asks Nerdfighters to make YouTube Video Volunteers videos for charities (2009) · P4A 2009 edition · 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) · John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance to win a $250,000 contest, 'with Esther' (2010) · Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) · John asks Nerdfighters to buy This Star Won't Go Out bracelets at DFTBA.com/Esther (2010) · Vlogbrothers in 2011: schedule and plans (2010) · 'Warner Chilcott' used as a swear word (2011) · Your Pants (yourpants.org): the Nerdfighter forum, its hacker outage and return (2011)

Often together

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

Foundation to Decrease World Suck (56) · Project for Awesome (46) · Bank of Nerdfighteria (10) · Save the Children (14) · Brotherhood 2.0 (18) · Punishment (13) · Stuff on Heads (4) · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (5) · nerdfighter (7) · DFTBA Records (13)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-02-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 — announcement: John: Disturbed that two viewers have apparently never been to a concert, John proposes a Brotherhood 2.0 Concert Scholarship Fund for them and possibly other viewers who haven't been to one. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:19
  • 2007-03-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic! — ask: John says there is now a link at Brotherhood2.com for contributing to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide and asks viewers to contribute. — 00:02:57
  • 2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — John rejects the break: injustice, despair, global warming and suck don't take every eighth week off, and nor will the Nerdfighters, who fight all year except weekends and occasional holidays. (playful) — 00:00:56
  • 2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — Hank: In mourning it's easy to focus on rising world suck, but Hank says Brotherhood 2.0 is about decreasing suck levels, so this video is for decreasing world suck. — 00:00:00
  • 2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage — announcement: John: In a P.S. John says more than $300 was raised in the last week for the family of a viewer's friend who died, and donations continue all week. — 00:02:47
  • 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John: Needing a punishment anyway, John phones Daniel Biss to ask whether he may accept contributions given because John injures himself, so the punishment decreases world suck. (playful) — 00:01:11
  • 2007-08-13 · August 13: The Fair!!!! — announcement: Hank: Calling John a good sport, Hank offers, if John agrees, to cut the waxing to one leg; with licking a cat, John will be done. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:26
  • 2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — announcement: John: Remembering that the brothers created a foundation for exactly this kind of problem, John says they are going to do it despite complexities and complications. — 00:02:23
  • 2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — announcement: Hank announces the first Secret Project newsletter goes out tonight, so people should sign up now; it is an introduction, not the main organizational newsletter, which comes later. — 00:00:10
  • 2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John says that watching hundreds of Secret Project videos and discussing them with thousands of Nerdfighters made him the happiest he has been, apart from his wedding day, since about age seven. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — announcement: Hank announces the vote result: his punishment is performing Nerdfighter songs for at least an hour, drinking Strawberry Hill wine blended with Peeps if he needs a drink; he says he deserves it. — 00:01:22
  • 2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John has come to think a lot of life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck, which is why he enjoyed the Happy Dance Project and the Project for Awesome. (hedged) — 00:03:11
  • …and 67 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

2008

  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John calls it sort of miraculous that Hank can see the actual people his money helps, and says all who donated to Shawn will experience that as he distributes more of the funds. — 00:01:42
  • 2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — ask: John: Debbie is auctioning the last copies to benefit an orphanage in Lebanon; John asks viewers who want the book or want to help decrease suck to check out the video this one responds to. — 00:02:16
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John says September 11 is the best day to think about ways to make the world suck less, and offers a video about other videos. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John: In Plano they met Shawn, the man from Bangladesh who has been working with Save the Children to decrease worldsuck with Nerdfighters' money. — 00:01:11 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • 2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank recalls last year's (2007) P4A as a huge YouTube-wide party: he and Katherine commented across videos and he found new YouTubers who became real-life friends. — 00:00:29

Also named in: Nerdfighting in Bangladesh, Funny Noises from Tennessee

2009

  • 2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John introduces the Fail Boat, the puppy-captained vessel Nerdfighters use to travel Nerdfighteria and to sail the world learning about places experiencing world suck. (playful) — 00:00:06
  • 2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — ask: both: The brothers tell YouTube this is a chance to use video-making skills to decrease worldwide suck, and hope viewers will take it. (hedged) — 00:02:29
  • 2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — Hank: Answering why someone who thinks the world sucks lives on it, Hank says one of the great things about being on the world is getting to make it suck less. (hedged) — 00:00:53
  • 2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John says the Nerdfighter community is so tight-knit and focused on making the world suck less that he doesn't want selling-out questions pulling it apart. — 00:02:37
  • 2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John defines the P4A: an annual tradition where many make videos for charities and many more rate, favorite and comment on them, so for one day YouTube's most popular videos are about decreasing world suck. — 00:00:25
  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — ask: John asks viewers to search "Project for Awesome" on YouTube to find great nonprofit organizations and donate their time and money this holiday season. — video description
    • Having brought attention to organizations that decrease world suck, John hopes viewers will join him in donating to some favourites; he is still choosing where his $1,000 goes. (hedged) — 00:01:51
    • John explains 'French the llama': he kept seeing 'world suck FTL' in comments; FTL means 'for the lose', but a nerdfighter told him it means 'French the llama'. (playful) — 00:02:21
  • 2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says Nerdfighteria is the community that sprang up around their videos, which gets together to do awesome things, have a good time and fight world suck. — 00:00:26
    • Hank defines world suck as exactly what it sounds like: hard to quantify, but the amount of suck in the world. — 00:00:33
    • Hank defines notsome as the opposite of awesome, pointing also to Fail Puppy and the Fail Boat. — 00:02:50
  • …and 2 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

Also named in: Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters

2010

  • 2010-02-05 · DARE TO SUCK — Maureen Johnson: Asked by a viewer afraid of sucking at writing, Maureen tells nerdfighters, who want to decrease world suck, that they should instead dare to suck. (playful) — 00:00:27
  • 2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank: The other shows Hank and Katherine on a thrift-store couch singing about how amazing the first Project for Awesome was; Hank says the P4A has since grown bigger and better. — 00:01:10
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — announcement: John: The HPA is in a big contest to potentially win $250,000 to decrease world suck, and is currently in third place. — 00:02:13
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John reports that Esther Earl, the Nerdfighter who inspired many of Nerdfighteria's recent worldsuck-decreasing projects, died earlier this week (week of 23 August 2010), aged 16. — 00:00:01
    • John says the community will continue to do projects with Esther: she will be with them most when they work to decrease worldsuck and show love for others. — 00:01:14
  • 2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John says his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal called him with the idea of positive pranking: using the pranking ethos to decrease world suck. — 00:00:29
    • John turns positive pranking over to Hank and Nerdfighteria and asks everyone to work together in the comments on excellent positive prank ideas. — 00:02:07
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says he has decided to follow John's and Amy Krouse Rosenthal's lead and do some positive pranking. — 00:00:20
    • Hank turns the most common prank, the prank call, positive: he calls people with encouraging and true facts about the world. — 00:00:35
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John calls the foundation another way to work with Esther to make the world suck less and urges viewers to get a bracelet at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:01:11
  • 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says that in 2007 a group of people 'hacked YouTube', using YouTuber tricks harder than they normally would to get views, which felt awesome rather than dirty because it was for charity. — 00:00:01
  • 2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — Hank says the book is useful because he and John are now in the t-shirt business and want to be in it in a way that does not increase world suck. — 00:00:27
  • …and 4 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

2011

  • 2011-02-02 · Top 5 Awesome Things About the Webb Telescope — Hank believes there are two ways to make the world a better place, decreasing the suck and increasing the awesome: not mutually exclusive, but not the same. — 00:00:16
    • Decreasing suck is extremely important, probably in the end more important than increasing awesome, Hank says. (hedged) — 00:00:30
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — announcement: John announces that some Nerdfighters are building Your Pants, like the old forum My Pants but yours; hopefully live within a week at yourpants.org, for friendships and decreasing world suck. (hedged) — 00:02:23
  • 2011-04-27 · NASA: Increasing Awesome — Hank, in a line jokingly credited to his grandfather, says using government only to decrease suck, never to increase awesome, is like using the Starship Enterprise as a shipping barge. — 00:00:44
  • 2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — John says he will explain credit crunches, why they are so evil, and how Nerdfighteria could dramatically decrease world suck by becoming better bankers. — 00:00:00
    • John concludes that bankers can reduce world suck and that we can be bankers, facilitating sustainable economic growth in the developing world. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — announcement: John announces that as part of P4A 2011 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck comes back, with no stupid stuff: Nerdfighteria will pool money and choose together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. — 00:01:07
  • 2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — ask: Hank: Calling the choice too big to make alone and a chance to fill the Foundation to Decrease World Suck before P4A, Hank asks viewers to vote with dollars at fightworldsuck.org on keeping or shaving his facial hair. — 00:02:44
  • 2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — Hank reports the Keep It / Shave It fundraiser result: Keep It $1494.43 beat Shave It $1449.98, together almost $3,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:10
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: A guide shows how to vote for a charity seen in a video: search for it on the site (e.g. the Foundation to Decrease World Suck) and click vote. — 00:01:16
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: In the last 48 hours the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raised $75,000. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank: Each of the five charities will receive $14,269.22: the roughly $71,000 raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck divided by five. — 00:00:58
  • …and 11 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John says the other reason is that, in trying to make three videos a week, they let slide the project-based nerdfighter work of increasing awesome and decreasing world suck. — 00:01:37
  • 2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do — John says what he loves about Kickstarter, as about the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, is that it is 'about us': the money is raised and spent together. — 00:02:55
  • 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says that this year (2012) the Foundation to Decrease World Suck distributed more than $88,000 to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community. — video description
    • John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, a Nerdfighteria project for over five years, is finally becoming an actual charity that can take tax-deductible donations; the process is ongoing and complicated. — 00:00:30
  • 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
  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John recalls Hank saying Webb is like our pyramids, a monument for everyone who comes after us, and that besides decreasing suck it is important to increase awesome. — 00:01:13
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. — 00:01:27
    • John says money raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck goes to the organizations in the five most-voted videos, at the discretion of an all-Nerdfighter P4A board, so a rigged vote cannot win. — 00:01:56
    • John announces that four anonymous donors will match every dollar donated to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, up to $50,000. — 00:02:26
  • 2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that after last year's (2011) Project for Awesome the Foundation to Decrease World Suck gave more than $80,000 to five charities chosen by the YouTube community, leaving it broke. — 00:00:29
  • 2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — Hank says it is a good time to feel together as humanity, and that with the Project for Awesome coming everyone is ready to work together to make the world suck less, in little and big ways. — 00:00:55
  • 2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John says that, with no overhead, 100% of donations through the Foundation to Decrease World Suck go to P4A charities, which viewers partly choose. — 00:02:49
  • …and 4 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

Also named in: Can I be Space President?

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank: Asked what most decreased world suck, Hank names P4A but recalls their first-year visit to a microfinance organization in the Dominican Republic; microfinance seems to really work. (hedged) — 01:55:09
    • John says the Nerdfighter Kiva group is at about $1.76 million, and that every day he makes two loans from the Foundation to Decrease World Suck's rotating $8,000 of Kiva credit. (hedged) — 01:56:15
  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — Hank: On the day they hit 10,000 subscribers they launched the first Project for Awesome, feeling it a shame not to use their community to do good. — 00:00:58
  • 2013-07-09 · The World Needs More Magic — MagicTurtle643: Since we can't decrease world suck with Harry Potter spells, he says all we can do is demand more Harry Potter, which still captivates people. (playful) — 00:01:52
  • 2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John is concerned about this in his own life and wants Nerdfighteria to be an active, effective force against world suck, not just another community aiming to grow big and powerful. — 00:02:17
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. — 00:02:55
  • 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John: For new viewers John explains: Our Pants is the forum; videos may not exceed four minutes unless educational; he likes pizza, Hank corn dogs; Nerdfighters fight to make the world suck less. — 00:02:47
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John writes that viewers can donate directly to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which has zero overhead, so every penny goes to P4A charities the Nerdfighter community chooses. — video description
    • John says he and Hank are auctioning their World Cup 2014 support: donations to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck on behalf of a team decide whom they support, top to bottom. — 00:00:55
    • John announces the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is now an official 501(c)(3) federally sanctioned charity, so US donations are tax-deductible. — 00:01:40
    • Every dollar donated to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck this year (2013) will be matched up to $125,000 by anonymous donors. (doubtful: $125,000) — 00:01:51
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John writes that each comment and tweet during the 48-hour livestream is worth a penny to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which every year gives all its funds to the charities the community chooses in P4A. — video description
  • …and 4 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

Also named in: The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying

2014

2015

  • 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John says these twenty charities will use the community's money to decrease worldsuck in lots of ways, and thanks everyone. — 00:03:31
  • 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
    • So far this year (2015) the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has raised about $40,000, mostly from people watching ads on Vlogbrothers; John thanks viewers for 'ingesting' the advertising. — 00:02:18
  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John announces the ninth annual Project for Awesome starts Friday at noon Eastern, with fundraising starting at midnight via an Indiegogo with perks, 100% going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:01:12
    • John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has no overhead: everyone volunteers, and it only distributes money raised during the P4A and the rest of the year to charities. — 00:01:32
  • 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — announcement: John says all first-day donations to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck are split between Save the Children and the UNHCR, later money going to viewer-chosen charities. — 00:03:42
  • 2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup — announcement: Hank says donations through the on-screen donation card are still matched by Google up to $100,000, and every cent passes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:26

2016

  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John reports that the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, the community's real charity, has finished paying out well over a million dollars in grants from the 2015 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:32
    • John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has just over $73,000 in the bank so far this year (2016), mostly from Vlogbrothers ad revenue. — 00:00:54
    • John says half of the channel's ad revenue goes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and half sponsors online education projects. — 00:00:59
  • 2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says the Project for Awesome began in 2007 when Nerdfighteria essentially tricked YouTube's algorithm into featuring videos about charity. (hedged) — 00:00:51
    • John says the P4A has evolved but always focused on decreasing the overall level of suck in the world and encouraging great videos about favourite charities. — 00:00:59
    • John says an Indiegogo with perks from YouTubers will send all proceeds to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, a real 501(c)(3) charity, so US donations are tax deductible. — 00:01:52

2017

  • 2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — John tells Hank he loves him and admires his hard work, his relentless pursuit of decreasing world suck, and his love, kindness and patience as son, father, husband and brother. — 00:00:41
  • 2017-11-24 · The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) — announcement: Hank: The usual P4A calendar and t-shirt come before P4A this year (2017): a Vlogbrothers calendar from a silly photo shoot themed 'Silly brother, serious brother', proceeds to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:51
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says that since 2014 all Vlogbrothers ad revenue has been split evenly between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content. — 00:00:04
    • John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, despite its silly name, is a real charity: federally sanctioned, with tax-deductible donations. — 00:00:46
  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening — John says the social internet can be a platform for activism and fundraising that truly makes the world suck less. — 00:02:04

2018

  • 2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — John: The process reminded John that people are always working together to increase world awesome and decrease world suck. — 00:02:55
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: This year (2018) all Pizzamas profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, to be used as matching funds during the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:31
  • 2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John explains that Nerdfighteria's charity, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, is a real charity despite its silly name, raising money all year for the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:14
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank plugs a book of poetry Nerdfighters created together, with all proceeds going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:39
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: The P4A weekend reminded John how the best of the internet feels; he felt grateful to be part of a vibrant, joyous community working together to make the world suck less. — 00:03:08

2019

  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — In a comment John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has no employees: its costs are perks made and shipped by DFTBA at its charity rate; the rest is paid by the brothers or done by volunteers. — creator comment
    • John recalls that in 2007 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck was mostly a joke, decreasing worldsuck by paying for people's first concerts: of some value, though maybe not the most efficient. — 00:00:51

2021

  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — John explains the P4A is a 48-hour livestream fundraiser and celebration of efforts to decrease worldwide suck. — 00:00:29
    • The P4A reminds John what the vlog project is ultimately about, as his 2021 vision board says: more awesome, less suck. — 00:03:24
  • 2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — announcement: Hank: First-half money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, very effective at decreasing world suck; second-half money to organizations viewers vote for. — 00:00:58
    • Larger donors who want to join the matching fund should email the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at Complexly before noon Eastern on February 10. — 00:01:57

2022

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

2023

2024

  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Project for Awesome donations are tax-deductible because the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real charity, though its name sounds like it isn't. — 00:03:06

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the Project for Awesome began as a lark, an attempt to hack the YouTube algorithm for good: they were not thinking of raising money and had never made a dollar from YouTube. — 06:55:13
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John recalls that in 2007 and 2008 the early Project for Awesome raised no money but hijacked the YouTube algorithm to make it about charity for a day. — 01:34:09
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Agreeing with a viewer, John says the first few Project for Awesomes were not fundraisers at all but an attempt to take over the YouTube front page and hijack an algorithm that was then unsophisticated. — 03:03:00

Also named in other years (nothing said): How the P4A is Changing in 2025! (2025-01-17)