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World suck

The mission phrase of the community: decreasing world suck.

Early context: Hank thanks everyone who has taken his plea to put stuff on their heads seriously and says it is, at least in part, an opportunity to decrease world suck. — March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards 00:03:11

in-group term (motto) · in 128 videos, 2007–2025 · peak 2007 (30 videos) · last heard 2024

Videos per year: 2007: 30 · 2008: 6 · 2009: 8 · 2010: 6 · 2011: 17 · 2012: 13 · 2013: 9 · 2014: 13 · 2015: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 1

Forms heard

How the speakers say this one item, as transcribed from the videos, in order of first appearance.

form videos first heard last heard
“decrease world suck” 17 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards 00:03:11 2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome 00:01:59
“decreasing world suck” 5 2007-04-10 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 10th: Role Models 00:02:51 2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? 00:03:39
“world suck” 33 2007-05-09 · My 9th: Singing and Randy 00:03:06 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:17:44
“worldsuck” 9 2007-05-23 · May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team 00:02:45 2014-11-28 · Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For 00:01:29
“anti-worldsuck” 1 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters 00:00:41
“decrease worldsuck” 3 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther 00:00:01 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome 00:03:31
“mega-worldsuck” 1 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD 00:03:13
“world-suck” 1 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers 00:01:37

Every video

2007

date video use what is said
2007-03-05 Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment 00:02:34 mention John tells Hank the punishment is also a project: they are starting something important to decrease the world's suck, by an amount that depends on how many Peeps he eats.
2007-03-07 Brotherhood 2.0: March 7, 2007: Stress 00:00:03 mention John says he was out late the night before at a friend's birthday party and does not feel very well.
2007-03-09 Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic! 00:02:57 mention John says there is now a link at Brotherhood2.com for contributing to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide and asks viewers to contribute. → John: asks viewers to contribute to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels (2007) (reported back, 2007-04-06)
2007-03-15 Brotherhood 2.0: March 15: Decreasing Suck 00:01:51 mention Answering a viewer's worry, John shares the concern that they might accidentally increase suck levels, noting that most of the suckiest things began as attempts to decrease suck.
2007-03-21 Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head 00:00:55 mention John sings that when you're sad with pink eye and suck levels are high, you gotta put stuff on your head; the colour doesn't matter, but don't use a plastic bag. → Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) (completed, 2026-02-14)
2007-03-22 March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards 00:03:11 mention Hank thanks everyone who has taken his plea to put stuff on their heads seriously and says it is, at least in part, an opportunity to decrease world suck.
2007-04-02 Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble 00:02:13 mention To the 'free Hank' people, John says that if 20 people give $10 to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Hank doesn't have to do a punishment at all. → John: 20 people give $10 each to the fund to free Hank from his punishment (2007) (reported back, 2007-04-03)
2007-04-06 Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender 00:00:56 mention John rejects the break: injustice, despair, global warming and suck don't take every eighth week off, and nor will the Nerdfighters, who fight all year except weekends and occasional holidays.
2007-04-10 Brotherhood 2.0: April 10th: Role Models 00:02:51 mention John thinks all nerdfighters are role models, but not in boring ways, and that all need to remember the importance of decreasing world suck.
2007-04-13 Friday the 13th: Step It Up! 00:00:00 mention In mourning it's easy to focus on rising world suck, but Hank says Brotherhood 2.0 is about decreasing suck levels, so this video is for decreasing world suck.
2007-04-23 April 23rd: Celebrity 00:01:22 mention Hank says this is how the project works: he thanks viewers for the $30,000 of time and says the brothers will use it to decrease world suck, somehow.
2007-05-08 Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters 00:00:10 mention John calls a commenter's idea of a Brotherhood 2.0 calendar to raise money for the fund to decrease world suck a great idea.
2007-05-09 My 9th: Singing and Randy 00:03:06 mention Hank announces a new Brotherhood 2.0 feature: a World Suck Index for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, built by viewer Travis Bond, in the site's sidebar.
2007-05-23 May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team 00:02:45 mention Hank announces that a Nerdfighter has made a WorldSuck widget for the Mac OS X dashboard that tracks WorldSuck levels, downloadable at Brotherhood2.com.
2007-05-25 May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour 00:01:57 mention Hank calls it a great day: the first time the World Suck meter has shown anything besides severe.
2007-08-03 August 3: The Retail Dance 00:03:28 mention Hank says the WorldSuck meter is raised to suck-level orange because of the Minneapolis disaster, John's punishable offence and a secret sister being kicked out of her house.
2007-08-06 August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished 00:01:11 mention Needing a punishment anyway, John phones Daniel Biss to ask whether he may accept contributions given because John injures himself, so the punishment decreases world suck.
2007-08-07 August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt 00:02:14 mention Hank says viewers can instead give 50 cents or a dollar to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; it counts toward the total but does not go to Biss.
2007-08-08 August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury 00:03:31 mention Contributions to Biss's ActBlue page before midnight Eastern on Friday count toward John's punishment, as do contributions by non-US people and minors to the Fund to Decrease World Suck.
2007-08-09 August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections 00:00:10 mention Hank reports a count of 189 (by context, donors to Daniel Biss's campaign), 'not technically enough', but about 50 people also gave to the Foundation to decrease world suck.
2007-08-10 August 10th: Bears!!!! 00:02:10 mention John is still happy that his punishment can help decrease world suck and hopefully help get Daniel elected.
2007-08-13 August 13: The Fair!!!! 00:03:26 mention Calling John a good sport, Hank offers, if John agrees, to cut the waxing to one leg; with licking a cat, John will be done.
2007-09-11 September 11th: Floorcats, Recycling Bins and Memories 00:01:48 mention Hank shows pictures of a Brotherhood 2.0 recycling bin someone made: Brotherhood 2.0 on top, notes about EcoGeek and John's books on the sides, the World Suck Index on the front.
2007-10-12 October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 00:00:14 mention In honour of Gore's prize, John proposes that the brothers end their feud and return to Brotherhood 2.0's real business, decreasing world suck.
2007-10-15 Oct 15th: Happy 16th Birthday B20 00:00:42 mention Hank judges Brotherhood 2.0 a successful 16-year-old: it has its own foundation to decrease world suck and thousands of friends.
2007-11-29 November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project 00:00:10 mention For newcomers Hank explains that Nerdfighters and 'secret siblings in my pants' have teamed up to decrease world suck with a scavenger hunt; he calls it 'pretty jokes' and apologises for the terminology.
2007-12-03 December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project 00:02:56 mention Hank promises the secret project will be extremely awesome, on YouTube, and a combined effort of many Nerdfighters to decrease world suck.
2007-12-17 Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies 00:01:09 mention Every Project for Awesome video promotes a charity of its maker's choice that they believe reduces the amount of suck in the world.
2007-12-19 December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube 00:01:05 mention 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.
2007-12-20 December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! 00:02:59 mention Option two: Hank gives a live public performance of Nerdfighting songs for at least an hour, accepting donations for charities that decrease world suck, drinking only Peeps blended with Strawberry Hill.

2008

date video use what is said
2008-04-08 Nerdfighting in Bangladesh 00:00:00 mention John reports the vote: by 4,336 to 11, Nerdfighters decided the brothers should make more videos more often.
2008-05-19 Three Things 00:01:42 mention John calls it sort of miraculous that Hank can see the actual people his money helps, and says all who donated to Shawn will experience that as he distributes more of the funds.
2008-06-26 Don't Suck on That Bone 00:02:16 mention Debbie is auctioning the last copies to benefit an orphanage in Lebanon; John asks viewers who want the book or want to help decrease suck to check out the video this one responds to. → John asks viewers to support Debbie's auction of 'Mummy, How Do I Know If I'm a Nerdfighter?' for an orphanage in Lebanon (2008)
2008-09-11 A Video about Videos 00:00:00 mention John says September 11 is the best day to think about ways to make the world suck less, and offers a video about other videos.
2008-11-03 Hank and John from the Road 00:01:11 mention In Plano they met Shawn, the man from Bangladesh who has been working with Save the Children to decrease worldsuck with Nerdfighters' money.
2008-11-06 Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:01:08 mention Hank asks viewers to listen to the chant a few times and learn the words so they can sing it together at Nerdfighter events.

2009

date video use what is said
2009-02-08 All Aboard the Fail Boat 00:00:06 mention John introduces the Fail Boat, the puppy-captained vessel Nerdfighters use to travel Nerdfighteria and to sail the world learning about places experiencing world suck.
2009-06-21 The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less 00:02:29 mention The brothers tell YouTube this is a chance to use video-making skills to decrease worldwide suck, and hope viewers will take it.
2009-06-23 Fighting the Flame War! 00:00:53 mention Answering why someone who thinks the world sucks lives on it, Hank says one of the great things about being on the world is getting to make it suck less.
2009-07-14 Sell Outs! 00:02:37 mention John says the Nerdfighter community is so tight-knit and focused on making the world suck less that he doesn't want selling-out questions pulling it apart.
2009-09-28 Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters 00:00:41 mention John says hating unicorns doesn't mean he doesn't love people who love unicorns. · “anti-worldsuck”
2009-12-15 In Which A Secret Is Revealed 00:00:25 mention 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.
2009-12-20 Awesome Project Is Awesome 00:01:51 mention Having brought attention to organizations that decrease world suck, John hopes viewers will join him in donating to some favourites; he is still choosing where his $1,000 goes. → John asks viewers to join him in donating to favourite P4A 2009 charities (2009)
2009-12-27 How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:00:26 mention Hank says Nerdfighteria is the community that sprang up around their videos, which gets together to do awesome things, have a good time and fight world suck.

2010

date video use what is said
2010-02-05 DARE TO SUCK 00:00:27 mention Asked by a viewer afraid of sucking at writing, Maureen tells nerdfighters, who want to decrease world suck, that they should instead dare to suck.
2010-07-05 With Esther 00:02:13 mention The HPA is in a big contest to potentially win $250,000 to decrease world suck, and is currently in third place.
2010-08-27 Rest In Awesome, Esther 00:00:01 mention John reports that Esther Earl, the Nerdfighter who inspired many of Nerdfighteria's recent worldsuck-decreasing projects, died earlier this week (week of 23 August 2010), aged 16. · “decrease worldsuck” → Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) (told 18×, 2026-08-03)
2010-09-15 Positive Pranking: The TP Edition 00:00:29 mention John says his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal called him with the idea of positive pranking: using the pranking ethos to decrease world suck.
2010-10-27 You Are Awesome 00:01:11 mention John calls the foundation another way to work with Esther to make the world suck less and urges viewers to get a bracelet at DFTBA.com/Esther. → John asks Nerdfighters to buy This Star Won't Go Out bracelets at DFTBA.com/Esther (2010) (reported back, 2015-08-03)
2010-12-27 To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers 00:00:27 mention Hank says the book is useful because he and John are now in the t-shirt business and want to be in it in a way that does not increase world suck.

2011

date video use what is said
2011-02-02 Top 5 Awesome Things About the Webb Telescope 00:00:21 mention Hank believes there are two ways to make the world a better place, decreasing the suck and increasing the awesome: not mutually exclusive, but not the same.
2011-02-04 QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition 00:02:49 mention John wears an Esther bracelet and tells viewers to get one, since they make the world suck less; link in the description.
2011-02-09 NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) 00:02:23 mention John announces that some Nerdfighters are building Your Pants, like the old forum My Pants but yours; hopefully live within a week at yourpants.org, for friendships and decreasing world suck.
2011-02-23 WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD 00:03:13 mention John says Nerdfighters from Bahrain to New Zealand to Libya to Morocco face mega-worldsuck for different reasons, and asks Nerdfighteria to pay attention and help where they can; links in the description. · “mega-worldsuck” → John asks Nerdfighteria to pay attention and help with the crises in Bahrain, New Zealand, Libya and Morocco (February 2011)
2011-03-09 DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day 00:00:03 mention John thanks Hank for being the noble brother who goes to the front lines to decrease worldsuck, which lets John stay in his basement. · “decrease worldsuck”
2011-04-01 Many Truths, 1 Lie! 00:01:50 mention John wants to use the $26 to decrease worldsuck, preferably in a way that hurts Warner Chilcott, and asks Nerdfighters for ideas in comments. → John asks Nerdfighters how to spend his $26 Warner Chilcott stock profit to decrease worldsuck (2011)
2011-04-27 NASA: Increasing Awesome 00:00:27 mention Hank just paid about $16,000 in federal taxes; most of it, he says, goes to decreasing suck: unemployment help, education and healthcare for people who could not afford them.
2011-05-27 Older Than Gravity In Bruges: Thoughts from Places 00:02:21 mention John met Nerdfighters from all over Belgium in a park, grateful to be part of a community that builds friendships while trying to make the world suck less.
2011-09-26 Awesome Bankers? 00:00:00 mention John says he will explain credit crunches, why they are so evil, and how Nerdfighteria could dramatically decrease world suck by becoming better bankers.
2011-11-02 LECTROJOG! 00:00:37 mention John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 they created the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers gave the money to things like Save the Children and train fare for two Nerdfighters to meet.
2011-11-04 You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! 00:02:44 mention Calling the choice too big to make alone and a chance to fill the Foundation to Decrease World Suck before P4A, Hank asks viewers to vote with dollars at fightworldsuck.org on keeping or shaving his facial hair.
2011-11-09 27 Part Video 00:00:00 mention In the description, Hank invites viewers to keep donating to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at fightworldsuck.org. → Hank invites viewers to keep donating to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at fightworldsuck.org (2011) (reported back, 2011-11-11)
2011-11-11 The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:03:35 mention John thanks Hank for being so committed to reducing world suck that he will endanger his marriage and sully his face with the goatee.
2011-12-09 Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 00:00:00 mention John says the tour gatherings will feature music, readings, decreasing worldsuck, punishments and hilarity.
2011-12-16 Project for Awesome Logistics 00:01:16 mention A guide shows how to vote for a charity seen in a video: search for it on the site (e.g. the Foundation to Decrease World Suck) and click vote.
2011-12-19 Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath 00:00:03 mention In the last 48 hours the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raised $75,000.
2011-12-26 Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail 00:00:58 mention Each of the five charities will receive $14,269.22: the roughly $71,000 raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck divided by five.

2012

date video use what is said
2012-01-02 Changes to Vlogbrothers 00:01:37 mention John says the other reason is that, in trying to make three videos a week, they let slide the project-based nerdfighter work of increasing awesome and decreasing world suck. · “world-suck”
2012-02-14 Things I Can Do 00:02:55 mention John says what he loves about Kickstarter, as about the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, is that it is 'about us': the money is raised and spent together.
2012-03-13 Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:00:00 mention John says that this year (2012) the Foundation to Decrease World Suck distributed more than $88,000 to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community.
2012-04-06 Can I be Space President? 00:00:33 mention Hank believes the James Webb Space Telescope is one of his generation's greatest contributions, not just to science but to the world.
2012-05-04 Screaming Through VidCon 00:02:27 mention VidCon 2012 will raise money for the Project for Awesome and the Foundation to Decrease World Suck through a book drive and a charity auction; attendees should bring books. → Hank invites musicians to apply for the VidCon 2012 open mic room (2012)
2012-05-05 It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! 00:01:13 mention John recalls Hank saying Webb is like our pyramids, a monument for everyone who comes after us, and that besides decreasing suck it is important to increase awesome.
2012-08-03 I Don't Understand My Life 00:03:29 mention Hank thanks Nerdfighteria for spreading these ideas and making the world suck less, more awesome and a little weirder.
2012-09-14 1000 VIDEOS!!! 00:02:08 mention Hank says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real non-profit now.
2012-11-27 Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers 00:00:29 mention For people interested in decreasing world suck, John recommends Behind the Beautiful Forevers, the most interesting and complex book about poverty he has read, and says it is great rather than merely sad.
2012-12-04 Time for AWESOME 00:01:27 mention John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. → P4A 2012 edition (completed, 2013-12-16) → John asks Nerdfighters to make P4A 2012 videos about charities they care about (2012) (the project it belongs to reported its result, 2012-12-17)
2012-12-11 Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS 00:00:29 mention 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.
2012-12-14 I Got Nothin… 00:00:55 mention Hank says it is a good time to feel together as humanity, and that with the Project for Awesome coming everyone is ready to work together to make the world suck less, in little and big ways.
2012-12-17 THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. 00:02:49 mention John says that, with no overhead, 100% of donations through the Foundation to Decrease World Suck go to P4A charities, which viewers partly choose.

2013

date video use what is said
2013-01-15 An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:55:09 mention Asked what most decreased world suck, Hank names P4A but recalls their first-year visit to a microfinance organization in the Dominican Republic; microfinance seems to really work.
2013-03-05 The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying in the description
2013-06-11 How To Be John Green 00:01:43 mention Craig makes a 'Nerdfighter clone' to practise talking to Nerdfighters; the clone says DFTBA and is sent to decrease worldsuck in the bathroom with a mop.
2013-07-09 The World Needs More Magic 00:01:52 mention Since we can't decrease world suck with Harry Potter spells, he says all we can do is demand more Harry Potter, which still captivates people.
2013-08-13 Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy 00:02:17 mention John is concerned about this in his own life and wants Nerdfighteria to be an active, effective force against world suck, not just another community aiming to grow big and powerful.
2013-09-03 Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform 00:02:55 mention John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance.
2013-10-15 Thoughts for Nerdfighteria 00:02:47 mention For new viewers John explains: Our Pants is the forum; videos may not exceed four minutes unless educational; he likes pizza, Hank corn dogs; Nerdfighters fight to make the world suck less.
2013-11-26 The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:00:00 mention John writes that viewers can donate directly to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which has zero overhead, so every penny goes to P4A charities the Nerdfighter community chooses.
2013-12-17 THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! 00:00:00 mention John writes that each comment and tweet during the 48-hour livestream is worth a penny to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which every year gives all its funds to the charities the community chooses in P4A.

2014

date video use what is said
2014-01-21 Are Poor Countries Doomed? 00:03:39 mention John thanks the Gates Foundation for decreasing world suck, points to the letter in the doobly-doo and says it is really worth reading.
2014-02-07 Kill All The Humans 00:02:22 mention Hank says the goal must be to destroy less and create more, to increase awesome and decrease suck; that is what he believes in.
2014-03-25 I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration 00:03:06 mention John defines art not as great individuals making their mark but as many people working together across time and space to make the world suck less.
2014-05-12 Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets 00:03:31 mention John thanks nerdfighters from Miami to Dallas for welcoming new people while sticking together, lifting each other up and decreasing suck; they make him feel less far from home.
2014-05-27 ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) 00:00:35 mention So far the plan has raised nearly $6,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; starting today all proceeds go to sarcoma research.
2014-07-08 The Future of Nerdfighteria 00:01:27 mention Four: they want to decrease worldsuck and increase world awesome year-round, not just through the Project for Awesome.
2014-07-15 Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses 00:00:13 mention John reports that tens of thousands answered his question from last week (week of 7 July 2014); they voted overwhelmingly to turn on vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and split the income between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund for educational video projects.
2014-07-22 Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 00:02:11 mention John argues that everywhere, including our own neighbourhoods, we must look at what charities do and how well, and not give just to feel good or ease guilt but to actually decrease world suck.
2014-10-14 A Minor Crisis 00:01:22 mention John says Nerdfighteria has a federally sanctioned, tax-deductible charity, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which gathers money mostly around the Project for Awesome and gives it all away.
2014-11-19 The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 00:01:00 mention John: the Project for Awesome is an annual charity event in which the Nerdfighter community tries to decrease world suck and increase world awesome.
2014-11-28 Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For 00:01:29 mention John is grateful for a young generation of committed activists working hard to decrease worldsuck on many fronts in their communities, which he finds really exciting.
2014-12-02 What You Eat Of Those You Love 00:02:35 mention John says the world is profoundly unjust and probably always will be, but that does not absolve us of responsibility to face painful problems and try to decrease world suck.
2014-12-08 I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome 00:01:59 mention John says the day-one split will decrease world suck and unlock at least about $250,000 in matching donations.

2015

date video use what is said
2015-01-13 On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome 00:03:31 mention John says these twenty charities will use the community's money to decrease worldsuck in lots of ways, and thanks everyone. · “decrease worldsuck”
2015-05-26 Sixteen Parts 00:02:05 mention Bank of Nerdfighteria update: Vlogbrothers ad revenue is split in half between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content such as Physics Girl and The Financial Diet. → The Financial Diet: YouTube show, one of Hank's newest video projects (2015) (last documented in 2019 (looked back on in 2023), 2023-10-06)
2015-12-08 The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report 00:01:12 mention John announces the ninth annual Project for Awesome starts Friday at noon Eastern, with fundraising starting at midnight via an Indiegogo with perks, 100% going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck.
2015-12-11 The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:03:42 mention John says all first-day donations to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck are split between Save the Children and the UNHCR, later money going to viewer-chosen charities.
2015-12-15 P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup 00:03:26 mention Hank says donations through the on-screen donation card are still matched by Google up to $100,000, and every cent passes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck.

2016

date video use what is said
2016-09-06 How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:00:32 mention John reports that the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, the community's real charity, has finished paying out well over a million dollars in grants from the 2015 Project for Awesome.
2016-11-01 BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) 00:01:52 mention 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. → John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2016 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2016) (the project it belongs to reported its result, 2016-12-13)

2017

date video use what is said
2017-08-03 HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! 00:00:41 mention John tells Hank he loves him and admires his hard work, his relentless pursuit of decreasing world suck, and his love, kindness and patience as son, father, husband and brother.
2017-11-24 The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) 00:02:51 mention The usual P4A calendar and t-shirt come before P4A this year (2017): a Vlogbrothers calendar from a silly photo shoot themed 'Silly brother, serious brother', proceeds to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck.
2017-11-28 Let's Talk about Money 00:00:04 mention 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.
2017-12-19 History Is Happening 00:02:04 mention John says the social internet can be a platform for activism and fundraising that truly makes the world suck less.

2018

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

2019

date video use what is said
2019-11-26 old fashioned parts video 00:00:00 mention In a comment John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has no employees: its costs are perks made and shipped by DFTBA at its charity rate; the rest is paid by the brothers or done by volunteers.

2021

date video use what is said
2021-01-19 let's go on a parts adventure 00:00:36 mention John explains the P4A is a 48-hour livestream fundraiser and celebration of efforts to decrease worldwide suck.
2021-02-05 The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! 00:00:58 mention First-half money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, very effective at decreasing world suck; second-half money to organizations viewers vote for.

2022

date video use what is said
2022-02-08 How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) 00:01:56 mention John notes P4A donations are tax-deductible in the US, as with any charity, except this one is called the Foundation to Decrease World Suck.
2022-03-04 The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! 00:13:23 mention
2022-07-22 What are These Boys Doing?? in the description After his video about decreasing suck and increasing awesome, some people on the project handed out 'I Decrease Suck' and 'I Increase Awesome' buttons, Hank writes: the community has impact far beyond its size.

2023

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2023-11-17 WHAT AM I DOING 00:02:41 mention Hank says he will donate his share to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, and announces that he owns a piece of Gubbins. → Hank: donate his 10% share of Gubbins revenue to charity (Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Project for Awesome) (2023)
2023-12-24 John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:17:44 mention In an FAQ, the brothers say a nerdfighter is made of awesome, and Nerdfighteria is the community around their videos doing awesome things and fighting world suck.

2024

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

2025

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2025-01-17 How the P4A is Changing in 2025! in the description