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2007

2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank tells John they will no longer communicate by any textual means: no instant messaging or email, only video blogs and possibly phone calls. — 00:00:13
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — Hank says he sent John the email outlining the plan the night before from a New Year's Eve party in Lake Tahoe. — 00:00:43
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank: Starting January 1st Hank sends a video blog, John replies the next day, and they continue alternating like this until the year is up. — 00:00:43
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank says that if either brother fails to send a video blog on a weekday there will be punishments, to be outlined later. — 00:00:43
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank declares that Brotherhood 2.0 commences today and admits the plan probably makes them crazy. (playful) — 00:00:43
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John: Recalling the agreed punishments for missed videos, John proposes the brothers also periodically give each other challenges. (hedged) — 00:01:19
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John suggests two challenges: eating five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and drinking a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling. (playful) — 00:01:53
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John tentatively suggests Thursdays and Fridays as challenge days and leaves the choice to Hank. (hedged) — 00:01:53
2007-01-03 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — Hank says performing a version of 500 Miles on the show appeals to him and asks whether it should be a punishment, project or challenge. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John notes Hank ignored his toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge in his last video and says that if Hank will not do it, he will. (playful) — 00:01:11
2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John announces a Brotherhood 2.0 viewer's wife has had a baby after 32 hours of labor and suggests letting the viewer pick a project or challenge for the brothers as a present. (hedged) — 00:02:05
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank proposes suggesting more punishments so the brothers can choose between them, and letting people suggest punishments too. (hedged) — 00:01:11
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank says the only punishment so far is the 500 miles punishment, which he would be totally okay doing and thinks would be fun. (hedged) — 00:01:11
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank suggests three punishments: grow facial hair for a week then wax the chin, the 'stick-a-needle-in-my-eye provision', and giving yourself a mohawk, which he has always wanted. (playful) — 00:01:43
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank sings a line of 500 Miles and says it is not a punishment to him; they need to come up with better punishments. (hedged) — 00:02:54
2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John proposes punishments for failing to update, taken from his living room: the 1100-page Continuum History of Apocalypticism, a Christmas card with someone else's baby, knitting a scarf, eating a styrofoam peanut. (playful) — 00:01:01
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — announcement: Hank presents the new Brotherhood 2.0 website at brotherhood2.com and asks for suggestions or comments. — 00:00:00
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — announcement: Hank says the podcast isn't quite working yet, but they will get there. — 00:00:00
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th — Hank says many people have suggested very good punishments: not just difficult but extremely embarrassing on a video blog, which is the kind they want. — 00:01:05
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th — Hank: Expecting he may well be the first punished, Hank proposes that the unpunished brother choose the punishment, so the punished one can't take the one he'd most like; viewers see the other's pick. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2007-02-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd — Hank greets the viewer who made the first Brotherhood 2.0 reply video on YouTube: 'Well done'. — 00:00:03
2007-02-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble — Hank: The working computer is helping with Brotherhood 2.0 projects, chiefly their new MySpace page, which already has about 69 friends after John's SparksFlyUp post and Hank's bulletin. — 00:00:59
2007-03-12 · March 12th: How to Make a Podcast — announcement: Hank says he has to teach John to make a podcast by video, since he can't do it with John's videos and can't send a text tutorial. — 00:00:45
2007-03-12 · March 12th: How to Make a Podcast — announcement: Hank: Once the RSS feed is published they will have a podcast, so people who can't get YouTube at work will be able to watch their videos. — 00:03:01
2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John: According to YouTube, Brotherhood 2.0 has received 116,419 views. — 00:00:09
2007-05-07 · May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza — Hank says John phoned before the film to tell them Neil Gaiman had posted a link to Brotherhood 2.0 on his blog. — 00:01:10
2007-05-31 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating — John thinks Brotherhood 2.0 needs a forum because the comments are too many and too confused to follow, and challenges Hank to make one if viewers favour it. (hedged) — 00:01:45
2007-06-06 · June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants — John says he is in his boxer shorts but won't prove it; showing skin might help their YouTube views, but a Lindsay Lohan bikini still shot is another way to the top. (joke) — 00:01:06
2007-06-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving — John says Brotherhood 2.0 was 'sort of halfway' featured on YouTube last week (week of 11 June 2007), and one video, he thinks the June 4th one, got many comments from YouTubers. (hedged) — 00:01:41
2007-06-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving — John says the commenting YouTubers were definitely not nerdfighters: most comments had no English words, just random letters with the occasional profanity. (playful) — 00:01:41
2007-06-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who are YouTubers to give the June 4th video a high rating so it might be featured again. (hedged) — 00:02:28
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — announcement: John says July 2 is the first day of the second half of Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:00:03
2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons — ask: Hank asks nerdfighters to comment more, come to the forum ('my pants') and rate the videos on YouTube. (playful) — 00:01:10
2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John accepts that the brothers cannot veto their own punishments but proposes that their wives may veto punishments nerdfighters suggest, and hopes Hank agrees. (hedged) — 00:02:47
2007-07-20 · July 20: Green Mohawk — Hank says people liked his Harry Potter song a lot; he likes it too, catches himself singing it, and sometimes sings it in different styles. — 00:01:09
2007-07-20 · July 20: Green Mohawk — Hank says he currently has the number five top-rated song on YouTube, a dream come true that makes him feel like a small-time rock star. — 00:02:03
2007-07-25 · Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows — Hank reports that, for the first time after about 150 videos, a Brotherhood 2.0 video is on the front page of YouTube. — 00:00:08
2007-07-25 · Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows — Hank insists he is not gloating but celebrating, taking in thousands of YouTube viewers enjoying his music. (playful) — 00:00:08
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John finds Hank's face on the YouTube front page: the brothers' video has been featured. — 00:00:10
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John: Because Hank gets too many comments to answer, John will read and answer as many YouTube comments as he can until his four-minute deadline. — 00:00:10
2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank's song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' has been featured on the front page of YouTube and watched over 200,000 times. — 00:00:51
2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank says the price of YouTube fame is comments: for every 100 views a video gets, there will be one comment. (playful) — 00:01:21
2007-07-30 · July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent — Hank says viewers' ideas for song topics are helpful: writing a song about Harry Potter was not his idea but a commenter's or forum member's, whom he thanks. — 00:02:50
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank says his song is about something that happened to him a few weeks ago that sort of changed his life; he started it then and has now finished it. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:03
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank: In the song, John phones Hank in bed shouting 'front page'; Hank wants to nap, then realises, runs to his laptop and finds himself featured on YouTube. (playful) — 00:00:52
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank: The song says the featured video was highly rated, its pronunciation debated, 30,000 people watched Hank's happy dance and it was watched 700,000 times, reaching the most-discussed page. (playful) — 00:01:23
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — announcement: Hank thanks YouTube and announces big news: YouTube has made the brothers partners; he isn't sure what that means, but he and John will sit in on an orientation session. — 00:02:59
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank notes that the famous YouTubers are partners and muses that the brothers might become famous YouTubers too, 'probably not'. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:23
2007-08-16 · Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! — Hank is excited that Melissa is also becoming a YouTube partner, so he will know someone from YouTube on the upcoming partner conference call. — 00:00:03
2007-08-16 · Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! — Hank says he now feels part of the larger YouTube community, a 'big, amazing, crazy thing called YouTube'. (hedged) — 00:00:03
2007-08-16 · Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! — Hank tells Melissa that if she thinks she's too old for YouTube, he is way too old, being three or four years older. (playful) — 00:01:46
2007-08-22 · August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS — announcement: John says he had to temporarily suspend the wiki and people may have to watch the videos on YouTube for a couple of days, but Brotherhood2.com will be back and more awesome. (hedged) — 00:02:12
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — both: To become a secret sibling, make a video response to one of their YouTube videos, preferably several, every day. (playful) — 00:01:14
2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank and John had their phone call with the YouTube partnership people yesterday; Hank says it was a 45-minute lecture on copyright law. (playful) — 00:01:20
2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank calls dance copyright very sad, since he can no longer do the Macarena in his YouTube videos. (playful) — 00:01:43
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker — John notes Chris Crocker recently made a YouTube video crying in defense of Britney Spears; he won't judge, having felt bad for Kurt Cobain at Chris's age. — 00:00:35
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker — John says theories of inborn gender do not explain why Chris Crocker seems so funny, outrageous or offensive to everyone on YouTube. — 00:01:34
2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — John says Brotherhood 2.0 may be three quarters done, but nerdfighting is just getting started. — 00:02:38
2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — John does not recommend vlogging while driving at 72 mph unless you are nine months into a 12-month project and have never missed a day. (playful) — 00:00:36
2007-10-11 · October 11th National Coming Out Day — Seth Godin (quoted): Seth Godin, as relayed by Hank, says YouTube video is not only going to be but already is a better medium than books, reaching far more eyeballs on many topics. — 00:00:58
2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John says that, according to YouTube, the brothers' videos have been viewed 3,030,337 times. — 00:01:03
2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John adds commenting time: more than 17,000 comments on Brotherhood2.com and more than 30,000 on YouTube, at an assumed minute each. — 00:02:02
2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John jokes that reposted spam makes up about 30% of all YouTube commenting. (playful) (doubtful: about 30%) — 00:02:02
2007-10-18 · October 18: Live from Datyon: PARTY BLOWER SOLO — John congratulates a Nerdfighter who had a video on YouTube's front page this weekend. — 00:02:27
2007-11-09 · Nov. 9th: Sick Day — John notes that the Brotherhood 2.0 rules require a video every other weekday for all of 2007 but never require a long one. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-11-12 · November 12th: Brotherhood Clue Point Oh! — Hank: Rather than anagramming 'barf event', nerdfighters went to youtube.com/barfevent and found binary code that decodes to an anagram of 'because he had class'. — 00:01:24
2007-11-13 · November 13: You Can't Scare Me. I'm Stickin' to the Union. — John: Writers want to be paid for their work regardless of format, on TV, a movie screen, MySpace or YouTube, as John is for every format of his books: to be treated like authors. — 00:02:07
2007-11-20 · November 20th: A White Thanksgiving — announcement: Hank: Because Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, John posts tomorrow, Hank posts Friday and nobody posts Thursday; Hank notes a holiday finally falls on one of his days. — 00:03:29
2007-11-21 · November 21st: What I'm Grateful For — John is thankful to YouTube for giving the world a free and easy way for 'luddites' like him to communicate visually. — 00:01:40
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — announcement: Hank says that next week (week of 3 December 2007) he wants to announce a final Brotherhood 2.0 project, the ultimate test of awesome, needing every Nerdfighter's combined efforts to make the awesomest thing happen. (hedged) — 00:03:03
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — Hank announces Brotherhood 2.0 has passed its 10,000th subscriber; it actually has 10,022. — 00:00:10
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says the all-time greatest Nerdfighter project he told viewers about last week (week of 26 November 2007) will have to be secret, since people not taking part must not know about it yet; it has to be a surprise. — 00:01:57
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says taking part in the secret project will require a YouTube account, and apologises to non-YouTubers because the project is somewhat YouTube-centric. — 00:02:27
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — Hank says he feels bad about this because the brothers started with a very non-YouTube-centric audience and now have a more YouTube-centric one. — 00:02:56
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank promises the secret project will be extremely awesome, on YouTube, and a combined effort of many Nerdfighters to decrease world suck. — 00:02:56
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — ask: Hank says now is a good time to sign up for YouTube, and that a way will be found to involve non-YouTube Nerdfighters who want to take part. — 00:02:56
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says today's scavenger hunt clue is online only and has something to do with the secret project. — 00:03:25
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — Hank points out a new banner he made for YouTube viewers and says there are words on his hands because he is a dork, choosing not to explain. (playful) — 00:00:10
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
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — announcement: Hank says December 17 is the day: watch YouTube; only those on the email list and signed up for YouTube can participate. — 00:00:50
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — ask: Hank asks those on the list to keep December 17 as clear as they can, since the project may need a significant amount of time from all of them. (hedged) — 00:00:50
2007-12-13 · December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas — Hank says the response to the Secret Project is going extremely well. — 00:02:34
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
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank declares December 17 secret project day and welcomes viewers to the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank: The project is to take over YouTube by making the P4A image the thumbnail of hundreds of videos, from channels with 50,000 subscribers to channels with 5. — 00:00:40
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank: Every Project for Awesome video promotes a charity of its maker's choice that they believe reduces the amount of suck in the world. — 00:00:40
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — ask: Hank asks viewers to comment a lot, rate and favorite this and every video with the P4A thumbnail; if commenting is blocked, refresh and enter the captcha. — 00:02:38
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank says the brothers will seed the P4A videos with questions that commenters can answer. — 00:03:18
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John shows Hank that the most discussed page of YouTube is filled with Nerdfighter videos (and one Mike Huckabee video). (playful) — 00:00:00
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
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John says it is amazing to see so many people come together to support each other and worthy organizations, and thanks them. — 00:00:39
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song recounts that the Project for Awesome began on December 17 with the goal of decreasing world suck, helped by sxePhil, Nalts and WhatTheBuck. (playful) — 00:01:05
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song's refrain calls the Project for Awesome the day the nerds took over YouTube, joking that their center screenshot proved more powerful than 'two boobs'. (playful) — 00:01:25
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song says people promoted 300 charities, such as levees.org, Toys for Tots and Autism Speaks. (playful) — 00:01:50
2007-12-20 · December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! — John says the brothers have almost completed Brotherhood 2.0 and he is impressed with them. — 00:00:00
2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters who live in Missoula to come to the Badlander gig. — 00:02:19
2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — announcement: Hank says Monday is the last day of Brotherhood 2.0 and that he is kind of sad about it. — 00:03:18
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — ask: both: The brothers apologise to Nerdfighters whose happy dance is missing from the compilation and ask them to upload it to YouTube as a video response. — video description
2007-12-26 (said on 2007-12-25, implied) · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — ask: John reminds Nerdfighters in and around Missoula, Montana to go see Hank's show, with details in the video info. — 00:02:46
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! — Hank recaps the concert with clips of his songs, including 'It's Too Hot', 'I Sold Your Dog on eBay' and 'The Day That the Nerds Took Over YouTube'. — 00:01:27
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! — announcement: Hank: A Nerdfighter filmed the whole concert and has put it on YouTube; Hank will link it so viewers can watch 'the whole horrible mess'. — 00:03:07
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! — announcement: Hank signs off saying he will see John's last Brotherhood 2.0 video tomorrow. — 00:03:48
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John is grateful for the project mainly because he now knows Hank as an adult: smart, funny, clever, with ideas both brilliant (naming the forum 'My Pants') and diabolical (making John wax his chin). — 00:01:34
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John says that, much as they enjoyed it, the brothers would never have finished the project if people hadn't watched, because it was hard and because he loves not finishing things. — 00:01:47
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
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John signs off to Nerdfighters 'in my pants', thanks Hank for all of this and says he'll see him on Monday. — 00:03:30
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — John: The song recounts that in 2006 John fell in love with 'Zay' (apparently Ze Frank) and told Hank they should do the same thing their own way. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The chorus says goodbye to Brotherhood 2.0, telling viewers the brothers know they will be sad to see it go. — 00:00:40
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The song recalls the year on YouTube: 'the Buck' taking over, Chris Crocker crying, Tay Zonday singing, Lonelygirl dying and 'some guy' saying 'don't tase me bro'. (playful) — 00:00:40
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The song asks whether the brothers are closer now than they were a year ago. (unsure) — 00:01:24
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The song says that while writing it they realised it has been about more than the two of them, which is why it is sad to sing goodbye. — 00:01:59
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — announcement: both: The song states that the project is ending and that its rules seem to need some amending. (hedged) — 00:03:00
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
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters the brothers will see them weekly in January. — 00:03:31

Also named in: April 23rd: Celebrity, September 21: Court and Apples, Oct 15th: Happy 16th Birthday B20

2008

2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — announcement: John proposes a motto for the Vlogbrothers in 2008: being less frequent doesn't mean the videos will be better. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John presents the new intro, which Hank designed, and asks nerdfighters to say in the comments whether they like it. — 00:00:00
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
2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — Hank thanks the channel's 15,000th subscriber, a couple with their own YouTube channel. — 00:02:27
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — announcement: John: Because nerdfighters miss punishing the brothers, John announces projects: when viewers complete one, they earn the right to punish or challenge the brothers, with the wives keeping veto power. — 00:02:29
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — John says that, under this system, the stunning success of the first annual Project for Awesome would have earned nerdfighters a punishment. — 00:02:29
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — ask: John: First project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's months-old song about her and provide proof; if nerdfighters succeed, they can punish both brothers. — 00:03:14
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — John: Asked why the most-viewed Vlogbrothers videos are Hank's, John guesses Hank is funnier, but says one owes its views to a screenshot of two giraffes having sex. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:42
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John's favourite vlogger on YouTube is Hank. — 00:01:27
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
2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — Hank can no longer work out who the 20,000th subscriber is because his counting method stopped working; he calls 20,000 subscribers insane. — 00:02:19
2008-03-21 (said on 2008-03-22, implied) · Twitter After School Time — Hank argues Twitter is not for telling anyone how you are but for defining yourself through the self the internet lets you create across many platforms. (hedged) — 00:01:39
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — announcement: Hank tells John he thinks they should make videos more often. (hedged) — 00:03:29
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — ask: Hank asks viewers who want more frequent videos to say so in comments on YouTube or nerdfighters.com; the reaction will decide, and comments make them feel appreciated. — 00:03:29
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John reports the vote: by 4,336 to 11, Nerdfighters decided the brothers should make more videos more often. — 00:00:00
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Shawn will make videos on his YouTube channel so donors can see exactly where the money goes, whom it helps and how; John made this video a response to one of Shawn's. — 00:03:03
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — announcement: John: Until publication John will give away as many ARCs to Nerdfighters as he can; today everyone commenting on YouTube or the Ning goes in a hat for this galley. — 00:01:41
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — recommendation: Hank adds three YouTube musicians he did not get to mention in the video: ReinaDelCid, SweetAfton23 and LaurenOC12. — video description
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — Hank says convalescence can be a wonderful time if spent well; he has spent his listening to music, mostly on YouTube. — 00:00:48
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — recommendation: Hank recommends Narciso Lobo, whom he thinks is active in YouTube's singer-songwriter community; his originals beat his covers; he links 'The Song We Never Wrote'. (hedged) — 00:02:24
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John says Shakespeare would vlog about the poor quality of insults on YouTube. (playful) — 00:03:00
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — announcement: Hank: Because the brothers are strict about the four-minute rule, Hank made two versions; the full five-minute one is posted elsewhere on YouTube (channel name unclear). — 00:03:41
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — announcement: John doubles the Paper Towns giveaway: one advance copy to a random commenter on the Ning and one to a random commenter on YouTube. — 00:00:00
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — announcement: John draws random numbers to pick a Ning winner and a YouTube winner; the YouTube winner has 48 hours to claim the prize or it goes to someone else. — 00:00:40
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
2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank jokes that he and John have 'killed a man' with YouTube videos, each half-killing him. (joke) — 00:00:00
2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — 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
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John's tripod is a stack of new Paper Towns galleys; he will give an advance reader's copy to one Nerdfighter whose entry is included in the birthday project. — 00:01:50
2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — recommendation: Hank: A Nerdfighter, J272 (Mason), has put the whole Grand Rapids event up on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch it all. — video description
2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank says the event was filmed by many cameras, including some fairly prominent YouTubers such as Mike Lee, and he uses their footage from YouTube with permission, linked in the sidebar. — 00:00:44
2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — ask: Hank invites viewers to wish Katherine a happy birthday in their own way, ideally in YouTube videos, sent to her YouTube channel or by email. — 00:02:53
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — announcement: John: With every video this week (week of 12 May 2008), including this one, John will give away one copy of Paper Towns to a random commenter. — 00:02:47
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John: Asked the key to YouTube popularity, John says YouTube's new demographics feature shows Nerdfighters are extremely loyal, which he thinks is because nerdfighting is something they all do together. (hedged) — 00:01:10
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — ask: John asks the men of YouTube to explain in the comments what fascinates them about giraffes who love giraffes. (playful) — 00:01:10
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John's advice: to become marginally popular on YouTube and help create a community you care about that is composed entirely of awesome, build a truly collaborative community. — 00:01:44
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — announcement: John reminds viewers there is one more Question Tuesday this week (week of 19 May 2008) and that he gives a Paper Towns copy to a random commenter every day; leave questions in comments. — 00:03:40
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — announcement: Hank gives away a copy of Paper Towns to one random commenter, the first time he gets to give one away. — 00:03:19
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John announces the five winners of Paper Towns advance copies from his punishment week, from the Ning and YouTube, and asks them to email their addresses. — 00:00:00
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John restates the standing challenge: proof that Helen Hunt has seen or heard Hank's Helen Hunt song lets Nerdfighters challenge the brothers, subject to their wives' veto. — 00:02:47
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John announces a second celebrity challenge: if and when the brothers pass Oprah on YouTube's most-subscribed list, Nerdfighters may challenge them any way they see fit. — 00:03:23
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says the brothers are 6,000 subscribers short of passing Oprah on the most-subscribed list. — 00:03:23
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John says Brotherhood 2.0 was initially his idea; he has a crazy idea every 45 minutes and relies on Hank to reject them, but Hank said this one was not terrible. (playful) — 00:00:25
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John says he is recognized fairly often in big public spaces and finds it nice to meet Nerdfighters; at Disneyland's Indiana Jones ride a fan's little brother asked if he was wearing a disguise. — 00:02:48
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — announcement: John has no Paper Towns advance copies to give away; earlier winners are still waiting for theirs, which he hopes to rectify tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:03:22
2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — announcement: Hank says that a year ago today (18 July 2007) he recorded a Harry Potter song that pretty much changed his life, and celebrates the anniversary with another Harry Potter song. — 00:00:30
2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank thanks the Nerdfighters for working together to get Accio Deathly Hallows up to 1 million views. — 00:00:30
2008-07-27 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — ask: Hank invites John, Nerdfighters and other viewers to vote in the comments among seven frames he will wear for about five years; he will order the winner immediately. — 00:02:07
2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — Hank recently went to watch a breakdancing crew practise, which he calls possibly the most entertaining thing he has seen outside YouTube since Grand Rapids, Michigan. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank says eight days earlier he was in the studio recording an actual studio version of Accio Deathly Hallows, to be discussed later. — 00:00:40
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank and John gave a talk at Google's Chicago headquarters about YouTube, online video and online communities. — 00:02:13
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank says over 380 Nerdfighters came to the Chicago library event, including many prominent Nerdfighters he had never seen outside YouTube. — 00:02:42
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank shows his new glasses, green in the right light and very cheap, and thanks Nerdfighters and YouTube for helping him choose them. — 00:00:00
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Hank says he is not a big fan of local news and would like more people to watch this video on YouTube than the TV report, to prove they're better. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says the brothers' public video communication became a YouTube sensation with 13.5 million viewers to date. — 00:01:43
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — announcement: Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says that after a year of video-only messages the brothers communicate in other ways again, but the vlogs will continue. — 00:03:27
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — announcement: John says in the report they will keep making the videos for as long as people will watch them. (hedged) — 00:03:27
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
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — John credits the awesomeness of Nerdfighteria and of Hank for passing Oprah on the most-subscribed list. — 00:02:50
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — announcement: John says that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah means Nerdfighters get to punish the brothers. — 00:02:58
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank describes the arrangement: the brothers ask Nerdfighters to do amazing things, and in return Nerdfighters get to punish them. — 00:00:32
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank says the brothers asked Nerdfighters to help them 'pwn' Oprah, and together they got more YouTube subscribers than Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:32
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
2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — announcement: Hank says he and John are on YouTube's front page with a video made with Politico in response to the latest presidential debate, and recommends it. — 00:03:17
2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — ask: Hank: First condition for the album: make a picture of yourself with Paper Towns your MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and every other profile picture. — 00:00:58
2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — announcement: Hank: Others will use caffeine but Hank goes substance-free; with Shay Carl, Charles Trippy and other YouTube peers, whoever stays up longest wins. — 00:03:14
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John says Nerdfighters showed last December they could take over YouTube, but he did not think they could take over the New York Times bestseller list. (playful) — 00:00:51
2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the label, called DFTBA Records, exists to give YouTube-related musicians a way to produce and distribute their music. — 00:01:22
2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the label plans to make life as a YouTube musician easier, more fun and more lucrative, and connect these musicians with a bigger audience. — 00:02:04
2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank says the label has a YouTube channel with planned song tutorials, music videos and a weekly podcast about DFTBA Records and its artists. — 00:02:34
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John welcomes YouTube's new 16x9 widescreen format, though he later says he doesn't know what to do with all the space. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank introduces the Project for Awesome, which he believes is the largest YouTube community-inspired event ever. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when the YouTube community takes over YouTube to promote people who do things because they are right, not for money: charity. — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says they promote charity one day a year in the holiday season, then go back to silly songs, cat videos and being profane. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank officially announces that this year's (2008) Project for Awesome will take place on December 17, 2008, organised from projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:41
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains the plan: the mailing list will feature videos that supporters rate, comment on and favourite so they reach YouTube's big lists, until P4A videos are everywhere and everyone knows YouTube is awesome. — 00:01:39
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank says editable Photoshop and Fireworks thumbnail files are at projectforawesome.com and can be customised as long as the video stays recognisably P4A. — 00:02:08
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says YouTube changed how it picks thumbnails; after talking with YouTube and testing, non-partners should make the middle 10 seconds of the video the P4A image, e.g. 125 to 135 in a 3-minute video. — 00:03:07
2008-12-15 · Famous Last Words — John congratulates Hank on having been featured on YouTube the day before. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank says it is the day before the Project for Awesome and he has spent all day organising it and making his own P4A video. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank says he, John and his wife will spend most of the 48 hours of the 17th and 18th on it: John on BlogTV from noon Eastern, Hank later into the night. — 00:00:00
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
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank apologises that the P4A thumbnail method is not working, according to reports. — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank jokes that if YouTube breaks his project's thumbnails it owes him a front-page feature, and says that is what he told them and what they did. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank lists fixes: a green screen with the P4A image, picture in picture, or keeping the P4A image on screen; a printable image is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank's fix for everyone: make the entire second half of the video the P4A thumbnail, then pick the last thumbnail in the edit-video settings. — 00:02:12
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says he and John, with the help of all of YouTube and some particular people, organised the Project for Awesome; this video is a tiny part of it. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when YouTubers talk about their favourite charities, encourage donations and talk about people doing good things. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says a cadre of about 10,000 people will promote P4A videos so they become YouTube's most viewed and discussed videos for at least two days. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — announcement: Hank thanks everyone taking part in the Project for Awesome and says he and John will be live on BlogTV. — 00:03:15
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — Hank says the brothers have bridged the distance with video blogs on YouTube for a few years, but the project has long not been just about them. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: both: The brothers say YouTube let them be guest editors of its front page for a day. — 00:01:35
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — both: They thank the people known as Nerdfighters who helped make the project such a success. — 00:02:04
2008-12-22 · A Christmas Song! — Hank says the Project for Awesome was pretty freaking awesome this year (2008) and they will talk more about it soon. (hedged) — 00:03:31
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says he is still reeling from how awesome the Project for Awesome was; Nerdfighters lobbied for literally hundreds of great charities. — 00:00:00
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says YouTube's CAPTCHA codes are usually not English words but pronounceable sets of consonants and vowels. — 00:00:40
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says that after being featured on YouTube's front page he started getting hateful comments, such as one asking if he is 'some kind of gay nerd homo sapiens activist'. — 00:00:00
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says that when he and John started on YouTube probably 50% of their comments were negative; now the Nerdfighters generally say kind, supportive things. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says front-page exposure brings many non-Nerdfighters and reminds him how hateful YouTube can be; the difference now is that Nerdfighters pounce on the haters. — 00:00:53
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says many haters seem to be the same person commenting again and again, which makes him feel better about YouTube: a few evil people, not tens of thousands. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:22
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — announcement: Hank says he will see John soon in a video discussing the future of nerdfighting on YouTube for 2009, with amazing plans. — 00:03:27

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2009

2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Hank restages his first Brotherhood 2.0 video from two years ago, including the camera glitch and the eye reflection, admitting he then did not know how to make videos. (playful) — 00:00:37
2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Hank says John's news videos were one of the coolest things they did in Brotherhood 2.0: blissful ignorance is nothing compared to the crushing weight of the truth. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:19
2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — Hank: In mock-documentary narration, Hank's fame has taken him everywhere worth being, from YouTube's front page to Ames, Iowa. (parody) — 00:00:00
2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — Hank recorded many of his YouTube hits with Schmidt, who he says owns THE music studio in Missoula, played on Weezer albums and made music for That '70s Show. (playful) — 00:01:03
2009-01-20 · Hank's Journal!!! — Hank: His high-school songs range from rants against capitalism to lyrics raunchier than Eminem, which he won't share for fear of embarrassment or being flagged on YouTube. — 00:01:39
2009-02-18 (said on 2009-02-17, implied) · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: The description says the video is not late: YouTube was undergoing maintenance. — video description
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
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — announcement: John says he will try to set the Question Tuesday world record on Tuesday, and tells Hank to dress up as Carrie Bradshaw soon to avoid a YouTube mutiny. (playful) — 00:02:42
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John relays wide reports that YouTube will launch a major redesign on Thursday emphasizing professional over user-generated content, with four tabs: TV, Movies, Music and Videos. — 00:00:40
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says the site will emphasize TV shows, feature films and music videos not because people want to watch them but because advertisers want to advertise next to them. — 00:00:58
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John finds it strange that people think YouTube has a responsibility to the little guy: corporations are not in the business of being awesome, they exist to make money. — 00:01:20
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says that according to almost every Wall Street analyst, YouTube loses money hand over fist. — 00:01:28
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says that for the number of views it takes YouTube to make a dollar, a site like Hulu that features television shows can make ten dollars. — 00:01:49
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John finds it hard to be mad at YouTube for wanting to stop losing money, but is a little mad at advertisers for thinking user-generated content can't sell Lucky Charms. — 00:01:55
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John tells YouTubers not to get mad at YouTube for wanting to make money, but to get mad at him for being bad at selling Lucky Charms. (playful) — 00:02:39
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says one reported change makes him furious: a feature letting viewers dim the space outside the video screen. He hates that idea. — 00:02:47
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John says what he hates about television is that you watch it; what he loves about YouTube is that it isn't television but something you're called to participate in. — 00:02:58
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John's favourite thing about YouTube is the comments; he admits discourse in many YouTube comments is poor, but for 'our community' comments and video responses are a huge portion of these videos. — 00:03:06
2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — Hank: In song, Hank remembers hoping friendly editors would feature him on the front page, a dream that may now be dead as YouTube tries to please the corporate mass. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:01
2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — Hank: The chorus says maybe YouTube can become like Hulu and avoid its demise, but if it costs the little guys, Hank might say his goodbyes. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:10
2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — Hank: The song recalls community YouTube pastimes, the Five Facts thing and the Google Verb meme, a first comment and Captcha codes, which Hank will miss behind a 'content wall'. (playful) — 00:01:32
2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — Hank thanks the people in the little YouTube chorus and Alan (fallofautumndistro) for writing most of the song. — 00:03:39
2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died — Hank thanks viewers most of all, because YouTube is not what Google does but what the community does, including in the comments. — 00:03:45
2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — ask: John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — announcement: John reminds Hank his birthday is Tuesday, says he'll get him a little something, and hopes Nerdfighters will make videos too. (hedged) — 00:00:46
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John says lots of Nerdfighters are giving Hank presents all over the internet and that he has linked some favourites in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-05-06 · Dead Boy's Girlfriend — Hank thanks viewers for his amazing birthday wishes the day before. — 00:03:46
2009-05-08 · Star Trek: The Movie, Review — recommendation: Hank says the original Star Trek series can be watched free on YouTube, though it is 'kind of hilariously bad'. (playful) — 00:00:49
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank: Back at the post office, Hank finds he had far more mail held for him than he thought, too much to talk about individually. — 00:01:01
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank apologises for cards he missed or hasn't received and thanks Nerdfighters, who are made of awesome and know how to make a birthday fantastic. — 00:02:36
2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — Hank reports finding many Carl's Jr. ads on YouTube, some by his favorite YouTubers, all on the theme of how you eat the chain's portobello mushroom burger. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — Hank says John is currently unable to make a YouTube video: he is switching from iMovie to Final Cut Express, which Hank recently did too and calls a big pain, and it is taking John a long time. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — Hank says the audio and video of John's video won't sync; they are pretty sure it is a YouTube problem because the video is fine on John's computer. (hedged) — 00:01:21
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — announcement: Hank says he called John to help YouTube announce its new Video Volunteers program, which he says will prove how awesome YouTube can be. — 00:00:03
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — Hank says YouTube is a real community of people coming together to make the world better, citing this year's (2009) Project for Awesome, when thousands of YouTubers made videos for favourite charities. — 00:01:02
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — announcement: Hank announces that through YouTube's Video Volunteers program everyone in the YouTube community can partner with a nonprofit and help bring attention to its cause. — 00:01:31
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — ask: Hank: Viewers are told to go to youtube.com/videovolunteers, where charities need creative people to make videos explaining their work and why it matters. — 00:02:00
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 says whenever a vlogbrothers video reaches YouTube's front page there is confusion and meanness, so he answers comments to explain what they do and relieve the weight of the haters. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — ask: Hank thanks viewers for considering the Video Volunteers program and hopes to see them making video volunteer videos soon. (hedged) — 00:03:38
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — The description says there is no punishment for the late upload because YouTube would not let John upload the night before. — video description
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — John tells commenters that the contraction of 'you are' is spelled with an apostrophe and asks them to check before submitting a comment. (playful) — 00:01:05
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — John explains that being gay means being attracted to people of the same gender, so a video cannot be gay. — 00:01:53
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — John says insults work by painting people with bad traits, yet YouTube comments treat being a gay virgin nerd as the worst thing; people get insulted for who they are, not what they do. — 00:02:03
2009-07-01 · Most Subscribed: A Song — Hank sings that YouTube's most-subscribed users, the most popular people on the world's biggest video site, are a couple of girls and a couple dozen guys. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-07-01 · Most Subscribed: A Song — Hank sings that sxePhil has figured out what works on YouTube: talking about douchebags and hot girls. (playful) — 00:01:22
2009-07-03 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — ask: Hank tells viewers which Truth or Fail channel to subscribe to and repeats the address youtube.com/truthorfail. — 00:00:00
2009-07-12 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — John: Since his Iran election video John has read many amazingly stupid YouTube comments; he says Nerdfighter comments are generally thoughtful and respectful, unlike non-Nerdfighters'. (playful) — 00:00:29
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
2009-07-17 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — Hank says selling books, CDs and t-shirts is not outside what Nerdfighteria is: on YouTube Hank has written songs since (apparently) his Helen Hunt song, and John books. — 00:01:25
2009-07-17 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — Hank says he is really into YouTube and loves the idea that his YouTube friends might make some money doing it. — 00:02:11
2009-07-17 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — recommendation: Hank recommends a six-track, six-dollar CD by YouTubers Alan Lastufka and Tom Milsom, whom he calls one of YouTube's best musicians; they made it without ever meeting. — 00:02:11
2009-07-22 · Truth or Fail with John! Famous Authors Edition — John introduces the literary edition of Truth or Fail, which he calls YouTube's only (or at any rate best) game show: viewers click the true one of two purported facts or fail. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-07-26 · Volunteering (In Your Pants) — announcement: John says YouTube has launched a program that lets everyone help charities they like by making videos for them. — 00:00:00
2009-07-26 · Volunteering (In Your Pants) — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to join him in making video volunteer videos at youtube.com/videovolunteers. — 00:00:00
2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — Hank says he, John and the Nerdfighters have somehow become the go-to guys for talking about doing good on YouTube, and he is proud of it. — 00:00:00
2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — announcement: Hank: Videos go to the Global Geek Week YouTube group and are judged by a committee including Hank, Lisa Nova, HotForWords, Guy Kawasaki and the 2008 U.S. Sudoku champion. — 00:00:58
2009-08-12 · Vegetables that look like Penises — Hank thanks YouTube and Nerdfighters for making it possible for him to be weird and not feel weird about it. — 00:02:30
2009-08-21 · Truth or Fail: John Green Books — John introduces Truth or Fail, 'YouTube's bonely game show': he gives two purported facts and viewers click the true one or fail. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-09-01 · I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! — Hank says his friends in Montana think he 'works on computers' and barely know what YouTube is, which he does not mind. (playful) — 00:03:06
2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — announcement: John: To celebrate, John will give away one Paper Towns paperback a day for 14 days to his favourite 10-word comment on YouTube or the Ning. — 00:01:36
2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — announcement: John says he will read all the comments in a special video, and his favourite comment overall will win an additional prize he shows. — 00:01:36
2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck — recommendation: Hank lists things better than TV crime shows: John Green's books, all books, odd objects like fake hands, video games, and YouTube. (playful) — 00:02:43
2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck — ask: Hank reminds viewers that leaving John's favourite 10-word comment of the day wins a free Paper Towns paperback. — 00:03:20
2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — announcement: John expands the paperback giveaway to Paper Towns-related videos and songs as well as 10-word comments, and admits he has more than 14 books. — 00:02:51
2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — John names four winners from the contest's first three days and reads their comments, one of which, saying his books changed her life, moved him. — 00:03:20
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — announcement: John says he needs 15 copies of the paperback by Friday (25 September 2009), when he will announce the winners of the 10-word challenge contest. — 00:01:45
2009-09-27 · TV For Chickens — John jokes that angry YouTube commenters need to watch more TV to wash off their aggression. (joke) — 00:01:38
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: John announces the last ten Paper Towns paperback winners: a song-challenge winner chosen from many great songs, and nine 10-word comment winners. — 00:01:40
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — John: Reading a lolspeak comment built on a Woody Guthrie line he used in Paper Towns, John says Guthrie could not have imagined it. (playful) — 00:02:18
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: John says there were more than 15,000 entries, a 1 in 1,000 chance of winning, apologizes to non-winners and hopes they still consider getting the book. — 00:02:18
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — John plays part of the winning Paper Towns song, whose lyrics describe someone hiding in a paper town for weeks. — 00:03:04
2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank says DFTBA Records is on the front page of YouTube as he makes the video: 'we own the front page of YouTube'. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-10-02 · Truth or Fail: DRUGS! — Hank explains Truth or Fail: he gives two statements about the history of drugs and drug culture, and viewers click the true one or fail. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-10-21 · Balloon Boy: A Short Song — Hank says the title rips off Woody Guthrie's 'This Machine Kills Fascists' and a YouTube commenter who wrote 'That machine pones noobs', whom he thanks for naming the album. (playful) — 00:02:45
2009-10-24 · Truth or Fail: HOAXES! — Hank explains Truth or Fail: a simple interactive YouTube game show where he gives two statements and viewers click the true one, or fail. — 00:00:00
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank thinks Nerdfighteria is level four: it operates on the assumption 'we are great', which lets it do awesome things like happy dance projects and yearly charity gatherings on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:51
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank says this can shrink the world's boundaries: watching YouTube videos makes him care about people, but few Congolese make them, so it's harder to understand them complexly. — 00:01:50
2009-11-04 · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) — Hank thanks everyone supporting YouTube musicians and says he thinks all Nerdfighters will enjoy the album. (hedged) — 00:03:19
2009-11-24 · 50 THINGS!! That I'm Thankful For — Hank is thankful for open source software, his new phone running on it, YouTube and the first generation of YouTubers. — 00:00:58
2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank: Answering commenters who called his anthem position unsupportable, Hank admits he put it poorly and says his problem is that it is a song about defending ideals, not about the ideals. — 00:00:29
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank says he, John, the Nerdfighters and YouTube are unusually good at being a tight-knit community that is geographically disparate, making this a chance to 'prove our awesome'. — 00:00:30
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria and the YouTube community in the continental US, with a car and cell phone and free on Saturday, to join the Search, Discover, and Confirm team. — 00:00:58
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — announcement: John calls the balloon challenge a way of limbering up for the Project for Awesome, coming as always on December 17th. — 00:02:54
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome on December 17th, less than 10 days away since it is December 8th. — 00:02:05
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains P4A: a day when YouTubers promote charities in videos with the same thumbnail, and thousands promote them, fooling YouTube's algorithms by commenting, watching, favoriting and rating. — 00:02:35
2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — Hank says online video is an entirely new medium creating new genres and active, engaged and large communities. — 00:01:04
2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank announces an insider track for people into YouTube, on the specifics of building community and the business and future of YouTube. — 00:03:22
2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — ask: Hank points viewers to VidCon2010.com, Twitter.com/VidCon and YouTube.com/VidCon for more information. — 00:03:22
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — announcement: John says that this year (2009) in the Project for Awesome he will make a video in support of malaria research, joking that it's because curing malaria will make him rich. — 00:02:05
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters to get their commenting and rating fingers ready for the Project for Awesome; a thumbnail for P4A videos can now be downloaded at the Ning. — 00:02:58
2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John: Asked how long the Project for Awesome has been going on, John says this will be its third year. — 00:00:05
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
2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — announcement: John says P4A videos should be uploaded as close to noon Eastern time (5 p.m. GMT) as possible. — 00:01:17
2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — announcement: John announces a live show from Thursday noon to Saturday morning, linked on Thursday morning, to organise going from video to video leaving comments, ratings and favorites. — 00:01:44
2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John says making the shared thumbnail your video's thumbnail is hard; they think they've cracked YouTube's algorithm, but a P4A video can be great without it. (hedged) — 00:02:16
2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — announcement: Hank says this is his Project for Awesome video and this year (2009) his money goes to his all-time favourite environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. — 00:00:00
2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — announcement: Hank is auctioning on eBay the original hand-drawn cover of So Jokes and the pen drawings for the CD, by the album artist and signed by both; links are in the sidebar. — 00:01:25
2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — announcement: John announces that it is time for the 2009 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — John defines the P4A as an annual event where the YouTube community makes videos about charities and rates, favorites and comments on them to push them to the top of YouTube. — 00:00:00
2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — announcement: John explains the P4A is organised through Livestream this year (2009) because, though imperfect, it puts everyone in the same room; chatting only needs a Twitter account. — 00:00:00
2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — John says coordinating in the chat lets a roving band of nerds take over the largest entertainment website in the world. (playful) — 00:00:48
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: The description lists P4A auctions (bobbleheads for Malaria No More and charity: water; So Jokes cover and disc art for the Nature Conservancy) and says Fall of Autumn Distro matches donations to Save the Music. — video description
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John says the 2009 Project for Awesome was the awesomest ever, putting three years worth of awesome into 48 hours. (playful) — 00:00:27
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John says #P4A trended above the movie Avatar for most of the P4A; Avatar cost $250 million to make, the P4A zero dollars. (playful) — 00:00:27
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John says there were more than 2,000 Project for Awesome videos this year (2009) and participants commented on them more than a million times. — 00:00:27
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John thanks the livestream hosts, from Maureen Johnson and Natalie Tran to several Five Awesome Girls, Liz, Karen Kavett and Alan of Fall of Autumn Distro, and the 2009 logo designer. — 00:01:22
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says several P4A items are still auctioned on eBay, including a nerdfighter's bobblehead of John benefiting charity: water; links are in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John thanks Hank for inventing the idea of the Project for Awesome and for all the work he did to make it happen. — 00:02:21

Also named in: Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday, How to Make Guys Like You, Become a Time Traveller TODAY!, Saturday Video?!?!?!, Mad Science with Dr. Horrible (Hank), NaNoWriMo!!!

2010

2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — ask: Hank says Nerdfighter Shawn Ahmed, doing amazing work in Bangladesh, is one of five finalists to possibly attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, and asks everyone to vote for him via the sidebar. — 00:02:55
2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — ask: Hank says his favourite fictional YouTube show, Robot Ninja and Gay Guy, has been nominated for a Streamy Award and asks viewers to vote for it via the sidebar. — 00:03:24
2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says 80% of the comments noticed that 'John Green' had boobs, an interest she says YouTube shares with baby Henry; 'the man just had a baby'. (playful) — 00:00:54
2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: On what Hank should name his dog, Maureen says YouTube has spoken: name it 'Boobs', imagining calling for it in the park; anything else would let Nerdfighteria down. (joke) — 00:03:20
2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank suggests the falling price reflects television weakening and YouTube rising, then immediately allows that it possibly does not. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:15
2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — ask: Hank invites viewers to use YouTube to help decide the best Super Bowl ads of 2010 by clicking and choosing a favourite. — 00:02:15
2010-01-29 (said on 2010-01-30, implied) · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank tried YouTube's newly launched rentals program and watched a movie; with Google Checkout already linked to his Google account, renting was very easy. — 00:01:16
2010-01-29 (said on 2010-01-30, implied) · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank says the YouTube rentals are available only in America and a rented movie can be watched for 24 hours. — 00:01:16
2010-01-29 (said on 2010-01-30, implied) · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank thinks YouTube must recognise that people don't like watching long-form content on computers; rentals won't really work unless they work with people's televisions. (hedged) — 00:01:52
2010-01-29 (said on 2010-01-30, implied) · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — ask: Hank says The Cove was worth $3.99, hopes the filmmakers earn plenty to keep doing such work, and encourages viewers who can stomach it to watch it before it leaves YouTube on Sunday (31 January 2010). — 00:02:56
2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John: Reason three: not everyone watching is a nerdfighter, as a YouTube message asking them to upload 'hot videos like kisses and other' shows; John doesn't want that sender seeing much of Henry. (playful) — 00:02:30
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker likes to say YouTube is for squirrels on trampolines and that advertisers don't want ads next to cats on skateboards. — 00:01:43
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John tells Jeff Zucker that Nerdfighteria may be only a YouTube-based community but is more real than all his reality shows combined. — 00:02:44
2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says Jeff Zucker is probably right about TV, his job, but on YouTube is as unqualified and clueless as Tiger Woods hosting The Marriage Ref. — 00:00:56
2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank argues YouTube is not a new way of experiencing old things, as Zucker thinks when he treats it as America's Funniest Home Videos without Bob Saget. — 00:01:26
2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says 19 of the top 20 most subscribed YouTube channels make kinds of content that have no name because they did not exist five years earlier. — 00:01:26
2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says this is why he wants VidCon: something important is happening on YouTube, and people who understand it should meet to talk, learn, plan what comes next and celebrate. — 00:02:31
2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says VidCon will have dozens of meetups and classroom sessions, YouTube company staff taking suggestions, dance parties, concerts, karaoke and a sword swallower. — 00:03:09
2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says the 9th and 10th will be packed, the 11th is left open for attendees to design their own activities, and the schedules are up at VidCon 2010, linked below. — 00:03:39
2010-04-02 · Will Grayson, Will Grayson — announcement: John announces that the YouTube usernames of the advance reader's copy winners are in the description. — 00:03:00
2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank opens with a dramatic reading of YouTube's auto-captioning of John's video imploring him to teach John's son science, lest John explain the blue sky with pterodactyl poop. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank says Google/YouTube's auto-captioning is currently very bad, as viewers can see by turning on captions for this video. — 00:00:29
2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank says Google is getting better at it and has analytical access to the world's largest database of recorded spoken words: YouTube. — 00:00:58
2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank: Asked how the internet works, Hank says they upload videos to YouTube, people watch and sometimes email, and beyond that he has no idea. (playful) — 00:01:02
2010-04-14 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't — Hank says geocaching reminds him of YouTube: lots of cool people coming together to do fun things, sometimes spoiled by a troll. — 00:00:21
2010-04-14 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't — Hank says YouTube is important, interesting and fascinating on many levels, but lots of things are important, so calling what you do important is not unusual. — 00:00:44
2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John says it is vitally important to pick the right patron saint, and as yet there is no patron saint of YouTube. — 00:02:00
2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — recommendation: John recommends Padre Pio, a relatively recent saint whom many consider a bit nutty, as patron saint of YouTube, and shows he keeps him in his wallet. (playful) — 00:02:00
2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John argues YouTube gives everyone the superpower of bilocation: he is in his Indiana basement and at Hank's house in Missoula at once. (playful) — 00:02:29
2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: Rather than deciding on the spot at the conference, the organizers decided lead time and preparation would be better, so Hank is asking for ideas now. (hedged) — 00:00:40
2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank floats ideas for the Sunday: a VidCon/YouTube open mic session, a poetry slam (if those aren't lame now), flash mobs, or the world's largest circle of people videotaping each other. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:09
2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Molly Lewis (quoted): Molly Lewis, as Hank quotes her, says VidCon needs to set up a room just for Calvinball. — 00:01:09
2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank explains Calvinball, a no-rules ball game from the mind of Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, and says it sounds like a pretty good time. (playful) — 00:01:09
2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave their ideas as video responses to the version of this video at youtube.com/vidcon, not the vlogbrothers one, and get people to like them; most-liked ideas are most likely to happen. — 00:01:38
2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank: Impractical ideas, like 45 minutes of Shane Dawson touching his hair, probably won't make the cut, but innovative ideas for the people and space will be accepted. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:07
2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank imagines that when bandwidth runs short again telecoms would cut the next biggest user, probably YouTube, while Comcast.com's videos come in faster than ever. (hypothetical, hedged) — 00:01:57
2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank defines net neutrality as internet providers not deciding what content you get at what speeds; they shouldn't throttle YouTube, boost Comcast, or gouge content creators. — 00:02:27
2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank predicts that if ISPs are legally able to do this they will, killing not just YouTube but the next amazing thing with enormous economic potential. — 00:02:27
2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank says that next thing won't exist because they will have killed the open and innovative nature of the internet. — 00:03:13
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank says May 17 is not really YouTube's fifth birthday: YouTube was created in February 2005, and May 17 is apparently being marked as the birth of the YouTube community. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank says nothing of significance to YouTube appears to have happened on May 17, 2005, his first problem with the chosen date. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:14
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — recommendation: Hank says YouTube is marking the anniversary by collecting people's YouTube stories, which he found interesting and good, and recommends viewers watch them. — 00:00:40
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank notes he is the only person besides YouTube's founders who appears twice on YouTube's community-history timeline, while John is not on it at all. (playful) — 00:00:45
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank says one timeline video shows him and business partner Alan announcing DFTBA Records, the record company that represents only YouTube musicians. — 00:00:56
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
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank argues the real story of YouTube is groups of people who do things and have fun together though they rarely occupy the same physical space. — 00:01:40
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank gives his own YouTube story: his brother convinced him to do something ridiculous they thought would be about two people, and it turned out to be about many more. — 00:01:55
2010-05-28 · How To Do Everything — recommendation: John points viewers to a YouTube video explaining how to solve the cube and to an earlier video of his own about getting girls to like you. — 00:02:26
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — In his description Hank says Viacom's demand that YouTube manually approve every video would destroy YouTube. — video description
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank's own view (description): YouTube should pay Viacom some reparations based on the views of Viacom-owned content. (hedged) — video description
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — In his description Hank concedes that YouTube knew copyrighted clips were being uploaded. — video description
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank says YouTube should keep developing its Content ID system, which he says has proved better at identifying copyrighted material than manual identification. — video description
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank says Viacom should drop the suit and settle out of court for something like $3 per thousand views of copyrighted clips. — video description
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank says that beyond the 'poopy Nintendo' case there are bigger messes (BP in the Gulf, Israel and Palestine) and, closer to home on YouTube, Viacom's attack on YouTube is a very big deal. (playful) — 00:00:01
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank, voicing Viacom, sets out its two demands of YouTube: compensation for views of illegally uploaded videos, and manual approval of every video put on the site. (playful) — 00:00:37
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank: In the sketch Viacom wants one billion dollars; YouTube counters with $2 per thousand views on illegally uploaded content, which it says is more than anyone else gets. (playful) — 00:01:04
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank, voicing YouTube, says the vast majority of YouTube clips are uploaded legitimately by their owners, from a guy in his living room to big media companies like Viacom. (playful) — 00:01:23
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank: When Viacom recalls YouTube as all Daily Show and Family Guy clips, YouTube answers that was 2007; since then its content identification system has all but eradicated illegal uploads. (playful) — 00:01:34
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank, voicing Viacom, reads an email from YouTube co-founder Steve Chen: removing potential copyright infringements would cut traffic and virality to maybe 20%; YouTube calls it out of context. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:59
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank, voicing YouTube, says Viacom has repeatedly put its own clips on YouTube while disguising that it uploaded them, so YouTube cannot know which videos Viacom wants online. (playful) — 00:02:15
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank: YouTube (Hank) asks why, if YouTube is so dirty, Viacom unsuccessfully tried to buy it; Viacom says that is irrelevant to its lawsuit. (playful) — 00:02:35
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank, voicing YouTube, says Viacom-owned Spike.com routinely monetizes independent creators' videos with 30-second pre-rolls without the owners' permission. (playful) — 00:02:45
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank: When Viacom says those creators are welcome to sue, Hank's YouTube concludes that for Viacom it is OK to steal from someone who can't afford a lawyer. (playful) — 00:02:55
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank: YouTube (Hank) calls independent creators the backbone of YouTube; Viacom calls them a sideshow to illegal copyrighted content, which YouTube calls infuriating and factually inaccurate. (playful) — 00:03:04
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank, voicing YouTube, says YouTube keeps growing because users, independent creators and major media companies upload great content people want to watch. (playful) — 00:03:20
2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — Hank: The crux, in Hank's telling: Viacom, an old media company, can't handle a change that means it will make less money; he asks it to take its poop out of YouTube's Nintendo. (playful) — 00:03:37
2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John: Recapping Hank's video, John says Viacom is suing YouTube for a billion dollars, claiming YouTube grew on pirated content and made ad money from Viacom-owned content. — 00:00:55
2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John: By Viacom's measure YouTube does owe Viacom some money, John jokes, but far less than it owes LonelyGirl15 and 'that evolution of a dance guy'. (playful) — 00:01:29
2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John says everybody agrees YouTube should pay Viacom that ad money; the dispute is the amount, YouTube valuing ads at their worth and Viacom as if money grew on trees. (playful) — 00:01:29
2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John's thesis: Viacom is now doing to Coulton what YouTube did to Viacom four years earlier. — 00:01:58
2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: Recapping, Hank says Viacom is suing YouTube for profiting from Viacom-owned content and wants YouTube to manually approve every uploaded video. — 00:00:29
2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: Manual approval is a problem, Hank says, because about 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. — 00:00:29
2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank thinks even Google's masterminds would struggle to keep YouTube solvent under manual approval. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — ask: Hank tells subscribers they can now have YouTube email them whenever a Vlogbrothers video goes up, but asks first viewers not to comment 'first'. — 00:02:32
2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — John: As far as John can tell, what Viacom did to him and hundreds of others is exactly what it is suing YouTube for purportedly doing to Viacom. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: Besides the YouTubers, many people from YouTube will be at VidCon giving keynotes about YouTube's inner workings, which John expects to find fascinating. — 00:00:45
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — Hank reports another wonderful win today: YouTube won its lawsuit against Viacom, which he celebrates like a goal. — 00:01:05
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — Hank: The harder fought the win, the better, which is why Hank feels so good about YouTube's freedom from the Viacom lawsuit and about the US advancing. — 00:02:26
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — announcement: Hank calls it a colossal win for him, Nerdfighteria and YouTube that VidCon is about 50 tickets away from selling out. — 00:02:55
2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: 93 speakers and performers will appear at VidCon, and 24 YouTube employees bought tickets. — 00:01:21
2010-07-08 · Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon — Hank introduces James at War, maker of amazingly popular parody videos, the first YouTuber he ran into at random, and interviews him. — 00:00:57
2010-07-08 · Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon — James at War: Just as he discovered YouTube he posted both songs; both went viral, to his surprise, and he kept writing songs mostly for his wife. — 00:02:11
2010-07-08 · Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon — James at War: James stopped making videos because the war on terror raised the Air Force tempo; YouTube took a back burner to the profession of arms. — 00:02:38
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John says that although YouTubers are mostly introverted, nerdy people, everyone at VidCon was incredibly nice, famous people did not act famous, and the vibe was supportive and collaborative. — 00:01:51
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — announcement: Hank cuts in to announce that the Vlogbrothers have just broken into the top 100 most-subscribed YouTube channels, thanking Ray William Johnson, Charlieissocoollike and Meekakitty. (playful) — 00:03:33
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says he feared all of YouTube would hate the brothers after VidCon, from people sick of hearing about it or over some epic failure. (hedged) — 00:00:33
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — announcement: Hank says the Vlogbrothers are in the 300,000-subscriber club and in the top 100 most-subscribed YouTube channels of all time. — 00:01:01
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
2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — Hank marks roughly three years since Accio Deathly Hallows was featured on YouTube's front page, the first time many people watched the brothers' videos. — 00:00:52
2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · Hank's Life in a Day — Hank: On Saturday, the day of YouTube's Life in a Day project asking the world to document their lives and answer three questions, Hank films his day for John. — 00:00:00
2010-07-28 · Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich — John: Following Hank's lead, John shows Hank his Saturday, the day YouTube asked everyone to share their life in a day. — 00:00:00
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — announcement: John sets Hank's punishment: a makeup tutorial in the style of YouTube makeup tutorials, deadline September 1. — 00:02:55
2010-08-04 · Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! — Hank says the Vlogbrothers are now the 81st most subscribed channel on YouTube and are about to be passed by Toby Turner; he jokes 81st is as high as they will go. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-08-10 (said on 2010-08-09, implied) · JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! — Hank reports that despite Toby Turner's efforts the Vlogbrothers did not stay 81st; they are now 83rd, passed by Toby Turner and Freddie Wong. — 00:02:50
2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John visited Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell at their flat: Charlie made tea, Alex read a quiz from Pick Me Up magazine, to which he has a two-year subscription, and they watched YouTube. — 00:00:02
2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — recommendation: John links Esther's Twitter and YouTube accounts; she vlogged through much of the last month and her vlogs are hilarious, charming and very touching. — 00:02:14
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank says he is in San Francisco to visit YouTube. — 00:00:00
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank says there is real confusion about where YouTube is: to him it is on his desktop, a non-physical digital internet place. — 00:00:29
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank: Physically, Hank says, YouTube could be wherever the data for its billions of videos are stored, but he has no idea where that is and thinks it might be a secret. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank notes that typing YouTube into Google Maps gives the address 901 Cherry, where he is filming. — 00:00:29
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank says Rick, a YouTube employee who was very clearly a giant nerdfighter, gave him a little tour of YouTube. — 00:00:29
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank says his first thought was that YouTube HQ must be the coolest place to work, people making YouTube more awesome between Nerf gun fights, but the reality is very different. (playful) — 00:00:58
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank says YouTube's staff get up early, drive to work and put in eight-to-ten-hour days making a playground for the rest of us to play in. — 00:00:58
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank argues that 901 Cherry isn't where YouTube is: YouTube is right here in front of all of us, and 901 Cherry is where people work hard to make this weird non-physical place possible. — 00:01:56
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank thanks the people at YouTube and is glad they know, as he does, that they are just people in a place helping to create something much bigger. — 00:01:56
2010-10-25 · Rocky Horror + Glee = ? — Hank says now, especially on YouTube, that experience seems normal, so it is hard to see Rocky Horror for what it is: the seed of a cultural revolution. — 00:02:28
2010-10-25 · Rocky Horror + Glee = ? — Hank says the Rocky Horror culture was something he was once part of and once needed, because YouTube didn't exist yet. — 00:03:26
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — announcement: John announces that the 2010 Project for Awesome is happening. — 00:00:17
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — Hank recalls that in 2007 the brothers realized Nerdfighteria had become a big deal and wanted to use its power; the project has grown every year for three years. — 00:00:22
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — John says the idea was to take over YouTube so that for one day it would be about charity rather than kittens on Roombas or giraffe love. — 00:00:31
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — announcement: John says this year (2010) P4A will be the biggest ever, with a huge, epic live show out of Los Angeles. — 00:00:46
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — announcement: Hank says they just spoke with YouTube, which is giving them treatment like Conan O'Brien and the President get: a four-hour live stream on YouTube. — 00:00:54
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — announcement: Hank says viewers get three weeks of lead time before December 17, and more details (thumbnail, logo, websites) will follow. — 00:01:36
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: The description sets the plan: an official thumbnail is coming, and on December 17 at noon Pacific everyone uploads their P4A videos at the same time. — video description
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: John: The project then goes on with everyone watching and commenting on P4A videos, and on Saturday YouTube hosts a huge live show from Los Angeles. — video description
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: John announces that the only copy of the novella that will ever exist will be one of many Project for Awesome raffle prizes. — 00:03:15
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — ask: John tells Nerdfighters he hopes they are working on their Project for Awesome videos and urges them to make them awesome. — 00:03:19
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: John says that on December 17 and 18 Project for Awesome videos will be featured all over YouTube. — 00:03:30
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — announcement: Hank announces that the Project for Awesome is coming fast and this year (2010) will be a bit different, taking place almost exclusively on YouTube. — 00:00:00
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — ask: Hank tells anyone who wants to participate at all, even just tuning in, to subscribe to youtube.com/p4a right now, calling it extremely important to P4A's success. — 00:00:08
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — announcement: Hank tells video makers to get the P4A thumbnail from 'the links in my pants' (the description); only YouTube partners can change thumbnails, so others should put 'Project for Awesome' or 'P4A' in title and tags. — 00:00:31
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — announcement: Hank says P4A videos must be uploaded 'midnight-ish' on December 17; through the 17th and 18th the P4A crew, including the brothers, will feature them on ProjectForAwesome.com, the mailing list, YouTube's front page and youtube.com/p4a. — 00:00:47
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank says he was in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, and when the brothers go places they do Thoughts from Places. — 00:01:09
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank recounts being woken repeatedly by garbage trucks, joking D.C. must have the most trash of any city, then a showerhead like a Star Trek TNG defense system and a hinged mirror. (playful) — 00:01:13
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank was in D.C. for a YouTube event for policy and politics people, on a panel about using YouTube for good where he talked about P4A; it was fun but too short. — 00:03:04
2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — ask: Hank: On the end screen Hank again urges viewers to subscribe to youtube.com/p4a now, and suggests also subscribing to P4A email updates. — 00:03:25
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — announcement: John corrects Hank's Friday video: the Project for Awesome begins at noon Eastern on December 17, not midnight, so upload videos close to noon and tune into youtube.com/p4a. — 00:00:00
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — ask: John: On the end screen John reminds viewers to subscribe to youtube.com/p4a, where P4A begins Friday at noon Eastern. — 00:03:30
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John opens the 2010 Project for Awesome: viewers can take part all day today and tomorrow at youtube.com/p4a or projectforawesome.com, where an army of commenters, Hank and John included, will comment, rate and favorite. — 00:00:00
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John lists P4A raffle prizes from YouTubers including Meekakitty, WheezyWaiter, Nerimon and Ryan Higa, plus Nerdfighter raffles including his nerd glasses and the last remaining BobbleJohn. — 00:02:24
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John: Everyone who enters John's zombie apocalypse novella raffle will be emailed the story; one winner gets the printed version, extensively annotated by John and signed. — 00:02:36
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John's favourite raffle names Hank's new album after the winner (a winner called Jeff means an album called 'Jeff'); he jokes he will enter it about 400 times. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:45
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — ask: John asks viewers to join the brothers all day today and tomorrow at youtube.com/p4a to comment on, rate and favorite as many P4A videos as possible, while he and Hank upload videos constantly 'Old Spice Guy-style'. — 00:03:01
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — ask: John says viewers who haven't subscribed to youtube.com/p4a won't have any fun today, then boasts he made a rhyme. (playful) — 00:03:29
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
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank jokes that Mike Huckabee's attempt to 'hack' the Republican presidential nomination kept P4A from taking over the whole first page of 'most discussed', but P4A's hack was more successful. (playful) — 00:00:19
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says P4A continued annually, each year less subversive and more legitimate, until YouTube wanted to help promote it; he mock-protests that YouTube should be a faceless monolith they sneak past. — 00:00:32
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank realises that often the most elegant hacks involve social engineering, getting inside the organization, and says P4A weaseled its way in: from scraping for views to YouTube banging down their door. — 00:00:55
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says the real reason YouTube wants to be involved is that it sees how powerful this community is, and how much more powerful it could be by combining the community with YouTube's platform. — 00:01:41
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says this year (2010) they hacked for charity harder than ever: WheezyWaiter's chest hair, John's fear of heights, and YouTube itself from the inside out. (playful) — 00:01:56
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says YouTube's help let P4A change the YouTube logo, get 40 front-page video features and work with a team of YouTube employees on a fancy live show. — 00:02:04
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank calls P4A 2010 the most successful ever: 600,000 comments on over 3,000 videos with a total running time over 40 hours and over 10 million views. — 00:02:17
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says earlier P4As were about raising awareness through videos, but this year (2010) also raised money: over $100,000 in small donations and over $130,000 in total. — 00:02:29
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John reports that P4A 2010 generated more than 3,000 P4A videos and raised more than $135,000 that can be confirmed, probably much more. (hedged) — 00:00:31
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — announcement: John tells Hank the brothers will draw the P4A raffles on December 26. — 00:02:36
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — announcement: John says he still has to finish his zombie apocalypse novella, but he is on it. — 00:02:36
2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome raffle winners have been announced and contacted; those not contacted 'win at giving money to charity'. — 00:03:02

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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
2011-01-05 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — Hank: Checking whether 'our strategy' worked, Hank finds Google does not autocomplete 'is hank green' but Bing does (and suggests 'hank green is cute'), so for this purpose Bing beats Google. (playful) — 00:02:35
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — announcement: John hopes to finish his zombie apocalypse novella within a week or so; he calls it terrible and wants to get back to his real book. (hedged) — 00:02:49
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — announcement: John's zombie novella was released under a Creative Commons license and is freely available online, linked in the description. — 00:01:58
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — ask: John: Before downloading, readers are 'ethically obligated' to comment thanking everyone who donated, without whom the 'terrible' novella would not exist. (playful) — 00:02:06
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John notes much conversation on Tumblr, the Ning, YouTube and Twitter about Nerdfighteria changing as it grows and how to keep the community strong, and offers his two cents. — 00:00:56
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John reports that the Project for Awesome generated more than 600,000 comments and raised more than $150,000. — 00:01:40
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says Nerdfighteria needs better ways to interact: YouTube comments don't lend themselves to relationships or collaboration, and the Ning confuses new users, though Ningmasters are working on it. — 00:02:11
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says YouTube's carbon emissions amount to trillions of pounds of carbon. (doubtful: trillions) — 00:02:53
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John still thinks YouTube and Nerdfighteria are awesome, but says we need to be aware of the price of that awesome. — 00:03:05
2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — announcement: Hank presents the Video LP for his album This Machine Pwns n00bs: viewers can click any of its songs and listen to it on YouTube. — 00:00:00
2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — announcement: Hank says the songs can be streamed free all day and night by anyone with a YouTube connection, and shared on Tumblr, Twitter or a weblog. — 00:00:12
2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — announcement: Hank says a play button links to a YouTube playlist that plays the whole album, as it was designed to be listened to. — 00:00:40
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
2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — announcement: Hank says today is the official launch of YouTube.com/live, where viewers will be able to find YouTube livestreams. — 00:00:21
2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — announcement: Hank describes the planned livestreams: John reading nineteenth-century poetry, Hank talking theoretical physics, browsing Reddit together, reading books and playing songs. — 00:00:39
2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — ask: Hank points viewers to John's livestream, 2:30-4:30, at youtube.com/vlogbrothers, the brothers' YouTube channel. — 00:00:50
2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — announcement: Hank says the brothers will do more livestreams in the future and hopes viewers enjoy them. — 00:00:56
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Hank oversaw the 2010 Project for Awesome, which John says raised more than $150,000 for charity. — 00:01:46
2011-07-04 · How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 — ask: John names the Nerdfighters to vote for in YouTube NextUp Europe: missxrojas, DeEelcoShow, BarryAldridge, dutchforn00bs, Beckie0, booksandquills, OMFGItsJackAndDean, tristopiatv, willsodyssey, thegearskeepturning, musicfromblueskies and tyrannosauruslexxx. — video description
2011-07-04 · How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 — ask: John: Many Nerdfighters reached the voting round of YouTube NextUp Europe; John links their entries and asks viewers to watch all the videos and vote, since they can shape YouTube's future. — 00:03:26
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: Hank, outdoing John's signing offer, says every buyer of a physical Ellen Hardcastle can send him a ten-word script that he will film and put on YouTube. — 00:01:05
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: Hank sets rules for the scripts: not profane, in English, and they must make sense. — 00:01:27
2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank says four years ago he wrote a song about the book Deathly Hallows and how he wanted it to come out, and has written another Harry Potter song every year since. — 00:00:04
2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — announcement: Hank shows his album Ellen Hardcastle, thanks buyers and says he looks forward to making videos with their scripts. — 00:03:41
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank says the email explaining how Ellen Hardcastle buyers send their ten-word scripts was not sent at first but now has been. — 00:02:28
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank says people who bought the Ellen Hardcastle CD at LeakyCon or will buy it at VidCon can send a photo of themselves with it plus their script. — 00:02:28
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank: Because of the confusion, Hank extends the offer: anyone who buys within 14 days gets a video of their ten-word script on his new Hardcastle Videos channel, filmed after VidCon. — 00:03:07
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — ask: In the description Hank asks punishment suggesters to think more 'challenge' and less 'horrible death-defying punishment'. — video description
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank admits he missed a video, entirely his fault, so viewers get to punish him and can suggest punishments. — 00:02:55
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank says Your Pants is still down after being hacked, so ideas go in the YouTube comments or on Twitter with the hashtag punish Hank. — 00:02:55
2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says the crowd catching Watsky shows the thing about the YouTube community: they always catch you. — 00:01:51
2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says Watsky later called Hank his guardian angel in an interview, because Hank helped him a lot when he was first growing on YouTube. — 00:02:20
2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says that through nerdfighting, DFTBA Records, helping YouTubers and planning conferences, Hank has built a career making places where people can fall and get caught: he builds communities for a living. — 00:02:20
2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John announces a punishment for Hank: besides his family, John brought to Montana one box of signature sheets for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:15
2011-08-31 · How to Become An Adult — John describes the monotony (same wake-up, traffic, job and bills, with TV, games and YouTube as distractions) and the terror that a slip-up means being homeless, hungry and alone; many people feel this. — 00:00:32
2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says he is working hard on his Ellen Hardcastle 10-word videos. — 00:02:48
2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says the great thing is that the brothers are not the only Nerdfighters: thousands work together through YouTube comments, Twitter, Tumblr, the Ning and Your Pants to improve the maps, making better maps than anyone could alone. — 00:01:50
2011-09-28 · Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking — announcement: Hank will pick five frames and viewers will vote on which he should get, as he did with his current glasses some four years ago. — 00:00:00
2011-09-28 · Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking — Hank: Watching world record holder Steven Purugganan, 14, stack cups provokes two reactions: that it is a physically amazing feat, and 'why?'. — 00:00:29
2011-10-14 · Defying Wadsworth! — John vows to defy the Wadsworth constant, which holds that the first 30% of a YouTube video is always skippable, by filling his first 30% with entertaining, informative tips. (playful) — 00:00:00
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — ask: John: At Holiday Park in Indianapolis, John asks Nerdfighters to explain the park's weird fake ruins, hoping their combined research powers can figure them out. — 00:02:07
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John says the ruins in the Indianapolis park were built as fake ruins but have kind of become real ruins through decades of neglect. (hedged) — 00:02:16
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — announcement: John: Your Pants, which would suit this research, is still broken, so John suggests a forum on the Ning or the YouTube comments instead. (playful) — 00:02:30
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John says the legislation before Congress would increase that inequality: YouTube, Google and Tumblr can afford lawyers against Viacom, he can't, and it won't stop already-illegal wholesale piracy. — 00:02:54
2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank: DFTBA Records turns three; Hank recalls deciding with Alan to start it to make great products people love and let YouTube creators make a living without selling off pieces of their soul. — 00:01:57
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

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2012

2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John marks five years since he uploaded his first Vlogbrothers video, on January 2, 2007, with a deliberately terrible jump cut. — 00:00:00
2012-01-06 · Kill your TV — Hank won't dwell on TV content, since YouTube has crap too, but is frustrated by ads for Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet, a channel meant to be about animals, not fake animals. (playful) — 00:01:30
2012-01-06 · Kill your TV — Hank says a 15-second pre-roll on a four-minute YouTube video is seven times less advertising than on television. (doubtful: 7 times less) — 00:02:39
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
2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do — recommendation: John says he has become obsessed with the brilliant YouTuber CGP Grey, who hates pennies and loves Britain, 'just like me except smarter', and tells viewers to watch him. — 00:01:27
2012-02-21 · Life is Weird. Also beautiful. — John says he and Randy stayed friends, and Randy began uploading weird little documentaries to YouTube, which became extremely popular because they are amazing. — 00:01:39
2012-02-28 · On Cuties and Cooties — John thinks this holds for elementary school, YouTube or anything else. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he only gets annoyed when people use grammar to humiliate others in YouTube comments, rather than for its purpose: making language as clear and intelligible as possible. — 00:01:06
2012-03-30 · Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk — Hank says YouTube, online video and Nerdfighteria are like that: always changing, but always cool, exciting and breathtaking. — 00:02:26
2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — Hank argues the affluent eyeball (anyone with internet fast enough for YouTube counts as affluent) is one of Earth's most valuable commodities, so valuable that services are given free for it. — 00:02:02
2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — Hank argues the internet is built on the idea that content should be free, which leaves advertising as the only model: a free YouTube that keeps its staff means looking at ads. — 00:02:33
2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — Hank says YouTube employs thousands of people. — 00:02:39
2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — ask: Hank invites a conversation: if people want YouTube neither ad-supported nor free, or know a way to run an online company without auctioning users' psyches and habits, let's talk. — 00:02:45
2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — recommendation: Hank says he takes productivity seriously and uses RescueTime, which tracks what he does on his computer and scolds him for YouTube time, which is his job. — 00:02:05
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
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — John says that on Friday Hank asked Nerdfighters to share their problems, they did, and John is here to help solve them. — 00:00:00
2012-07-17 · Hitler and Sex! — John: After the producer's TV offer, John says he thinks he'll stick with YouTube. (hedged) — 00:03:27
2012-08-13 · John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance — ask: John thanks Rainn and asks viewers to check out SoulPancake at soulpancake.com and on YouTube, welcoming it as an important voice on YouTube. — 00:02:49
2012-08-13 · John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance — announcement: Rainn Wilson: Rainn says SoulPancake talks about life's big questions and will explore them on its new YouTube channel. — 00:02:49
2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — Hank says a Harry Potter song he wrote in 2007 changed his life, so he promised himself to write another Harry Potter song every year on that video's anniversary, and has. — 00:00:15
2012-08-31 · Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes — Hank: Examples of ordinary income: YouTube ad money, pay for a job, and turning raw materials like yarn into something worth more, like a TFiOS hat. — 00:00:20
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank recalls that 2,083 days ago he posted the first Vlogbrothers video, and John posted his a day later to a different channel because they did not understand YouTube. — 00:00:00
2012-09-21 · You. Must. Vote. — Hank's analogy: if Twilight fans comment far more than Doctor Who fans, a creator makes content for the Twilight fans, though every Whovian comment still counts; voting is the YouTube comments of government. — 00:01:13
2012-09-21 · You. Must. Vote. — ask: Hank says commenting on YouTube videos matters, especially if it feels uncomfortable, since your demographic is then likely underrepresented and he won't make content for you. — 00:01:49
2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos — Hank says he woke in a hotel room smelling of cigarette smoke and cleaning fluid, chosen because it is a very short walk to YouTube's offices. — 00:00:00
2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos — Hank is attending an event for people who make and encourage educational online video, where he was allowed to give a short talk. — 00:00:00
2012-10-26 · Apples! CGP Grey Style — Hank attended YouTube's Education Summit recently and met many educational YouTubers, including CGP Grey, of whom everyone agrees the world needs more. — 00:00:02
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John picks tax policy (joking it is a good way to get YouTube views) as the best example of how far political rhetoric has diverged from actual policy. — 00:00:00
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John says without Hank's large upfront investment VidCon would never have existed, which would suck because it is fun and has created jobs; the same holds, much larger, for YouTube. — 00:01:27
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John says money from selling a company (say, YouTube to Google) or appreciated stock is capital gains, currently taxed at 15%, far below the ordinary income rate. — 00:01:56
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John: The idea, John says, is that taxing capital gains lower encourages entrepreneurship and investment, e.g. a PayPal employee deciding to start YouTube. — 00:01:56
2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — ask: Hank: Viewers can go to youtube.com/hankgames to see them playing the new Super Mario Brothers soon. — 00:02:36
2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — Hank thanks YouTube and Google for funding SciShow and Crash Course and for supporting Vlogbrothers and all the brothers' endeavors over the years. — 00:02:51
2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — Hank says he hung out at YouTube's creator space, which he calls possibly literally insane, and filmed My Drunk Kitchen with Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart (not related), with Grace Helbig there too. — 00:01:47
2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank explains VidCon as a yearly gathering he and John started for everyone who loves online video: professionals, hobbyists and fans, creators, communities and the industry that enables them. — 00:01:47
2012-12-04 · 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
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says a 48-hour P4A livestream will work to find and promote P4A videos by commenting, liking, favoriting, tweeting and tumblring. — 00:01:56
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: 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
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says the P4A already has more than $15,000, thanks to Nerdcrafteria donations and to the Evil Baby Orphanage card game makers, who quietly donated part of their proceeds. — 00:02:26
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: 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
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says an Indiegogo page will go up around December 16th; donations are not tax deductible, but all proceeds go directly to the P4A charities. — 00:02:55
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — announcement: John: Wearing a suit and a Holden Caulfield hat, John delivers the Bank of Nerdfighteria's 'quarterly' report, now more annual, because the Project for Awesome is coming up. — 00:00:00
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
2012-12-11 · 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
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says Nerdfighteria used to be a YouTube-based phenomenon but now has many places, listing Minecrafteria, Facebook groups, the Ning, Our Pants, Reddit, Tumblr and Kiva, and probably more. — 00:00:58
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John sums up: the lending arm is going like gangbusters and the giving arm is ready for the Project for Awesome. — 00:02:37
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that with so many places to be a Nerdfighter, the Project for Awesome is now an internet thing rather than a YouTube thing, though YouTube is still its core. — 00:02:37
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — announcement: Hank says projectforawesome.com will be the central place for the P4A and the livestream will be on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:00:55
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — ask: Hank says everyone who can should make a video promoting the charities they care about most, so that on Monday (17 December 2012) they take over YouTube for good stuff. — 00:00:55
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
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — ask: John says the P4A funds only exist if people donate, pointing to the P4A Indiegogo page and its rewards, including a Men of YouTube calendar with the brothers in togas. — 00:00:00
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John says a 48-hour livestream on the Vlogbrothers channel will comment on, share and like P4A videos, making the internet about charity for a couple of days. — 00:00:23
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John says that for this year's (2012) Project for Awesome he is supporting Save the Children. — 00:02:20
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
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank says P4A 2012 drew a huge number of charity videos and that Indiegogo told them the campaign broke a number of the site's records. — video description
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says Nick is building the new Crash Course set, and that viewers may know Nick's voice from a Super Mario Bros. Wii video and from his YouTube channel The Lonely Director. — 00:00:50
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says the staff offered to donate their time shipping out items for the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:45
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
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank reports more than 700,000 P4A comments, each costing John a penny, more than 15,000 individual donors and thousands of P4A videos. — 00:02:32
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank: After meeting Emily at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum and seeing her enthusiasm, ease on camera and knowledge, and after many viewer comments asking for it, they decided to give her her own YouTube show. — 00:03:01
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — ask: Hank asks viewers to check out and subscribe to The Brain Scoop at youtube.com/thebrainscoop. — 00:03:30
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
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — announcement: Hank says the plan was to split the money among the charities in the top five P4A videos, but with so much raised they are talking about expanding to ten charities. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — Hank says they think it might be nice to have more winners and that the money would do more good spread across more charities. (hedged) — 00:02:19

Also named in: An Open Letter to Students Returning to School, To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012

2013

2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says these successes happened 'because government' (also Nerdfighteria): Somalia, lacking a government, roads, public schools and telecom investment, produced no popular YouTube Pride and Prejudice adaptation. (playful) — 00:02:57
2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — Hank says a One Direction lip-sync video now stays up: YouTube's algorithms identify the song, ads appear on it, and Sony Music gets the ad money. — 00:02:36
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John introduces a reading from The Fault in Our Stars, now past the first pages, by actors from The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a YouTube web-series adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. — 00:38:22
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank opens with 'Helen Hunt', the first song he ever put on YouTube, a song about a girl who isn't his wife. — 01:02:32
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank says before the last Harry Potter book he emailed YouTube suggesting a front-page feature and a video; they did, the brothers' first real traction on YouTube. — 01:06:09
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John: Agreeing with Hank that money changes things, John would be annoyed if CBS adapted TFIOS without permission but is happy with YouTube scene adaptations even with ads; there is no good way to define the difference. — 00:02:48
2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — announcement: John: The Hangout will be live on YouTube at 4:50 PM Eastern on Thursday. — 00:01:58
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — ask: In the description John asks viewers to subscribe to the Mental Floss YouTube channel, which he says the brothers host. — video description
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — announcement: John: Mental Floss, now an educational and trivia empire, has never had a YouTube channel; John and Hank are working on bringing it to YouTube, with list videos, quizzes and a cool intro. — 00:00:49
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: The P4A charities have not been announced because the total is not yet known; John expects to know in a couple more weeks, after working out PayPal and shipping costs. (hedged) — 00:01:05
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
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome has been a huge success every year, and this year (2013) raised over $400,000. — 00:00:58
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank: The P4A money goes to the Office of Letters and Light, Not Forgotten, the Wildlife Waystation, the Alzheimer's Society, the Harry Potter Alliance, Save the Children, BGSU Dance Marathon, Uncultured Project, a charity heard as 'Taycho', and Love146 Dayton Task Force. — 00:01:27
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says he has been thinking a lot about YouTube lately and may be having a little creative crisis, which he says is part of his normal cycle. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank notes YouTube and Vlogbrothers have always been changing; as YouTube becomes a bigger cultural force drawing attention from people "in big cities with suits on", he wonders what will happen to it. — 00:00:00
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says YouTube is starting to look like the old system: fewer pots with more money in each, instead of many pots with the money spread out. — 00:00:22
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank worries that only big content will be self-supporting, with 99% of people watching the same boring, TV-like 1% of content, no innovation, and rich people invested in keeping it that way. (speculative) — 00:00:36
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says one P4A perk was choosing a Vlogbrothers video topic; many such videos will be uploaded unlisted, but one donor asked for a video on something the brothers care about, so this is it. — 00:00:58
2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John says the problem with advertising is that it incentivises the most views, not the best: it values YouTube communities for their size, not their passions or achievements. — 00:01:41
2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John says Kickstarter is awesome but suits projects with an end, like a movie, album or game, not a YouTube channel meant to last. — 00:02:22
2013-03-29 · Caviar Brownies - The Second Annual Hungry Games — In the description Hank insists the video is not over four minutes, because YouTube adds a second. (playful) — video description
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says the Indianapolis office has a groundhog they call YouTube, joking that it stays inside, is easily distracted and knew the brothers before it was cool. (playful) — 00:00:58
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says that with the geese back for spring, YouTube has been locked for weeks in a staring standoff with one aggressive goose, which he jokes makes work impossible. (playful) — 00:00:58
2013-04-19 · On Sexual Orientation, with Hannah, Ze, Tyler, and Meg — recommendation: a guest: A guest says it is getting better, many people will be there for you, and there are resources such as the Trevor Project and people on YouTube telling their stories; you are not alone. — 00:03:13
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Danica works on Crash Course, doing its excellent chalkboard drawings and also the Mental Floss set. — 00:00:19
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Meredith writes for Mental Floss and, more importantly, is the CEO of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers. (playful) — 00:00:33
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Mark is the producer and director of the Mental Floss channel, and Stan, as always, is working on Crash Course. — 00:02:11
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John wanted Hank to see the office because Hank had shown John his, and to meet the people who actually make Crash Course, Mental Floss and the Swoodilypoopers happen. — 00:02:40
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Hank: On YouTube paid subscriptions, Hank says he doesn't know how people will use them, hopes in innovative ways, and favours people making money from what they produce. (hedged) — 00:01:22
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — John wants a broader internet and worries that Tumblr, Facebook and even YouTube can support that breadth only as long as they are willing to lose money. — 00:00:59
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — John calls Nerdy and Quirky one of the best YouTubers he has come across in years and shows a clip from her video about fangirls. — 00:02:24
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — announcement: John: During the leave there will be a Crash Course US History video every Thursday, a mental floss video every Wednesday, and Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers FIFA games every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. — 00:00:55
2013-06-07 · How To Be a Baby Properly — Hank writes that it is really weird to lose John not just from YouTube but largely from Tumblr and Twitter too, and asks viewers not to forget about him while he is gone. — video description
2013-07-12 · Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song — announcement: Hank's description says that every year around the anniversary of Accio Deathly Hallows he releases another Harry Potter song, and this is that song. — video description
2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — announcement: Hank: Crash Course will stay free on YouTube; the hope is that enough people who can pay will, so that everyone can have access. (hedged) — 00:02:03
2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — announcement: Hank says he will work on a new album in October and November, helped by favorite YouTube musicians and probably some favorite wizard rock musicians. (hedged) — 00:02:47
2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — Hank wants the new album to be more musically cohesive and energetic, blending genres rather than putting punk rock next to polka. — 00:03:06
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: Hank says he is going to San Francisco for an EDU conference at YouTube and is excited for good ideas. — 00:01:14
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says a YouTube employee told him almost all so-called low-engagement viewers decide whether to watch a video in the first 12 seconds, hence his 12 seconds of silence. — 00:00:13
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says Crash Course, SciShow and Mental Floss all have large and growing audiences. — 00:01:20
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says the way people find YouTube videos is changing: a feed instead of a subscription box shows more videos from unsubscribed channels and fewer from subscribed ones. — 00:01:25
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank: Last week (week of 7 October 2013) Hank went to YouTube headquarters, where people gathered to talk about educating through online video, which matters a lot to him. — 00:00:00
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — recommendation: The description lists educational YouTubers viewers should follow, starting with Vi Hart and CGP Grey. — video description
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank found the event fantastic and inspiring, especially talking to teachers about how they use the brothers' content in their classrooms. — 00:00:18
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank: YouTube ended the event with a visit to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, 'like the original Science Center', built for students to teach themselves and get excited about learning. — 00:00:32
2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — announcement: Hank tells John he is making an album. — 00:00:00
2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — announcement: Hank is making the album with some of his favorite musicians: Nick Jenkins (who films, edits and directs Crash Course Chemistry), Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters, and Andrew Huang of Songs To Wear Pants To. — 00:00:23
2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — Hank says recording is going really well; the musicians are really talented and he is really lucky to work with them. — 00:03:03
2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — announcement: Hank says the album will have some songs viewers have heard and some they haven't, and they will be covering some songs. — 00:03:07
2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — Hank says he kind of has a band now, which he has never had before. (hedged) — 00:03:09
2013-11-22 · How to Apologize like a Fartbag — Hank is still in the studio, where banjo is being tracked for one of his albums, something he never expected. — 00:00:01
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
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says last year (2012) P4A raised $400,000, and this year (2013) an anonymous donor matches donations up to $125,000. — 00:01:41
2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John notes ten years ago there was no YouTube, so this conversation and a Nerdfighter community raising more than three quarters of a million dollars for charity were impossible. — 00:03:19

Also named in: The Ghost of Teenaged Future

2014

2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — announcement: Hank presents The Art Assignment, a project with PBS and Sarah Green that brings culture to YouTube, launched before How to Adult. — 00:01:29
2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — Hank says anyone who calls YouTube a black hole of culture should be shown The Art Assignment, or the rest of YouTube, which is pretty cool. (playful) — 00:01:37
2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — announcement: Hank says he just finished his album: fourteen songs with his new band Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers (Hank, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge). — 00:02:33
2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — announcement: Hank says the album should come out at the end of April or in May, barring unforeseen circumstances (he first misspeaks 'March'). (hedged) — 00:02:55
2014-04-11 · What Boys Look For in Girls — announcement: Hank says the song at the end of the video is "Marilyn Hanson", which will be on his new album, coming out in less than a month. — video description
2014-04-11 · What Boys Look For in Girls — Hank says everyone deals with insecurity, but many young women on YouTube have been told all their lives to base their self-worth on whether men admire them. (hedged) — 00:00:09
2014-04-11 · What Boys Look For in Girls — Hank notes a whole YouTube genre tells women what men like to see in them; since those videos do well, he jokingly joins the bandwagon. (playful) — 00:00:17
2014-04-18 · What is The Oldest Song? — Hank says the oldest song that can still be played is Hurrian Hymn No. 6, incomplete, pressed into cuneiform tablets 3,500 years ago; clips are on YouTube. — 00:00:44
2014-04-18 · What is The Oldest Song? — announcement: Hank announces that Incongruent, the first album of Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, will come out at the end of April or beginning of May; he jokes it won't matter in musical history. — 00:03:17
2014-04-25 (said on 2014-04-26, implied) · I Love Science (Clean Version) (Uncensored link in the Description) — announcement: Hank says the song is the first track of Incongruent, his album with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, officially out May 7 on iTunes and shipping from the DFTBA warehouse a little before. — 00:02:23
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — announcement: John says Hank's album Incongruent comes out tomorrow, so today is the last day to pre-order a signed copy (link in the doobly-doo); it will also be on iTunes tomorrow. — 00:01:05
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John: Getting 'Esther Day-y', John says listening to the album reminded him what a great musician Hank is and that he admires Hank and how he goes about his work. — 00:01:18
2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank announces Incongruent is officially released, on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and DFTBA Records, where physical copies also come with a download link. — 00:01:52
2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank: Due to his own mistake, Hank says, the clean version will not ship from the warehouse for another couple of weeks; pre-ordered copies will be signed. — 00:02:05
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — ask: John congratulates Hank on his album being a huge hit on the iTunes charts and tells everyone to get it. — 00:03:49
2014-05-20 · Deserving — John: The luck goes further back, John says: he is lucky to have Hank as brother and collaborator, and lucky that Hank's 2007 Harry Potter song gave them a whole new audience. — 00:00:50
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank lists census shares unaware of their shows: 14% Mental Floss, 30% SciShow Space, 33% Sexplanations with Dr. Lindsey Doe, 50% How to Adult, 64% Animal Wonders. — 00:01:00
2014-06-17 · Old. — John jokingly calls himself a retired semi-professional FIFA player who earned ad revenue from YouTube FIFA videos and retired from the strain, now playing for love. (playful) — 00:00:23
2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video — Hank says pretty much anything on YouTube today is directly or indirectly influenced by Ze Frank. — 00:03:05
2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video — Hank says this early material was extremely important in the internet establishing itself as its own stand-alone legitimate culture; many more amazing things have happened since YouTube came along. — 00:03:09
2014-06-24 · In Pursuit of Quiet — John says quiet is interesting to talk about on YouTube because attention has become so fractured online that YouTube videos have no room left for any silence. — 00:00:28
2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — recommendation: John: Among his favourite makeup tutorials John also links SprinkleOfGlitter's everyday makeup routine, a tutorial from Tanya Burr, Patricia Bright's everyday makeup routine and Zoe's spring makeup tutorial. — video description
2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — ask: John lists a dozen beauty YouTubers he has enjoyed watching lately and asks viewers to leave their own recommendations in the comments. — video description
2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — recommendation: John: The experience has made John a big fan of makeup and of YouTube makeup tutorials; he links his favorites in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:19
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John says pre-roll ads are about 99% of YouTube's revenue, and that with them vlogbrothers could earn five or six times what it does now (he can't give actual numbers). (hedged) — 00:02:08
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to take the survey linked in the doobly-doo on ads and on what they want from Crash Course and education content on YouTube. — 00:02:50
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank says the brothers created the channel on January 1, 2007 with three rules: a video on your day, no video over four minutes, and no textual communication between them. — 00:00:21
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
2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — John says humans are generous within their social networks, but lack of access to Tumblr and YouTube leaves people in absolute poverty voiceless online, so we imagine their problems as other. — 00:02:22
2014-08-15 · The Bizarre State of Copyright — Hank: Copyright on YouTube today is more a technological system than a legal one, because there is too much content for any lawyer to review every upload. — 00:02:05
2014-08-15 · The Bizarre State of Copyright — Hank: YouTube's Content ID, a 'robotic lawyer', compares every uploaded video with a massive library of songs, films and TV shows; Hank calls it a little bit of a miracle. — 00:02:18
2014-08-15 · The Bizarre State of Copyright — Hank: Frankly it's kind of cool: Hank can violate copyright without losing his channel, YouTube avoids being sued out of existence, and rights holders get another revenue stream (for fancier yacht parties). (playful) — 00:03:40
2014-09-09 · Going to College (in Ethiopia) — The description notes that YouTube adds a second to videos and that, by precedent, this is not punishable under the four-minute rule. — video description
2014-09-09 · Going to College (in Ethiopia) — John: The students say they watch YouTube for fun and for school; John declares them nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:42
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — recommendation: John: Asked to review Hank's album, John playfully calls it Hank's best album to date, with the Perfect Strangers' punk energy, and gives it five out of five stars. (playful) — 00:02:34
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John says it is Henry's second-favourite album, behind only the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars album. (playful) — 00:02:41
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — Hank says physical spaces change slowly but the internet does not: a YouTube redesign feels like someone redesigned his house and moved the bathroom. (playful) — 00:01:57
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank: The first recipients are YouTube's Physics Girl, who gets an equipment grant, and Kelly Kend, who is making a documentary about consent and sexual assault. — 00:03:29
2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John says the poor are voiceless in too much contemporary discourse: the boy's mother has no Twitter or YouTube channel, so we hear her challenges less directly than others'. — 00:01:04
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
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says he saw Hank on TV in an ad during The Walking Dead - the scariest and most exciting part of the hour - and congratulates him, but would rather see him on YouTube. — 00:03:38
2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS — announcement: Hank reveals he was in LA for YouTube's channel promotion: he, Michael Aranda and Caitlin Hofmeister were shot for SciShow print and TV ads now in Chicago, LA, New York and on TV. — 00:00:58
2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS — Hank says the campaign is not about SciShow but about making YouTube seem legitimate to viewers and advertisers, welcoming more people and more money into the medium than ever before. — 00:02:47
2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS — Hank is a little ambivalent: as the YouTube community grows into plural communities, YouTube as a thing becomes a little less special if it is mainstream. (hedged) — 00:03:10
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John: the P4A started in 2007 with YouTubers making charity videos, when videos were found via the Most Discussed and Top Rated pages, and Nerdfighteria came together to hijack YouTube's algorithm. — 00:01:47
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John: YouTube made comments progressively less important to discovery, so comment spamming basically no longer works. — 00:02:06
2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner — The description calls Homestar Runner the first broadly successful online video project and says nearly everything done on YouTube builds on trails the Brothers Chaps blazed. — video description
2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner — Ryder Burgin: Ryder says the internet has changed: Flash sites are past, everyone uses YouTube, and Homestar's interactivity can't be done there, so its modernization remains to be seen. — 00:03:18
2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner — Hank says Homestar Runner pioneered the online video industry, doubts many of us would be here without it, and says it predates YouTube by five years yet still feels fresh. (hedged) — 00:03:33

2015

2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John marvels that the book is older than YouTube and older than some of the people watching. (playful) — 00:03:46
2015-02-06 · You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK — Hank says none of the milestones (first recognized in public, 100,000 or a million subscribers, paying bills with YouTube) was the day he became perpetually satisfied and always happy. — 00:01:29
2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets — Hank says the internet enabled crowdfunding (Patreon, Indiegogo, Kickstarter), crowdsourcing that built Wikipedia, and the wisdom of the crowd: upvotes on Reddit and choices on YouTube and Facebook that help curate content. — 00:01:01
2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John says eight years is a lot of time by some measures, most of YouTube's ten-year history, but also short, only two presidential terms. — 00:00:21
2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John says that when they started VidCon in 2010 they knew YouTube was a big deal but had no idea how big it would become. — 00:02:08
2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — John thanks the giant corporations for making everything fancy and asks them to stay on YouTube but be cool about it. (playful) — 00:02:27
2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — In the description John adds that the media is heavily invested in longer campaigns because campaigns buy ads on cable news and YouTube, and says he will discuss it in another video. — video description
2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — announcement: Hank says NerdCon went really great; he has been editing NerdCon material, some of which goes up on the YouTube channel for people who weren't there and those who were. — 00:00:42
2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — Hank says YouTube created a new format shaped not by when ads show up or by dividing a day into 24 pieces, but by the best way to tell a quick story or make a quick thing. — 00:03:08
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says YouTube Red launches the next day, which may or may not change online video forever. (hedged) — 00:00:01
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says YouTube has always been ad-supported like network TV and radio: creators get paid, unlike on most social media, and it is free for viewers. — 00:00:15
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John explains YouTube Red: ten dollars a month for ad-free YouTube, offline watching and all the music you want, 'like Spotify plus ad-free YouTube', plus subscriber-only originals. — 00:01:14
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John: Answering the most-asked question, John says YouTube Red is good for creators: some of the fee goes to them and per viewer it earns them more than advertising. (hedged) — 00:01:33
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says supporting creators directly, through Patreon or buying merch, is vastly ('a thousand times') more valuable than YouTube Red or ads; direct support remains best. (playful) — 00:01:43
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says creator support is not the reason to get YouTube Red, but there are good reasons, and he is going to get it. — 00:01:59
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John's main worry: YouTube Red may create two classes of viewers; YouTube is special as a flat platform where anyone with a device and internet sees everything. — 00:02:02
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says flatness has eroded a little for creators as production values rose, but he really does not want it to change on the audience side. — 00:02:25
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says non-subscribers keep the same YouTube except the new high-budget originals, such as PewDiePie's horror show with The Walking Dead's producers, impossible on ads alone. — 00:02:31
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John says he doesn't know how to feel: it's nice to see YouTube move away from relying only on ads, and Red will be a good option without harming ad-supported viewers. (hedged) — 00:03:02
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John is not sure he wants YouTube to grow up into cable TV; he wants it driven by fan communities and the direct creator-audience relationship, something you're part of. (hedged) — 00:03:21
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — ask: John says he genuinely doesn't know whether YouTube Red is a step toward or away from that ideal and looks forward to continuing the conversation in comments. (unsure) — 00:03:35
2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — Hank feels VidCon has not been good at reflecting the explosion in gaming content or making it a priority, though streamers and YouTube gamers are huge; he feels bad about that. (hedged) — 00:02:10
2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank says he really wants to make gaming a priority at VidCon this year (2015) and has been trying to understand the YouTube gaming and Twitch worlds, which are diverse and huge. — 00:02:26
2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — ask: Hank lists ways to take part in P4A: make a charity video, donate through the week-long Indiegogo campaign with perks from YouTubers, watch and promote the livestream and videos, and vote for favourite videos. — 00:01:52
2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank spent all weekend watching the Extra Life livestreams of the YouTube and Twitch gaming community, which got him super jazzed for P4A. — 00:02:41
2015-12-04 · The Explain The 2008 Financial Crisis CHALLENGE! (and 7 other challenges) — Hank frames the video as attempting a supposedly hip new YouTube challenge: explaining the 2008 financial crisis in less than sixty seconds. (playful) — 00:00:01

2016

2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank notes the brothers are entering 2016, their tenth year of vlogging on YouTube. — 00:03:32
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
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank expects YouTube to keep changing, with fascinating, weird, independent work always happening there, but such work will likely never again be at the top, which he feels weird about. (hedged) — video description
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank loves all of YouTube but especially independent, weird work where a creator finds a niche or format perfect for their skills and style. — 00:00:50
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank says that solo way is the spirit of YouTube, and it seems a little unfair that he can use money and attention to launch projects and gather talent when most people lack those resources and can't compete. (hedged) — 00:02:17
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank says the pure meritocracy that is perhaps part of YouTube's mythology is long gone. (hedged) — 00:02:37
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank wonders whether the lost meritocracy is creating frustration and reducing the number of people taking chances on weird, wonderful things on YouTube. (speculative) — 00:02:41
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank: Nobody really knows what YouTube is, but Hank thinks the best analogy for its creative, personality-driven parts is the music industry. (hedged) — 00:02:52
2016-02-26 · Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) — Hank marks nine years of making vlogbrothers videos with a Question Tuesday of things people still don't know about the brothers, using questions he gathered on Twitter. — 00:00:18
2016-03-15 · The Extraordinary Story of Hussam: Teenager, Writer, and Syrian Refugee — Hussam says he learned English in the camp in three months of hard study, downloading YouTube videos to learn speaking and listening. — 00:00:21
2016-03-15 · The Extraordinary Story of Hussam: Teenager, Writer, and Syrian Refugee — John notes Hussam learned from YouTube and also works with a tutor who is himself a Syrian refugee. — 00:00:32
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says this might also reflect the YouTube platform and the brothers maturing, being 10 years older; he feels less desire to be silly than in older videos. (hedged) — 00:02:27
2016-06-10 · Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge — announcement: Hank says VidCon is coming up and, for the first time, thanks to a YouTube sponsorship, significant portions will be livestreamed for people who can't go. — 00:02:18
2016-06-10 · Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge — ask: Hank invites people who can't go to VidCon to check out the livestream. — 00:02:31
2016-06-10 · Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge — Hank thanks Ryan Higa for injecting some silliness into the YouTube community, saying creators take themselves too seriously sometimes. — 00:02:36
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank reports YouTube announced that everyone who makes money on the platform can email a real person and get a response within 24 hours. — 00:00:00
2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank says VidCon, the talent agency and YouTube matched the donations until almost $40,000 was raised. — 00:03:10
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank: Adding to John's video, Hank recalls picking up 100 CDs of his music from Kinko's before Terminus: 'Songs from Hank Green's Pants Terminus Edition', mostly ripped from his YouTube videos. — 00:00:11
2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV — John says the internet has built homes for cult communities, from primitive technology YouTube channels to Harry Potter bands, but for reasons he doesn't understand not yet for sports. — 00:02:38
2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV — John suspects that if a home for niche sports ever emerges online, it will be called not ESPN8: The Ocho but YouTube Sports. (hedged) — 00:02:48
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
2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — Hank says the Internet Creators Guild has done a great job explaining why the demonetization issue isn't the end of YouTube. — 00:02:52
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says he generally dislikes change and thinks YouTube peaked in July 2007, when the site went down for maintenance almost every Wednesday. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:05
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — announcement: John says he was a little dubious, but is genuinely excited about a YouTube change that debuts today. — 00:00:21
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — announcement: John: For a couple of years John has wanted to make 100 Days, a YouTube health show in which two ordinary people spend 100 days eating well, exercising and doing what trials show improves health. — 00:00:28
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says they have always had to build homes off YouTube for non-video community stuff: Art Assignment submissions go via other sites, Crash Course lacks worksheets, and P4A needs social media. — 00:01:19
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John argues YouTube has seen itself as about video, but for many it is mostly about community: the best channels are communities you are part of, long seen as YouTube's weakness. — 00:01:37
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says early YouTube released a product called Lean Back for watching videos without engaging with them. — 00:01:51
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — announcement: John says YouTube has stayed a community platform and today embraces that with the Community tab, letting channels post text, images, live videos and GIFs. — 00:02:11
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John is excited because the tab lets him and Hank finally make their YouTube channels the community hubs they always wanted. — 00:02:34
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
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — announcement: John: From January 1 viewers can watch John and his best friend Chris attempt the healthiest midlife crisis, with videos, routines, recipes, live shows and text posts, all on YouTube. — 00:03:04
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank recalls that at the first VidCon a TV reporter asked how one makes money on YouTube; tired and excited, he answered 'advertising — my show has more viewers than yours', not meant as a burn. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — The description says most YouTubers can only supplement other income, creators may need to move to subscription-style content for higher-budget work, and SciShow and Crash Course are secure. (hedged) — video description
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says SciShow and Crash Course were designed with YouTube's money systems in mind and have found a path to sustainability thanks to advertisers and Patreon patrons. — video description
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says the answer is complicated and that everyone should be more open about how YouTube money works. (hedged) — 00:00:32
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says AdSense works for every YouTuber: tick a box at upload, YouTube sells an ad against the video and the creator gets 55% of the revenue. — 00:00:50
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says YouTube started sharing ad revenue with creators way back around 2007 and 2008. (hedged) — 00:01:01
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says sharing revenue with creators is not common among social media sites, though some have started to share some revenue. — 00:01:01
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says revenue sharing makes YouTube an appealing place to create but also harder to break into, because money draws spending on better-looking content. — 00:01:09
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says Crash Course and SciShow were both funded by YouTube grants, because YouTube wanted more high-quality content so advertisers would advertise. — 00:01:32
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says YouTube advertising is available to everybody and reliable, but pays a really low rate. — 00:02:00
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says many YouTubers supplement income, besides regular jobs, by living in Los Angeles for acting or hosting gigs, which more social media followers make easier to get. — 00:02:08
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says some YouTubers make money by touring, whether as comedians or musicians. — 00:02:23
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
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says online video creates much value and capturing it gets more complicated; as barriers rise we need systems keeping its benefits accessible to as many people as possible. — 00:03:35
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — announcement: Hank flashes text for one frame that viewers can't read and promises 18 tips for using YouTube better, including how to find that text. (playful) — 00:00:05
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says the logged-in YouTube home page shows what YouTube thinks will keep you on the site, not a feed you control; only the subscriptions page is that. — 00:00:21
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says most Nerdfighters who answered the Census get their YouTube videos from the subscriptions feed, good for the brothers since it is the only page showing all of a creator's videos. — 00:00:55
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — recommendation: Hank says a smart TV on the same Wi-Fi lets you send YouTube to the TV and queue videos from your phone; it works like a dream and he uses it all the time. — 00:02:07
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says YouTube has its problems, but casting to a TV is not one of them. — 00:02:24
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — ask: Hank asks anyone with tips or tricks for using YouTube efficiently to share them in the comments. — 00:03:40
2016-10-28 · Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! — Hank says taking a break will be weird: he hasn't taken one from making videos in ten years, starting at 26 and now 36. — 00:00:07
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
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: 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
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — a guest: In the opening promo clip, unnamed voices say meeting viewers in real life is the best part of being a creator, and they want to pioneer something new, not a TV show. (hedged) — 00:00:09
2016-12-02 · Logging Off — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Rosianna introduces herself as John's producing partner, John and Hank's secret sister, a YouTuber and an avid user of the internet. — 00:00:02
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — both: A montage of P4A 2016 livestream moments: confetti, Save the Children staff, Big Bird, YouTuber guests, John answering questions and the Cheez Doodles Guy. (playful) — 00:00:00
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — announcement: Hank says YouTube gave a $25,000 matching donation through its new Creators for Change program, which funds creators promoting awareness, tolerance and empathy on social issues. — 00:03:31
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — announcement: John says that when Hank next sees him it will be 2017, the vlogbrothers channel's tenth anniversary, and thanks Hank for doing this with him for a decade. — 00:03:07
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

2017

2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — ask: John invites viewers to follow along with 100 Days at youtube.com/100days if they are so inclined. — 00:00:43
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John marks the anniversary: ten years and one day ago he uploaded his first ever video to YouTube. — 00:00:51
2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) — Hank says he asked people on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to ask him hard questions. — 00:00:16
2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) — announcement: Hank shows prints Claire Emery made for the brothers' tenth anniversary on YouTube, plus the actual woodblock she loaned him, so viewers can see the paper and size. — 00:03:10
2017-02-07 (said on 2017-02-02, implied) · Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday — John asks whether we really need more live news; what he needs is a pause button that contextualizes the news and tells him what it means. — 00:01:28
2017-02-17 · As Cold as The Milk: Learning Spanish with Luzu — The description says Hank met Luzu, a Spanish YouTuber, at VidCon a few years ago, and made a video with him because he was in town. — video description
2017-02-17 · As Cold as The Milk: Learning Spanish with Luzu — The description says Hank sometimes forgets there are whole worlds of YouTube in other languages that he never sees, and he likes seeing a bit of them. — video description
2017-02-17 · As Cold as The Milk: Learning Spanish with Luzu — Hank introduces Luzu, who makes YouTube videos mostly in Spanish but also in English. — 00:00:01
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: After far more than 10,000 hours, John says he is still not really good at making YouTube videos; he can manage a jump cut, and that's about it. (playful) — 00:01:05
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John says Vlogbrothers is one of the very few YouTube channels where the comments are often better than the videos. — 00:01:27
2017-03-21 · My Information Diet — John says YouTube still feels different from the rest of the internet and less stressful, maybe because he lives in a relatively friendly and peaceful corner of it, and thanks viewers for that. (hedged) — 00:03:11
2017-04-11 · Making the World's Largest Ball of Paint — John argues a painted-over layer is not irrelevant: it permanently, if slightly, changed the sphere, so even a little-seen YouTube video or little-read story shapes the ball we all live with. — 00:02:25
2017-04-18 · Framing — John: A YouTube friend who also has OCD asked John how he seems so put together, while John was thinking the same thing about them. — 00:00:00
2017-04-18 · Framing — John says it is almost impossible to remember moment to moment that YouTube videos and social media feeds show curated versions of people. — 00:00:55
2017-04-18 · Framing — John says the YouTube age talks a lot about authenticity and he has tried to be authentic for a decade, but telling the truth means choosing which of many true stories to tell. — 00:01:04
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — The description says YouTube eased independent creators' path to revenue, but automatically sold ads have always been priced so only very large channels earn significantly. — video description
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — recommendation: Hank recommends CGP Grey's video on how YouTube's ad-selling mechanisms work. — video description
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says YouTube uniquely provides a massive audience it may push toward quality content, and a system to turn views into money. — 00:00:12
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says no one will leave YouTube until someone does both things better; Facebook does only one, yet people post there like crazy. — 00:00:31
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says YouTube has shared revenue with creators for 10 years while Facebook has not, building an ecosystem of creators who earn some money without much headache. — 00:00:39
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says each ad played on a YouTube video pays the creator about ten times less than the same ad on TV. (hedged) — 00:00:53
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says YouTube shows about five times fewer ads per minute watched, so the average channel earns about 50 times less per minute of viewership than a TV channel. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank protests that his eyeballs are worth ten times more on TV than on YouTube though they are the same eyeballs; at some point an audience is valued so low you say no. (playful) — 00:01:11
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says ads are YouTube's whole business, worth billions of dollars, but precarious. — 00:01:24
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says that after articles a few weeks ago showed major brands advertised on vile YouTube videos, many advertisers pulled all their ads, and every YouTuber's revenue fell. — 00:01:45
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says YouTube sorts content into buckets: hand-picked channels like Crash Course sold as safe and expensive, an algorithmic no-ads bucket, and a confusing middle no one understands. — 00:02:09
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says that afterwards all the algorithms tightened: some channels rebounded but many fell further, squeezing creators of good but not super-happy-family-fun content. — 00:02:29
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank says if the value proposition breaks, creators will find (and already are finding) new support: subscriptions like Rooster Teeth's First, YouTube Red, Patreon, and creator-brand relationships communities like. — 00:03:12
2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means — Hank warns that YouTube and advertisers must be careful, because eventually they will need viewers' eyeballs more than creators need their pennies. — 00:03:32
2017-04-28 · Can You Trust Mainstream Media? — Hank: Answering the title, Hank says actual news (not op-eds) in mainstream media can be trusted far more than almost anything else, and he stands up for an institution we would be screwed without, despite its recent swipes at YouTube. — video description
2017-05-10 · Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes — announcement: The description says viewers where YouTube Red isn't available will probably get a one-time purchase option. (hedged) — video description
2017-05-10 · Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes — announcement: Hank says YouTube Red came to the brothers having acquired an award-winning documentary it wanted to make available to YouTube Red subscribers. — 00:01:02
2017-05-10 · Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes — announcement: Hank: Since YouTube cannot create a channel per documentary, YouTube Red asked the brothers to watch the film, which they did and both loved, and if they liked it to talk about it and upload it on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:01:11
2017-05-10 · Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes — Hank acknowledges not everyone has or can get YouTube Red: there is a free trial, but it is only in some countries and costs 10 dollars a month. — 00:01:29
2017-06-13 · Cheyenne, Wyoming — John: When they started Vlogbrothers in 2007 John spent several months in Cheyenne, always thinking about his next video, growing their audience, and how cool YouTube was. — 00:00:22
2017-06-22 · My New Book — announcement: John says next Tuesday's (27 June 2017) video will be an unboxing video, because he hears those are popular on YouTube. (playful) — 00:01:06
2017-06-23 · Reviewing Musicals from their Wikipedia Pages — Hank: Finding the musical's 1975 TV special in full on YouTube, Hank judges it less good than every YouTube video, yet beautiful. (playful) — 00:01:57
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank says he needs to remember how huge 10,000 subscribers was for the brothers in 2007, and how much he has always cared about the creative community YouTube fosters. — video description
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: YouTube has looked pretty much the same for about the last three years, and Hank doesn't much love the current design. (hedged) — 00:00:40
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank thinks YouTube's long-running earlier channel design was launched under the codename Cosmic Panda. (hedged) — 00:00:57
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank liked an older, fixed channel layout: you could design around it and knew how it would display; it is sad channels can't have as much fun now. — 00:01:16
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: Reading the 2007 page's 'latest YouTube drama' box, Hank says there has been YouTube drama since there has been YouTube. — 00:02:52
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: In December 2007, having done the project for its planned year and with 11,000 subscribers, the brothers thought about stopping but decided to keep going, which turned out okay. — 00:03:06
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: In the early days the brothers' main community was not on YouTube but at brotherhood2.com, whose discussion questions included how Hank should take Nerdfighters to the next level and the first book you ever loved. — 00:03:24
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: In July 2007 John was doing Brotherhood 2.0, a year-long project of weekday videos with Hank, watched by a few hundred people a day. — 00:02:12
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Ten years ago today (18 July 2007) Hank uploaded Accio Deathly Hallows, a song about his excitement for the publication of the last Harry Potter book. — 00:02:31
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Days later the song was featured on YouTube's front page and the channel went from about 200 subscribers to over 5,000; the year-long project began to feel like it could last. — 00:03:12
2017-08-22 · The Causes of Cholera — John admits he pays more attention to crises in distant Europe or Australia than elsewhere because people there feel close to him: he watches them on YouTube and reads their Reddit posts. — 00:03:24
2017-09-15 · My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia — The description says it will be interesting to see what YouTube's demonetization algorithm makes of a video about butt problems and toilet paper. (playful) — video description
2017-09-19 · Why Cities? — John: While much has been lost, John is grateful to live in a world with telescopes, vaccines, YouTube and books. — 00:03:35
2017-09-22 · How to Invest (and other money questions with The Financial Diet) — Hank introduces his couch guests as the creators of The Financial Diet, a website and YouTube channel about personal finance. — 00:00:01
2017-09-22 · How to Invest (and other money questions with The Financial Diet) — recommendation: Hank urges viewers who want more to watch The Financial Diet on YouTube; they are also on Twitter and have a blog. — 00:03:33
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John: Recent recipients of the educational grants funded by Vlogbrothers ad revenue include the YouTube channels Draw Curiosity, Step Back History, Mr Beat, Neuro Transmissions, Cogito, Up and Atom and Soliloquy, as well as Odd Quartet and the Anthropological Life Podcast. — video description
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
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John says that despite the so-called adpocalypse on YouTube and wider challenges for ad-funded parts of the internet, Vlogbrothers has had a really good year. — 00:00:56

Also named in: FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again

2018

2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — In the description Hank says much of YouTube's problem is arguably a cultural problem rather than YouTube's, and points to a Verge article he only partly agrees with. (hedged) — video description
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Whenever people get frustrated with YouTube, Hank gets many messages asking why he doesn't start a competitor to it. — 00:00:00
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says there is no way, at least right now, to create a YouTube alternative that would work for creators: many people have tried and some are trying now, but he doesn't think it's possible. (hedged) — video description
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says making YouTube and its community the best they can be is hard and long and may feel foolish, since it is a corporation, not a democracy, but it is where we are. — video description
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank thinks there is space to make YouTube better, but only if good ideas get pushed and implemented. (hedged) — video description
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Reason one: YouTube is actually quite good; the player works almost every time and moves seamlessly between phone, computer and TV, and creators get a gigantic audience and big ad sales. — 00:00:53
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says YouTube creators benefit from the ad sales team of the second largest corporation in the world. — 00:01:02
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Reason two: Hank's problems with YouTube are his, not his audience's; his viewers are his faves too and he wants to give them the experience they are comfortable with and have had for eleven years. — 00:01:06
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Reason three: YouTube is really good at getting people to watch videos; that is what its somewhat insidious algorithm is designed to do. — 00:01:28
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Reason four: Hank wants new people to find his content, so it has to be where new people will find it, and YouTube shows his videos to new people. — 00:01:48
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Reason five: YouTube's problems are those any sufficiently big social video platform would have: getting advertisers in, monetizing for creators, and too much open uploading to review it all. — 00:02:01
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank says any new platform that got big enough to matter would have exactly the same problems YouTube has now. — 00:02:16
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank: Reason six: Hank is sentimentally attached; just as he won't leave his country when things go bad, he won't abandon YouTube to become worse without him. — 00:02:26
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — Hank cares a lot and is willing to fight for a better YouTube, as are many others he knows; that, not starting from scratch, is how you make it better. (hedged) — 00:03:09
2018-01-05 · Making a Better YouTube — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave ideas for making YouTube better in the comments. — 00:03:23
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John thinks that is true not only of Twitter but of YouTube, Facebook, Reddit and so on. (hedged) — 00:00:28
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John dislikes a lot about today's YouTube, but that was also true in 2007, 2010 and 2012. — 00:01:21
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John recalls the running joke online that the only place worse than Yahoo Answers was YouTube comments. (playful) — 00:01:26
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John admits it sometimes feels as if YouTube comments never got better so much as the rest of the internet got worse. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:32
2018-01-09 · Your Attention — John says Twitter is structured not to make us better informed or happier but to keep us on Twitter, and the same is true of Facebook, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and cable news. — 00:02:30
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John's cameo was cut from the TFIOS movie because, he says, he is a terrible actor; the scene is available as a DVD extra and on YouTube. (playful) — 00:01:54
2018-05-01 · How to Win — John often thinks that if Hank's Harry Potter song hadn't been featured by YouTube in July 2007, none of this would exist, though countless other things had to happen too. — 00:01:00
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — The description says Hank gets really scared hearing that something like 90% of kids want to be YouTubers: a good job, but one not everyone can or should have. (hedged) — video description
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank notices that the recent creators he loves have developed a craft, such as filmmaking and storytelling, or other skills and knowledge that let them build a channel as a professional gamer, artist, animator, linguist or engineer. — video description
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — announcement: Hank says John's first book, published two years before John proposed making video blogs on YouTube, kept doing better and, now 13 years old, is becoming an eight-episode Hulu miniseries. — 00:00:01
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank attended the YouTube Creator Summit last week (week of 30 April 2018), where YouTube flies YouTubers to a fancy hotel and they, basically, yell at YouTube. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:50
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank notes rising YouTubers often make feature films seven days a week, while he sits before the same bookshelf as back when shawty first pulled on her apple-bottom jeans and furry boots; how is this still working? (playful) — 00:01:13
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank knows next to nothing about getting popular on YouTube except that it's hard and rare, and happens not from a great idea, hard work, luck or resources alone but when all coincide. — 00:01:29
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank says the last time he created a YouTube channel from scratch, smartphones didn't exist. (playful) — 00:01:45
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank says view, like and dislike counts on YouTube and all social media are so objective and concrete that it's easy to let them become a surrogate for how much you matter. — 00:02:12
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — The description says sub feeds are the only place besides channel pages where audiences are guaranteed to see creators' videos, yet YouTube has been messing with them. — video description
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank says that over the last 10 years of YouTube, subscriptions have become less important. — 00:00:11
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank doesn't know why and won't say it is YouTube's fault: subscriptions seem fairly front and center on desktop and mobile. (unsure) — 00:00:17
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
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank understands why YouTubers protect the sub feed: it is the one place controlled by humans, not computers, the one place left where they know what's going on. — 00:00:59
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank: Saying he won't go into it, Hank complains that the news was released in a way that let YouTubers speculate wildly, miscommunicate and send notes to Twitch, then admits he just did go into it. (playful) — 00:01:10
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank: If fewer and fewer people use subscriptions, that is bad for everyone, and YouTube knows it: it is the only place people are guaranteed to see what they signed up to see. — 00:02:16
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank: But YouTube cannot fix that by breaking it. — 00:02:27
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank tells YouTube it created a contract with creators: the sub feed has to work this way, the one place where users are and need to be in charge. — 00:02:31
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — recommendation: Hank suggests YouTube give people more options to customize the feed: if you want a personalized experience, maybe the person personalizing it should be a person. (hedged) — 00:03:23
2018-05-25 · Please Unsubscribe — Hank: Even if fewer people use the sub feed, those who do are YouTube's power users, the ones who matter most. — 00:03:34
2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — John: Of a picture he owns, John first thought it was about Hollywood coming for YouTube, then about YouTube coming for Hollywood, and now doesn't know what he thinks. (unsure) — 00:02:47
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — The description says the video is a mess; Hank flips upside down because he forgot that titles now appear under videos on YouTube. — video description
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John asks whether that is how things end online, still present but relevant only as nostalgia, and whether it will happen to Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. (speculative) — 00:00:52
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John: YouTube has survived and thrived through hard times: the sub feed has always been broken, the new design always reviled, the creator-platform relationship always fraught. — 00:01:04
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John doesn't think YouTube is about to go the way of Myspace, but one never sees the future coming. (hedged) — 00:01:15
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John thinks YouTube faces big problems: it relies too much on flawed algorithms, and its monetization system often values advertisers over audience. (hedged) — 00:01:29
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John also thinks YouTube is amazing, with more good stuff being uploaded than ever. (hedged) — 00:01:37
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John's real concern is how 'our YouTube' ends: someday the channel won't be here, as we won't, and he wonders when and how to say goodbye online. — 00:01:42
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John doesn't know whether he wants to be making YouTube videos at 80 — or maybe he does. (unsure) — 00:01:57
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John: Hank recently pointed out that if Vlogbrothers were a TV show it would be in its 12th season, a long run for TV and for a YouTube channel. — 00:02:23
2018-09-07 (said on 2018-09-03, implied) · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — ask: Hank thanks viewers for saving Tessa's new single Crush on Spotify or watching it on YouTube or elsewhere. — 00:02:50
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank has been thinking about success because there is a lot of frustration and burnout in the YouTube community. (hedged) — 00:01:01
2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? — recommendation: The description recommends the dramatic Classic Tetris World Championships YouTube channel to learn more about Tetris. — video description
2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? — recommendation: John calls Joseph's video of reaching level 31 one of the single most beautiful things he has ever seen on YouTube. — video description
2018-10-23 · Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? — John: Live streaming on Twitch and YouTube lets players learn from each other; even decades-long top players are changing their style to reflect new discoveries. — 00:02:16
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John says he doesn't have a terrible relationship with other platforms: on YouTube he is fairly intentional and takes part in the community in ways that make him happy. — 00:00:58
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — announcement: John: The year off starts next month (December 2018) when the Project for Awesome ends; on YouTube things stay much the same, with a Vlogbrothers video every week. — 00:02:55
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank: Earlier this year (2018) Hank tweeted a 'really bad idea': what if you had to go to a place to watch a YouTube video? The most common response was 'thanks, I hate it'. — 00:00:00
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank: Long ago Hank made an internet trivia game, Truth or Fail; it was great but relied on YouTube annotations, so it is now literally impossible. — 00:00:58
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank: In the year before his book came out, Hank feared the science fiction community would see him as an unwelcome YouTuber interloper, so he decided to read some 45 science fiction novels and tweet about ones he liked. — 00:00:00
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
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank recalls that in 2011, when YouTube considered funding higher-budget channels, he and John could pitch ideas; in a recently found chat he had a dozen ideas, from top-10 shows to Pilates, chasing views. — 00:01:47
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — John Green (quoted): In that 2011 chat John wrote that he wanted to do things that change the world and that YouTube will buy into, focusing on ideas YouTube would pay for that would also change the world. — 00:02:10
2018-12-28 · The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) — Katherine Green: Asked how nervous they are for when their child starts watching YouTube, the answer is: very. — 00:03:16

2019

2019-01-15 · On Burning Resentment — John says you can have 70 million YouTube subscribers and still imagine yourself a plucky underdog: the human capacity for self-pity is endless. (playful) — 00:00:58
2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — In a comment John says the 4:01 runtime is no punishment: YouTube has added a second since 2007, and by precedent 4:01 videos are not punishable. — creator comment
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says John's Tuesday video included clips of hockey, soccer and football games John did not own, and one company owning some of them blocked it on YouTube. — 00:00:00
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says YouTube would not be what it is without pirated Family Guy and Daily Show clips, and Viacom sued it over them for years. — 00:00:43
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says that to keep existing YouTube had to build a ludicrously complicated technology checking every moment of every upload against a vast library of content. — 00:00:58
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank argues that neither YouTube nor the rights holders actually want to stop copyright violation. — 00:01:12
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank explains that when Content ID finds a match, the rights holder can track the video, claim and monetize it, block it in some or all countries, or take it down with a copyright strike. — 00:01:56
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank calls the claiming system pretty genius: big companies that would otherwise lobby Congress to shut YouTube down get a whole new income stream instead. — 00:03:44
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank's example: Elle Mills can use Walking on Sunshine, risk only her YouTube revenue and still grow her audience, and he can use her footage without asking since the worst case is lost monetization. — 00:03:53
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank names the first big flaw: only large rights holders have access to Content ID; independents can hardly get in, and YouTube never will let everyone in, partly because it is easy to abuse. — 00:04:15
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank concludes the system has problems but works: a creative and economic ecosystem built on policies and individual choices, not on the law. — 00:05:40
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says this is possible because of safe harbor laws, including a big US one that says rights holders cannot sue YouTube for laws broken by its users. (hedged) — 00:05:46
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says it is good that safe harbor laws spare YouTube responsibility for creators' dumb decisions, since even trustable creators like John and him can't be trusted not to break the law. (playful) — 00:06:47
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank argues that once YouTube satisfies the law, the law doesn't matter anymore, which is not how it should work: breaking the law should bring fines or arrest, not claims or takedowns. — 00:07:07
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says copyright was not designed for a world where everyone is a distributor, let alone a rights holder; what governs is YouTube policy informed by law, with consequences as significant. — 00:07:20
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says there are not enough lawyers alive to argue all the fair use cases YouTube has created. (playful) — 00:08:20
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says YouTube's creator-friendly changes, like holding claimed videos' money during disputes instead of paying rights holders at once, came because creators yelled, almost like a government, not for legal reasons. — 00:10:34
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says that for him YouTube policy matters far more than the courts when it comes to copyright. — 00:11:03
2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank hints that, if John looks closely, he might be able to watch his blocked Tuesday video, slightly modified. (hedged) — 00:12:07
2019-02-05 · Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images — John grants that today's fakes can still be spotted, but says 2019 deepfakes look better than 2007 YouTube reality and it won't take them long to catch up. — 00:00:29
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says MatPat's video this week (week of 4 March 2019), longer and better than his, discusses negative ways YouTube and YouTubers have been portrayed in the media. — 00:00:00
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says the parts of YouTube where he spends his time are amazing: marble races, knives made of bismuth crystals, social commentary and explanations of technology. — 00:00:00
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says the big mainstream-press stories about YouTube are Logan Paul, ads shown on terrorist recruitment videos, or worse. — 00:00:00
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — The description recalls fairly many positive articles about YouTubers when the culture was new; now the platform's influence and popularity have changed that. — video description
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says legacy publications, whose readers mostly don't care about YouTube, start with some antagonism toward it, from losing market share to people without their rigor, accountability or training, and with an audience that understands the platform too simply to want nuance. — video description
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank ranks why articles about YouTube are negative: maybe antagonism, the smallest part; making content their audience wants, as everyone does; and negative news being genuinely more interesting, uncommon and important, a long-researched pattern. — video description
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says he too is "the press", with no accountability outside himself before publishing, like most big YouTube channels, so giving all our media consumption to single-perspective, unaccountable, untrained YouTubers is bad, however much he loves many of them. — video description
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says such stories make advertisers cut spending, YouTube then overreacts by strengthening demonetization algorithms, and even slightly controversial videos may earn nothing. — 00:00:42
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank lists where blame is pointed: YouTube overreacting, ad buyers perhaps using the panic as a tactic, or journalists who never cover the platform positively; MatPat points everywhere. — 00:00:42
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank agrees no one wants to write positive stories about YouTubers, but notes national news never writes positive stories about Montana either, a place people don't understand. — 00:01:11
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says readers of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal lack a complex understanding of YouTube just as of Montana: it is not part of their culture. — 00:01:11
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says it is also likely some journalists think YouTubers shouldn't have so much power and don't mind taking them down some notches. (hedged) — 00:02:09
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says that if you look for big, important communities that are misunderstood and covered negatively, he has bigger concerns than YouTubers, who are a really powerful cultural force that hides from its power in victimhood narratives. — 00:02:09
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank's conclusion: publications make content for a disproportionately powerful audience that is unfamiliar with, and uneasy about, a massive new cultural force no one truly understands. — 00:02:39
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank loves YouTube but it makes him uneasy too: being a platform without gatekeepers makes it interesting but also creates real problems. — 00:02:39
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says the YouTube community has done great things, but culture hasn't figured out what to make of it, which might be why advertisers hesitate and why he wants journalists covering it. (hedged) — 00:03:08
2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says that with PewDiePie getting more views than any cable news show, either there is no mainstream media anymore or YouTube is part of it. — 00:03:37
2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — ask: Hank says SciShow Pee isn't a real show but is a real YouTube channel that would get a silver play button at 100,000 subscribers; it will never post again, so viewers should just subscribe. (playful) — 00:01:30
2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — ask: Hank asks viewers to say in the comments what their favorite recent YouTube discovery was. — 00:03:40
2019-04-12 · Escalators: We're Not Doing it Wrong (Mostly) — Hank says YouTube kept showing him the escalator-etiquette video (app home screen, desktop homepage, autoplay after Veritasium) until he caved and watched it. — 00:00:00
2019-04-12 · Escalators: We're Not Doing it Wrong (Mostly) — The description says Hank isn't immune to imagining a narrative, but we don't need people righteously standing on the wrong side of escalators and lecturing commuters about a YouTube video. (playful) — video description
2019-04-19 · Making your Nothings into Somethings — Hank admits his YouTube history is full of Lockpicking Lawyer videos and one of a man carving a pencil from a pencil from a pencil: great, but a passive nothing. (playful) — 00:03:27
2019-05-14 · An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers — John says he writes books and has been making YouTube videos for more than 12 years. — 00:00:00
2019-05-14 · An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers — recommendation: John: Though aggressively bad at math, John recommends learning personal finance from Gaby Dunn's book Bad with Money, the Planet Money podcast, and the YouTube shows Two Cents and The Financial Diet. — 00:00:58
2019-05-14 · An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers — John: Last lesson, quoting Hank: diversify your identity; when friends, family, walks and Instagram all become your job, you can stop thinking of yourself as John Green the person, husband, father, AFC Wimbledon sponsor, avowed Hufflepuff, and see only John Green YouTuber. — 00:02:55
2019-05-28 · 3 Minutes and 58 Seconds of Darkness — John: Before the brothers started making YouTube videos in 2007, John had never owned a video camera and rarely took pictures; he has only about a dozen photos of himself from ages 18 to 27. — 00:00:22
2019-06-21 · How to Lie While Telling the Truth — Hank says the innocuous head lie is very common on YouTube, with titles like 'We need to talk...' implying a big deal; he admits he has done it, and feels less bad when the lie isn't about global warming or America's future. — video description
2019-06-28 · My New Obsession — Hank watches many YouTube videos of microscopic life and got so obsessed that he asked one of his favorite creators, James in Poland, to make a YouTube channel with him. — 00:01:55
2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — Hank asked people to send questions about the brothers' past and future on YouTube. — 00:00:29
2019-07-23 · What to Love and How — John: As a religious person, John has seen his own tradition create and demonize outsiders to bind insiders, and the same in football, YouTube fandoms and political ideologies. — 00:01:56
2019-07-23 · What to Love and How — John thought of the 14 years between trophies: years with Sarah, two kids, books, YouTube channels, hard times and good ones, with Liverpool there the whole time. — 00:02:54
2019-08-02 · The Cutest Octopus — recommendation: Hank calls the Ocean Exploration Trust's Nautilus Live project amazing; it livestreams constantly on YouTube. — 00:03:46
2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion — Hank: A texted 'million dollar idea' is offered free to the world: a novel made of a single 52,000-word YouTube comment. (playful) — 00:02:04
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank discovers The Fairies, an Australian children's franchise, and mocks its YouTube description calling it both international and unique. (playful) — 00:02:58
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank plans to watch The Fairies on YouTube and then maybe edit his book on the banks of the Yarra River. (hedged) — 00:03:30
2019-09-24 · I, Too, Dislike It — announcement: John: With Paige Lewis, they have started Ours Poetica, a YouTube channel with the Poetry Foundation featuring a poem read every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. — 00:01:47
2019-09-27 · Crisis — recommendation: Hank's first strategy is avoidance: listen to 'Shaky Shaky' by Daddy Yankee, or find solace in YouTube videos, poetry videos, potato plants, a friend or a dog. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:40
2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says the whole YouTube community is coming together to raise money to plant trees, which is lovely. — 00:00:00
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John notes that YouTube had launched a couple of weeks earlier, but he had not yet heard of it. (playful) — 00:00:00
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says he is used to looking up to Hank as a philanthropist, a YouTuber and his boss at Complexly, and now gets to look up to him as a novelist too. — 00:03:09
2019-11-07 · I took a year off social media. Here's what happened. — John watches a lot of YouTube, not all of it nourishing, which he thinks is okay: there is a place in the world for wondrously empty distraction. — 00:02:45
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank says something John said in yesterday's video gave him an idea: that John watches a lot of YouTube, not all of it nourishing, and there is a place for wondrously empty distraction. — 00:00:20
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank notes that he and John share a YouTube account, which is not how normal people use YouTube. — 00:00:29
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank says everyone is sometimes confused by the YouTube algorithm; with a shared account he can't tell when YouTube is being weird versus when his brother is, as with sudden vending machine business recommendations. (playful) — 00:00:35
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank: Expecting that John has been watching vending machine videos, Hank looks through the vlogbrothers channel's YouTube history for the last couple of weeks. (playful) — 00:00:58
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank: Seeing a vending machine video with 1.3 million views, Hank says YouTube is so weird now. (playful) — 00:02:16
2019-11-15 · Are audiobooks worse? — Hank finds it annoying that YouTube won't let them add an on-screen link unless they also link to a video. (playful) — 00:03:44
2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John predicts YouTube will someday probably move comments to a sidebar, so his pointing down at the comments will look like pointing at his pants. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:44
2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John adds that someday YouTube will not exist at all. — 00:02:51

2020

2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank's second reason: YouTube's recommendations would like 8-to-12-minute Vlogbrothers videos, and he doesn't want to make them; he likes four-minute videos, and those are the rules. — 00:00:45
2020-02-21 · The Muck of Millennia — recommendation: The description recommends Nicola's YouTube channel, calling her amazing. — video description
2020-02-21 · The Muck of Millennia — Hank goes to meet a mudlark whose YouTube channel he watches and loves, saying he is in the enviable position of easily meeting YouTube creators he loves. — 00:01:03
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — ask: John: In a pinned comment John asks viewers to like this video, saying he hasn't asked that in years and won't ask again for years, but is very curious. — creator comment
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John: In comment updates John reports the 1:10 ratio is dead: at 17 hours the video had 107,000 views and 47,000 likes, about 1:2.2, with views about 35% above normal. — creator comment
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John says one of the chief joys of his professional life is no longer having to chase the whims of YouTube's recommendation engine. — 00:01:27
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John has no idea what YouTube's algorithm values now but suspects it isn't as simple as showing a video to 10 people per like; maybe it is and he's cracked the code. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:27
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John says that for several years the brothers have made a point of not asking viewers to like and subscribe, first because YouTube users hear that enough every day. — 00:01:56
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John says almost every video he has made for several years uses whatever thumbnail YouTube chose, not as the right way in general but as right for this channel and viewership. — 00:02:26
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — ask: John: Feeling as nervous as if asking someone to prom, John asks viewers to click like to break the cycle or find the ratio is real; probably not, but he asks them to like it so he can disprove the theory. — 00:03:20
2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — John: Asked in comments how the like/view ratio is holding up, John says it holds incredibly well on the Art Assignment video; here it is still a little off because people are conscious of it, but reverting to the mean. — creator comment
2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — 33ranjit (quoted): YouTube commenter 33Ranjit wrote that Art Assignment videos look at what humans do without shirking problems but never ridicule others: exercises in consciously experiencing human dignity. — 00:00:29
2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — John realized only from the comment that exercises in consciously experiencing human dignity are what he looks for in novels, poetry, YouTube videos, philanthropy, video games and much else. — 00:00:29
2020-03-17 · together. — recommendation: John has found YouTube videos helpful, such as Grant at 3Blue1Brown explaining exponential growth and Jane Wong reading a poem on Ours Poetica. — 00:02:55
2020-03-24 · Mental Health Tips from People Who've Been There — recommendation: John: Fourth tip: learning and intellectual engagement with books, reading and limited internet; for John, books, essays and marble racing on YouTube. — 00:01:56
2020-04-03 · 11 Little Tips for Better Video Chat (For Teachers...and Everybody Else) — Hank recalls launching SciShow and Crash Course in 2011; both are now way bigger than Vlogbrothers, with over a billion views each. — 00:00:00
2020-04-03 · 11 Little Tips for Better Video Chat (For Teachers...and Everybody Else) — ask: Hank invites viewers to subscribe to Study Hall at youtube.com/ASU. — 00:03:52
2020-04-07 · I am an artist. — announcement: John films in front of a new temporary background: the new temporary headquarters of The Art Assignment, Sarah's YouTube channel with PBS Digital Studios. — 00:00:00
2020-04-07 · I am an artist. — recommendation: John says viewers can still do the Art Assignment free on YouTube, where many of the book's assignments began, and links a playlist. — 00:03:05
2020-04-28 · get your game on — John: Answering a punishment question, John says the video really ends at 3:59:26 and YouTube's counter adds a second, so no punishment is due. — creator comment
2020-04-28 · get your game on — recommendation: John says Zwift is one of his favourite forms of exercise, and he loves watching Zwift racing on YouTube, where cyclists reach speeds and power he can only imagine. — 00:01:27
2020-05-12 · We Could All Use a Little Change — John and Alice spotted a great horned owl in the backyard, researched its yellow eyes and watched videos; he wrote gratitude for the owl-enthusiast internet, the owl and the backyard. — 00:01:27
2020-05-29 · Get Paid — The description says the brothers have been wary whenever offered a chance to put their content somewhere new: leaving YouTube would be done to viewers and feel like betrayal. — video description
2020-06-05 · So Much to Do — Maya Rupert: Maya says her first Vlogbrothers video was Hank's Harry Potter song about Deathly Hallows, which she saw featured on YouTube's homepage and sent to her sister. — 00:25:08
2020-06-09 · i could use a little fuel myself — announcement: John says YouTube asked him weeks ago to join its Class of 2020 celebration; he shares his video to encourage students, teachers and anyone, since we could all use a little fuel. — 00:00:00
2020-06-09 · i could use a little fuel myself — announcement: The description points viewers to the whole YouTube graduation event, featuring everyone from BTS to ASAP Science to Barack Obama. — video description
2020-07-14 · The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. — recommendation: John really recommends Rubik's Cubes, stressing he solved his with his own two hands and a step-by-step YouTube tutorial. (playful) — 00:02:55
2020-08-14 · Hit The Ground Running — announcement: Hank: The second episode of Bizarre Beasts is up on its own YouTube channel, hosted by Sarah Suda and about the hoatzin, one of Hank's favorite birds. — 00:03:19
2020-08-14 · Hit The Ground Running — announcement: Hank: SciShow Kids, Orin's favorite YouTube show, is coming back: its hundreds of episodes are now at youtube.com/scishowkids, and new ones start going live on Monday (17 August 2020). — 00:03:19
2020-08-18 · what's wrong with taking the back streets? — John has focused his life on being productive with a very narrow definition: YouTube videos count but woods walks with his kids don't, email but not Twitter, good artists' art but not his. — 00:01:27
2020-08-28 · Break the Mold — In a comment Hank says YouTube used to be a lot more like TikTok. — creator comment
2020-08-28 · Break the Mold — Hank says almost all TikTokers would like to be YouTubers or Instagrammers, which does not surprise him; there are good reasons to want that. — 00:01:35
2020-08-28 · Break the Mold — Hank recalls that when the brothers started on YouTube, all YouTubers wanted to be in TV or movies, and even very successful ones auditioned for bit parts and commercials. — 00:01:45
2020-09-01 · get the show on — John shows his circles: 17,000 drawn so far in his attempt to understand the number 170,000, perhaps enough to freak out YouTube's compression, yet only 10% of the total. — 00:02:26
2020-09-08 · That's the way. — In a comment John says he started following Wimbledon's story in 2009-2010, as they made their way back to the Football League, and thinks he first heard of them on YouTube. (hedged) — creator comment
2020-09-08 · That's the way. — John says third things are essential not only to marriages but to many other relationships: BTS could be one in a friendship, a YouTube channel in a sibling relationship. — 00:01:20
2020-09-18 · They Say it Gets Colder — recommendation: Hank recommends SciShow Space, which covers this kind of topic twice a week on YouTube, hosted by him, Caitlin and Reid. — 00:03:34
2020-09-29 · How 'bout Yours? — recommendation: In a channel comment John says he finds poems as one book leads to another (the Norton Anthology led him to the Wallace Stevens book), and recommends Ours Poetica. — 00:00:00
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 bit made negative sense: the creator of the memed work sometimes does something dumb, and YouTube titles are one of creators' main tools for getting people to watch. (playful) — 00:01:01
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 that although they gave up titling their videos, the channel's audience has not fallen at all over the last five months. — 00:02:44
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John: To cheer John up, Hank asked viewers of their new YouTube videos to send pictures of themselves with something silly on their heads, before smartphones made that easy. — 00:00:00
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John notes Hank's recent video alluded to their decision a couple of years ago to stop maximizing views, which informed five months of titles from a 'not very good' 19-year-old pop song. — 00:00:29
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John says that for several years almost every Vlogbrothers video ended up on the trending page, introducing many new people to the channel and their other work. — 00:00:58
2020-10-16 · Still Riding a Big Wave that I Do not and Cannot Know — Hank says YouTube revenue sharing, Etsy getting big and Patreon were puzzle pieces that let this long-running thing take off. — 00:01:13
2020-10-23 · 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW — ask: Hank points viewers unsure how voting works in their state to youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate: look up your state and watch the under-two-minute video now. — 00:03:25
2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: That day Hank watched many YouTube videos on how to swaddle a newborn and googled the etymology of 'swaddle'. — 00:00:29
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says starting a collaborative video blog back in 2006 was his idea. — 00:00:00
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says Hank has always been the realizer in their family: he created their YouTube channel, designed their website and animated their 2007 intro. — 00:00:00

2021

2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — announcement: Hank: P4A video submissions no longer open the day it begins, a relic of gaming the YouTube algorithm; early submission gives volunteers time to choose videos to feature. — 00:01:57
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — John: Not to sound like a hipster, John says most YouTube channels he watches don't regularly hit the trending page. — 00:00:00
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — John's producing partner Rosianna Halse Rojas just marked 15 years on YouTube, more than half her life making videos. — 00:01:54
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — recommendation: John: It's Radish Time's 2021 video postcards are stunning, poetic, brilliantly edited and unlike anything John has seen on YouTube. — 00:02:23
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — John: Even after 14 years on YouTube, John is still astonished by the community's creativity. — 00:02:52
2021-02-23 · A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life — announcement: John will be signing live on YouTube for an hour this afternoon, joking that it will be very boring but purple the whole way; link in the description. — 00:03:22
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John asks, not rhetorically, whether he made the world worse in a minor way by sharing Sarah's story on the podcast and again in a YouTube video. (unsure) — 00:02:55
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John: That was when John belatedly understood that maximizing views was not the point of this YouTube channel. — 00:03:33
2021-07-27 · Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns — John: Slow time is not YouTube's strength: for years John has edited nearly every breath out of his videos, since in a hyper-distracted landscape a half-second pause sends viewers to other tabs; here he leaves a breath. — 00:01:27
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — In the description Hank calls it preposterous that this is a 'YouTube channel', a thing with no name, and says focusing on enjoyment rather than frustrations makes the community better at some things than others. — video description
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — In a comment John says YouTube's profit margins are extremely high mostly because it has no meaningful competition, which lets it set its price at 45% of all revenue. — creator comment
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: The easy answer is that creators own it, so Vlogbrothers money is the brothers'; but that quickly gets complicated, since YouTube owns the channel and is part of the value equation. — 00:00:58
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: Google receives just over 45% of all revenue generated by Nerdfighteria on the YouTube platform. — 00:01:56
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: The other 55-ish percent of that revenue goes to Hank and John. — 00:02:26
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John says the brothers' share also seems high, because the money belongs to Nerdfighteria, not to them; that is why half goes to grants for educational creators and half to charity. — 00:02:26
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — John: There is video of the first-ever spacewalk on YouTube. — 00:00:29
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
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says platforms, viewers and he himself are all bad at this: it is a revolution in human-to-human communication and a baby, with no systems yet for many-to-many decentralized communication. — 00:04:55
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank: The real danger and power of platforms is not hosting but deciding what gets new eyeballs; promoting is an active editorial decision by the company, even when made by an algorithm. — 00:16:18
2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank: Promoted hateful groups, trending anti-vax points and YouTube's alt-right pipeline are decisions by platforms that didn't think about it; every algorithmic platform has this problem, TikTok too, Hank jokes. — 00:17:04
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — John: In 2007 their tiny low-quality YouTube uploads took over an hour; this video, hundreds of times bigger, takes under 10% of the time. (playful) — 00:01:56
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — John's late-night YouTube is a lot of a guy sanding cow hooves; he isn't interested in the field but can't stop watching. — 00:00:58
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — John: Dave is doing Dave stuff: John used to feel bad that Dave had no Twitter or YouTube, but now thinks Dave maybe just achieved enlightenment. (playful) — 00:01:27
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says Pizzamas, Vlogbrothers and Nerdfighteria fit no well-defined box and are unlike a normal YouTube community: hard to talk about, but it keeps them under the radar, which he likes. — 00:01:27
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank says this is the last reunion video, a Question Tuesday YouTube edition answering real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — John's favourite OG YouTuber from the early days is Natalie Tran of Community Channel. — 00:00:00
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — John says YouTube careers tend to be very short: in 15 years on YouTube they've seen really good careers not last, and those who stick around reinvent themselves a lot, which the brothers don't. — 00:00:27
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank says the best change is that the site works now, unlike in 2007; the player is excellent, and its hotkeys, like going back a frame or 10 seconds, are his favourite UX feature. — 00:00:56
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — John's least favourite change: ratings were better as a five-star system than likes and dislikes, now without dislikes, though he is old and wrote a book about the five-star scale. — 00:01:25
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — John names Hank as his oldest YouTuber friend: they are lucky to have each other, since otherwise he would have no peer who understands it from the inside. — 00:02:24
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank misses video responses far more now than when YouTube removed them, feeling they would do better now. — 00:02:53

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2022

2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John thanks every donor, from 10-year-olds giving $5 to a $500,000 gift from YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. — 00:08:29
2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: 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 — recommendation: Hank recommends Junkyard Joust, which they also watched, as an amazing YouTube channel. — 00:00:58
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — In a comment John says Vlogbrothers makes much more per user from YouTube Premium than from ads, which he believes holds for every creator. — video description
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
2022-04-15 · Are You Stuck in The Sad Gap — Hank says this is sometimes caused by awful people who manipulate others into fear to get views, follows or votes. — 00:00:00
2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — recommendation: Hank says Dan Howell's video 'Why I Quit YouTube' opens with one of the most eloquent, thoughtful and accurate takes on YouTube's history and the bad parts of being a YouTuber. — 00:00:00
2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — Hank: Hearing the worst parts of the last 15 years of his life summed up made Hank wonder why the brothers didn't quit or burn out on YouTube. — 00:00:00
2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — The description says Hank probably will at some point before he dies decide his work on YouTube is over, whether from platform decline, community weakening or his capacity. (hedged) — video description
2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — The description says Hank hopes that day comes because they outlasted YouTube. — video description
2022-05-20 · It's My Fault Too — ask: Hank: Having a spare minute, Hank encourages viewers to watch, and subscribe to, the new video version of SciShow Tangents at youtube.com/scishowtangents. — 00:02:53
2022-05-20 · It's My Fault Too — announcement: Hank describes Tangents as a comedy game show science podcast with Ceri and Sam Schultz, and says that as of this week (week of 16 May 2022) they are starting to upload it to YouTube. — 00:02:53
2022-06-10 · My Embarrassing Dermatology Story — Hank says starting Crash Course as YouTubers mattered: on YouTube you compete by grabbing and holding attention, and by doing it inexpensively. — 00:00:58
2022-06-10 · My Embarrassing Dermatology Story — Hank says that on YouTube creators earn 10 to 100 times less per minute of content than on television. — 00:00:58
2022-06-10 · My Embarrassing Dermatology Story — Hank says Crash Course is on YouTube because students and teachers already are; instead of selling to school districts and forcing it on teachers, it lets them choose, so it is used only when found useful. — 00:01:56
2022-06-14 · Should Hank and I ... box each other?? — John says a recent YouTube boxing exhibition, in which YouTubers boxed each other, generated a lot of revenue although the boxing was sub-professional. — 00:00:00
2022-07-05 · Director Hannah Marks Is Nervous To Meet You — sponsor: In a comment John says YouTube adds a second to the runtime, so the video's 4:01 is not punishable. — creator comment
2022-08-19 · What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? — Hank describes How to Vote in Every State, a YouTube channel and now a TikTok account, with a video per state on registering, voting from home, sample ballots and polling places. — 00:03:05
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: YouTubers get 55% of the ad money on their content, and YouTube shares 55% of YouTube Premium money after record labels' cut, which comes to significantly more than an ad-supported view. — 00:00:00
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Because most people aren't on Premium, it is around 3% of Complexly's revenue, while YouTube ads are around 28%. — 00:00:00
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — The description says YouTube revenue share is still a huge part of Complexly's business, though it used to be about 90% and has been shrinking. — video description
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — In a channel comment Hank confirms Premium money goes through the record labels' cut: it was the only way labels would allow ad-free YouTube, since that means ad-free music videos. — creator comment
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — In a channel comment Hank says he has always argued YouTube should have refused the record labels' terms for Premium. — creator comment
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Funders who see that Crash Course generates far more value than it can capture give grants; grant income fluctuates, but last year (2021) it was about 29% of revenue, about the same as YouTube. — 00:00:48
2022-09-06 · Some Advice — John asks what he knows about being 25 today: when he was 25 there were no iPhones, YouTube or COVID. — 00:00:00
2022-09-20 · Against Nihilism — John says humans are also really interesting: we know DNA's structure, make art, sports, cappuccino and YouTube, know what keeps the stars apart, protect our young and make good music. — 00:01:27
2022-09-23 · The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok — Hank is at the YouTube Creator Summit, an event YouTube used to throw for creators, the first in a long time; he is excited to see old friends and make new ones. — 00:00:00
2022-09-23 · The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok — Hank says YouTube is undergoing one of its biggest shifts in how content works in a very long time: Shorts, which are what YouTube calls TikToks. — 00:00:29
2022-09-23 · The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok — Hank says Shorts are best not called TikToks: YouTube wanted to clone TikTok's effectiveness, but YouTube is culturally very different and it won't be the same thing. — 00:00:29
2022-09-23 · The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok — Hank says the real difference between a YouTube video and a Short, TikTok or Reel is not being vertical or short, but whether you choose to watch it or choose to keep watching it. — 00:00:58
2022-09-23 · The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok — Hank: When choosing a YouTube video Hank sees titles, thumbnails and faces of people whose stories he has followed for years; with a feed he only decides which video to keep watching. — 00:01:47
2022-10-04 · Hank and John Reunited at Last — John jokes that YouTube is now just TikToks but horizontal. (playful) — 00:00:00
2022-10-18 · Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London — John tells viewers that wherever they are, the light outside is more vivid and the trees more alive than they can ever be on YouTube. — 00:02:47
2022-10-25 · Instantly Debateable — John says videos with higher engagement-to-view ratios on YouTube or TikTok are shown to more people, and the same is true on his Twitter. — 00:00:29
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank says YouTube Rewind began in 2010 as a top-10 list of the year's most popular videos, possible when a viral video happened maybe once a week rather than a hundred times a day as now. — 00:00:00
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank says Rewind became itself in 2012, bringing many top YouTubers into studios together to be part of the memes. — 00:00:00
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — The description says rewatching old Rewinds makes YouTube feel very old and much changed; their vibe differs completely from today's social internet. — video description
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank says even Rewind 2014 shows the problem: a YouTube video was already shifting from a genre of content to a kind of content, a shift that happened between 2016 and 2018. — 00:00:29
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank says by 2018 YouTube was very big, complex and full of scandal: a YouTube video was a kind of content, not a genre, and YouTube was many communities, many disliking each other. — 00:00:57
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank guesses YouTube must have known people would dislike the 2018 Rewind, but did it anyway because it was the thing they do. (speculative) — 00:01:36
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank says the 2018 Rewind became the most disliked YouTube video ever; 2019's more polished top-10 was disliked too, and there has been no Rewind since. — 00:01:36
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank proposes bringing back YouTube Rewind, still under that name, as a breakdown of each viewer's year: whom they watched and liked, and whether they are a creator's top fan. — 00:02:34
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank says this fixes Rewind's original problems: having to pick winners, portraying YouTube one particular way, and YouTube no longer being a unified culture. — 00:03:32
2022-12-02 · I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind — Hank offers YouTube his consulting: his rates are high but consist entirely of donations to Partners In Health. (playful) — 00:03:32
2022-12-23 · You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) — Hank says he is very good at becoming whatever a platform wants him to be: he got good at YouTube, Twitter and TikTok, and just had the top toot of the day on Mastodon. — 00:01:38

2023

2023-01-10 · Introducing: The Format — John: When stressed, John reminds himself he is not a computer but a monkey wearing a jacket trying to make a YouTube video, so no wonder he is anxious. (playful) — 00:00:00
2023-01-27 · An Announcement 3 Years in the Making — Hank says that at some point in the last five years people at YouTube introduced them to people at Arizona State University. — 00:02:05
2023-01-27 · An Announcement 3 Years in the Making — Hank says the goal is not to replace college with YouTube videos but to look closely at the barriers and lower the ones they can. — 00:03:24
2023-01-27 · An Announcement 3 Years in the Making — Hank thanks the dozens of people at Complexly, ASU and YouTube who worked on this for years, and says he is proud and excited. — 00:03:40
2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank says P4A videos used to be uploaded all on the same day; YouTube no longer cares, so they can be uploaded early and reviewed to pick some to feature on the livestream. — 00:01:12
2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank says problem, importance and what to do is the basic format of most YouTube videos and of much human activity, and a good format. — 00:02:10
2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank explains with himself as the content provider and YouTube as the service: if he slanders someone or does something illegal, he can be sued, fined or jailed, but YouTube cannot be held liable. — 00:01:03
2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank reports the Supreme Court is hearing a case arguing YouTube is not liable for the content of videos on its platform but is liable for recommending that content to people. — 00:01:30
2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank says the argument that YouTube is not just hosting content but creating a new kind, the recommendation, seems a little bit right to him. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank says it looks like the Supreme Court will not find YouTube liable in this case. (hedged) — 00:02:15
2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank thinks it is good that the Court will not find YouTube liable. — 00:02:19
2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank says there is something of a difference between an algorithmically generated YouTube front page for each user and getting recommended results when he searches. — 00:02:21
2023-04-07 · Getting One Million LinkedIn Followers — Hank says a few years ago he decided to try to get big on TikTok because he missed being part of a new platform's rise, as with YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — John: As John Chew explained, almost all the construction workers were trained in new skills, partly through classes and partly through educational YouTube videos. — 00:02:55
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John: Less intentionally funny: the brothers' YouTube account effectively said sorry about the cancer but congratulations on the views, with confetti. (playful) — 00:00:58
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John did not find it funny when someone described Hank as some kind of YouTuber but with cancer: it tries to be clever, but ick. — 00:01:27
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John says the idea alone did not get Crash Course its 15 million YouTube subscribers (he said 'billion' by mistake and says so in a comment), over 1.8 billion views and a place in many American high schools and colleges. (slip of the tongue: 15 billion) — 00:00:43
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John loves the people they work with and what they make (Eons, Journey to the Microcosmos, Crash Course, SciShow), which he watches daily and now understands a little. — 00:02:29
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John watched a 19-minute video of every person who completed Wipeout over 25 years, probably because Hank is messing with his algorithm. (playful, hedged) — 00:09:37
2023-08-15 · Henry — announcement: The description's update says Henry's fundraiser has closed after reaching all its goals and more, thanks donors and asks viewers to follow Henry's YouTube channel. — video description
2023-08-15 · Henry — recommendation: John says Henry has just started a YouTube channel and a Discord server, making videos of daily life in Freetown, community interviews and vlogs, and is excited to connect with the community. — 00:04:42
2023-08-15 · Henry — ask: John notes Henry has only four subscribers on YouTube and thinks Nerdfighteria can bump that up. — 00:05:18
2023-08-15 · Henry — John says Henry is alive thanks to extraordinary efforts by himself, his family, charities, caregivers and government; he gets to have a YouTube channel, take tests and help his mom. — 00:05:47
2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought — Hank recalls that in 2007, when YouTube picked the exact middle frame as thumbnail, he deliberately held up a giraffe picture from a book at the midpoint, and the video got many views. — 00:00:00
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank reports a recent BBC piece on fake YouTube content, largely made with AI, watched and believed by many young people including preteens, often about aliens or climate change not being real. — 00:00:55

2024

2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says many YouTubers are younger than the brothers on YouTube, and that they still make videos is mostly a testament to a loyal community that grew and changed with them. — 00:00:29
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says they have been very successful for an astonishingly long time with wonderful people, but never that successful or near the center of YouTube or culture, and that is where he is happiest. — 00:01:12
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John sums up: he is not old yet, but he is old on YouTube. — 00:01:42
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John jokes that being old on YouTube means not understanding newfangled techniques like custom thumbnails, but he can say he was there when YouTube's rules were written, from reply guys to prank houses. (playful) — 00:01:48
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says over the years he has seen many ways of being a YouTuber and, all in all, he likes the brothers' way. — 00:02:05
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John never expected to be making YouTube videos at 46 and doesn't know whether he will be at 50 or 56. (unsure) — 00:02:12
2024-01-05 · I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts — Hank blames the culture-war talk and nationalism on the disintegration of the media landscape, caused by platforms like TikTok, Facebook and YouTube maximizing time on platform, where moral outrage sticks best. — 00:01:32
2024-01-05 · I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts — Hank's first optimistic thought: unlike content platforms, which met much optimism and little pushback, generative AI is not being allowed to have its way with us. — 00:02:02
2024-01-05 · I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts — Hank's third and biggest thought: since 2016 we have lived through two massive shocks, first the mass adoption of many-to-many content platforms, when many newcomers to the internet maybe lacked long-time users' defenses. — 00:03:29
2024-01-12 · How to Detect AI Images (and why it doesn't matter) — Hank calls himself a sidelines fan of Magic: The Gathering, which he started playing in the 90s; he no longer understands it but watches games on YouTube and follows its news. — 00:00:00
2024-01-19 · The Project for Awesome is Changing! — Hank recalls one year when YouTube paid for the P4A to be done in a live studio in Los Angeles, with classic YouTubers such as Smosh. — 00:00:10
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — ask: The description (and John's pinned comment) points viewers to follow Complexly-sponsored Willis, aka Blue Scuti, on Twitch and YouTube. — video description
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — announcement: John: Complexly is now the lead sponsor of Willis's Twitch and YouTube livestreams, with Complexly's logo prominently featured. — 00:03:35
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank has been thinking about YouTuber retirement partly because many people asked him about it while he toured podcasts. — 00:00:35
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank says other formats end: a finished book is finished, a song locks in place, a recorded special lets you move on; YouTube isn't like that. — 00:01:35
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank likens a YouTube channel to one song that never ends. — 00:01:58
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank thinks many people make YouTube videos mainly because it rewards them, often as income; Vlogbrothers used to be like that but isn't anymore. — 00:02:35
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank says a YouTuber retiring is really a person who has finished doing something. — 00:03:00
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank says creative works used to be discrete units; the real unit of a YouTuber's body of work is the channel, and a decades-long unit of creation is historically weird. — 00:03:34
2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End — John thinks this year's (2024) attention to YouTuber retirements is basically good news: in a very new medium, people need to work out how to say goodbye, or goodbye for a while. — 00:00:45
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
2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End — John says MrBeast is the Tom Brady of YouTube and wishes him luck, since it seems a very stressful job. (playful) — 00:02:24
2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End — John: In Vlogbrothers' 18th season John would be lying to call this the first half of the project, but he loves and respects the YouTube game. — 00:03:38
2024-02-02 · The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA — Hank says Sara's YouTube work when he discovered her was celebrity-driven, partly because that got clicks; during the pandemic she took it in more political directions. — 00:00:58
2024-03-01 · Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything — recommendation: The description points viewers to Flyana Boss on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Spotify. — video description
2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — Hank says it has become clear that with online video nothing is inevitable: individual decisions, his, his company's, YouTube's and viewers' choices to click, watch, share and support, decide what exists. — 00:02:45
2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — Hank says free educational resources on YouTube exist because everyone helps by buying Crash Course coins and supporting Crash Course on Patreon, as do internet stores that give all profit to charity. — 00:04:13
2024-05-31 · The People I Hate Most in the World — Hank: Watching a John Oliver clip on YouTube about dark sides of some homeschooling, Hank found a comment saying Crash Course had really helped someone homeschooled in a particular situation. — 00:00:00
2024-05-31 · The People I Hate Most in the World — ask: Hank invites viewers who think Crash Course's work by dozens of people is worth more than YouTube ads deliver, and who can help, to buy one of three coins. — 00:02:55
2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck — announcement: Hank announces John's two-hour livestream on the channel on Saturday, June 15, at noon Eastern: a look at how Partners In Health works and honoring and matching a longtime nerdfighter's bequest. — 00:08:45
2024-07-05 · Should I Run for President?? — Hank used to think his embarrassing YouTube past ruled out running for office, but recent politicians have shown how much cringe nonsense a viable candidate can get away with. (playful) — 00:00:00
2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future — Hank predicts Americans in 100 years will not know what Twitter was and barely know Facebook or TikTok, but will still carry phones and watch YouTube videos. — 00:03:20
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John returns to YouTube on Esther Day after his longest break in 11 years, says he is feeling much better and thanks viewers for their kind messages. — 00:00:00
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank recalls telling William Osman he had cancer and couldn't come to Open Sauce; Osman replied it was an easy video, YouTuber morbid humor. (playful) — 00:08:32
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank recalls early feedback asking whether April should use a fictional platform instead of YouTube; he answered that if YouTube stopped mattering, none of the book would. — 00:14:38
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank, citing his video last week (week of 29 July 2024), says he is convinced YouTube is not past its prime. — 00:15:05
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John agrees YouTube is probably the only social platform with that solidity; he feels Facebook, Twitter and especially TikTok crumbling, Instagram maybe more solid. (hedged) — 00:15:05
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — In a channel comment, Hank says he still owns his video after uploading it; he has read the license. — creator comment
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — In a channel comment, Hank says he has heard YouTube is working hard to stop scraping. — creator comment
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — In a channel comment, Hank says he was a little surprised, and that their refusal to say it out loud suggests it matters whether they are actually doing it. — creator comment
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank reports that a Proof News investigation found transcripts of 173,536 YouTube videos were provided to Apple, Salesforce, Nvidia and Anthropic to train their models. — 00:00:29
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says Proof News's searchable database shows SciShow, Crash Course, Eons and Vlogbrothers are all in the training data, and probably any YouTuber a viewer likes. — 00:00:29
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says a substantial majority of creators he has talked to, whether artists, photographers, musicians or YouTubers, don't want their work used to train AI, or want an opt-out. — 00:00:58
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank poses the question many fear to ask: does Google, a company creators have a relationship with, train its generative AI models on YouTubers' videos? — 00:04:52
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Neal Mohan (quoted): In a Bloomberg interview, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says that if YouTube were used to train Sora, it would be against YouTube's policy. — 00:05:21
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Neal Mohan (quoted): Mohan says YouTube's terms of service allow scraping titles, channel names and creator names, but downloading transcripts or video is a clear violation. — 00:05:21
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Neal Mohan (quoted): Asked whether Google uses YouTube to train Gemini, Mohan says Google uses YouTube content in accordance with the terms of service or individual contracts with creators. — 00:06:36
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says that unlike record labels or legacy media, YouTubers like him and Marques Brownlee have no special deal: all share the standard terms of service. — 00:06:36
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank reads the terms-of-service license: uploaders grant YouTube a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable license including to prepare derivative works. — 00:07:25
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank's main point for YouTube and YouTubers: training LLMs did not exist when his license was written; it is a new use, and claiming the old license covers it doesn't feel great. — 00:08:53
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank: Asked by Hank why YouTube is so obtuse, Gemini suggests legal and ethical concerns and bad publicity from using user-generated content without permission; Hank notes Gemini may be wrong. (playful, hedged) — 00:10:30
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank asked his YouTube contacts whether Google trains Gemini on YouTubers' property; they said YouTube had no comment beyond Mohan's Bloomberg interview. — 00:11:29
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank favors Google's training of AI on YouTube videos for subtitles and translations: it gives him and the world value, and he would not opt out. — 00:11:29
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank: Because those transcription and translation models needed no change to the terms of service, Hank concludes YouTube's lawyers read the existing terms as allowing AI training. — 00:11:58
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank: Connecting the dots, Hank concludes that the creators Mohan says have licensing contracts allowing AI training are ordinary YouTubers under the standard terms of service. — 00:12:27
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says OpenAI, part-owned by Microsoft, built ChatGPT on everything including gray-area material: books, YouTube transcripts and paywalled content. — 00:15:21
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank: Touring YouTube's robots.txt, Hank shows all robots are barred from some pages but welcome on video and channel pages, while Google Media Partners' robots may go anywhere. — 00:18:16
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says what worries Mohan is companies using robots to scrape YouTube data that YouTube forbids, against its terms of service and possibly the law. — 00:19:15
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank reads Reddit's user license: a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable license including to prepare derivative works, much like YouTube's. — 00:22:28
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank's case: if the derivative-works clause is good enough for Google's lawyers to train on Redditors' content, it is good enough for YouTubers' content. — 00:22:57
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says Google thinks training on YouTubers' copyrighted content is fine; he thinks they are wrong: he doesn't know if it is legal, but doesn't think it is right. — 00:23:26
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank: After 18 years uploading, Hank says YouTube's people understand they power a creative revolution and take that responsibility far more seriously than other major players. — 00:23:55
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says he is no journalist: a YouTuber with a long relationship with YouTube, biased in favor of both YouTubers and YouTube, not out to spin the story for views. — 00:24:25
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank worries that souring his relationship with YouTube could cause him serious economic harm, though probably it won't, as YouTube seems good at siloing. (hedged) — 00:24:25
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank knows many YouTubers don't want their content used to train LLMs, but doesn't know if they're right or what he would choose; some uses he'd favor, some would infuriate him. (unsure) — 00:25:16
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says it is not that he distrusts YouTube's people, but that he doesn't trust they will always share his incentives. — 00:25:49
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — ask: Hank asks YouTube to opt creators in if it wants but give every YouTuber the chance to opt out of AI training. — 00:25:49
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says he cannot opt out of YouTube: he built his company there, with 70 employees, and his community and heart are there. — 00:25:49
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says creators did not agree to a license allowing this use of their property, but YouTube is acting as if they did. (hedged) — 00:26:37
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank predicts that in two years everyone will know, and asks YouTube whether it would rather let creators clean up its dataset and agree or not to the new use now. — 00:27:01
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — ask: Hank asks YouTube creators who think they should be able to opt out of generative AI training to leave a comment saying so. — 00:27:01
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — announcement: Hank says he will share the survey data with YouTube to help it understand how YouTubers feel. — 00:27:31
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank's final point: if Google didn't own YouTube, YouTube would not let Google train on YouTubers' videos; companies would pay, and YouTubers would expect a revenue share. — 00:28:00
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says because Google owns YouTube it apparently doesn't have to pay, and no rival can pay, since Google won't sell YouTube's data to competitors. (hedged) — 00:28:29
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank tells John he is proud and amazed at what they, Complexly's people and his YouTuber friends have done on YouTube, which feels more sustainable than similar platforms. — 00:28:58
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says YouTube treats creators not as website users but as business partners, which is almost always how it feels, but not in this situation. — 00:29:28
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says almost anyone can make a YouTube video about anything, true or not; Complexly answers what a network that vets and fact-checks free content to help teachers and students would look like. — 00:00:00
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John has been on YouTube since January 2, 2007, long before videos could be meaningfully monetized. — 00:00:58
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John recalls that in 2006 one of the most-subscribed early YouTube celebrities asked her audience for direct support to buy an editing computer, which many considered selling out. — 00:01:06
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says early YouTube had two kinds of investors: those who put in financial capital and those who put in intellectual property as videos. — 00:01:38
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says money investors in early YouTube became phenomenally wealthy: every $100 invested, rolled into Google stock, is now worth more than $5,000. — 00:01:56
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says users who invested intellectual property got no return: lonelygirl15's creators and cast, who helped put YouTube on the map, did not become wealthy. — 00:01:56
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John: Had he and Hank stopped making videos in December 2007 as planned, John says, they would have netted nothing from their YouTube project. — 00:02:15
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says we value financial over intellectual capital, yet without lonelygirl15 and Brookers becoming popular in 2005 and 2006, YouTube's investors would never have had their return. — 00:02:26
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John: Agreeing with Hank's Friday video, John says YouTube differs from TikTok, Reddit, Facebook and Instagram, which take content, monetize it and give users only an audience and karma. — 00:04:06
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says YouTube became a massive business for Google because it decided long ago to share around 55% of revenue with independent creators and treat them much like large corporations. — 00:04:22
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says that decision let hundreds of thousands of creators make a living, made YouTube the most desirable platform, and produced a breadth and depth of content nobody can match. — 00:04:37
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says this is obviously bad for people who create intellectual value, whether making YouTube videos or writing comments. — 00:05:30
2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — ask: The description urges viewers to subscribe to Jaida's YouTube channel. — video description
2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — announcement: Hank corrects himself: Jaida does have a YouTube channel, newly started, with a video of the two of them answering fish questions, linked in the description or end screen. — 00:07:50
2024-09-20 · Do I Regret TikTok? — Hank thinks TikTok's greatest advantage over Instagram and YouTube, besides being first, was simply that it was cooler. — 00:02:26
2024-09-20 · Do I Regret TikTok? — Hank says on YouTube he knows some of the people he gives power to, which helps, but that is only who is there now. — 00:04:23
2024-09-20 · Do I Regret TikTok? — Hank has little faith in the governance of these spaces, but much more in YouTube's than in TikTok's. — 00:07:18
2024-09-20 · Do I Regret TikTok? — Hank says that, amazingly, 17 years later YouTube still feels like something he does with people. — 00:07:45
2024-09-24 · The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today — Hank's subject is a celebrity collab made before smartphones, YouTube, Instagram and Homestar Runner, so pure and goofy it could only exist in a world that did not know viral videos. — 00:00:00
2024-09-24 · The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today — Hank: The video now has under half a million YouTube views, but when people emailed videos to each other in 1999 it was huge. — 00:05:50
2024-09-25 · You have no chance to survive make your time. — John loved Hank's video about the only time Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alex Trebek, George Clooney and Brad Pitt appeared together; it reminded him of the first YouTube video he saw. — 00:00:00
2024-09-25 · You have no chance to survive make your time. — John: His friend Carlos came to his desk to show him YouTube, and John's first YouTube video was All Your Base Are Belong to Us, a collection of memes set to music. — 00:00:30
2024-09-25 · You have no chance to survive make your time. — John: People then made a music video of the song from Zero Wing clips and the Something Awful memes; that was the first video John saw on YouTube. — 00:02:34
2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank says he and John climbed a lot on YouTube: neither reached the peak, but they got high enough for a nice view. — 00:01:27
2024-10-03 · Broadly in Favor of Humans — John says only around 12% of people now work in agriculture or hunting and gathering; most work in fields that did not exist 300 years ago, like paving roads, servers, oil rigs or YouTube videos. — 00:02:33
2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — Hank says he knows for a fact that he has forgotten some of the things he has made over their years of YouTube videos. — 00:00:00
2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — both: The brothers say they have at least touched every YouTube genre, including a makeup tutorial and a prank video. (hedged) — 00:02:47
2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — both: John adds that eventually you become a nostalgia act anyway, and Hank that it is just another YouTube genre. (playful) — 00:04:13
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank admires Christine, a nail art YouTuber whose nail polish brand Holo Taco is very good, a logical extension of her channel. — 00:04:30
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Some creators focus more on money: Hank says MrBeast clearly wants to be the first YouTube billionaire, which makes sense to his audience. — 00:04:59
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — announcement: Hank: No longer CEO of Complexly or DFTBA, Hank has different jobs: strategic audience development, feedback on new projects, and SciShow's weekly Slack thread on thumbnails and titles. — 00:14:51
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Maybe Hank hasn't vlogged enough: too many of their videos are produced video, as YouTube now is, and too few just him talking for 40 minutes. (hedged) — 00:18:57
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
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John isn't doing it for the money: he makes about $25,000 a year helping with Crash Course, which gets him health insurance, and otherwise hasn't been paid for YouTube in years. — 00:00:29
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John knows he won't always make YouTube videos, since things end and should, but for now he makes them because he loves Nerdfighteria and talking to Hank once a week. — 00:05:21
2024-11-22 · Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment — Hank contrasts a reporter's six months and a bureaucrat's four years with RFK Jr., who would attack the FDA across platforms and podcasts within a day, prioritizing views. (playful) — 00:17:27
2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great — ask: Hank says he has put together a playlist of some of the best YouTube videos he has seen in the last week or so for viewers to watch instead. — 00:00:29

2025

2025-01-10 · SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! — ask: Hank says the show will be free on YouTube but not on this channel, and asks viewers to subscribe to youtube.com/complexly now. — 00:03:31
2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John met Marcus on Zoom the day before and told him the money from his AFC Wimbledon FIFA streams on YouTube had gone to his signing. — 00:02:26
2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John thanks everyone at AFC Wimbledon, especially director of football Craig Cope, who did not bat an eye at a YouTuber's very weird idea. — 00:03:24
2025-01-31 · Thanks, Shmed — Hank recalls that for his last album, Incongruent, Paul and Joe DeGeorge, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang came out to record with Shmed, who added many tracks and weird ideas. — 00:00:29
2025-01-31 · Thanks, Shmed — ask: Hank has made YouTube and Spotify playlists of Secret Powers, linked in the description, and asks viewers to spend half an hour listening and maybe find a favourite song. — 00:02:33
2025-03-18 · ITS ALL HAPPENING — ask: John says readers will want to follow Henry and his mother Isatu in Sierra Leone, and asks viewers to subscribe to Henry's YouTube channel, linked in the description. — 00:02:58
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank often uses YouTube videos as a white noise machine when he travels without one. — 00:00:09
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank says many of these YouTube white-noise videos have around 39 million views. (hedged) — 00:00:18
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — announcement: Hank: The video will carry one ad plus YouTube Premium revenue, easy to calculate; Hank will grab its stats every six months and make the donation to Partners In Health. — 00:00:47
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — ask: Hank asks viewers to search YouTube for white noise videos, listen, and select his Torc Waterfall video so YouTube recommends it to far more people than Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:10
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank muses they might take the top spot in YouTube searches for white noise, and says he likes the plan. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:25
2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — announcement: John announces that a documentary about AFC Wimbledon, made over the last couple of years by him and Rosianna with longtime nerdfighter Jonathan Vogler, who helped make The Last Dance, premiered on YouTube last week (April 2025). — 00:01:56
2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John says YouTube feels right for the series: AFC Wimbledon is fan-owned, and YouTube is the most democratic streaming service, open to anyone with an internet connection. — 00:02:26
2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — ask: John invites viewers to watch the first episode and all future episodes free on YouTube via the link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:26
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John thinks this can in many ways be cited as the greatest accomplishment in the 18-year history of this strange and lovely little YouTube channel. — 00:05:01
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank is angry that Crash Course is so useful to teachers and students yet underfunded, maybe because they make it look easy or YouTube seems a low-budget, less legitimate medium. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank says Crash Course's free model could not have worked before YouTube, nor without this community's support; he thanks YouTube for supporting it over the years. — 00:05:51
2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech — Hank says the speech had an audience problem: it was mainly for the students there but would reach a broader audience once uploaded to YouTube. — 00:00:13
2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech — Hank sent the students a survey before writing, so the speech was partly their creation and partly his, all inspired by them, just like this YouTube channel. — 00:01:56
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank tells John that at VidCon 2025 he found out the dad of one of his favorite YouTube musicians is one year older than John, and apologises for telling him. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says he was inducted into the VidCon Hall of Fame along with the people who said good morning at the start, and enjoyed hanging out with old-school YouTube friends. — 00:00:00
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank: Asked by a press outlet for the biggest misconception about online video, Hank said everyone thinks it is a business but it is a craft; what he does as a YouTuber, not as a company head, is a craft. — 00:00:38
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says many YouTubers, including his favorites, are basically documentary filmmakers, though no one would call them that. — 00:02:02
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says people talk as if every YouTuber is a startup, but most creators he knows are exactly analogous to musicians, building an audience by making things it loves. — 00:02:32
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says the many combined skills build not just a YouTube video but a whole channel or a whole person, and understanding that is super important. — 00:04:28
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says in early YouTube you did not have to be good to get attention, so many people could build the skill and create the craft from scratch. — 00:04:58
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says he will tell Hank about the most impressive YouTube feat the channel has ever accomplished. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says they started making YouTube videos before the iPhone existed, when MrBeast was eight, five presidents ago. (playful) — 00:01:27
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John wonders what the next seven years hold, hopes they are less dramatic, and wonders whether he will still be on YouTube at 55. (unsure) — 00:03:24
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says when he had the idea for the channel 19 and a half years ago he could not have imagined YouTube would still exist, let alone that they would still be on it finding new viewers. — 00:03:53
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John says YouTube careers also tend to be short: many YouTube friends who made videos for a living eventually went on to do something else. — 00:00:29
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John's favorite early YouTuber, Natalie Tran, is now a co-host of the Great Australian Bake Off. — 00:00:29
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John talked about this with MatPat and Steph when they retired from YouTube not long ago; they told him he would know when he was done. — 00:00:58
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John believes in the value of creative discipline: for most of his adult life he has made a YouTube video every Tuesday, the organizing principle of his creative production. — 00:01:23
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John calls himself a geriatric YouTuber, though the upper age limit of YouTubers seems to rise a year every year as Rhett and Link and the Green brothers age. (playful) — 00:01:53
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John doesn't see YouTube as a career for his older self: he would like to retire someday, at least to being just a writer again, but doesn't know when. — 00:02:22
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John's main reason to keep making YouTube videos is not to be in the public eye but that the community still has awesome things it can do together. — 00:02:51
2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die — Hank asks how many once-thriving YouTube channels are now ghost towns, and how hard the brothers have worked to keep that from happening here. — 00:03:24
2025-10-17 · We Never Know What Anything Means — Hank says the recommendation algorithms of YouTube, TikTok, Threads and Twitter already erode trust without wanting to: told to keep people on websites, they made us hate each other more, fraying society. — 00:03:50
2025-10-24 · What Will Books Become? — Hank is working on a book and sees some chapters as scripts he will almost definitely adapt for YouTube. — 00:03:34
2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says John's Philippines video was doing poorly: fewer viewers than usual clicked its thumbnail, so YouTube showed it to fewer people, a feedback loop. — 00:00:58
2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says the brothers are YouTubers, and YouTubers figure out how to get attention. — 00:04:19
2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says the terrible thing about algorithmic platforms is that they amplify tiny signals, as YouTube does in serving ever more enticing content. — 00:04:19
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John calls it his proudest moment in 19 years of YouTube videos that their corner of the internet made the MCOE possible: helped by many others, but he doesn't think it would have happened without them. — 00:02:06
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John calls Alec his current favorite YouTuber, a self-made dishwasher expert who serves as an unpaid intern for EcoGeek and their sock company because he is kind of an angel. (playful) — 00:04:03
2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank says he watches many science communicators on YouTube and learns both their subjects and their techniques. — 00:03:40
2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank says he spends a lot of time on YouTube because he thinks it is among the best content platforms and he feels more agency there; most of what he watches indulges curiosity. — 00:05:14
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — Hank says viewers are very upset that YouTube has forced everyone to use their channel names as usernames; he hates it too. — 00:08:53
2025-11-25 · Poverty Is Expensive — ask: John tells viewers that Henry and Isatu both have YouTube channels and asks them to subscribe, linked below. — 00:00:58
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John notes B could have been Bizarre Beasts, a Complexly YouTube channel about unusual organisms, and C could be Crash Course or Complexly. — 00:00:29
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John names a wildly popular YouTube channel that Hank somehow updates often because vlogbrothers and other duties don't consume him enough. (playful) — 00:01:29
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says Journey to the Microcosmos was a YouTube show Hank hosted about the vast life of microscopic organisms. — 00:01:56
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a YouTube-based Pride and Prejudice adaptation that became wildly popular about 13 or 14 years ago, won Hank his Emmy. — 00:02:26
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John describes Nerdfighteria as the made-of-awesome community that grew up around this YouTube channel. — 00:02:55
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John shouts out Study Hall, the YouTube-videos-to-college-credit path Hank helped build with Complexly and Arizona State University. — 00:03:53
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John: For Y, YouTube, John says he hasn't mentioned half the shows Hank helped produce, such as PBS Eons, Animal Wonders, Brain Scoop and Mental Floss. — 00:05:21
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank: Eight months ago Hank uploaded a white noise video; he uses YouTube white-noise videos to concentrate or to occupy parts of his mind that would wander. — 00:00:00
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — announcement: Hank recalls his idea: donate any money the white-noise video made, from its first ad or YouTube Premium watch time, to Partners In Health, which he knows does a lot of good work. — 00:00:29
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank says the White Noise for Charity video has 547,000 views, good especially since it started below average. — 00:00:29
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank explains that YouTube Premium money, after a share goes to record labels, is split between YouTube channels by watch time. — 00:01:27
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank: Although the summary credits watch-page ads, the breakdown shows about $8,800 came from YouTube Premium and only $1,300 from ads, the far smaller piece. — 00:01:27
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank wants to move people already listening to white-noise videos or sleepy-time podcasts to a new place, capturing part of YouTube's white-noise market for making the world better. — 00:02:55
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — announcement: Hank introduces Zonderia, a YouTube channel he created this week (week of 8 December 2025), with the tagline 'Make the world better while you sleep'. — 00:03:24
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank thanks Dropout for agreeing to his contract term letting him release his special on YouTube after a year of Dropout exclusivity. — 00:05:23
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — recommendation: John recommends Nine Hours of the Low Hum of an Industrial Air Handler: unlike YouTube clickbait it delivers exactly what its title promises, and it is another Hank project that improves his life. — 00:02:55
2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun — Hank credits the brothers' long YouTube careers largely to doing things with people rather than only making things for them, and values the Census as a way to keep a handle on that. — 00:00:59

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2026

2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) — ask: Hank says nominating a charity requires making a video and uploading it to YouTube; submissions are accepted from noon Eastern on Saturday, January 24th until Sunday (18 January 2026), February 8th. — 00:00:58
2026-01-20 · Am I ... Good? — John: The quote came from Zombicorns, a novella John wrote in 2010 for the Project for Awesome about a zombie apocalypse caused by corn monoculture. — 00:00:00
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says that thanks to a later YouTube grant they never had to take investment, and until January 1, 2026 they owned 100% of Complexly. — 00:01:27
2026-02-06 · One week until P4A! — John says that since 2007 he and his brother Hank have hosted the Project for Awesome, an annual 24-hour charity livestream on YouTube with guest hosts viewers might recognize. — 00:00:00
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
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John shows his silver YouTube plaque for reaching 100,000 subscribers on John's Channel. — 03:11:08
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
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — announcement: Hank is working on something about these attention systems but does not know whether it will be a full book, a short book or a series of YouTube videos. (unsure) — 02:32:55
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank has not seen Heated Rivalry or Steven Universe: he doesn't watch a lot of TV but watches a lot of YouTube. — 05:47:00
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John recently reread Zombicorns, the zombie apocalypse novella he wrote about 15 years ago for the Project for Awesome, the first time he had ever reread his own work, and found he liked it and was proud of himself. — 02:36:45
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
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says YouTube is now larger and more complex, with an algorithm better at capturing and holding human attention as long as possible, the only thing it is trained to do, so the P4A now fights on a different front. — 03:03:00
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Asked whether YouTube once helped host a P4A, John says they don't talk about that year: they raised little and it was weird, though Bo Burnham was there. — 03:04:16
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank realised he was putting about 60% of a YouTube video's effort into a TikTok, while a YouTube video is far better for the world; he now makes far fewer TikToks, having once made three a day. — 03:41:03
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: With viewers up by 1,000 to 4,457, John apologises for doubting Hank's video: Hank understands the YouTube algorithm in ways John does not, sometimes retitling John's videos without permission to get them more views. — 03:48:58
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank: For the 20th P4A, Hank suggests calling YouTube's head honchos to bring back the most discussed page for one day, hard-coded to show only Project for Awesome videos. (playful) — 04:41:47
2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank recalls that leaving comments on YouTube videos was long a big part of P4A because it confused YouTube's algorithms into promoting charity videos, but that had stopped working. — 00:00:00
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says the brothers could start YouTube videos in 2007, an expensive hobby with no prospect of paying off, because they had professional flexibility. — 00:00:29
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says if YouTube had not featured a song Hank wrote in 2007, the channel might not have survived to 2008. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2026-03-03 · The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received — John: In 2007 YouTube told the brothers it would share ad revenue with creators; John wrote down the math on an envelope as they explained it. — 00:01:34
2026-03-03 · The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received — John is thankful they started making YouTube videos in 2007, or they never would have made it: now you have to be so good, then you just had to be there. — 00:04:56
2026-03-13 · Pain — Hank notes the brothers no longer require themselves never to miss a day, and no longer get punished for missing one. — 00:03:04
2026-03-27 · What is 'Slop' (and why it gives me hope) — Hank keeps watching YouTube videos in which human speakers use obvious generative-AI-isms, because he thinks they had the idea and they help him think through issues while he does the dishes. — 00:06:40
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John: Answering a commenter, John says half of the YouTube money goes to Partners In Health and the other half to a fund supporting educational video projects. — creator comment
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank recalls YouTube going from no ads to sidebar ads to pre-roll ads; the brothers left pre-roll off for over a year, until it became normal and the money was just sitting there. — 00:03:31
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank says the brothers justified taking the ad money by putting half into a pool granted to small educational creators, first YouTubers and now on multiple platforms: over 10 years, dozens of grants. — 00:05:20
2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: In a channel comment Hank says the podcast is now on YouTube. — creator comment
2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says YouTube wants people to spend time on YouTube, and creators taken together want the same, so the actions creators take for views serve YouTube's goal: a collaboration. — 00:01:27
2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says it is very easy for a YouTuber to lose touch with the reality that views are people: a thousand people before a stage feel very different from a thousand views. — 00:01:56
2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says TikTok counts a view earlier than YouTube: a swipe watched for two or three seconds might count, while YouTube requires a click and longer watching. (hedged) — 00:03:00
2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says a song about Will Grigg started on YouTube, became a huge phenomenon and is now adapted for others, such as Scotland. — 00:03:02
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John began making YouTube videos only after becoming an author, partly to demystify authors as regular people rather than writers in ivory towers. — 00:01:27
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John admits he will not shut up: how can the author be dead when he is also asking you to subscribe to his YouTube channel? (playful) — 00:03:56
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank names a secret of their success that he tells YouTubers all the time: never be afraid to intentionally shrink your audience when it suits you. — 00:00:58
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says being a YouTuber in 2007 meant goofing off in a small scene of weirdos with no cultural relevance, status or money; nearly 20 years later it is a high-status identity that can make you very rich. — 00:04:15
2026-07-28 · 'Are You John Green?' — John: The first time John was recognized for his work came before YouTube: a young woman on a New York City train asked if he was John Green, said she'd read Looking for Alaska, and got his autograph. — 00:01:27
2026-07-28 · 'Are You John Green?' — John says such a meeting snatches both people out of the insensible waters into hyper-awareness: he stops being his dimly defined self and becomes John Green, the novelist and YouTuber. — 00:02:28
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank says, honestly, there are not too few YouTube videos. (playful) — 00:04:52
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Craig Benzine: Craig says he and Hank have been YouTubers together for a very long time, but he has not been on this channel in a while. — 00:00:00
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank introduces Craig Benzine, WheezyWaiter, a YouTuber from Wisconsin, and recalls watching him years ago and thinking he had it. — 00:00:30
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says there will also be a final YouTube video. — 00:01:00
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank: Asked how long YouTube will last, Hank does not know; it could be thousands of years, and people will still watch some videos, but not on YouTube. (unsure) — 00:01:00
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says most YouTubers don't know how to do anything on a stage, because they talk to cameras by themselves and then edit for hours. — 00:01:58
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Craig Benzine: Asked when his last YouTube view will be, Craig says 2500, and plans to make videos with titles and tags a historian would look up. (playful) — 00:03:28
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
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says the ratio holds only if you don't ask people to like your video, which the brothers don't, because there are more interesting calls to action. — 00:00:29
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says he could estimate a video's earnings by multiplying its likes by 30: ten viewers per like, and about $3 per thousand views. — 00:00:58
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says that over the last year or so the ratio started to change because fewer people like the videos they watch. — 00:00:58
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says that in the last month YouTube, borrowing from Instagram and TikTok, began counting a view when anyone watches any frame, instead of after an unknown number of seconds. — 00:01:27
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says view counts across YouTube have skyrocketed in the last month; his most recent video received 1.2 million-ish views. — 00:01:56
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says the analytics' engaged-views tab shows that video received about 380,000 views the old way, so about two-thirds of its views would not have counted a month ago. — 00:02:26
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says 1,000 views no longer means $3 in revenue; these days it means about 90 cents. — 00:02:26
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says he doesn't much care how YouTube calculates views, but cares very much whether YouTube is just something you watch or something you are also part of. — 00:02:55
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John worries that as YouTube, like other platforms, centres on personalized algorithms, watching becomes lean-back and people participate less, through likes, comments or art made in response. — 00:03:24
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says the brothers got into YouTube 20 years ago because, unlike television's lean-back watching, it was lean-forward, and he worries that is less and less the case. — 00:03:24
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John worries about what recommendation algorithms value: if only capturing attention, they feed viewers whatever they will watch, not what they will help co-create. — 00:03:53
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says YouTube's interest has always been co-creation between creators and audience: Nerdfighteria would be far less interesting without Sneezing Isn't Normal, Pizzamas and TB Fighters, which came more from the community. — 00:03:53
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John owns an artwork rendering the Hollywood sign as a YouTube sign; he once read it as the YouTubification of Hollywood, now worries it is the Hollywoodification of YouTube. — 00:04:22
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says that applying John's multiply-likes-by-30 rule to that video's 23,000 likes gives $690,000, which is not what the video made. — 00:00:00
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank: In a comment reply, Hank says repeat views by one user usually count as multiple views if not in the same session. — creator comment
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank warns not to apply the trick to other YouTube channels: many factors, from where the audience lives to video length, affect ad rates. — 00:00:29
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank discloses that Rene Ritchie, YouTube's creator liaison, is his friend, and that he knows Todd, then the YouTube Shorts lead and now at Instagram, a little. — 00:00:29
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Todd (quoted): In a YouTube clip from about three years ago, Todd says flipping past Shorts does not count as views; some platforms count impressions, but YouTube wants a view to encode intent to watch. — 00:00:58
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank sums up YouTube's framework then: a view should be what you think of when you hear the word, though not all platforms have done this. — 00:01:27
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says Facebook counted views far faster than YouTube, making posters think they got more views, so companies went all in on Facebook, which with other things led to bad outcomes. — 00:02:01
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says early creators are paid in views: 50 or 100,000 TikTok views feel like the YouTube numbers they grew up with, though they are different views. — 00:03:28
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank thinks many TikTokers would be well served coming to YouTube, but feel their views there are much lower. — 00:03:28
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says a YouTube view was worth at least 10 TikTok views, and YouTube numbers had to be multiplied by five for the difference in views, or used to be. — 00:03:58
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says he has seen himself paid far more for a TikTok or Instagram video than he feels he delivers in value, and far less on YouTube. — 00:04:27
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank attributes the gap to inflated view numbers on TikTok and Instagram, which YouTube's are not, or were not. — 00:04:56
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank corrects John: YouTube's switch to counting a view at the first frame happened a while ago, unannounced; it has moved the after-click threshold many times. — 00:04:56
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says the real change is that a video autoplaying as you scroll on a phone, or on mouse-over on youtube.com, now counts as a view, which is why counts inflated so much. — 00:05:25
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says YouTube now counts views the way Instagram, TikTok and Facebook always have: any information from the video rather than text and thumbnail. — 00:05:25
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says this is not what anyone means by a view, and he finds it inaccurate and manipulative, both to creators and to brands. — 00:05:55
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank credits YouTube for announcing it: hover autoplay from a thumbnail is a view from the first frame; playing on some seconds, or any click, makes an engaged view. — 00:06:18
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says the fun little place where they did stupid little things in 2008 has become so important; he has been part of that and is ambivalent about it. — 00:06:48
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank admits big numbers still work on his meat brain, even on his own YouTube videos whose engaged views he knows. (playful) — 00:07:17
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank understands YouTube's move: competitors inflate counts and benefit while no one cares, so YouTube was suffering for no reason and changed. (hedged) — 00:07:46
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank thinks many creators will get paid more for the same number of views, and he is kind of happy about that. (hedged) — 00:07:46
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says creators should be paid more; it is insane that they have been paid similar amounts for a TikTok view and a YouTube view. — 00:07:46
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says they still imagine a different era of YouTube, but it is a useful fiction, and not a fiction if real and wonderful things get made. — 00:09:04
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank tells John and every creator listening that they don't have to be where YouTube is: it is just a website they can use as they want. — 00:09:04
2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank recalls they decided to upload a video every weekday of 2007 and relive that for two weeks every year in Pizzamas, not near Christmas and loosely based on pizza. — 00:01:30
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John recalls that early on the brothers replaced text with video blogs for no reward but bit commitment: no money, and 200 videos before 200 subscribers. — 00:02:08
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank: Answering John's video yesterday saying they weren't the best YouTubers, Hank thinks they are good YouTubers but doubts they still are YouTubers, though they used to be. — 00:00:00
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank finds it weird that classes of creators are named after the company owning their platform (YouTuber, TikToker, Instagram influencer); YouTuber is at least better than Instagram influencer. — 00:00:00
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank grants the words might have come faster if boomers cared about YouTube, but they mostly don't, and that does not bother him. (playful) — 00:02:09
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank thinks the real reason there is no word is that few channels do anything like Vlogbrothers; if there were many, there would be a word. — 00:03:37
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank grants it is weird that the place is owned by a CEO and corporate board, but he will defend his perception that, to his brain, YouTube is a place. — 00:05:26
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank thinks the platform has moved past where the brothers still are: on Hank's channel he still feels a YouTuber, but here the word's meaning has changed and it no longer fits; that is no loss to him. — 00:05:26
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank says he is not doing a YouTuber's job here but something without a good name, which hundreds and thousands of creative people are also doing. — 00:05:57
2026-10-06 · Make Your Art. — John does not care whether your art is sweaters, YouTube videos, home-cooked meals, soccer commentary or Tumblr fanfiction, only that you make it and share it despite the costs. — 00:02:42
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank: When the brothers were starting out as YouTubers, many of their YouTube colleagues wanted TV, movie and commercial work; Hank found this baffling and thought them a bit silly. — 00:00:13
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank wanted things his colleagues found baffling, like writing for Scientific American or ranking his websites high on Google: he started on YouTube as a fan of internet things, not TV. — 00:00:36
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank: When the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a show Hank produced on YouTube, won an Emmy, he did not pay to get a statuette for himself, which he now feels very dumb about. — 00:00:36
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank did not care about winning an Emmy: what mattered was the Lizzie Bennet Diaries getting lots of YouTube views and fan reactions on Tumblr and Twitter, the people whose judgment he cared about. — 00:01:01
2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank says he has seen several video essays, tweets and YouTube thumbnails saying 2026 will be the last normal year, which does not surprise him, but he does not think it is true. — 00:00:00
2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank says that in 2016 Google published a paper on YouTube recommendations now being made by deep neural networks. — 00:01:59
2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank says AI controls what we see: not LLMs, though they are increasingly part of it, but AI decides which YouTube thumbnails we see, what is in our Threads, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds, and what comes next when swiping. — 00:07:09