Rules: punishments and the four-minute rule

The channel's rules as recorded in the videos, their descriptions and creator comments: every punishment and challenge thread with its events, every reference to the four-minute rule, and every video longer than four minutes. Overview

Rule changes

Launch, proposal, rule-change and suspension events on the channel's rule threads, and the later look-backs on them.

• 2007-01-01 · launched · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank launches Brotherhood 2.0: no more textual communication, alternating daily video blogs from January 1st for the year, punishments for a missed weekday video. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st (00:00:43)
• 2007-01-02 · proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Besides the agreed punishments, John proposes the brothers periodically set each other challenges and suggests Thursdays and Fridays as challenge days. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd (00:01:19)
• 2007-01-03 · proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank floats performing a version of 500 Miles on the show and asks whether it should be a punishment, project or challenge. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd (00:01:56)
• 2007-01-11 · proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank proposes adding punishment options to choose from, letting people suggest punishments, and suggests three of his own besides the existing 500 miles punishment. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th (00:01:11)
• 2007-01-12 · proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — John proposes punishment options for failing to update, drawn from his living room. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 (00:01:01)
• 2007-01-25 · proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank proposes that the brother not being punished decides which punishment the other gets. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th (00:01:05)
• 2007-03-06 · launched · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — Hank makes it a rule that videos must be under four minutes from tomorrow; this is the last longer one. — Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide (00:04:28)
• 2007-07-09 · proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — John proposes a punishment rule: the brothers cannot veto their own punishments, but their wives may veto punishments suggested by nerdfighters; he hopes Hank agrees. — July 9: The Punishment Fiasco (00:02:47)
• 2007-08-24 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — Hank says the video is too long but birthday videos are an exception. — August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 (00:04:58)
• 2008-01-21 · launched · Nerdfighter projects: complete a project to earn the right to punish the brothers (2008) — John launches nerdfighter projects: completing one earns viewers the right to punish or challenge the brothers, subject to the wives' veto. — A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT (00:02:29)
• 2008-03-27 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — In the description John suggests the photo montage lets him go over the usual length, i.e. past the four-minute rule. — PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful (video description)
• 2008-10-08 · looked back · Nerdfighter projects: complete a project to earn the right to punish the brothers (2008) — Hank describes the arrangement: the brothers ask Nerdfighters to do amazing things, and in return Nerdfighters get to punish them. — Hanks actual Vlog (00:00:32)
• 2008-10-08 · rule change · Vlogbrothers in 2008: the channel after Brotherhood 2.0 (2007) — Hank says the Nerdfighters' punishment is for the brothers to vlog Brotherhood 2.0-style for an entire month. — Hanks actual Vlog (00:01:01)
• 2009-01-01 · looked back · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank looks back on Brotherhood 2.0, restaging its first video and calling John's news videos one of the coolest things they did; this year's (2009) rules are more complicated than the first year's. — Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 (00:01:19)
• 2009-01-01 · launched · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: the vlogbrothers' 2009 schedule and rules (2009) — Hank launches Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: news videos from John on Sundays, free videos on Tuesdays, his original songs every other Wednesday, surprise videos, punishments for missed duties, and textual communication allowed again. — Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 (00:01:19)
• 2009-06-17 · launched · Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge 2009 edition — John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, run three miles, most consecutive push-ups, closest to ideal BMI; he proposes the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria. — Half a Beard (00:01:34)
• 2010-01-04 · launched · Vlogbrothers in 2010: the channel's end-of-year reinvention (2009) — John launches the 2010 vlog rules: alternating Monday/Wednesday/Friday videos (exceptions for major holidays and his paternity leave), a four-minute limit, optional Monday theme weeks, and punishments chosen by Nerdfighters and the other brother, due within a week. — It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules (00:01:45)
• 2010-11-05 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — John says that, with Nerdfighteria's permission, the four-minute rule is temporarily suspended for the week of educational videos. — God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I (00:05:18)
• 2011-10-28 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — John says Hank permitted this unedited, longer-than-four-minutes live-show video, so Nerdfighters should not punish him; he repeats this at the end. — Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars (00:00:14)
• 2011-11-25 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — John says he has Hank's permission to go over his four-minute limit with this long reading, so viewers should not punish him. — Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars (00:00:37)
• 2012-08-28 · launched · John's Kiva deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the 1,000th vlogbrothers video, viewers may challenge both brothers to clear their outstanding punishments (2012) — John offers Nerdfighteria a deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers' 1,000th video, viewers may challenge both brothers; they do the challenges and the slate is cleared; otherwise the outstanding punishments are wiped. — In Which the Candle Dies (00:01:56)
• 2013-03-29 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — In the description Hank insists the video is not over four minutes, because YouTube adds a second. — Caviar Brownies - The Second Annual Hungry Games (video description)
• 2014-07-18 · looked back · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank recalls that the brothers created the channel on January 1, 2007 with three rules: a video on your day, a four-minute limit (which Hank actually added on March 6, 2007), and no textual communication. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:00:21)
• 2014-07-18 · looked back · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: the vlogbrothers' 2009 schedule and rules (2009) — 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. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:01:32)
• 2014-07-18 · looked back · John's Kiva deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the 1,000th vlogbrothers video, viewers may challenge both brothers to clear their outstanding punishments (2012) — Hank recounts John's October 28 bet: $1 million in Kiva loans before 1,000 videos would double the brothers' punishments; Nerdfighteria loaned it, so each had two, and one each was cleared by six videos in a week. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:03:17)
• 2020-03-20 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — Hank asked on the Community tab whether he could make a video longer than four minutes, and the resounding answer was yes. — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation (00:00:00)
• 2023-06-20 · rule change · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — In a channel comment John says the four-minute rule is off at least until Hank gets better, since 4-minute videos take too long with the current workload. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (creator comment)
• 2023-08-08 · looked back · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — John says that since Hank's diagnosis they have suspended the four-minute rule for more flexibility, which he kind of loves; this video will run over four minutes. — TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (00:03:42)
• 2024-07-09 · looked back · Four-minute rule for vlogbrothers videos (2007) — Asked whether they should go back to four-minute videos, John says no, but they should make them more often. — Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) (00:03:05)
• 2026-03-13 · looked back · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters — Hank notes the brothers no longer require themselves never to miss a day, and no longer get punished for missing one. — Pain (00:03:04)

Punishments and challenges (51)

Status from the last recorded event: performed: 41 · changed, no report it was done (2011–2026): 2 · disputed: 1 · set, no report it was done (2007–2026): 1 · accepted, no report it was done (2008–2026): 1 · changed, no report it was done (2008–2026): 1 · changed, no report it was done (2009–2026): 1 · set, no report it was done (2011–2026): 1 · set, no report it was done (2012–2026): 1 · accepted, no report it was done (2015–2026): 1. Viewers were asked for punishment ideas or votes in 31 ask threads.

2007 (16)

• Hank: drink a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling (2007) — disputed
  • 2007-01-02 · proposed — 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. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd (00:01:53)
  • 2007-01-05 · changed — Unable to find Strawberry Hill where he lives, Hank substitutes Sutter Home White Zinfandel for the challenge. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 5th (00:00:56)
  • 2007-01-05 · accepted — Hank accepts John's Strawberry Hill challenge in a commenter's variant: drink a glass, then say the Nepal challenge phrase really fast without vomiting. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 5th (00:01:56)
  • 2007-01-05 · performed — Hank toasts 'To Brotherhood', chugs the $3.65 Sutter Home and says the tongue twister, claiming it was not hard. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 5th (00:02:46)
  • 2007-01-08 · disputed — John rejects Hank's claimed completion of the Strawberry Hill Challenge because Hank drank Sutter Home instead of Strawberry Hill. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 (00:00:10)
  • 2007-02-12 · accepted — Having searched stores throughout the trip, Hank finds real Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill and buys it to finally complete the Strawberry Hill Challenge. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 12th (00:01:34)
  • 2007-02-14 · performed — Hank toasts 'To brotherhood', drinks Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill on camera, declares the challenge completed and says the Nepal tongue twister. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 14th (00:02:02)
  • 2007-04-09 · disputed — Hank says that when he drank 'that entire bottle' of Strawberry Hill-flavored citrus wine, he didn't actually drink all of it. — April 9th: Is it OK to Party? (00:00:36)
• John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal (2007) — performed
  • 2007-01-02 · proposed — 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. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd (00:01:53)
  • 2007-01-04 · accepted — Since Hank ignored it, John takes on his own challenge: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal. — Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper (00:01:11)
  • 2007-01-04 · performed — John attempts the challenge on camera but gives up partway, blaming two-ply toilet paper. — Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper (00:01:44)
  • 2007-10-24 · accepted — Reminded by a nerdfighter that he failed the challenge he set himself on January 2 (he discussed Nepal but did not eat the toilet paper), John takes it on again. — October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING (00:01:34)
  • 2007-10-26 · performed — John eats five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, swallowing the fifth near the end, and declares victory. — OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER (00:03:10)
• John: punishment for accidentally CC'ing Hank on an email (2007) — performed
  • 2007-01-30 · accepted — John says his accidental CC to Hank on an email means he has to do a punishment, and asks Hank to be kind. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 30, 2007 (00:02:02)
  • 2007-01-31 · disputed — Hank reports that John phoned him arguing the email was not a punishable offence; Hank grants some leeway since it wasn't really a personal communication. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 31st (00:01:34)
  • 2007-01-31 · set — Refusing a suggestion that John send him his Wii, and allowing leeway because the email wasn't a personal communication, Hank makes John choose one of two punishments. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 31st (00:02:13)
  • 2007-02-01 · accepted — In a word of parting, John says his chin is prepared. — Brotherhood 2.0, February 1, 2007 (00:01:18)
  • 2007-02-05 · performed — John waxes his chin: the wax will not come off on the first pull, he bleeds, and he tries a second time. — Brotherhood 2.0, February 5, 2007 (00:00:39)
  • 2007-02-05 · changed — Bleeding again, John switches to the other punishment Hank offered: he watches mint chocolate chip ice cream melt while eating popcorn, and thanks Hank for the alternative. — Brotherhood 2.0, February 5, 2007 (00:02:15)
• Hank: answer every question of his own survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less (2007 challenge from John) — performed
  • 2007-02-07 · set — At the request of several commenters John challenges Hank to answer every question in his survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 (00:02:48)
  • 2007-02-08 · accepted — Hank accepts John's challenge to answer his survey in 3 minutes 30 seconds and says he will do his best. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 8th (00:03:31)
  • 2007-02-16 · performed — Hank answers his whole survey at speed and says the survey section took 3:27, within John's 3:30 limit. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (00:03:44)
• John: wear a hat like Miss Susie's, eat a teaspoon of horseradish and sing the Blossom theme (2007 challenge from Hank) — performed
  • 2007-02-26 · set — Hank challenges John to wear a hat like Miss Susie's, eat a teaspoon of horseradish and sing the last two lines of the Blossom theme song. — Brotherhood 2.0: Earwax (00:03:42)
  • 2007-02-27 · changed — John drops the hat from Hank's challenge because Sarah owns only baseball caps. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 27, 2007: Horseradish Challenge (00:00:35)
  • 2007-02-27 · performed — Having sung the Blossom theme lines, John eats the teaspoon of horseradish in little bites and declares the challenge done. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 27, 2007: Horseradish Challenge (00:02:24)
• Hank: do something awesome with Nerdfighters (2007 challenge from John) — set, no report it was done (2007–2026)
  • 2007-02-27 · set — John challenges Hank to do something awesome with Nerdfighters. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 27, 2007: Horseradish Challenge (00:00:35)
• Hank's 2007 punishment voted by viewers (for textual communication) — performed
  • 2007-03-02 · accepted — Hank accepts the viewers' verdict that he be punished, with one condition: nothing to do with earwax. — Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions (00:00:10)
  • 2007-03-05 · set — John sets Hank's punishment: buy 100 full-sized Peeps, eat as many as possible in six minutes, give the rest away in Missoula, and pay a dollar per uneaten Peep into the new fund. — Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment (00:00:39)
  • 2007-03-06 · performed — Hank performs his punishment: surrounded by 100 Peeps, he eats for six minutes while talking, then owes $87.5 for the uneaten ones. — Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide (00:00:00)
  • 2007-03-08 · performed — Hank performs the giving-away part of his Peeps punishment: after failing downtown, he gives the Peeps to a group of punk rockers. — Brotherhood 2.0: Giving Away Peeps (00:00:11)
• Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment) — performed
  • 2007-03-29 · set — John gleefully tells Hank that Hank accidentally included him on a list of people he emailed about Mom, so Hank is going to be punished. — Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK (00:00:00)
  • 2007-04-02 · set — John lets Hank choose his punishment from five options: senior water aerobics, professional chin waxing, acting out his most embarrassing moment with hand puppets, leading downtown Missoula in the Nerdfighters song, or test-driving a Hummer at a GM dealer. — Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble (00:00:10)
  • 2007-04-03 · accepted — Hank says he is back home facing punishment; unless 19 more gifts come in he will have to pick a punishment to do on Thursday (5 April 2007), and hasn't chosen which yet. — April 3rd: Seattle! (00:03:22)
  • 2007-04-05 · performed — Having ruled out the Hummer test drive (dealer 153 miles away) and chin waxing (salons refuse), Hank performs his punishment as 'embarrassing moment sock puppet theater', acting out three embarrassing moments. — April 5th: Embarrassing Moment Sock Puppet Theater (00:00:29)
  • 2007-04-06 · performed — John congratulates Hank on completing his punishment via sock puppet theater, adding that the stories were not humiliating enough and showing Hank's black-lipstick photo. — Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender (00:01:59)
• Hank: write a song every two weeks (2007 challenge from John) — performed
  • 2007-04-30 · set — John challenges Hank to make many more songs, and right now to write one that will replace the Helen Hunt song stuck in John's head. — Brotherhood 2.0: April 30: Hellos from Los Angeles (00:02:19)
  • 2007-05-01 · performed — Thanking John for the song challenge, Hank performs a new comic song about Helena, Montana, hoping it bumps the Helen Hunt song out of people's heads. — May 1st: Neil Gaiman in Helena (00:01:57)
  • 2007-05-02 · proposed — Praising Hank's song, John suggests Hank write one song every two weeks for the rest of the project, on his Wednesdays. — Brotherhood 2.0: May 2: Book Banning (00:00:10)
  • 2007-05-09 · accepted — Hank officially accepts the challenge to write a song every two weeks. — My 9th: Singing and Randy (00:00:10)
  • 2007-05-23 · performed — On his Wednesday, two weeks after accepting the song-every-two-weeks challenge, Hank sings a new song, dedicated to the Yeti for John and Sarah's anniversary. — May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team (00:00:11)
  • 2007-05-31 · performed — John reports that Hank met the songwriting challenge despite the skipped Memorial Day, writing the Queen Ranavalona song in about six hours. — Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating (00:01:45)
  • 2007-06-13 · performed — On his Wednesday Hank sings a short song about his family, made in GarageBand for lack of a guitar. — June 13: Dominican Debacles (00:00:31)
  • 2007-07-18 · performed — On his Wednesday Hank does the song the song challenge requires: 'Accio Deathly Hallows'. — July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) (00:00:17)
  • 2007-08-01 · performed — On his Wednesday song day Hank says he has to sing a song and performs 'It's Too Hot'. — August 1: It's Too Hot (00:00:10)
  • 2007-09-19 · performed — On his Wednesday, Hank sings a new song, 'The Luck of My Life', for Katherine. — September 19th: The Luck of my Life (00:00:13)
  • 2007-12-05 · performed — On his Wednesday Hank performs a new song, 'The Adorable Cannibal'. — December 5th: The Adorable Cannibal (PG-13) (00:00:01)
  • 2007-12-19 · performed — On the last Song Wednesday of Brotherhood 2.0, Hank performs a new song, with Katherine singing and co-writing. — December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube (00:00:18)
• Hank: make a forum for Brotherhood 2.0 (2007 challenge from John) — performed
  • 2007-05-31 · set — John challenges Hank to make a forum for Brotherhood 2.0, provided the viewers are in favour, because the comments have become too many and too confused. — Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating (00:01:45)
  • 2007-06-01 · accepted — Hank thanks John for the challenge to make a forum and says he is working on it. — June 1: Barack Saabama (00:03:42)
  • 2007-06-05 · performed — Hank meets John's challenge: he has spent all day and much of last night building the Brotherhood 2.0 forum, which is now live. — Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum (00:02:06)
• John: eat six ounces of yogurt in 10 seconds (2007 self-proposed challenge) — performed
  • 2007-05-31 · proposed — Saying Hank hasn't challenged him lately, John suggests Hank could challenge him to eat six ounces of yogurt in 10 seconds. — Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating (00:02:24)
  • 2007-05-31 · performed — John speed-eats the yogurt on camera and ends up with some on his nose. — Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating (00:02:24)
• Hank: recreate his goth photo as punishment (2007) — performed
  • 2007-07-09 · set — John reports that the forum has settled Hank's punishment: it will involve recreating a picture shown on screen. — July 9: The Punishment Fiasco (00:02:12)
  • 2007-07-11 · proposed — John proposes adding spray-on green hair to Hank's punishment: Hank sprays the mohawk part. — Brotherhood 2.0: Harry and the Potters are Nerdfighters! (00:02:11)
  • 2007-07-12 · accepted — Turning to his own punishment, Hank accepts whatever John wants. — July 12: Pizza, Punishments and Potter (00:02:50)
  • 2007-07-13 · changed — John specifies Hank's punishment as a spray-painted green mohawk combined with recreating the goth picture. — Brotherhood 2.0: July 13: Outside (00:01:38)
  • 2007-07-16 · performed — Hank performs his punishment: he shaves, applies eyeliner and lipstick and recreates the goth photograph's pose in the basement. — July 16: Goth (00:00:03)
  • 2007-07-18 · accepted — Hank acknowledges the green hair part of his punishment and schedules it for Friday (20 July 2007), because Wednesday is his song day. — July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) (00:00:13)
  • 2007-07-20 · performed — Hank performs the green-hair part of his punishment (spray-painting a fake mohawk green) and declares the punishment complete. — July 20: Green Mohawk (00:00:40)
• John: do a half-naked dance in a golden bow tie as punishment (2007) — performed
  • 2007-07-10 · set — Hank sets John's punishment: recreate either the academic decathlon picture with the golden bow tie or the shirtless happy-dance picture. — July 10: Embarassing Photographs (00:02:58)
  • 2007-07-11 · accepted — John says he is getting his abs in shape for his punishment. — Brotherhood 2.0: Harry and the Potters are Nerdfighters! (00:00:11)
  • 2007-07-11 · proposed — John proposes adding spray-on green hair to his own punishment: he sprays all the non-mohawk parts. — Brotherhood 2.0: Harry and the Potters are Nerdfighters! (00:02:11)
  • 2007-07-12 · changed — Hank specifies John's existing punishment: a half-naked dance of about 30 seconds wearing (something like) a golden bow tie, in black and white. — July 12: Pizza, Punishments and Potter (00:02:50)
  • 2007-07-13 · accepted — John says he is looking forward to doing his punishment on Tuesday and describes his preparations (medals, baggy pants, belt, green hairspray). — Brotherhood 2.0: July 13: Outside (00:01:38)
  • 2007-07-17 · performed — John performs his punishment: with huge pants, a belt, a bow tie, three medals and glasses he recreates a mix of two pictures with a shirtless dance. — Brotherhood 2.0: July 17: Topless Dancer (00:00:40)
  • 2007-07-25 · performed — John appears with green hair (the green-hair part of his punishment, not named as such here), wearing it whenever he speaks as himself. — July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! (00:00:10)
• John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) — performed
  • 2007-08-02 · accepted — Caught by Nerdfighters in a January 11 textual communication, John accepts that he is about to be punished and awaits suggestions, noting the Yeti can veto. — August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans (00:01:49)
  • 2007-08-03 · set — Hank sets John a preliminary punishment from a viewer's suggestion: call an ex-girlfriend and talk for at least a minute, mentioning things Nerdfighters will suggest. — August 3: The Retail Dance (00:02:59)
  • 2007-08-06 · changed — The Yeti vetoes the ex-girlfriend phone-call punishment Hank had set, so John must find another. — August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished (00:00:43)
  • 2007-08-06 · proposed — John proposes a ten-tier punishment whose severity depends on the number of donors to Biss's campaign via ActBlue. — August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished (00:02:03)
  • 2007-08-07 · set — Hank says the donations have skipped several tiers, so John must at least wax a limb of Hank's choosing. — August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt (00:00:56)
  • 2007-08-07 · changed — Hank rules that small gifts to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck count toward the punishment total. — August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt (00:02:14)
  • 2007-08-08 · changed — John sets a Friday-midnight deadline for donations counting toward his punishment and counts gifts from minors and non-US people to the Fund to Decrease World Suck. — August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury (00:03:31)
  • 2007-08-09 · set — Hank calls the total: with 189 donations plus about 50 fund gifts, John must eat a blenderized Happy Meal; he leaves the kind of meal and drink to John. — August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections (00:00:10)
  • 2007-08-10 · accepted — John accepts he will eat a blenderized Happy Meal while waxing two legs (or two arms if Hank is kind), and says he is 'looking forward to it'. — August 10th: Bears!!!! (00:01:11)
  • 2007-08-13 · changed — Hank leaves the Happy Meal and drink to John (blend and eat it) and, since John was a good sport, cuts the waxing to one leg plus licking a cat. — August 13: The Fair!!!! (00:03:26)
  • 2007-08-14 · changed — Unable to find a cat so far, John puts the cat-licking part of his punishment off till Thursday (16 August 2007). — August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) (00:00:22)
  • 2007-08-14 · performed — John performs his punishment: he blends and eats a Happy Meal with an orange drink, then waxes a leg (per the description); the cat licking is still to come. — August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) (00:03:50)
  • 2007-08-16 · performed — John licks Toby, a cat owned by Indianapolis strangers a Nerdfighter found for him, and declares his punishment finished. — August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat (00:02:38)
• Hank: write a thesis on whether he would rather fight Helen Hunt on PCP or the Bionic Woman (2007) — performed
  • 2007-09-27 · set — Hank reports that the person he has a deadline for set him a punishment for missing it: a thesis on whom he would rather fight. — September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP (00:00:46)
  • 2007-09-27 · performed — Hank performs the thesis on air and concludes he would rather comfort Helen Hunt. — September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP (00:01:30)
• Hank: eat a blenderized Christmas meal or give a one-hour public concert, as voted by Nerdfighters (2007) — performed
  • 2007-12-18 · proposed — Answering whether there will be a punishment before year's end, John says yes: Hank communicated with him in the comments of Nalts's video, so Hank will be punished. — Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! (00:00:39)
  • 2007-12-20 · set — John sets Hank's punishment as one of two options to be chosen by Nerdfighter vote: eat a blenderized Christmas meal, or give an hour-long public concert of Nerdfighting songs for charity. — December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! (00:02:59)
  • 2007-12-21 · accepted — Hank accepts the voted punishment, performing Nerdfighter songs for at least an hour and drinking Strawberry Hill blended with Peeps if he needs to drink, saying he is getting what he deserves. — December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment (00:01:50)
  • 2007-12-27 · performed — Hank performs his voted punishment: after blending Strawberry Hill wine with Peeps, he plays a live gig of his Nerdfighter songs, shown in a recap, and thanks everyone for the punishment. — December 27th: The Gig! (00:03:07)

2008 (9)

• John: punishment for missing the Question Tuesday deadline (2008) — accepted, no report it was done (2008–2026)
  • 2008-04-14 · set — John cannot do Question Tuesday today, thanks viewers for thousands of book questions, and vows to do it by the end of the week or be punished. — PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR (00:00:43)
  • 2008-04-16 · set — Hank reminds John that he promised a Question Tuesday not on Tuesday and must deliver before the week is out or be punished. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:03:37)
  • 2008-04-21 · accepted — John accepts that missing his Question Tuesday means he will be punished. — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:00:00)
• Hank: punishment for losing the Peeps contest and a video over four minutes (2008) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2008-04-21 · set — John declares Hank will be punished for losing the Peeps contest and for a video over four minutes without a montage. — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:00:00)
  • 2008-04-24 · accepted — Hank acknowledges his infraction and is reviewing punishment ideas. — Pills Pills Pills (00:03:11)
  • 2008-05-16 · performed — Hank performs his punishment, chosen from Nerdfighters' and John's suggestions: singing a cover of a ToyBox pop song. — Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) (00:00:59)
• John: a video every day for a week, as punishment for his week and a half without videos (2008) — changed, no report it was done (2008–2026)
  • 2008-05-18 · accepted — To make up for not posting last week (week of 5 May 2008), John takes on a punishment: a video every day this week (Sunday to Thursday). — A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! (00:02:34)
  • 2008-05-22 · changed — Hank says John will not manage five videos in five days as planned; the description says the punishment will be completed on Friday. — Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! (video description)
• John: discuss the Georgia war while wearing a peanut butter face (2008) — performed
  • 2008-08-12 · accepted — John accepts Hank's challenge to discuss Georgia while putting on a peanut butter face. — PEANUT BUTTER FACE (while discussing the Georgia-Russia War) (00:00:00)
  • 2008-08-12 · performed — John performs the challenge: an armchair political analysis of the Georgia war with peanut butter on his face. — PEANUT BUTTER FACE (while discussing the Georgia-Russia War) (00:03:26)
  • 2008-08-12 · set — Hank challenges John to discuss the political situation in Georgia while giving himself a Ze Frank peanut butter mask. — Eight Days of Awesome (00:04:09)
• Hank: punishment for his over-four-minute 'Eight Days of Awesome' video (2008) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2008-08-12 · accepted — Hank admits the video runs over four minutes and accepts whatever punishment John chooses. — Eight Days of Awesome (00:04:09)
  • 2008-08-15 · performed — Hank performs his punishment, a viewer's suggestion: dealing with and killing the spiders in his basement; it was worse than he expected. — Metric Sabbath (00:00:43)
• John and Hank: Brotherhood 2.1, the Nerdfighters' punishment for passing Oprah (2008) — performed
  • 2008-09-21 · accepted — John accepts that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah lets Nerdfighters punish the brothers. — The Pwning of Oprah (00:02:58)
  • 2008-09-23 · proposed — John says Nerdfighters, not the brothers, pick the punishment and names leading options, one beginning "do Brotherhood 2" (rest inaudible). — Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday (00:02:10)
  • 2008-10-06 · performed — John announces that today is the first day of the brothers' month-long Brotherhood 2.0-style vlogging challenge, the first such in almost ten months. — Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) (00:03:18)
  • 2008-10-08 · performed — John calls this his second video in the month-long Brotherhood 2.1 project. — J Scribble Goes to Borders (00:00:00)
  • 2008-10-08 · performed — Hank says this month (October 2008) of Brotherhood 2.1 vlogging is the brothers' punishment. — Hanks actual Vlog (00:00:32)
  • 2008-10-08 · set — Hank states the punishment: Brotherhood 2.0-style vlogging for an entire month. — Hanks actual Vlog (00:01:01)
  • 2008-11-06 · performed — Hank posts the last video of Brotherhood 2.1 and says goodbye to it. — Funny Noises from Tennessee (00:00:06)
• Hank: dress as Carrie Bradshaw, punishment for his 4:16 video (2008) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2008-10-22 · proposed — John notes Hank's previous video was 4 minutes 16 seconds long and expects a 'weird semantic argument' against being punished. — Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. (00:00:36)
  • 2008-10-24 · accepted — Hank concedes his video was technically over four minutes and, at the end, asks viewers for punishment suggestions. — Talking to Myself (00:00:00)
  • 2008-10-24 · set — John sets Hank's punishment: dress as Carrie Bradshaw and watch the Sex and the City movie at home, something Hank once agreed to do. — Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! (00:00:00)
  • 2008-10-30 · performed — Hank records his video dressed like Carrie Bradshaw, part of the punishment John set. — Hank is Late (dr horrible) (00:00:01)
  • 2009-04-01 · performed — Hank performs his Carrie Bradshaw punishment: a cover of 'Never Gonna Give You Up', in costume per the description. — HANKROLL'd (00:00:17)
  • 2009-04-01 · accepted — Hank apologises for not being dressed as Carrie Bradshaw and says he thinks he can make up for it tomorrow. — A Few Of My Favorite Things (00:03:38)
• John: stand on a table for a $5,000 charity donation from Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier (2008) — performed
  • 2008-12-08 · set — Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier offer $5,000 to John's favourite charities if he stands on top of a hotel-room table, the price John himself named. — I Am Afraid of Heights (00:00:52)
  • 2008-12-08 · changed — After John fails to get on the table, Scott and Justine extend the deadline for the table-standing to today. — I Am Afraid of Heights (00:01:16)
  • 2008-12-08 · performed — John stands on the table on camera and celebrates the $5,000; the description says the money went to Doctors without Borders, Firstbook and Ashanet. — I Am Afraid of Heights (00:02:32)
• John: Hank's P4A challenge to microwave a CD and short a 9-volt battery with steel wool (2008) — performed
  • 2008-12-17 · set — Hank reports that the previous afternoon he told John, as part of the P4A, to microwave a CD for five seconds and touch steel wool to a 9-volt battery. — Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org (00:00:29)
  • 2008-12-17 · performed — John films himself microwaving a CD and standing with steel wool and a 9-volt battery, for Hank's P4A video. — Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org (00:00:58)

2009 (4)

• John: eat one Peep for every $10 raised for the Uncultured Project (2009) — changed, no report it was done (2009–2026)
  • 2009-03-08 · accepted — John commits to eating one Peep per $10 raised (e.g. 100 Peeps for $1,000) on March 23 and filming it. — PEEPS for Bangladesh (00:01:45)
  • 2009-03-24 · changed — John did not eat the ~315 Peeps on the day; Nerdfighters ate 200+ for him, and he will eat the remaining ~102 on Sunday and film it. — Peeps! Prom! Puppy! (00:00:24)
  • 2009-03-29 · changed — Because steroids raise his blood sugar, the doctor vetoed the Peeps; John postpones eating them until the doctor allows it. — Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail (00:00:35)
  • 2009-04-19 · changed — John never ate the 317 Peeps; doctors say he can't eat even one without further testing, so he wants to make it up by doing 317 of something else. — Weekend of Surreality (00:02:16)
• John: eat a viewer-voted fat sandwich for missing his Sunday video (2009) — performed
  • 2009-06-01 · proposed — Hank tells John he is being punished for not making his video, whatever his excuses. — DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants (00:00:00)
  • 2009-06-05 · set — Hank sets John's punishment for missing his Sunday video: eat a Carl's Jr. burger as its constituent parts (not blenderized), in a way viewers choose. — JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way (00:00:29)
  • 2009-06-07 · accepted — John says he can't afford another punishment and that, with the sandwich winning the vote, Hank will likely see him eat a fat sandwich on Tuesday. — I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! (00:03:46)
  • 2009-06-10 · performed — Hank reports John has eaten and filmed the fat sandwich and says he puked after two bites; the video is not yet up. — WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches (00:00:29)
  • 2009-06-10 · performed — John eats the strawberry-protein Crisco fat sandwich on camera, vomits partway, and finishes it. — Eating a FAT SANDWICH (00:03:37)
  • 2014-07-18 · performed — In June 2008 John missed a video and had to eat a sandwich made of lard and protein meal. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:02:12)
• John: ride the Frog Hopper, punishment for Nerdfighters finding Gus Is a Bug (2009) — performed
  • 2009-11-15 · set — John sets the reward: if Nerdfighters find a copy or the author of Gus Is a Bug, they may punish him in whatever way they see fit. — Gus Is A Bug (00:01:10)
  • 2009-11-17 · accepted — Because Gus Is a Bug was found, John tells Nerdfighters they now get to punish him and points to an official thread for discussing punishments. — Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition (00:02:33)
  • 2009-12-08 · proposed — Hank says John's punishment is still up in the air and suggests John watch every Vlogbrothers video in order without sleeping. — Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! (00:03:04)
  • 2010-01-04 · accepted — John acknowledges he still owes a punishment that Hank has not yet given him, and will complete it within a week once assigned. — It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules (00:02:39)
  • 2010-01-06 · set — Hank sets John's punishment: face his fear of heights with a full session on the Frog Hopper, and tell Hank he loves him while up there. — 15 Hours in Target! (00:03:17)
  • 2010-01-08 · accepted — John acknowledges the Frog Hopper punishment, hoping his paternity leave will push it past next Wednesday (13 January 2010); he says he doesn't want to ride it. — GUS HAS NO FUZZ! (00:00:00)
  • 2010-01-13 · performed — John goes to Xscape and rides the Frog Hopper, screaming; the ride's audio is cut because of Lady Gaga music. — Froghoppin' with Gatsby (00:01:01)
• Hank: 15 hours in the Missoula Target for his 4:02 video (2009) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2009-11-22 · set — Citing Hank's four-minute-two-second video last week (week of 9 November 2009) as a breach of the four-minute rule, John declares that Hank is getting punished. — Hank in FAMY (00:01:57)
  • 2009-12-01 · set — John sets Hank's punishment: 15 hours in the Missoula Target from opening to close without leaving, plus buying a blender and publicly blending and eating a meal in the Target restaurant. — Shaving for Pakistan (00:03:03)
  • 2009-12-08 · accepted — Hank acknowledges he will have to spend 15 hours inside a Target. — Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! (00:03:04)
  • 2010-01-04 · changed — Under the new one-week rule John tells Hank he has one week from today to spend 15 hours in a Target. — It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules (00:02:39)
  • 2010-01-06 · performed — Hank serves his punishment, spending the day (15 hours) inside a Target and filming it. — 15 Hours in Target! (00:00:07)
  • 2010-01-08 · performed — John congratulates Hank on completing 15 hours in Target without going insane or getting arrested. — GUS HAS NO FUZZ! (00:00:29)
  • 2014-07-18 · looked back on — That November Hank made a video two seconds too long and had to spend 15 hours in a Target. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:02:19)

2010 (3)

• John: Fitness for Nerds workout video, punishment for a missed video (2010) — performed
  • 2010-07-16 · set — Hank declares that John must be punished for neglecting to make a video last week (week of 5 July 2010), breaking their agreement to make videos on schedule; the punishment is to be chosen from viewers' suggestions. — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:02:42)
  • 2010-07-20 · accepted — John acknowledges his pending punishment and expects Hank to tell him what it is on Wednesday. — I Like Balls (00:02:12)
  • 2010-07-21 · set — Hank sets John's punishment: a 10-minute nerd workout video in a cut-off sweatshirt, headband, preferably leg warmers and possibly a leotard. — I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally (00:02:34)
  • 2010-07-24 · accepted — John reacts to the punishment Hank set: it sounds horrible, so thanks. — Grammar School with Snooki (00:03:21)
  • 2010-08-18 · changed — Hank says John is 'significantly unpunished' too and proposes both punishments be complete within seven days. — Demon Four Year Old Interviewed (00:01:49)
  • 2010-09-02 · performed — John performs his outstanding punishment as the mock workout video 'Fitness for Nerds'. — Fitness for Nerds (video description)
• Hank: do a YouTube-style makeup tutorial by September 1 (2010) — performed
  • 2010-07-16 · accepted — Hank accepts that he too must be punished for neglecting to make a video last week (week of 5 July 2010), despite viewers forgiving the brothers because of VidCon. — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:02:42)
  • 2010-08-02 · set — John sets Hank's punishment: a makeup tutorial in the style of YouTube makeup tutorials, due September 1. — I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 (00:02:55)
  • 2010-08-18 · changed — Hank admits he has not done his makeup tutorial yet and proposes that it be complete seven days from now. — Demon Four Year Old Interviewed (00:01:49)
  • 2010-08-23 · performed — Hank performs his makeup-tutorial punishment: a Katniss Everdeen look tutorial with makeup bought at Target. — Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look (00:00:04)
• John and Hank: do a difficult or horrible challenge set by Nerdfighters as the space pasta reward (2010) — performed
  • 2010-11-26 · proposed — John offers the reward: if Nerdfighteria answers the space pasta question, the brothers will let them challenge them to do something horrible. — p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:02:49)
  • 2010-11-29 · accepted — Out-take: after Hank jokes that John's 'us' means only John, Hank says he'll do something horrible too and John says he'll do something more horrible. — John and Hank: The Out-Takes (00:01:58)
  • 2010-12-03 · accepted — John says that as their reward Nerdfighters now get to challenge the brothers to do something difficult and/or horrible. — Giant Squids OF LOVE (00:02:50)
  • 2011-02-21 · accepted — Hank apologises for never letting Nerdfighteria challenge the brothers as the reward for solving space pasta, and asks for challenges in the comments, like interviewing your mayor. — Hank Interviews His Mayor (00:03:31)
  • 2011-03-30 · performed — Hank makes this video with no cuts, a challenge from Nerdfighteria's space pasta reward that he silently accepted. — The Ice Cream Changes (video description)

2011 (7)

• Hank: rap George Watsky's fast rap, a challenge Watsky did not intend (2011) — performed
  • 2011-01-28 · accepted — Hank accepts George Watsky's fast rap as a challenge, though Watsky did not intend it as one. — Is Hank Green Batman? (00:00:11)
  • 2011-01-28 · performed — Hank attempts Watsky's fast rap on camera, breaks off and declares that he fails the challenge. — Is Hank Green Batman? (00:00:32)
• John: punishment for not posting a video on Wednesday (May 2011) — changed, no report it was done (2011–2026)
  • 2011-05-05 · accepted — John says he skipped Wednesday's video on purpose, giving Hank the birthday gift of forcing him to do something humiliating, embarrassing or unpalatable. — IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! (00:00:54)
  • 2011-05-06 · set — Hank says viewers have one punishment for John for not putting a video up on Wednesday. — Happy Birthday To Me! (00:02:50)
  • 2011-06-08 · proposed — Hank proposes two punishments for John's two outstanding punishments, a 35-plus-part video and gross viewer-chosen sandwiches, without saying which punishment gets which. — Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies (00:02:37)
  • 2011-06-20 · accepted — John's commitment to eat 36 disgusting sandwiches on Friday (24 June 2011) joins Hank's two proposed punishments (a 35-plus-part video and gross sandwiches), so it also accepts this one. — On Religion (00:03:24)
  • 2011-06-24 · changed — John says he has been sick and has a doctor's note saying he doesn't have to do his punishment. — On Religion (Redux) (00:00:07)
  • 2011-08-15 · changed — John says he cannot do the sandwich punishment (proposed in June for one of his two outstanding punishments, Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies, without saying which) after his gallbladder removal, so a different one is needed; Hank will pick from viewers' suggestions. — HANKLERFISH! (00:01:35)
• John: punishment earned by Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see Hank's Helen Hunt video (2011) — changed, no report it was done (2011–2026)
  • 2011-05-06 · set — Hank says getting Helen Hunt to see the Helen Hunt video earns Nerdfighters two punishments, one of them for John. — Happy Birthday To Me! (00:02:56)
  • 2011-06-08 · proposed — Hank proposes two punishments for John's two outstanding punishments, a 35-plus-part video and gross viewer-chosen sandwiches, without saying which punishment gets which. — Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies (00:02:37)
  • 2011-06-20 · accepted — John says that, as penance, he will eat 36 disgusting sandwiches on Friday. — On Religion (00:03:24)
  • 2011-06-24 · changed — John says he has been sick and has a doctor's note saying he doesn't have to do his punishment. — On Religion (Redux) (00:00:07)
  • 2011-08-15 · changed — John says he cannot do the sandwich punishment (proposed in June for one of his two outstanding punishments, Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies, without saying which) after his gallbladder removal, so a different one is needed; Hank will pick from viewers' suggestions. — HANKLERFISH! (00:01:35)
• Hank: punishment earned by Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see his Helen Hunt video (2011) — performed
  • 2011-05-06 · set — Hank says the second Helen Hunt punishment is for himself. — Happy Birthday To Me! (00:02:56)
  • 2011-06-15 · set — John sets Hank's punishment: Humpy Hank All Over Town — Hank must hump the town. — Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) (00:02:23)
  • 2011-07-01 · performed — Hank performs his punishment, humping things around town to a dance track, and calls it a very punishing punishment. — Humping the Town (00:02:20)
• Hank: punishment for missing a video (August 2011) — set, no report it was done (2011–2026)
  • 2011-08-03 · accepted — Hank admits missing a video was all his fault and accepts that viewers get to punish him. — I Love My Brother (00:02:55)
  • 2011-08-15 · set — John announces Hank's punishment: Hank will draw an anglerfish on each of the 7,400 TFIOS signature sheets John brought, 5% of the total. — HANKLERFISH! (00:02:15)
  • 2011-08-15 · accepted — Hank commits to the punishment: he will Hanklerfish all the sheets, drawing an anglerfish on each. — HANKLERFISH! (00:02:28)
  • 2011-08-19 · set — In an outtake, John announces Hank's punishment for failing to make a video despite their promise of videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. — Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR (00:00:00)
• Hank: release a picture of himself as an eight-year-old, a P4A 2011 challenge — performed
  • 2011-12-19 · performed — John reports Hank released a picture of himself aged eight to fulfil a P4A challenge; Nerdfighters remixed it. — Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath (00:01:13)
• John: cover his face in Sharpie when P4A 2011 donations reach $50,000 — performed
  • 2011-12-19 · performed — John covered his face in Sharpie when P4A donations reached $50,000. — Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath (00:01:13)

2012 (6)

• Live Question Tuesday at Carnegie Hall: electric shock for whoever is talking when time runs out (2012) — performed
  • 2012-01-17 · set — At the show John reads and talks about The Fault in Our Stars, Hank sings, John answers questions, Hank wears a tutu, and in joint questions whoever is talking when the timer goes off is shocked with Charlie McDonnell's 'patented shocker'. — Thoughts from Places: The Tour (00:01:37)
  • 2013-01-15 · set — John sets the live Question Tuesday rule: whoever is talking when the question period ends gets a mild electric shock. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (01:43:42)
  • 2013-01-15 · performed — Hank, talking when time ran out, nearly gets away without the shock but 'polices' himself and shocks himself in his pocket. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (02:02:38)
• John: surprise punishment from Hank that will 'strike when he least expects it' (2012) — set, no report it was done (2012–2026)
  • 2012-03-20 · set — John recalls that on tour Hank told him his punishment would strike at the moment he least expects; it has not happened yet, and maybe Hank forgot. — Sharpie Face Question Tuesday (00:02:39)
• John: outstanding 2012 Kiva-deal punishment, ultimately an inkless tattoo (2012–2015) — performed
  • 2012-08-28 · set — John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — In Which the Candle Dies (00:01:56)
  • 2012-09-25 · accepted — John says he will do his punishment next week (week of 1 October 2012) and is trying to find a llama for it. — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:01:27)
  • 2014-07-18 · set — Hank concludes John is left with one outstanding punishment from the 2012 Kiva bet, and tells him it was his own doing. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:03:46)
  • 2014-07-22 · accepted — John says he still believes he does not owe a punishment but will do one because of the data in Hank's punishment rant. — Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (00:00:04)
  • 2014-09-16 · accepted — Asked whether the brothers are supposed to do a punishment, John acknowledges he owes one. — It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:02:47)
  • 2014-09-19 · set — Hank sets John's punishment: a tattoo done with no ink in the gun, so it hurts and leaves nothing to show. — The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out (00:03:09)
  • 2015-08-04 · accepted — Asked when he will do his inkless tattoo punishment, John answers 'Soon. Ish.' and says he needs a tattoo idea. — Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza (00:01:33)
  • 2015-09-15 · performed — John gets his inkless tattoo punishment, DFTBA on his upper arm made with water instead of ink by tattoo artist Laura, and calls it the least punishing Vlogbrothers punishment ever. — John Gets a Tattoo (00:01:29)
• Hank: his punishment owed under the 2012 Kiva deal, performed as the science of pain (2012) — performed
  • 2012-08-28 · proposed — John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — In Which the Candle Dies (00:01:56)
  • 2012-09-28 · set — Hank tells John he too has chosen a punishment (not named), made gluten-free to suit his bad colon. — THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana (00:03:08)
  • 2013-10-15 · set — According to Our Pants both brothers already owe punishments, so both are punished and John doubly. — Thoughts for Nerdfighteria (00:03:00)
  • 2014-07-15 · set — John tells Hank he owes Nerdfighteria a punishment (John gives no reason). — Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses (00:02:51)
  • 2014-07-18 · accepted — Hank accepts he has one punishment left and says a comment on John's video gave him a really good idea for it. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:03:48)
  • 2014-08-01 · performed — Hank performs his owed punishment, inspired by a comment on John's video: explaining the science of pain while experiencing pain (slap, whip, muscle burn, funny bone, brain freeze, chili pepper). — PUNISHMENT OF PAIN AND SCIENCE! (00:00:02)
• Hank: make a video in CGP Grey's style after Grey says it is very hard (2012) — performed
  • 2012-10-26 · set — Hank writes that after he told CGP Grey to make videos more often and Grey said it is really hard, Grey told him to try it, and he did. — Apples! CGP Grey Style (video description)
  • 2012-10-26 · performed — Hank performs the challenge: an apple-history video in CGP Grey's style, made to prove to Grey that he can do it. — Apples! CGP Grey Style (00:00:17)
• John and Hank: a week of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily vlogs as punishment (2012) — performed
  • 2012-11-04 · performed — John opens a week of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily vlogs that the brothers are doing as a punishment; the description calls it the first of six daily videos for the first of two outstanding punishments. — Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins (00:00:00)
  • 2012-11-09 · performed — Hank's Friday video concludes the week of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily videos; he calls it fun and wishes they could continue but cites Crash Course and SciShow. — The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( (00:03:24)

2013 (2)

• Grace Helbig: punished for an over-four-minute guest video (2013) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2013-06-21 · performed — Hank shows that guest host Grace Helbig, whose video went over four minutes, sent him a clip of herself slapping herself, and declares the punishment served. — New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News (00:00:00)
• John: punishment for his over-four-minute health-insurance video, ruled not educational by Our Pants (2013) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2013-10-08 · proposed — John acknowledges the video runs over four minutes, says he thinks it counts as an educational video, and leaves viewers to discuss it in Our Pants. — Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now (video description)
  • 2013-10-15 · set — John reports Nerdfighters in Our Pants ruled his last, over-four-minute video not educational, so he owes a punishment. — Thoughts for Nerdfighteria (00:02:44)
  • 2013-10-15 · accepted — John accepts that he is punished. — Thoughts for Nerdfighteria (00:02:47)
  • 2013-11-08 · set — Hank sets John's punishment: Henry decides what goes into John's dinner and how it is cooked, as long as it won't poison him, and John has to eat it. — VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins (00:02:12)
  • 2013-11-12 · set — Within Hank's terms (Henry makes the dinner, no poisoning), Henry's worm-pizza idea is ruled out as possibly poisonous and he fixes the menu: slobber carrots with his drool, really gross barbecue with drool, and hats. — But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? (00:03:49)
  • 2013-11-12 · accepted — John takes the punishment with Henry's menu and thanks Hank for it. — But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? (00:03:57)
  • 2013-12-10 · performed — John cooks and eats the punishment meal Henry designed: slobber carrots with drool, gross barbecue with drool, and a cabbage hat. — Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue (00:03:51)

2015 (1)

• John: punishment for his over-four-minute P4A 2015 video (2015) — accepted, no report it was done (2015–2026) · four-minute breach
  • 2015-12-11 · accepted — John admits this P4A video ran over four minutes, expects to be punished, and accepts it. — The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (00:04:22)

2016 (1)

• Hank: punishment for his over-four-minute tenth-anniversary video, to be performed live at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria (2016) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2016-12-30 · accepted — Hank decides to be punished for this too-long video in front of people at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria; it will be recorded and uploaded, and he doesn't know what it will be yet. — The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (00:06:01)
  • 2017-01-03 · set — Since Hank's last 2016 video went over four minutes without being educational, there is a vlogbrothers punishment for the first time in years, to take place live on stage at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria. — 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) (00:02:59)
  • 2017-03-03 · performed — Hank drinks the blended mixture to chants of chug, still has a little left, and finds it very spicy once the peanut butter stops masking the heat. — PUNISHED: Blenderized Audience Choice: LIVE! (00:02:44)

2018 (1)

• Hank: a makeup challenge in a shock collar as punishment (2018) — performed
  • 2018-11-16 · accepted — Hank says Census responses gave him many ideas for his upcoming punishment; he is pretty sure he knows what he will do, and it will be unpleasant. — Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? (00:00:00)
  • 2018-12-14 · performed — Hank says he is doing his punishment while recording his vlogbrothers video: a makeup challenge while wearing a shock collar. — Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity (00:00:00)

2019 (1)

• Hank: punishment for accidentally uploading an over-four-minute Hank's Channel video to Vlogbrothers (2019) — performed · four-minute breach
  • 2019-05-10 · accepted — Hank says he accidentally uploaded a Hank's Channel video to Vlogbrothers that ran over four minutes, so he has another punishment brewing. — The Worst Product Ever (00:03:24)
  • 2019-07-19 · performed — Hank says that at VidCon he did his punishment for uploading a 4:02 video meant for Hank's channel to Vlogbrothers: drinking the juice of Gushers. — In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers (00:00:29)

The four-minute rule

Video length by year (registry durations; YouTube often adds a second, so 4:01 is a borderline case).

year	videos	median length	over 4:00	over 4:10	longest	videos mentioning the rule	breach punishments
2007	258	3:21	10	9	THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT 9:33	5	0
2008	130	3:51	18	13	Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank 10:00	12	3
2009	185	3:31	10	4	So Jokes: Video EP 15:51	3	1
2010	157	3:40	10	9	HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! 11:54	3	0
2011	155	3:45	7	6	Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars 30:22	1	0
2012	111	3:40	2	2	Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit 6:33	3	0
2013	107	3:50	8	8	An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 179:47	9	2
2014	114	3:50	4	4	Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World 7:18	5	0
2015	115	3:49	7	7	Benghazi: Explained 9:25	5	1
2016	114	3:44	14	14	Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans 10:34	2	1
2017	113	3:52	11	11	John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down 10:30	2	0
2018	109	3:54	4	4	Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' 19:54	2	0
2019	110	3:56	9	9	What /Actually/ Happened at Chernobyl 13:30	6	1
2020	108	3:56	6	5	So Much to Do 28:27	4	0
2021	106	3:57	7	7	We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong 21:42	4	0
2022	108	3:56	8	8	The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? 22:23	5	0
2023	107	4:18	60	57	John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 165:54	5	0
2024	114	5:14	92	86	Sipping the Tea with Hank 58:36	1	0
2025	107	5:48	93	90	White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! 726:23	1	0
2026	95	5:47	92	92	Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 556:54	0	0

Every reference to the rule (spoken, description or creator comment)

2007

• 2007-03-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide (4:54) — Hank notes the video runs over four minutes, asks not to be punished since no such rule exists yet, and makes it one: from tomorrow videos must be under four minutes. (00:04:28)
• 2007-03-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: Giving Away Peeps (3:58) — Hank ends the video because he has to keep it under four minutes. (00:03:48)
• 2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! (3:58) — 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)
• 2007-08-24 · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 (5:45) — At 11:55, not yet rendered, Hank says the video is too long but that's okay because birthday videos are an exception. (00:04:58)
• 2007-12-04 · December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! (4:00) — John opens Question Tuesday: though about 7,500 people are watching him talk to his camera, he will answer as many questions as he can within four minutes. (00:00:00)

2008

• 2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) (4:01) — John confirms he is still sticking to the four-minute time limit. (00:03:36)
• 2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful (5:26) — In the description John suggests the photo montage lets him go over the usual length, i.e. past the four-minute rule. (playful) (video description)
• 2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions (4:01) — John says Hank will be punished too: he lost the Peeps contest without participating and made a video over four minutes without a photo montage, which breaks the rule. (playful) (00:00:00)
• 2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills (4:00) — 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)
• 2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL (4:53) — Hank says he went over time but has been granted amnesty because the video had a montage (several). (playful) (00:04:12)
• 2008-06-24 · Questions Answered! (3:45) — Hank is making a Star Trek song longer than four minutes that he can't shorten, so he invokes the longer-than-four-minutes clause, which requires a Nerdfighting montage. (00:03:12)
• 2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song (4:48) — Hank pre-empts punishment for going over four minutes: there was a montage, and the montage exception covers it. (playful) (00:04:36)
• 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome (4:39) — Hank admits the video is longer than four minutes and says he will accept whatever punishment John sees fit. (00:04:09)
• 2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) (8:02) — Hank acknowledges the quartet will make the video too long but says it is okay because it is pretty much a separate video. (playful) (00:03:30)
• 2008-10-14 · Paper Towns Reading (9:19) — John says the video will go over four minutes but he will get around the rule with a montage. (playful) (00:00:56)
• 2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. (3:50) — John notes Hank's previous video was 4 minutes 16 seconds long and expects a 'weird semantic argument' against being punished. (playful) (00:00:36)
• 2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. (3:50) — John says Hank's 4:16 video contained no montage, which is clearly against the rules. (00:02:00)
• 2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. (3:50) — On the phone Hank argues his video was 3 minutes 50 seconds; the rest was black space because the song ran longer than the video track. (playful) (00:02:32)
• 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself (3:53) — In a phone skit with another Hank, Hank says he can see 'their point' and concedes his video was technically longer than four minutes. (playful) (00:00:00)

2009

• 2009-08-04 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail (3:53) — Hank hopes to fit all the sentences in, maybe not given his four minutes, and muses about working them into a song 'written by Twitter'. (00:01:22)
• 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY (2:53) — John says Nerdfighteria has long wanted to punish Hank, but Hank keeps the rules: a video every Wednesday, a song every other Wednesday, never more than four minutes. (playful) (00:00:29)
• 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY (2:53) — John says that when Hank does break the rules, as when he briefly uploaded a seven-minute version of his Severed Hands of Star Wars video, he argues he broke the letter but not the spirit of the law. (playful) (00:00:59)
• 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY (2:53) — After Hank posted a video of four minutes and two seconds last week (week of 9 November 2009), he called John saying the overrun was only the subscription screen and that he is on tour. (playful) (00:00:59)
• 2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan (3:59) — John reports a Nerdfighter's calculation that the extra two seconds of Hank's punished video, watched about 55,000 times, cost Nerdfighteria 26 hours; 'we want our 26 hours back'. (playful) (00:03:03)

2010

• 2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules (3:25) — John announces rule two: videos may not exceed four minutes, with the usual exceptions. (00:02:09)
• 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I (5:35) — John says no punishment is due for going over four minutes, since Nerdfighters allowed longer videos, and asks viewers to say how the brothers are doing. (video description)
• 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I (5:35) — John says that, with Nerdfighteria's permission, the brothers have temporarily suspended the four-minute rule to get through the week of educational videos. (00:05:18)
• 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters (4:34) — Hank tells commenters demanding punishment for a video over four minutes that the 'Nerdfighter montage exception' applies, so he remains punishment-free. (playful) (00:04:06)

2011

• 2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars (30:22) — John tells Nerdfighters not to punish him: Hank permitted this longer-than-four-minutes, unedited video, which saves him time for signing books. (playful) (00:00:14)

2012

• 2012-07-10 · Feeling More Alive: Fahrenheit 451's The Hearth and the Salamander (4:44) — In the description John notes that educational videos are allowed to run over four minutes by extensive precedent. (video description)
• 2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards (4:00) — The description offers proof that the video is less than four minutes long. (video description)
• 2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit (6:33) — In a P.S., John reminds that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (00:06:28)

2013

• 2013-03-29 · Caviar Brownies - The Second Annual Hungry Games (4:00) — In the description Hank insists the video is not over four minutes, because YouTube adds a second. (playful) (video description)
• 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News (3:53) — Hank says Grace's video went over four minutes, but he is unsure whether the four-minute rule covers videos on the Vlogbrothers channel or only videos made by the Vlogbrothers. (00:00:00)
• 2013-06-25 · Thoughts from Places: Dog Days of Summer (3:50) — She stops recording because she does not want to go four minutes like Grace did. (playful) (00:03:24)
• 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! (7:42) — Hank's description jokes that educational videos are exempt from time limits (the video runs over seven minutes). (playful) (video description)
• 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? (7:52) — John reminds viewers that educational videos may run over four minutes; commenters calling him punished did not watch to the end. (playful) (00:07:43)
• 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform (5:26) — After signing off, John notes that informational videos are allowed to be more than four minutes long. (00:04:52)
• 2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) (3:57) — Hank says he cut a verse from the song because it was a bit dirty and because the video would not have fit into four minutes otherwise: "Vlogbrothers rules". (00:02:39)
• 2013-10-08 · Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now (6:05) — John acknowledges the video runs over four minutes, says he thinks it counts as an educational video, and leaves viewers to discuss it in Our Pants. (video description)
• 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria (3:18) — John says his last video ran over four minutes and Nerdfighters in Our Pants ruled it not educational, so he is punished. (00:02:39)
• 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria (3:18) — For new viewers John explains: Our Pants is the forum; videos may not exceed four minutes unless educational; he likes pizza, Hank corn dogs; Nerdfighters fight to make the world suck less. (00:02:47)

2014

• 2014-03-04 · Understanding Ukraine: The Problems Today and Some Historical Context (6:58) — The description reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to be more than four minutes long. (video description)
• 2014-04-22 · Understanding the Central African Republic (5:21) — The description reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (video description)
• 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (4:00) — 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! (4:00) — 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)
• 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (4:00) — In April 2008 Hank made a video 14 seconds too long and had to sing 'World Wide Web Girl' with pigtails in his hair. (00:01:49)
• 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (4:00) — That November Hank made a video two seconds too long and had to spend 15 hours in a Target. (00:02:19)
• 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (4:00) — In 2013 Grace Helbig became the first non-brother punished, for a video over four minutes during John's paternity leave; though it was unclear the rules applied to her, she slapped herself. (00:02:46)
• 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (4:00) — In October 2013 John's over-four-minute video was ruled not educational enough, and as punishment he ate slobber carrots made by his son. (00:02:57)
• 2014-08-26 · Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World (7:18) — Of this seven-minute video, John reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to run longer than four minutes. (playful) (video description)
• 2014-09-09 · Going to College (in Ethiopia) (4:00) — 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)

2015

• 2015-02-10 · Understanding Boko Haram (6:17) — In the description John gives the 'standard reminder' that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes long. (video description)
• 2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze (3:58) — Hank says in 2007 the Vlogbrothers imposed an artificial four-minute limit on their videos, as arbitrary as the 24-hour day, and it's great they stuck with it. (00:03:28)
• 2015-10-23 · Benghazi: Explained (9:25) — Hank says they have made videos like this since the beginning of Vlogbrothers; he likes being able to go past the time limit, but they are hard and stressful to make. (00:07:31)
• 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (4:38) — John says Hank always tells him to make an end screen, and admits the video ran over four minutes, so he will probably be punished and accepts it. (playful) (00:04:22)
• 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars (2:42) — John playfully asks whether Nerdfighteria will really punish him because his video about refugee camps in Ethiopia ran over four minutes, calling them monsters. (playful) (00:02:22)

2016

• 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau (8:41) — Hank reminds viewers that educational videos are exempt from the time limit, so they should stop talking about punishments in the comments. (playful) (00:08:34)
• 2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (6:34) — Hank admits the video is longer than four minutes; he hasn't made many overtime videos but couldn't help it this time. (playful) (00:05:16)
• 2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (6:34) — Hank decides to be punished for this too-long video in front of people at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria; it will be recorded and uploaded, and he doesn't know what it will be yet. (00:06:01)

2017

• 2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) (3:53) — Since Hank's last 2016 video went over four minutes without being educational, there is a vlogbrothers punishment for the first time in years, to take place live on stage at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria. (00:02:59)
• 2017-08-29 · 40 (3:13) — John says next week's (week of 4 September 2017) video, his reading of the first chapter of Turtles All the Way Down, will be over four minutes but is not punishable, citing precedents from 2011 and 2008 when he read the first chapters of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. (playful) (00:02:51)

2018

• 2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' (19:54) — Hank says the reading video is exempt from the four-minute rule, so he can go on as long as he wants. (00:00:00)
• 2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (10:17) — Hank notes that educational videos are exempt from the four-minute rule, and thanks the exemption for letting him ramble. (playful) (00:09:24)

2019

• 2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? (4:00) — 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)
• 2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy (7:44) — Editing on the Friday of his colonoscopy, Hank says the video is at least educational and hopefully leads more people to screen for colon cancer, which is why it runs over four minutes. (00:06:55)
• 2019-05-10 · The Worst Product Ever (3:56) — Hank says he accidentally uploaded a Hank's Channel video to Vlogbrothers that ran over four minutes, so he has another punishment brewing. (00:03:24)
• 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers (3:59) — Hank says that at VidCon he did his punishment for uploading a 4:02 video meant for Hank's channel to Vlogbrothers: drinking the juice of Gushers. (00:00:29)
• 2019-09-17 · 'end the stigma' (4:00) — In a comment John says the four-minute rule constrains videos like this one; the brothers have been reluctant to propose eliminating it. (creator comment)
• 2019-12-13 · Is This the Cutest Animal Noise? (3:55) — Replying in a channel comment to a viewer who felt the video was setting up a longer lesson, Hank says this is life under the four-minute rule. (playful) (creator comment)

2020

• 2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity (4:00) — John signs off hoping he didn't go over four minutes: it's always a worry. (playful) (00:03:24)
• 2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation (11:00) — Hank asked on the Community tab whether he could make a video longer than four minutes, and the resounding answer was yes. (00:00:00)
• 2020-04-24 · The Sharpest Tool in the Shed (3:58) — Hank says he will spend way more than four minutes on this, so there is a long version on Hank's channel. (00:00:29)
• 2020-06-26 · You Might as Well Swim! (3:53) — Hank has felt limited by Vlogbrothers' four-minute limit, because there is a lot to say about these animals. (00:02:57)

2021

• 2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review (13:20) — For his first ever meme review Hank asked Nerdfighteria whether the video could be long, and they said yes. (00:00:13)
• 2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate (16:19) — Hank closes with a reminder that education videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (playful) (00:16:14)
• 2021-08-31 · The Woman Who Invented Stuffed Animals (6:12) — The description gently reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes long. (video description)
• 2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong (21:42) — Hank says this very long video is educational, which exempts it from the vlogbrothers four-minute rule. (00:01:27)

2022

• 2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (21:14) — Hank says meme reviews are exempt from the four-minute time limit, as established last year (2021). (00:21:03)
• 2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) (3:52) — Hank notes Dan's video is 85 minutes long while the brothers have a four-minute limit. (playful) (00:00:00)
• 2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) (3:52) — In a channel comment Hank says without the four-minute limit he would feel he had to make something as good as Dan's work, which would be impossible. (creator comment)
• 2022-07-05 · Director Hannah Marks Is Nervous To Meet You (4:00) — In a comment John says YouTube adds a second to the runtime, so the video's 4:01 is not punishable. (creator comment)
• 2022-10-07 · Planets Don't Exist (13:59) — Hank reveals the educational framing was a trick to get a long, chatty last-day Pizzamas video, which the description calls a loophole in their YouTube rules. (playful) (00:11:51)
• 2022-11-08 · Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders (6:20) — The description admits the video is over four minutes and probably not educational, so John technically probably owes Nerdfighteria a punishment. (video description)

2023

• 2023-01-13 · Why is There an Egg Shortage (And More) (4:00) — In a comment, Hank says he very occasionally hits the length exactly, but usually records 4 to 4:30 minutes and cuts down; over 5 minutes is a big problem. (creator comment)
• 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet (18:01) — Hank opens his Project for Awesome 2023 meme review of things people made and submitted to the P4A art folder, again taking an extra-long video. (00:00:00)
• 2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO (5:15) — In a channel comment John says the four-minute rule is off at least until Hank gets better, since 4-minute videos take too long with the current workload. (creator comment)
• 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (4:47) — John explains that since 2007, with a few exceptions, their videos must be under four minutes, a rule to force concision and intentional use of people's attention. (00:02:55)
• 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (4:47) — John likes the four-minute rule: it helped him become a better writer, and without it The Fault in Our Stars would have been about a hundred pages longer and not as good. (00:02:55)
• 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (4:47) — John says that since Hank's diagnosis they have suspended the four-minute rule for more flexibility, which he kind of loves; this video will run over four minutes. (00:03:42)
• 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (4:47) — John is a little conflicted: he understands the rule is important and long-standing, and one reason they have been able to make things for so many people for so long. (00:03:42)
• 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (4:47) — John asks viewers to decide, via a poll linked in the description, whether the brothers should continue the four-minute rule. (00:04:11)
• 2023-11-07 · NaFaDoYBIMSCoM (4:28) — In a later channel comment, John says he thought about cutting the video to four minutes but concluded it would have made it worse. (creator comment)

2024

• 2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) (4:02) — Asked whether they should go back to four-minute videos, John says no, but they should make them more often. (00:03:05)
• 2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) (4:02) — John says much of the four-minute video's benefit was writing the extra material and then deleting it down to about 750 words. (00:03:05)

2025

• 2025-05-02 · I Found the Dumbest Time Zone (6:11) — The description says Hank wanted a normal 4-minute Vlogbrothers video but feels he has lost that skill: it is hard to tell a story that fast and cut good material. (video description)

Every video over four minutes

The length links to the four-minute mark; a long video is not by itself a breach (exceptions are listed above). "Says" quotes what the video, its description or a creator comment says about the rule, if anything.

2007 (10)

• 2007-01-23 · Week 1 Condensed! (Hank, compilation) — 6:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-01-27 · Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel (John, compilation) — 6:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (Hank, challenge / punishment) — 4:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-02-22 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 22nd: Where Do Books Go? (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-03-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide (Hank, challenge / punishment) — 4:54 — says: Hank notes the video runs over four minutes, asks not to be punished since no such rule exists yet, and makes it one: from tomorrow videos must be under four minutes. (00:04:28)
• 2007-05-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project (John, compilation) — 5:58 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 (a guest, compilation) — 4:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-08-24 · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 (Hank, compilation) — 5:45 — says: At 11:55, not yet rendered, Hank says the video is too long but that's okay because birthday videos are an exception. (00:04:58)
• 2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT (Hank, song) — 9:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 (John, song) — 4:35 — rule not mentioned

2008 (18)

• 2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) (John, Q&A) — 4:01 — says: John confirms he is still sticking to the four-minute time limit. (00:03:36)
• 2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (John, Q&A) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful (John, challenge / punishment) — 5:26 — says: In the description John suggests the photo montage lets him go over the usual length, i.e. past the four-minute rule. (video description)
• 2008-04-16 · ITCHY MUSIC! (Hank, list) — 4:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions (John, Q&A) — 4:01 — says: John says Hank will be punished too: he lost the Peeps contest without participating and made a video over four minutes without a photo montage, which breaks the rule. (00:00:00)
• 2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:53 — says: Hank says he went over time but has been granted amnesty because the video had a montage (several). (00:04:12)
• 2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank (John, compilation) — 10:00 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) (John, letter vlog) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-07-10 · What Would Captain Picard Do (Hank, song) — 5:09 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song (Hank, song) — 4:48 — says: Hank pre-empts punishment for going over four minutes: there was a montage, and the montage exception covers it. (00:04:36)
• 2008-08-02 · Catcher in the Rye, Part 1 (John, explainer) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:39 — says: Hank admits the video is longer than four minutes and says he will accept whatever punishment John sees fit. (00:04:09)
• 2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 (a guest, song) — 6:08 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:02 — says: Hank acknowledges the quartet will make the video too long but says it is okay because it is pretty much a separate video. (00:03:30)
• 2008-09-26 · Obama Llama Song (Hank, song) — 7:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-10-01 · The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece (Bill Martin, song) — 4:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2008-10-14 · Paper Towns Reading (John, story) — 9:19 — says: John says the video will go over four minutes but he will get around the rule with a montage. (00:00:56)
• 2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:16 — rule not mentioned

2009 (10)

• 2009-04-16 · The Day the YouTubes Died (Hank, song) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-04-23 · DFTBA (Hank, song) — 4:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-05-06 · Dead Boy's Girlfriend (Hank, song) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! (John, letter vlog) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-08-18 · So Jokes: Video EP (Hank, song) — 15:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! (Hank, compilation) — 10:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-09-15 · Internetless in Maine (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-09-30 · 13 SEVERED HANDS! (2) (Hank, list) — 5:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:02 — rule not mentioned
• 2009-12-09 · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL (Hank, announcement) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned

2010 (10)

• 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! (John, compilation) — 11:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:55 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-09-02 · Fitness for Nerds (John, challenge / punishment) — 9:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I (John, explainer) — 5:35 — says: John says that, with Nerdfighteria's permission, the brothers have temporarily suspended the four-minute rule to get through the week of educational videos. (00:05:18)
• 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 (Hank, explainer) — 8:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II (John, explainer) — 6:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III (John, explainer) — 5:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! (Hank, explainer) — 5:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters (Hank, explainer) — 4:34 — says: Hank tells commenters demanding punishment for a video over four minutes that the 'Nerdfighter montage exception' applies, so he remains punishment-free. (00:04:06)

2011 (7)

• 2011-01-05 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP (Hank, announcement) — 5:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2011-03-16 · Why Did Fukushima Explode? (Hank, explainer) — 6:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2011-07-18 · Gatsby's American Dream: Reading The Great Gatsby Critically, Chapter 1 (John, explainer) — 5:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2011-09-07 · The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes (John, explainer) — 6:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars (John, story) — 30:22 — says: John tells Nerdfighters not to punish him: Hank permitted this longer-than-four-minutes, unedited video, which saves him time for signing books. (00:00:14)
• 2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars (John, story) — 24:16 — rule not mentioned

2012 (2)

• 2012-07-10 · Feeling More Alive: Fahrenheit 451's The Hearth and the Salamander (John, review / recommendation) — 4:44 — says: In the description John notes that educational videos are allowed to run over four minutes by extensive precedent. (video description)
• 2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit (John, explainer) — 6:33 — says: In a P.S., John reminds that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (00:06:28)

2013 (8)

• 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (John, livestream) — 179:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) (John, explainer) — 5:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2013-06-18 · 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter (Grace Helbig, list) — 4:59 — rule not mentioned
• 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! (Hank, explainer) — 7:42 — says: Hank's description jokes that educational videos are exempt from time limits (the video runs over seven minutes). (video description)
• 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? (John, explainer) — 7:52 — says: John reminds viewers that educational videos may run over four minutes; commenters calling him punished did not watch to the end. (00:07:43)
• 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform (John, explainer) — 5:26 — says: After signing off, John notes that informational videos are allowed to be more than four minutes long. (00:04:52)
• 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes (Hank, explainer) — 5:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2013-10-08 · Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now (John, explainer) — 6:05 — says: John acknowledges the video runs over four minutes, says he thinks it counts as an educational video, and leaves viewers to discuss it in Our Pants. (video description)

2014 (4)

• 2014-03-04 · Understanding Ukraine: The Problems Today and Some Historical Context (John, explainer) — 6:58 — says: The description reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to be more than four minutes long. (video description)
• 2014-04-22 · Understanding the Central African Republic (John, explainer) — 5:21 — says: The description reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (video description)
• 2014-08-26 · Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World (John, explainer) — 7:18 — says: Of this seven-minute video, John reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to run longer than four minutes. (video description)
• 2014-10-03 · Hong Kong Protests Explained (Hank, explainer) — 6:37 — rule not mentioned

2015 (7)

• 2015-02-10 · Understanding Boko Haram (John, explainer) — 6:17 — says: In the description John gives the 'standard reminder' that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes long. (video description)
• 2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later (John, explainer) — 7:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2015-06-12 · Why is College So Expensive? (Hank, explainer) — 4:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2015-07-07 · Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece (John, explainer) — 7:41 — rule not mentioned
• 2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World (John, explainer) — 9:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2015-10-23 · Benghazi: Explained (Hank, explainer) — 9:25 — says: Hank says they have made videos like this since the beginning of Vlogbrothers; he likes being able to go past the time limit, but they are hard and stressful to make. (00:07:31)
• 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (John, letter vlog) — 4:38 — says: John says Hank always tells him to make an end screen, and admits the video ran over four minutes, so he will probably be punished and accepts it. (00:04:22)

2016 (14)

• 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands (John, explainer) — 5:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? (John, explainer) — 5:58 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp (John, documentary visit) — 4:12 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-03-15 · The Extraordinary Story of Hussam: Teenager, Writer, and Syrian Refugee (John, documentary visit) — 4:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? (Hank, explainer) — 10:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party (John, explainer) — 5:16 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! (Hank, explainer) — 7:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (John, explainer) — 7:59 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans (John, explainer) — 10:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals (John, explainer) — 9:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau (Hank, collab / interview) — 8:41 — says: Hank reminds viewers that educational videos are exempt from the time limit, so they should stop talking about punishments in the comments. (00:08:34)
• 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? (John, explainer) — 6:57 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-11-16 · Why We Left Buzzfeed (Some Thoughts on Taking Risks) (Gaby Dunn, Allison Raskin, collab / interview) — 4:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:34 — says: Hank admits the video is longer than four minutes; he hasn't made many overtime videos but couldn't help it this time. (00:05:16)

2017 (11)

• 2017-01-10 · What Is the Real Unemployment Rate? (John, explainer) — 5:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-01-31 · Understanding Trump's Executive Order on Immigration (John, explainer) — 7:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. (John, explainer) — 4:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-03-07 · Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story (John, story) — 4:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-03-17 · Trump's Budget Explained (Hank, explainer) — 5:03 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-03-24 · I Disagree with Me (Thoughts from Lake Powell) (Hank, documentary visit) — 6:08 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-03-28 · Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? (John, explainer) — 7:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-06-02 · The Paris Accord: What is it? And What Does it All Mean? (Hank, explainer) — 5:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-09-05 · John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down (John, story) — 10:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) (John, explainer) — 9:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2017-11-17 · Why Are Taxes So Complicated? (The Musical?) (Hank, explainer) — 6:20 — rule not mentioned

2018 (4)

• 2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! (Hank, collab / interview) — 11:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? (Hank, explainer) — 9:58 — rule not mentioned
• 2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' (Hank, story) — 19:54 — says: Hank says the reading video is exempt from the four-minute rule, so he can go on as long as he wants. (00:00:00)
• 2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (Hank, explainer) — 10:17 — says: Hank notes that educational videos are exempt from the four-minute rule, and thanks the exemption for letting him ramble. (00:09:24)

2019 (9)

• 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law (Hank, explainer) — 12:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy (Hank, explainer) — 7:44 — says: Editing on the Friday of his colonoscopy, Hank says the video is at least educational and hopefully leads more people to screen for colon cancer, which is why it runs over four minutes. (00:06:55)
• 2019-04-09 · The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone (John, documentary visit) — 6:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-05-03 · What Game of Thrones is Really About (Hank, explainer) — 10:37 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-05-24 · The Monterey Bay Aquarium Has a Secret (Hank, documentary visit) — 8:02 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-06-14 · What /Actually/ Happened at Chernobyl (Hank, explainer) — 13:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-08-23 · The Amazon isn't "Burning" - It's Being Burned (Hank, explainer) — 7:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-10-01 · Why Are Poor Countries Poor? (John, explainer) — 8:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 (John, announcement) — 8:43 — rule not mentioned

2020 (6)

• 2020-01-24 · Horses are Very Weird (Hank, explainer) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2020-01-28 · Looking Away (Again) (John, letter vlog) — 6:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation (Hank, letter vlog) — 11:00 — says: Hank asked on the Community tab whether he could make a video longer than four minutes, and the resounding answer was yes. (00:00:00)
• 2020-06-05 · So Much to Do (Hank, collab / interview) — 28:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2020-11-17 · Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update (John, announcement) — 8:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2020-12-31 · Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed (John, review / recommendation) — 21:46 — rule not mentioned

2021 (7)

• 2021-01-26 · The Sycamore Tree: The Anthropocene Reviewed (John, review / recommendation) — 9:46 — rule not mentioned
• 2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review (Hank, review / recommendation) — 13:20 — says: For his first ever meme review Hank asked Nerdfighteria whether the video could be long, and they said yes. (00:00:13)
• 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated (John, reading) — 15:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2021-08-13 · How We Fix the Climate (Hank, explainer) — 16:19 — says: Hank closes with a reminder that education videos are allowed to be over four minutes. (00:16:14)
• 2021-08-31 · The Woman Who Invented Stuffed Animals (John, explainer) — 6:12 — says: The description gently reminds viewers that educational videos are allowed to be over four minutes long. (video description)
• 2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong (Hank, explainer) — 21:42 — says: Hank says this very long video is educational, which exempts it from the vlogbrothers four-minute rule. (00:01:27)
• 2021-11-16 · Orbital Sunrise: The First Art Made in Space (John, story) — 10:56 — rule not mentioned

2022 (8)

• 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING (John, announcement) — 9:32 — rule not mentioned
• 2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (Hank, review / recommendation) — 21:14 — says: Hank says meme reviews are exempt from the four-minute time limit, as established last year (2021). (00:21:03)
• 2022-03-15 · Ukraine and Russia: What Caused the War? (John, explainer) — 8:55 — rule not mentioned
• 2022-08-12 · The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? (Hank, explainer) — 22:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2022-10-07 · Planets Don't Exist (Hank, collab / interview) — 13:59 — says: Hank reveals the educational framing was a trick to get a long, chatty last-day Pizzamas video, which the description calls a loophole in their YouTube rules. (00:11:51)
• 2022-11-08 · Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders (John, review / recommendation) — 6:20 — says: The description admits the video is over four minutes and probably not educational, so John technically probably owes Nerdfighteria a punishment. (video description)
• 2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next (John, announcement) — 7:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2022-12-27 · We're here because were here. (John, review / recommendation) — 21:13 — rule not mentioned

2023 (60)

• 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet (Hank, review / recommendation) — 18:01 — says: Hank opens his Project for Awesome 2023 meme review of things people made and submitted to the P4A art folder, again taking an extra-long video. (00:00:00)
• 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS (John, documentary visit) — 7:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-05-16 · Did TB Cause World War I? (John, explainer) — 5:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer (Hank, letter vlog) — 13:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List (Hank, list) — 5:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? (John, announcement) — 5:12 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-06-02 · Chemo is Weird, Y'all (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-06-16 · So, About This HAIR… (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:09 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO (John, letter vlog) — 5:15 — says: In a channel comment John says the four-minute rule is off at least until Hank gets better, since 4-minute videos take too long with the current workload. (creator comment)
• 2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates (Hank, explainer) — 11:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion (John, collab / interview) — 10:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant (John, Q&A) — 5:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-07-07 · What to Get for a Cancer Patient (Hank, list) — 9:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-07-11 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson (John, letter vlog) — 7:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-07-14 · The Good News Video (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:44 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-07-18 · Tuberculosis Fighters Have a Posse (John, letter vlog) — 5:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-07-21 · The Biggest Weirdest Telescope We've Ever Built (Hank, explainer) — 8:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-07-28 · Let's Try Radiation Therapy! (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings (John, documentary visit) — 5:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. (John, letter vlog) — 5:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week (Hank, explainer) — 6:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH (John, letter vlog) — 4:47 — says: John explains that since 2007, with a few exceptions, their videos must be under four minutes, a rule to force concision and intentional use of people's attention. (00:02:55)
• 2023-08-11 · It's About a YouTuber with Cancer (Hank, review / recommendation) — 5:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-15 · Henry (John, story) — 7:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-18 · The #1 Tip for People Who Use the Internet (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-08-25 · Remission (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-01 · The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-08 · Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought (Hank, list) — 6:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-12 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid (John, letter vlog) — 8:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-14 · Talking Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, J&J, and more with MY HEROES (John, collab / interview) — 59:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-15 · The Worst Disease in Human History (Hank, explainer) — 5:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! (John, letter vlog) — 6:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! (John, announcement) — 4:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? (John, letter vlog) — 4:59 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-28 · What the Heck is the UN? (Hank, explainer) — 7:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen (John, letter vlog) — 4:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-02 · The Hottest Place and the Coldest Place in the Universe are the SAME PLACE (Hank, explainer) — 6:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-04 · A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering (Hank, explainer) — 14:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team (John, letter vlog) — 4:46 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-06 · I Quit (Hank, announcement) — 9:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-13 · Cancer Made me Do It. (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-17 · My Next Book (John, letter vlog) — 4:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' (Hank, explainer) — 4:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers (John, letter vlog) — 4:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-11-07 · NaFaDoYBIMSCoM (John, letter vlog) — 4:28 — says: In a later channel comment, John says he thought about cutting the video to four minutes but concluded it would have made it worse. (creator comment)
• 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret (Hank, announcement) — 4:24 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING (Hank, announcement) — 6:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday (Hank, explainer) — 4:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-11-28 · John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (John, review / recommendation) — 4:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! (Hank, letter vlog) — 9:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-05 · MASSIVE Tuberculosis News (John, letter vlog) — 5:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-15 · Cat...I Farted. (Hank, explainer) — 4:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-19 · End of a Rough Year (John, letter vlog) — 5:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-22 · Let's Talk About Death (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (John, compilation) — 165:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2023-12-30 · John's Review of Auld Lang Syne (John, review / recommendation) — 21:28 — rule not mentioned

2024 (92)

• 2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube (John, letter vlog) — 4:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-01-05 · I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-01-12 · How to Detect AI Images (and why it doesn't matter) (Hank, explainer) — 5:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria (John, announcement) — 5:37 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete (John, story) — 5:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:08 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-02-06 · The Truth of How Books Become Movies (John, explainer) — 5:31 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-02-09 · My Favorite Climate Graph (Hank, explainer) — 5:44 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-02-13 · Why Doesn't ❤️ Look Like a Heart? (John, explainer) — 5:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-02-23 · The Juiciest Hank in the World (Hank, collab / interview) — 5:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-02-27 · I Was Wrong about the Average American (John, list) — 4:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-01 · Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything (Hank, collab / interview) — 17:16 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-05 · THE BEST DAY (John, story) — 5:00 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-08 · I Believed These Four Lies (Hank, list) — 10:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-12 · How We End TB (John, explainer) — 5:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:43 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-19 · Our $80,000,000 Bet (John, announcement) — 5:02 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-26 · I Own Danaher (John, letter vlog) — 5:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-03-29 · The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo (Hank, list) — 5:46 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-05 · Two Reasons Why This Eclipse is So Dangerous (Hank, explainer) — 4:02 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX (John, Q&A) — 5:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:09 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-23 · Full Hank (John, letter vlog) — 4:10 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-26 · One Year Out. (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:52 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-27 · Katie Mack Explains The Big Bang To John Green (John, collab / interview) — 4:10 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-04-30 · Not Doing That Great (John, letter vlog) — 4:15 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-10 · Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg (Hank, collab / interview) — 25:59 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-17 · John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! (Hank, challenge / punishment) — 6:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-20 · Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! (Hank, review / recommendation) — 20:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-21 · Getting Personal about Getting Personal (John, letter vlog) — 5:03 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-24 · An Ancient Apocalypse (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis (John, letter vlog) — 4:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-05-31 · The People I Hate Most in the World (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-06-04 · how it all ends (John, letter vlog) — 5:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-06-07 · Eating an 11,000 Year Old Fruit (Hank, explainer) — 4:41 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-06-11 · BEEF DAYS (John, letter vlog) — 5:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck (Hank, letter vlog) — 9:04 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-06-18 · The Tea (John, letter vlog) — 6:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:58 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-07-05 · Should I Run for President?? (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) (Hank, Q&A) — 4:02 — says: Asked whether they should go back to four-minute videos, John says no, but they should make them more often. (00:03:05)
• 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-07-19 · The Assassination Attempt and the Comfort of Certainty (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future (Hank, list) — 4:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-06 · What Helped Through Depression (John, letter vlog) — 4:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! (John, Q&A) — 35:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. (John, story) — 4:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… (Hank, explainer) — 7:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? (Hank, explainer) — 29:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged (John, letter vlog) — 7:15 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks (Hank, collab / interview) — 8:31 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:59 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-10 · The world will change. (John, letter vlog) — 5:59 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-13 · My Governor is Weirder than Yours (Hank, collab / interview) — 49:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-17 · My Consciousness. Their Capital. (John, letter vlog) — 4:09 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-20 · Do I Regret TikTok? (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:29 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-24 · The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (Hank, story) — 7:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-25 · You have no chance to survive make your time. (John, story) — 5:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-27 · Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO (John, list) — 5:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-01 · On Fame and Chappell Roan (John, letter vlog) — 5:20 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-03 · Broadly in Favor of Humans (John, letter vlog) — 5:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-04 · Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells (John, explainer) — 5:44 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) (Hank, collab / interview) — 4:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-18 · My Ballot Made Me Angry (Hank, explainer) — 6:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-22 · My New Book: Everything Is Tuberculosis (John, announcement) — 4:31 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-25 · I Don't Want them to Get Away With It… (Hank, explainer) — 5:08 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-29 · If Hank and John Were God for 15 Minutes (John, collab / interview) — 5:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank (John, announcement) — 58:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother (Hank, collab / interview) — 9:31 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… (Hank, letter vlog) — 19:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? (John, letter vlog) — 5:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) (Hank, explainer) — 6:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-12 · BELIEVE: The Jimmy Glass Story (John, story) — 5:10 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… (John, announcement) — 56:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-15 · Whales are Fish (and Everything Else is Beetles) with Lindsay Nikole (Hank, collab / interview) — 5:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money (John, announcement) — 5:16 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-22 · Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (Hank, explainer) — 33:57 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-11-26 · Good News (John, letter vlog) — 4:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-06 · One of the Most Important Images On Earth (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-10 · On Writing (John, letter vlog) — 4:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:09 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-17 · About THAT Scene in Looking for Alaska (John, letter vlog) — 5:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-20 · Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones… (Hank, explainer) — 17:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-27 · Cats are Better than Dogs, I Proved It. (PG-13) (Hank, other) — 4:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2024-12-31 · I Just Can't Do It Anymore (John, letter vlog) — 5:07 — rule not mentioned

2025 (93)

• 2025-01-03 · My 2025 Bingo Card (Hank, Q&A) — 6:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-01-10 · SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! (Hank, announcement) — 5:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player (John, announcement) — 4:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-01-17 · How the P4A is Changing in 2025! (Hank, announcement) — 12:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-01-21 · Do Audiobooks Count As Reading? (John, letter vlog) — 5:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-01-28 · This Is Not Normal (John, letter vlog) — 5:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-02-07 · What Trump's Doing (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:03 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-02-11 · What's at Stake (John, letter vlog) — 5:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-02-18 · Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara (John, letter vlog) — 4:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-02-25 · EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS (John, reading) — 10:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-02-28 · We Will Eradicate Measles (Hank, explainer) — 8:29 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-04 · The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE (John, letter vlog) — 4:03 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-07 · How Social Security Fraud Actually Works (Hank, explainer) — 11:44 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother (John, announcement) — 4:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:58 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-18 · ITS ALL HAPPENING (John, letter vlog) — 4:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-25 · Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday (John, Q&A) — 5:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-03-28 · White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! (Hank, other) — 726:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-04 · Morality (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:20 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-08 · DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending (John, explainer) — 4:24 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-11 · How Actually Crazy is This Mess? (Hank, list) — 18:43 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? (John, collab / interview) — 20:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-18 · This one's for your mom (Hank, livestream) — 53:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things (John, letter vlog) — 4:32 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-04-25 · How We Form Opinions (Hank, explainer) — 9:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-05-02 · I Found the Dumbest Time Zone (Hank, list) — 6:11 — says: The description says Hank wanted a normal 4-minute Vlogbrothers video but feels he has lost that skill: it is hard to tell a story that fast and cut good material. (video description)
• 2025-05-06 · Health CARE: Thoughts from Lima (John, documentary visit) — 4:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:08 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News (John, announcement) — 5:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-05-20 · The Double (John, letter vlog) — 4:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-05-30 · My Rare 'Disorder' (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-03 · My Lies (John, letter vlog) — 4:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech (Hank, explainer) — 20:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-10 · 90,000,000 Lives for $20 (John, letter vlog) — 6:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-13 · Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:52 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-17 · My Religion (John, Q&A) — 7:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? (John, letter vlog) — 5:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information (Hank, letter vlog) — 14:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-01 · What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (John, explainer) — 4:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-04 · This Graph Changed My Life (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-11 · The Ones Who Love Us (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:32 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think (John, Q&A) — 8:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-18 · OK, but What Are The Other 403 Errors? (Hank, explainer) — 5:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-22 · At Least There Are Trees (John, letter vlog) — 5:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-25 · The Molecule that Changed Everything (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-07-29 · Dad and Daughter Play Dress to Impress (John, collab / interview) — 15:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY (John, collab / interview) — 16:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-08-08 · I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire (Hank, announcement) — 4:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-08-12 · On Balance (John, letter vlog) — 4:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-08-15 · What Trump is Doing to Universities (Hank, explainer) — 11:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App (John, letter vlog) — 4:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-08-22 · Are Languages Alive? (Hank, explainer) — 5:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-05 · Caffeine is Very… (Hank, explainer) — 7:15 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better (John, letter vlog) — 4:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-12 · This Might Actually be Happening (Hank, explainer) — 20:20 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-16 · After seven long years… (John, letter vlog) — 4:41 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-19 · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment (John, challenge / punishment) — 9:24 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-23 · Why Can't I Take My Meds? (John, letter vlog) — 6:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! (John, announcement) — 5:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:58 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope (John, letter vlog) — 5:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-02 · You are Probably Underestimating Jane Goodall’s Impact (Hank, explainer) — 10:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? (John, letter vlog) — 4:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege (John, letter vlog) — 6:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-08 · Being Alive (Hank, song) — 5:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-09 · I Like Being Alive (John, letter vlog) — 4:42 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-17 · We Never Know What Anything Means (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-21 · Is Book Publishing Dying? An Author's Perspective (John, letter vlog) — 6:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-24 · What Will Books Become? (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-28 · Elon Cancelled This...Let's Do it Anyway (John, documentary visit) — 4:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-10-31 · We Did It… (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-04 · The Real Question (John, letter vlog) — 5:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:30 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (John, letter vlog) — 4:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-13 · Fighting TB in Kids: A Discussion with Doctors without Borders (John, collab / interview) — 60:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-14 · The End of The Penny (and of Congress??) (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:05 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (John, announcement) — 47:27 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-25 · Poverty Is Expensive (John, story) — 6:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-12-02 · The Meaning of Life with Hank and John (John, Q&A) — 8:15 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-12-05 · Why Don't Rockets Melt Themselves (Hank, documentary visit) — 6:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z (John, list) — 6:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (Hank, announcement) — 5:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother (John, letter vlog) — 5:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:43 — rule not mentioned

2026 (92)

• 2026-01-02 · I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-06 · Hope Is Not a Feeling (John, letter vlog) — 4:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-13 · why we make art (John, letter vlog) — 4:18 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) (Hank, announcement) — 16:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-20 · Am I ... Good? (John, letter vlog) — 5:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-23 · Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:43 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-01-30 · Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) (Hank, Q&A) — 9:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-03 · Does the truth still matter? (John, letter vlog) — 4:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 (Hank, announcement) — 8:20 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag (John, letter vlog) — 5:17 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! (Hank, explainer) — 10:15 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (Hank, other) — 360:57 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (John, other) — 495:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (John, other) — 556:54 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (John, other) — 439:33 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! (John, other) — 313:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege (John, letter vlog) — 5:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-02-27 · Can We Do a Science Together?? (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-03 · The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received (John, list) — 7:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:16 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? (John, letter vlog) — 6:46 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-13 · Pain (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles (John, letter vlog) — 5:47 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-20 · I'm Sick Because of the Social Structures of Early Hominins (Hank, explainer) — 7:09 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-24 · How Panda Express Is Tuberculosis (John, list) — 5:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-27 · What is 'Slop' (and why it gives me hope) (Hank, letter vlog) — 11:49 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… (John, announcement) — 5:12 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-04-03 · I Had a Hallucination This Week (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:11 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-04-07 · I've Been Pooping All Wrong (John, collab / interview) — 9:44 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-04-10 · Moon Joy (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. (John, letter vlog) — 5:57 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-04-24 · The AI Question that No AI Person Asks (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:43 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-04-28 · What I Can't Show You (John, documentary visit) — 6:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-01 · Despair is Not Wisdom (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green (John, letter vlog) — 4:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-08 · My Deathday (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-12 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (John, letter vlog) — 4:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-15 · The Weirdest Thing About Dogs (and Cats (and Horses)) (Hank, explainer) — 5:40 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool (John, letter vlog) — 6:23 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute (Hank, letter vlog) — 7:20 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience (John, letter vlog) — 5:36 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss (Hank, letter vlog) — 12:03 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup (John, list) — 8:46 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-13 · Wait...How Do You Pronounce Turkey??? (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:24 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover (John, announcement) — 4:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-19 · You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion (John, letter vlog) — 7:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:19 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author (John, letter vlog) — 7:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-08 · Project for Awesome Recap Video 2026!! (Hank, compilation) — 4:13 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again (John, announcement) — 4:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-17 · The Terrors of Middle Age (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-21 · One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy (John, letter vlog) — 5:07 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-24 · One Must Imagine Sisyphus Important (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:42 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-07-28 · 'Are You John Green?' (John, letter vlog) — 4:35 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss (John, letter vlog) — 4:32 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:29 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-11 · Hollywood, Ending (John, story) — 7:42 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-14 · Pain in the _____ (Hank, explainer) — 6:52 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-18 · My Nemeses (John, letter vlog) — 4:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-21 · Not (Just) Dunking on Jeff Bezos (Hank, letter vlog) — 10:38 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-25 · The Great Thing about Infectious Disease (John, letter vlog) — 6:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-26 · Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' (Hank, collab / interview) — 6:14 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-08-28 · Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill (Hank, explainer) — 10:48 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried (John, story) — 4:45 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-04 · This is a Terrible Idea… (Hank, list) — 7:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-08 · The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die (John, explainer) — 6:06 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… (Hank, collab / interview) — 4:12 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 (John, letter vlog) — 5:39 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views (Hank, letter vlog) — 10:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This (John, letter vlog) — 4:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? (Hank, explainer) — 9:22 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. (John, announcement) — 4:16 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This (Hank, letter vlog) — 4:56 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-09-30 · The Point of Life (John, letter vlog) — 4:51 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:01 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world (John, letter vlog) — 4:15 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-05 · Why Are We So Bad at Executing People? (Hank, letter vlog) — 8:21 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-06 · Make Your Art. (John, letter vlog) — 4:53 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-07 · The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species (Hank, list) — 8:26 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence (John, letter vlog) — 4:50 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie (Hank, letter vlog) — 12:44 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body (John, Q&A) — 7:25 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-16 · Is Happiness the Goal? (Hank, letter vlog) — 5:08 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-20 · Correcting a Mistake in Everything Is Tuberculosis · 50 x 50 Science (John, explainer) — 8:34 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got (Hank, letter vlog) — 6:31 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… (John, letter vlog) — 4:28 — rule not mentioned
• 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year (Hank, letter vlog) — 9:14 — rule not mentioned