Tier list
A ranking of things into tiers, which Hank calls a tried-and-true YouTube innovation and uses to rank the weird parts of a news story.
Early context: Hank says ranking the articles about his own cancer diagnosis in a tier list is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, which he decided on when the New York Post article came out. — My Cancer Press Tier List 00:00:00
borrowed slang / meme · in 4 videos, 2023–2026 · still in use in 2026
- First in the videos: 2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List 00:00:00
- Last in the videos: 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 01:02:51
Videos per year: 2023: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2026: 1
Every video
2023
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-26 | My Cancer Press Tier List 00:00:00 | mention | Hank says ranking the articles about his own cancer diagnosis in a tier list is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, which he decided on when the New York Post article came out. |
2025
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-11 | How Actually Crazy is This Mess? 00:00:00 | mention | Hank says Trump-era news is too much to keep track of, so he sorts the weird parts of the Liberation Day tariff story into a YouTube tier list by level of crazy. |
| 2025-04-18 | This one's for your mom 00:42:38 | mention | Having given up the tier list of cartoon moms, Hank concludes that all moms are S tier except Cartman's mom. |
2026
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-14 | Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 01:02:51 | mention | Offering signed mystery books, John says he has a tier list of his own books in his mind, but thinks each of them has something to love. |