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2007

2008

  • 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag · Hank, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank tags five YouTubers in turn, among them Ransom Riggs and Maureen Johnson. (00:03:26)
    … · 2 Ransom Riggs · 3 Maureen Johnson

  • 2008-03-21 · Twitter After School Time · Hank, 5 named — 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. (00:01:39)
    1 Facebook · 2 LinkedIn · 3 Myspace · 4 Flickr (photo sharing site) · 5 YouTube

  • 2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC · a guest, 4 named — At a diner, a guest playfully introduces John Green, Scott Westerfeld and Maureen Johnson as famous people. (00:00:58)
    1 John Green · 2 Scott Westerfeld · 3 Maureen Johnson · 4 Caitlin Hill

  • 2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC · a guest, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — A guest recalls watching early YouTube videos (a rap, Brooke Brodack, lonelygirl15) and says she now understands how such videos get made: amazing to be there, puzzling to watch online. (00:01:27)
    … · 2 Brooke Brodack · 3 lonelygirl15

  • 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself · Hank, 2 named — 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)
    1 Shay Carl · 2 Charles Trippy

2009

  • 2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming · John, 2 named — John explains that huge audiences watch user-made clips like water-skiing squirrels for free, but advertisers such as Lucky Charms won't associate their brand with them, preferring shows like American Dad and Bones. (00:01:43)
    1 American Dad! · 2 Bones

  • 2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died · Hank, 2 named (parody) — The song says Hank will still have his subscriptions, wanting Kevjumba, Smosh and Buck over 'high-budget junk'. (00:02:09)
    1 KevJumba · 2 Smosh

  • 2009-05-26 · A Message to the Class of 2009 · Hank, 2 named — Hank says their real advantage is not knowing Facebook or 4chan, which is how to explain it to elders, but a completely different perception of how the world works. (00:01:10)
    1 Facebook · 2 4chan

  • 2009-06-29 · GAY is NOT an INSULT · John, 8 named (joke) — Not every viewer is awesome: reading hateful comments with American poets' names for curse words; grammar lessons on you're and 'stupid' as a noun (00:00:00)
    1 Walt Whitman · 2 Edna St. Vincent Millay · 3 Emily Dickinson · 4 E. E. Cummings · 5 Robert Frost · 6 Nikki Giovanni · 7 Anne Sexton · 8 Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • 2009-07-01 · Most Subscribed: A Song · Hank, 9 named (playful) — Song about YouTube's most-subscribed channels, with one-line jabs at each (00:00:00)
    1 Fred Figglehorn · 2 Ryan Higa · 3 Smosh · 4 KevJumba · 5 Universal Music Group · 6 Machinima · 7 Jonas Brothers · 8 Michael Buckley · 9 Philip DeFranco “Sexy Phil”

  • 2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies · Hank, 2 named — Hank says the song is so far in the top 100 of the US iTunes chart and the top 25 of the UK's, but needs many more sales for the top 10. (00:01:09)
    1 United States “America's” · 2 United Kingdom “UK's”

2010

  • 2010-04-14 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't · Hank, 3 named (playful) — Hank playfully declares that fun, Stephenie Meyer, Austin Powers and Weird Al Yankovic are important, and he doesn't care who hears him say it. (00:01:21)
    1 Stephenie Meyer · 2 Austin Powers · 3 Weird Al Yankovic

  • 2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower · Hank, 4 named — The shower as the internet: ISPs deliver everything at full speed, but if everyone uses it they must invest, cutting profits (00:00:29)
    1 giraffe · 2 Xbox Live · 3 Vlogbrothers · 4 Vonage

  • 2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained · Hank, 2 named (joke) — 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. (00:00:00)
    1 Israel · 2 Palestine

  • 2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained · Hank, 2 named (playful) — 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. (00:01:35)
    1 The Daily Show · 2 Family Guy

  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy · John, 3 named — Following Hank's mention of Spike.com, John found Coulton's Flickr video there behind a cell-phone pre-roll, with ads for Mountain Dew, American Express and Guitar Hero alongside. (00:01:58)
    1 Mountain Dew · 2 American Express · 3 Guitar Hero

  • 2010-07-08 · Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon · James at War, 2 named — 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)
    1 Pop Star · 2 Hey Harry Potter

  • 2010-07-08 · Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon · James at War, 2 named — Asked about plans, James says new Harry Potter and Twilight movies and new games are coming, and that is his niche; Hank sums it up as dorkifying popular songs. (00:03:13)
    1 Harry Potter (film series) · 2 The Twilight Saga (film series)

  • 2010-07-20 · I Like Balls · John, 2 named — John invites Nerdfighters in Munich to come see him later this week (week of 19 July 2010), and those in London or Edinburgh next month (August 2010); more information in the description. (00:00:26)
    1 London · 2 Edinburgh

  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming · John, 3 named — As examples of French Revolution trivia, John says a significant event happened in an indoor tennis court, and that Marie Antoinette's actual last words were 'Sir, I beg your pardon' after stepping on her executioner's foot. (00:02:16)
    1 Tennis Court Oath · 2 Marie Antoinette · 3 Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • 2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? · Hank, 5 named (playful) — Hank notes a recurring autocomplete trend of asking whether people are gay: Daniel Tosh, Justin Bieber and Nate Berkus, whom Hank does not even know. (00:00:35)
    1 Facebook · 2 Lady Gaga · 3 Daniel Tosh · 4 Justin Bieber · 5 Nate Berkus

2011

  • 2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? · John, 9 named (playful) — John answers a run of autocomplete questions: BearShare is not safe; Bam Margera is technically still married; Beyoncé is not pregnant; Brett Favre is married; Beezid is a rip-off, not a scam; bronchitis is contagious; Bleach is not over. (00:00:09)
    1 BearShare · 2 Bob Harper · 3 Bam Margera · 4 Beyoncé · 5 Brett Favre · 6 Beezid · 7 bronchitis · 8 Bleach (manga) · 9 black (color)

  • 2011-02-07 · Cancer Sniffing Dog · Hank, 4 named — Hank announces that he, John, WheezyWaiter, Alex Day and Elmify are creating a linked VYou space, which he calls like Question Tuesdays except forever and always. (00:03:09)
    1 John Green · 2 Craig Benzine “wheezywaiter” · 3 Alex Day · 4 Elmify

  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places · John, 3 named — John lists VidCon moments: resting on beanbags, Charlie McDonnell playing Rock Band, meeting 'the actual Yosemite Bear', Philip DeFranco playing a game (name unclear) with him, and the Gregory Brothers. (00:00:03)
    1 Charlie McDonnell · 2 Paul Vasquez “the actual Yosemite Bear” · 3 Philip DeFranco

  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl · John, 3 named — 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. (00:02:59)
    1 YouTube · 2 Google · 3 Tumblr

2012

  • 2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do · John, 3 named — John says both brothers are obsessed with the new website Gumroad, which connects makers directly to fans without PayPal, Amazon or iTunes, taking a smaller cut than PayPal; he invites viewers to upload and sell their stuff. (00:02:55)
    1 PayPal · 2 Amazon · 3 iTunes

  • 2012-02-24 · CUTE-OCALYPSE! · Hank, 2 named (3 unnamed items) — Hank recants last week's tiny-animals video: the escalating cute crisis, cuteness as a drug and desensitization (00:00:29)
    … · 4 slow loris “a Loras holding an umbrella” · 5 Scottish Fold

  • 2012-02-24 · CUTE-OCALYPSE! · Hank, 3 named (satire) — Hank proposes a mock cute tax on over-quota viewers, Emergency Puppy followers, Reddit subscribers and Pinterest otter searchers, to balance the national psyche and budget. (00:02:13)
    1 Emergency Puppy · 2 Reddit · 3 Pinterest

  • 2012-04-13 · This is How You Load a Dishwasher - A Song · Hank, 2 named — Hank says many things go untaught to twelve-year-olds in American schools, such as the Battle of Hastings or the Magna Carta, and the Titanic is not top of his list of additions. (00:02:57)
    1 Battle of Hastings · 2 Magna Carta

  • 2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product · John, 4 named — John says this dependence means companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Tumblr have to listen to their users, which is good. (00:01:00)
    1 Facebook · 2 Google · 3 Twitter · 4 Tumblr

  • 2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product · John, 4 named — John says everyone using Facebook, Twitter, Google or Angry Birds has agreed to be commodified: not necessarily a bad decision, but one to make thoughtfully and consciously. (00:02:17)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter · 3 Google · 4 Angry Birds

  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon · John, 2 named — John recaps VidCon: Hank performed with Felicia Day and George Watsky before thousands, Meghan Tonjes sang about John's book, they met nerdfighters, discussed educational video, watched a Gregory Brother hula-hoop. (00:00:37)
    1 Felicia Day · 2 George Watsky

  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon · John, 3 named — John's VidCon highlight was an hour away from the craziness discussing the Monty Hall problem with Vi Hart, Brady and Derek. (00:00:37)
    1 Vi Hart · 2 Brady Haran · 3 Derek Muller

  • 2012-07-27 · Tumblr: The Musical · Hank, 2 named (playful) — The song 'Tumblr: The Musical': dopamine scrolling, cats, memes, fandoms, GIFs and reblogs (00:00:38)
    1 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic “Ponies” · 2 Doctor Who

  • 2012-07-27 · Tumblr: The Musical · Hank, 2 named (playful) — The song 'Tumblr: The Musical': dopamine scrolling, cats, memes, fandoms, GIFs and reblogs (00:01:07)
    1 Emma Stone · 2 Spider-Man

  • 2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos · Hank, 8 named — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. (00:02:41)
    1 Destin Sandlin “his channel” · 2 Vi Hart · 3 Michael Stevens “Vsauce” · 4 Derek Muller “Veritasia” · 5 Henry Reich “MinutePhysics” · 6 Brady Haran · 7 Crash Course · 8 SciShow

2013

  • 2013-01-08 · Addicted to the Internet · John, 2 named (playful) — Resetting the brain; worry about internet addiction; Brotherhood 2.0 was supposed to replace internet time; loving the internet (whale sharks on Wikipedia); a week of reading without checking email (00:01:02)
    1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr

  • 2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas · Hank, 3 named — Hank says Disney likewise made existing stories (Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella) into movies, but is now the primary force behind extending copyright length 'forever'. (00:01:57)
    1 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · 2 The Little Mermaid · 3 Cinderella

  • 2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week · Hank, 2 named — Hank admits he is late to the Harlem Shake dance craze, calling himself an internet dance craze hipster who wants people not to forget Geddan and Numa Numa. (00:00:53)
    1 Geddan “Gadan” · 2 Numa Numa

  • 2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? · John, 2 named — John says advertisers care who the viewer is (age, income) but not whether you watch a kitten riding a Roomba or MinutePhysics; they want you leaning back and enjoying yourself when their ad plays. (00:00:39)
    1 Roomba · 2 Henry Reich “MinutePhysics”

  • 2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? · John, 3 named — John wants a way to thank creators such as Ze Frank, Wheezy Waiter and Hannah Hart for making him "lean forward", and does not think advertising alone can do that. (00:03:38)
    1 Ze Frank · 2 Craig Benzine “Wheezy Waiter” · 3 Hannah Hart

  • 2013-04-12 · Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers · Hank, 2 named — Smart people in the business; dinner with the Fine Brothers and YouTubers React; brother-team rankings; back in the Chrysler (00:02:04)
    1 Benny Fine · 2 Rafi Fine

  • 2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique · Hank, 4 named (parody) — In mock-critic voice Hank praises Laser Wiggle Cat LOL's frame rate and tail, and calls Big Butt Cat Stuck in Box a crude setup by the cat's owner. (00:00:00)
    1 Laser Wiggle Cat LOL · 2 Big Butt Cat Stuck in Box · 3 Breadface Cat · 4 Fwoomp That's a Beanbag

  • 2013-05-24 · What's Up with Start Ups · Hank, 4 named — Hank finds big tech's bidding war for his time weird and worrying, not because people shouldn't spend time online, but because savvy companies see value in being 'the lens' on his world. (00:01:03)
    1 Google · 2 Microsoft · 3 Yahoo! · 4 Apple

  • 2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) · John, 3 named — 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)
    1 Tumblr · 2 Facebook · 3 YouTube

  • 2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon · Hank, 2 named — Hank says Michael Buckley knows when you need a hug, and Jack and Finn are as intelligent, personable, fun and kind as you would expect. (00:00:55)
    1 Jack Harries · 2 Finn Harries

  • 2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon · Hank, 3 named — Other legacy media have not learned this; lessons from Josh Sundquist, Ze Frank and Freddie Wong; being active not reactive (00:01:38)
    1 Josh Sundquist · 2 Ze Frank · 3 Freddie Wong

  • 2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality · Hank, 5 named — Touring it with Vi Hart, Derek of Veritasium, Destin of Smarter Every Day, CGP Grey and Henry of MinutePhysics, Hank saw that these brilliant adults are as curious as the most curious second grader. (00:00:55)
    1 Vi Hart · 2 Derek Muller · 3 Destin Sandlin · 4 CGP Grey · 5 Henry Reich

  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever · John, 2 named — John says US internet speeds rose 27% in 2013 over 2012, and rose worldwide, from 75% in Guatemala to 32% in Thailand, making it easier to stay in touch and collaborate. (00:01:56)
    1 Guatemala · 2 Thailand

2014

  • 2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video · Hank, 8 named — Hank describes Homestar Runner as a bizarre alien thing in Free Country, USA, with friends including Marzipan, Coach Z, The Cheat and Strong Bad, who answers emails weekly. (00:01:33)
    1 Marzipan · 2 Coach Z · 3 Pom Pom · 4 The Cheat · 5 The King of Town · 6 Strong Mad · 7 Strong Sad · 8 Strong Bad

  • 2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video · Hank, 3 named — Hank says Flash animations of the same period - The End of the World, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, Peanut Butter Jelly Time - are important pieces of internet culture. (00:02:21)
    1 The End of the World · 2 All your base are belong to us · 3 Peanut Butter Jelly Time

  • 2014-08-22 · Kidneys, LlamaJohn, Frankenstein, Back to School, and The Nerdfighter Online Video Workshop! · Hank, 2 named — Hank challenges SciShow hosts Reid Reimers, Caitlin Hofmeister and 'that guy' to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. (00:03:24)
    1 Reid Reimers · 2 Caitlin Hofmeister

  • 2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner · Ryder Burgin, 3 named — Ryder says in Atlanta in 1996, University of Georgia students Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel, finding children's books bad, wrote a quasi-parody starring Homestar Runner, Strong Bad and The Cheat. (00:00:25)
    1 Homestar Runner (character, “Homestar Runner”) · 2 Strong Bad · 3 The Cheat

  • 2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner · Ryder Burgin, 7 named — Ryder says the early site's simple children's-book-style cartoons introduced regulars: Marzipan (voiced by Missy Palmer), Strong Mad, Strong Sad, Bubs, Coach Z, the King of Town and the Poopsmith. (00:00:58)
    1 Marzipan · 2 Strong Mad · 3 Strong Sad · 4 Bubs · 5 Coach Z · 6 The King of Town · 7 The Poopsmith

  • 2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner · Hank, 2 named — Hank calls Strong Bad Email's concept beautiful; its consistent schedule, humor and fan interaction made it an almost instant success; Hank names the spin-off series Teen Girl Squad and the character Trogdor the Burninator. (00:01:27)
    1 Teen Girl Squad · 2 Trogdor

  • 2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner · Hank, 3 named — Hank says the Homestar universe grew with shows, games, DVDs, toys and a 20-track CD, and references appeared in Seventeen Magazine, Guitar Hero and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (00:01:57)
    1 Seventeen · 2 Guitar Hero · 3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • 2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner · Ryder Burgin, 2 named — Ryder says after ten years the two took a break; Matt moved to LA, writing and directing for Yo Gabba Gabba and Gravity Falls; it unexpectedly lasted four years. (00:02:41)
    1 Yo Gabba Gabba! · 2 Gravity Falls

2015

  • 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets · Hank, 3 named — 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)
    1 crowdfunding · 2 crowdsourcing · 3 wisdom of the crowd

  • 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets · Hank, 3 named — 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)
    1 Patreon · 2 Indiegogo · 3 Kickstarter

  • 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets · Hank, 3 named — 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. (00:01:09)
    1 Reddit · 2 YouTube · 3 Facebook

  • 2015-06-19 · 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet · Hank, 2 named — Hank says many people on Twitter and Tumblr pointed him to Wheaton's Law, basically 'don't be a jerk', which he likes but finds a little subjective. (00:02:49)
    1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr

  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! · Hank, 4 named — John lists important cultural institutions that came out of online video in eight years: Gangnam Style, Justin Bieber, the double rainbow guy and the Ice Bucket Challenge featuring Bill Gates. (00:01:03)
    1 Gangnam Style · 2 Justin Bieber · 3 Paul Vasquez “the double rainbow guy” · 4 Ice Bucket Challenge

  • 2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! · Hank, 5 named — Showing the first VidCon, John names Tyler Oakley, Rhett and Link, Dave Days, Shay Carl and iJustine; many are still at VidCon, their lives changed, and Smosh went on to make movies. (00:01:38)
    1 Tyler Oakley · 2 Rhett and Link · 3 Dave Days · 4 Shay Carl · 5 iJustine

  • 2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video · John, 2 named — John says ad-supported media seeks the broadest audience for advertisers, so broadly watched shows like Law & Order succeed while loved niche shows like Firefly or Arrested Development fail. (00:00:46)
    1 Firefly (tv series) · 2 Arrested Development

  • 2015-11-11 · Watch This If You Want To Smile (Pizzamas Day 3) · Hank, 5 named — Excitement clips: Rachael Nedrow's cup stacking, the train enthusiast, Aleksander Gamme's Antarctic cache (00:00:40)
    1 Rachael Nedrow · 2 train enthusiast in a viral clip “this guy loves trains” · 3 Aleksander Gamme · 4 John Boyega · 5 Paul Vasquez “Yosemitebear”

2016

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time · Hank, 4 named — Hank says he is now the CEO of a media company without quite knowing how: with VidCon, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and other productions they have about 30 employees. (00:00:25)
    1 VidCon · 2 SciShow · 3 Crash Course · 4 DFTBA Records

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time · Hank, 4 named — Hank says his team helps some creators get a leg up through shows like The Financial Diet, Healthcare Triage, Sexplanations and Animal Wonders. (00:01:34)
    1 The Financial Diet · 2 Healthcare Triage · 3 Sexplanations · 4 Animal Wonders

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time · Hank, 4 named — Through the Vlogbrothers ad revenue grants, this month (February 2016) the brothers sent money to Science With Tom, Eternally Curious, SimonOxfPhys and Unacademy, India's largest free education initiative. (00:01:39)
    1 Science With Tom · 2 Eternally Curious · 3 SimonOxfPhys · 4 Unacademy

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time · Hank, 2 named — Hank admits it is always easiest to turn attention and money to the brothers' own new things, like NerdCon, Dear Hank and John, SciShow and Crash Course. (00:01:48)
    1 NerdCon: Stories · 2 Dear Hank and John

  • 2016-04-01 · Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles · Hank, 28 named — Diary montage of two weeks in LA with internet creators: collabs, dinners, parties, studio visits (00:00:15)
    1 Jon Cozart · 2 Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig · 3 Grace Helbig · 4 Meghan Camarena · 5 Lee Newton · 6 Rhett and Link · 7 Good Mythical Morning · 8 Dysh · 9 SourceFed · 10 John Green “you came to town” · 11 Just Between Us · 12 Gaby Dunn · 13 Allison Raskin · 14 Derek Muller · 15 Meghan Tonjes · 16 Tyler Oakley · 17 They Might Be Giants · 18 Steve Zaragoza · 19 Jake Roper · 20 Michael Stevens · 21 BuzzFeed · 22 Google · 23 Mayim Bialik · 24 3BlackDot · 25 MatPat · 26 Markiplier · 27 Hannah Hart · 28 Mitchell Davis

  • 2016-04-01 · Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles · Hank, 4 named — Hank went to the launch party for Dysh, an app like Yelp but for individual restaurant dishes, which Ingrid, Grace, Mamrie and Hannah have been working on. (00:00:34)
    1 Ingrid Nilsen · 2 Grace Helbig · 3 Mamrie Hart · 4 Hannah Hart

  • 2016-04-01 · Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles · Hank, 3 named — Hank says he still has more to do: shooting YouTubers React and recording with the Gilmore Guys and Travis McElroy. (00:01:25)
    1 YouTubers React · 2 Gilmore Guys · 3 Travis McElroy

  • 2016-04-08 · 47 YouTubers Laugh Without Smiling · video description, 3 named —
    1 Good Mythical Morning · 2 Just Between Us · 3 SourceFed

  • 2016-05-20 · I AM A GOLDEN GOD · video description, 5 named — The description calls the video a tour vlog from the first leg of Tour Because Awesome 2016 and lists upcoming shows in Tucson, LA, Anaheim, San Diego and San Francisco.
    1 Tucson, Arizona · 2 Los Angeles “LA” · 3 Anaheim, California · 4 San Diego · 5 San Francisco

  • 2016-05-20 · I AM A GOLDEN GOD · Hank, 3 named — Hank says that more than ever we are scored on our performance, through Instagram likes, Snapchat views and Pinterest pins. (00:02:35)
    1 Instagram · 2 Snapchat · 3 Pinterest “pintrest”

  • 2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) · John, 3 named — 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. (00:01:25)
    1 The Art Assignment · 2 Crash Course · 3 Project for Awesome

  • 2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) · John, 3 named — 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. (00:01:25)
    1 Tumblr · 2 Twitter · 3 Facebook

  • 2016-11-17 · Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday · John, 4 named — John says that about a year ago he began reading The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star, and grew suspicious of his social media feed as the best way to stay informed. (00:02:31)
    1 The Economist · 2 The New York Times · 3 The Wall Street Journal · 4 The Indianapolis Star

2017

  • 2017-03-21 · My Information Diet · John, 4 named — John admits the phone still has a browser plus Delta, Yelp, Google Maps, Chipotle and a soccer-on-TV app, so it isn't really that dumb, but he has no way of twittering. (00:01:22)
    1 Delta Air Lines · 2 Yelp · 3 Google Maps · 4 Chipotle Mexican Grill

  • 2017-03-21 · My Information Diet · John, 4 named — John is not convinced twittering makes him better informed: he knows a lot about Trump's handshakes with foreign leaders but little about South Korea's ousted president, Brazil's corruption scandals or the Fed's monetary policy. (00:01:57)
    1 Park Geun-hye “South Korea's ousted president” · 2 Operation Car Wash “corruption scandals in Brazil” · 3 Federal Reserve · 4 Monetary policy

  • 2017-03-21 · My Information Diet · John, 4 named — John says in the last couple of weeks he has scaled way back on the social internet for an information diet: an hour or two each morning reading mostly The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star. (00:02:39)
    1 The Economist · 2 The New York Times · 3 The Wall Street Journal · 4 The Indianapolis Star

  • 2017-04-21 · The Adpocalypse: What it Means · Hank, 4 named — 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. (00:03:22)
    1 Rooster Teeth First · 2 YouTube Red · 3 Patreon · 4 sponsorship “one-on-one relationships between creators and brands that communities like”

  • 2017-05-12 · Things That You Just Might Love · Hank, 3 named — Hank says he falls into this trap, tending to push his greater resources toward their own projects such as SciShow, Crash Course and Dear Hank and John. (00:00:00)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course · 3 Dear Hank and John

  • 2017-05-12 · Things That You Just Might Love · Hank, 14 named — Fourteen underappreciated channels, podcasts and creators Hank loves (00:00:34)
    1 The Brain Scoop · 2 Applied Science · 3 Super Sam Stuff · 4 Tanis (podcast) · 5 Criminal (podcast) · 6 You Must Remember This (podcast) · 7 Humanize Me · 8 Steven Suptic · 9 Evelyn from the Internets · 10 Xidnaf “Zidnaff” · 11 Lindsay Ellis · 12 How Does Do Science (video, title unclear) · 13 Miles Chronicles · 14 Gunnarolla

2018

  • 2018-01-09 · Your Attention · John, 4 named — John thinks that is true not only of Twitter but of YouTube, Facebook, Reddit and so on. (00:00:18)
    1 Twitter · 2 YouTube · 3 Facebook · 4 Reddit

  • 2018-01-09 · Your Attention · John, 5 named — 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. (00:02:40)
    1 Facebook · 2 Netflix · 3 Hulu · 4 YouTube · 5 Cable news

  • 2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! · Hank, 4 named — Bullock says New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and Vermont governors did the same, basically taking Montana's executive order; Montana even offered a fill-in template. (00:01:25)
    1 New York (state) · 2 New Jersey · 3 Hawaii · 4 Vermont

  • 2018-07-31 · On Prepositions · John, 2 named — Not on the phone but in it: phone life as a disembodied space like a city; sign-off (00:02:16)
    1 Instagram · 2 Fortnite

  • 2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off · John, 4 named — John spends something like 20 hours a week on Facebook, Reddit, Instagram and Twitter, mostly scrolling and skimming, and his attention has become extremely fractured. (00:00:00)
    1 Facebook · 2 Reddit · 3 Instagram · 4 Twitter

2019

2020

  • 2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? · John, 3 named — John says he and Hank are coming on tour to Indianapolis, Columbus and Ann Arbor, hopes to see viewers there, and points to ticket links in the doobly-doo. (00:00:00)
    1 Indianapolis · 2 Columbus, Ohio · 3 Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • 2020-07-17 · So Much to See · Hank, 3 named — When Machiavelli, Da Vinci and Michelangelo were all working, Renaissance Florence had about as many people as Missoula, Montana. (00:03:01)
    1 Niccolò Machiavelli · 2 Leonardo da Vinci · 3 Michelangelo

  • 2020-08-28 · Break the Mold · Hank, 2 named — Hank says it is also true that following trends is part of his work: it feeds some of the best parts of his novels, and Complexly, SciShow and Crash Course need to understand how people get information. (00:00:25)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course

  • 2020-08-28 · Break the Mold · Hank, 3 named — Hank grants TikTok has problems but questions whether it is more of a security concern than Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. (00:00:31)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter · 3 Instagram

  • 2020-08-28 · Break the Mold · Hank, 2 named — Hank says TikTok is in turmoil: its CEO just quit, and Microsoft and Walmart are teaming up to buy its US operations because otherwise the president might ban it. (00:01:13)
    1 Microsoft · 2 Walmart

2021

  • 2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing · John, 6 named — 2007 John wasn't the author of The Fault in Our Stars, a resident of Indianapolis, an AFC Wimbledon supporter, Crash Course's co-founder, best friends with Chris and Marina, or a jogger. (00:02:24)
    1 The Fault in Our Stars · 2 Indianapolis · 3 AFC Wimbledon · 4 Crash Course · 5 Chris Waters · 6 Marina (friend, mentioned from 2016)

  • 2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. · John, 2 named (playful) — John says people saying outrageous things online, like Stalin was underrated, lower legs needn't be washed or Grease 2 is the canonical Grease, lodge in many minds, though not positively. (00:02:19)
    1 Joseph Stalin · 2 Grease 2

  • 2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? · Hank, 3 named (playful) — Reason one: TikTok is culturally interesting; Hank loves subcultures, and TikTok is great at tiny subcultures, especially colliding ones like Skyrim urban planning berries-and-cream videos. (00:01:11)
    1 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim · 2 urban planning · 3 Berries and cream

  • 2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? · Hank, 3 named — Reason three: understanding internet creators, how creative people survive, why they make things and how they make a living, has been his life's work, through DFTBA, VidCon and Complexly. (00:02:03)
    1 DFTBA Records · 2 VidCon · 3 Complexly

2022

2023

  • 2023-01-24 · Behind the Scenes of my TUMBLR MEME LORD ERA · John, 2 named — John says the Awesome Coffee Club supplies coffee, now including decaf, to over 10,000 subscribers in the US and Canada and donates 100% of its profits to charity. (00:02:32)
    1 United States “the US” · 2 Canada

  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit · Hank, 6 named — Hank names past grant recipients: Alexis Nikole, Answer in Progress, The Financial Diet, Wendover Productions, Real Engineering, and Kurzgesagt in the first year. (00:07:53)
    1 Alexis Nikole · 2 Answer in Progress · 3 The Financial Diet · 4 Wendover Productions · 5 Real Engineering · 6 Kurzgesagt

  • 2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships · Hank, 2 named — Hank says such relationships go far back: people can have them with fictional characters, and people had them with Zeus and Artemis. (00:00:16)
    1 Zeus · 2 Artemis

2024

  • 2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End · John, 3 named — John says even very successful shows often don't last long: Friends ran 10 seasons, The Office 9, The West Wing 8. (00:00:39)
    1 Friends · 2 The Office (American TV series) · 3 The West Wing

  • 2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change · Hank, 5 named — Hank loves the good parts of his work (Good Store, Project for Awesome, Crash Course, SciShow, Dear Hank and John) but also loves the slot machine. (00:01:30)
    1 Good Store · 2 Project for Awesome · 3 Crash Course · 4 SciShow · 5 Dear Hank and John

  • 2024-07-19 · The Assassination Attempt and the Comfort of Certainty · Hank, 5 named — Hank says Crooks googled where Joe Biden and Donald Trump would be, and also Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray and an unnamed member of the British royal family. (00:00:12)
    1 Joe Biden · 2 Donald Trump · 3 Merrick Garland · 4 Christopher Wray · 5 British royal family

  • 2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future · Hank, 3 named — 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)
    1 Twitter · 2 Facebook · 3 TikTok

  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! · John, 3 named — John agrees YouTube is probably the only social platform with that solidity; he feels Facebook, Twitter and especially TikTok crumbling, Instagram maybe more solid. (00:15:05)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter · 3 TikTok

  • 2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? · Hank, 4 named — 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)
    1 Apple · 2 Salesforce · 3 Nvidia · 4 Anthropic

  • 2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? · Hank, 4 named — Hank says his company has more videos in the dataset than almost anyone: Marques Brownlee 9, MrBeast 19, Mark Rober 24, MinutePhysics 85, against Vlogbrothers 188, SciShow over 300, Crash Course 982. (00:02:26)
    1 Marques Brownlee · 2 MrBeast · 3 Mark Rober · 4 Henry Reich “MinutePhysics”

  • 2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged · John, 2 named — John disputes that investors took risks creators didn't: early adopters risk time, talent and treasure on new platforms, and when platforms like Dailymotion or DailyBooth fail, creators get nothing. (00:02:26)
    1 Dailymotion · 2 DailyBooth

  • 2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged · John, 3 named — 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. (00:04:11)
    1 Reddit · 2 Facebook · 3 Instagram

  • 2024-09-25 · You have no chance to survive make your time. · John, 4 named — 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. (00:00:03)
    1 Sarah Michelle Gellar · 2 Alex Trebek · 3 George Clooney · 4 Brad Pitt

  • 2024-11-22 · Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment · Hank, 9 named (7 unnamed items) — Hank lists institutions suddenly almost equally under reputational attack, from the CDC, FDA, EPA, schools and the press to Ukraine, NATO, voting machines, chemotherapy and fluoridation. (00:01:54)
    1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “The CDC” · 2 Food and Drug Administration “FDA” · 3 United States Environmental Protection Agency “the EPA” · … · 9 Ukraine · 10 Europe · 11 NATO · 12 United Nations “the UN” · … · 15 chemotherapy · 16 water fluoridation

  • 2024-11-22 · Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment · Hank, 4 named — 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. (00:17:27)
    1 YouTube · 2 Instagram · 3 Facebook · 4 TikTok

  • 2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great · Hank, 3 named — No vlogs tomorrow; Hank's playlist of recent good YouTube videos (00:00:51)
    1 Nathan Zed · 2 Camille · 3 Technology Connections

2025

  • 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. · Hank, 3 named — 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)
    1 Complexly · 2 DFTBA Records · 3 Good Store

  • 2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? · John, 3 named — Now a little voice tells John to check the internet while he reads or works; he resists, gives in to the craving, checks Reddit, Tumblr and Bluesky, and it is cigarettes all over again. (00:00:58)
    1 Reddit · 2 Tumblr · 3 Bluesky

  • 2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? · John, 4 named — John cannot stop: as he chose Nicorette over cigarettes, he picks the healthier-for-him Instagram and Bluesky over Twitter and TikTok, but he cannot stop using the social internet. (00:00:58)
    1 Instagram · 2 Bluesky · 3 Twitter · 4 TikTok

  • 2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? · John, 3 named — John says the social internet's downsides, long discussed with Hank, are obvious to heavy users: radical polarization, hijacking and monetization, dehumanization of the other, denuanced discourse and misinformation. (00:01:24)
    1 political polarization · 2 dehumanization · 3 misinformation

  • 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information · Hank, 2 named — Empty-calorie content is mostly fine, but some is actively harmful, the trans fats of information: outrage bait and conspiracy theories that alienate you from your communities. (00:08:36)
    1 moral outrage · 2 conspiracy theory

  • 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die · Hank, 8 named — Recalling John's video last week (week of 29 September 2025) on the channel as a placeless place and the short lives of social media platforms, Hank thought of the ghost towns of Vine, Myspace, Neopets, Diaryland, GeoCities, Google+, Digg and Friendster, and how common ghost towns now are. (00:02:22)
    1 Vine · 2 Myspace · 3 Neopets · 4 Diaryland · 5 GeoCities · 6 Google+ · 7 Digg · 8 Friendster

  • 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die · Hank, 3 named — With content now able to make itself, Hank wonders what keeps the decentralized web alive and says the web is becoming a ghost town, visited to remember how life used to be shaped (Homestar Runner, Delicious, Fark.com). (00:03:54)
    1 Homestar Runner (web series) · 2 Delicious · 3 Fark

  • 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die · Hank, 3 named — Hank says that someday we will have moved on from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; he doesn't know to what, but unlike London or Detroit they will not simply evolve. (00:04:23)
    1 Twitter · 2 Facebook · 3 Instagram

  • 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die · Hank, 2 named — Hank says that someday we will have moved on from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; he doesn't know to what, but unlike London or Detroit they will not simply evolve. (00:04:23)
    1 London · 2 Detroit

  • 2025-10-17 · We Never Know What Anything Means · Hank, 4 named — 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. (00:03:33)
    1 YouTube · 2 TikTok · 3 Threads · 4 Twitter

2026

  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit · Hank, 3 named — Hank confesses that as Crash Course and SciShow grew into Complexly he was hungry with jealousy of BuzzFeed, Vice and Mashable. (00:00:29)
    1 BuzzFeed · 2 Vice Media · 3 Mashable

  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit · Hank, 3 named — Hank says this was not new: as a blogger he was jealous of Gizmodo, TreeHugger, TechCrunch and another site. (00:00:29)
    1 Gizmodo · 2 TreeHugger · 3 TechCrunch

  • 2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience · John, 2 named — No one could watch McKinley or Lincoln be assassinated frame by frame, but people could witness JFK's, only two-dimensionally on a screen, as now with countless horrors. (00:02:26)
    1 William McKinley · 2 Abraham Lincoln

  • 2026-07-28 · 'Are You John Green?' · John, 2 named — John says he is often desperate to be perceived: he wants everyone in Birmingham, New York City and 17 other cities to see him on the Hollywood, Ending tour. (00:02:58)
    1 Birmingham, Alabama · 2 New York City

  • 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… · Hank, 2 named — Hank says Craig has stage experience as a front man in bands, Driftless Pony Club and Violet Palms; Craig says he fronts only one of them. (00:01:58)
    1 Driftless Pony Club · 2 Violet Palms

  • 2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 · John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — 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)
    … · 2 Pizzamas · 3 TBFighters

  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views · Hank, 11 named — Hank says John is off on tour; many dates are sold out, but tickets remain for Brooklyn, Birmingham, Portland (Maine), Gainesville, Nashville, Madison, St. Paul, Tucson, Boise, San Diego and Los Angeles. (00:09:04)
    1 Brooklyn · 2 Birmingham, Alabama · 3 Portland, Maine · 4 Gainesville, Florida · 5 Nashville · 6 Madison · 7 Saint Paul, Minnesota · 8 Tucson, Arizona · 9 Boise · 10 San Diego · 11 Los Angeles

  • 2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? · Hank, 3 named — Hank asks what Smosh, Angela Collier and Alexis Nikole Nelson each do and who does likewise: there is no word because they are all doing their own things. (00:04:57)
    1 Smosh · 2 Angela Collier · 3 Alexis Nikole

  • 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year · Hank, 6 named — Hank notes that David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Muhammad Ali, Carrie Fisher and George Michael all died in 2016. (00:01:30)
    1 David Bowie · 2 Prince · 3 Alan Rickman · 4 Muhammad Ali · 5 Carrie Fisher · 6 George Michael

  • 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year · Hank, 3 named — Hank suggests people may be alert to AI partly because they walked into the last revolution thinking it would be all about bottle flips, Harambe and Pokémon Go. (00:05:53)
    1 Bottle flipping · 2 Harambe · 3 Pokémon Go “Pokemon Go”