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Schedule: which days, how often

Weekdays are the video's own day: the date the video says it was made when it names one (up to three days before upload), else the upload date. Upload dates alone run a day late for evening uploads (74 of the 844 videos that name their date). Overview

Video days by year

year videos Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
2007 258 50 53 49 53 51 2
2008 130 26 25 21 20 24 2 12
2009 185 4 46 51 13 14 6 51
2010 157 47 5 46 5 50 2 2
2011 155 50 1 50 3 49 1 1
2012 111 7 47 1 2 49 3 2
2013 107 2 50 1 52 2
2014 114 6 49 2 3 50 3 1
2015 115 7 50 2 4 50 1 1
2016 114 2 52 3 4 52 1
2017 113 2 51 3 5 52
2018 109 2 51 2 2 52
2019 110 2 51 2 2 52 1
2020 108 3 50 1 6 48
2021 106 2 49 3 2 50
2022 108 2 48 3 4 50 1
2023 107 2 45 2 7 48 2 1
2024 114 6 43 5 5 52 2 1
2025 107 4 43 2 4 52 2
2026 95 3 37 5 2 45 2 1

Pattern by half-year

Usual days are weekdays with at least 12 % of the half-year's uploads (observed, not announced); the John/Hank columns show each brother's most common day — in 2007 and 2010–2011 they took turns.

half-year videos per week usual days John's most common day Hank's most common day first video last video
2007 H1 131 5.1 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Tue Wed Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st (00:00:00) How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 (00:01:26)
2007 H2 127 4.9 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon Fri Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting (00:00:29) Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 (00:01:24)
2008 H1 50 2.0 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Tue Fri Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton (00:01:05) Marion the Nerdfightarion (00:00:51)
2008 H2 80 3.1 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Tue Fri Live from LAX (00:01:12) Comment Haters and Christmas (00:00:00)
2009 H1 88 3.4 Tue, Wed, Sun Sun Wed Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 (00:01:19) Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL (00:01:25)
2009 H2 97 3.7 Tue, Wed, Sun Sun Wed Most Subscribed: A Song (00:00:00) The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) (00:00:27)
2010 H1 78 3.1 Mon, Wed, Fri Mon Fri It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules (00:01:45) Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE (00:01:58)
2010 H2 79 3.0 Mon, Wed, Fri Wed Fri VidCon by the Numbers (00:00:00) Is Lady Gaga a Man? (00:00:00)
2011 H1 78 3.1 Mon, Wed, Fri Mon Mon Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? (00:00:06) THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (00:00:00)
2011 H2 77 2.9 Mon, Wed, Fri Fri Fri Humping the Town (00:00:00) How to Tip Properly (00:01:23)
2012 H1 53 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Changes to Vlogbrothers (00:01:08) Online Video about Online Video (00:01:20)
2012 H2 58 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon (00:02:05) Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! (00:00:00)
2013 H1 53 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Why Does Congress Suck? (00:01:28) Plane Butts, Fish Farts, LeakyCon, and Marriage Equality (00:00:00)
2013 H2 54 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri The Perks of Being John's Assistant (00:00:00) GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever (00:00:00)
2014 H1 51 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!! (00:01:11) My Day Before VidCon (00:00:00)
2014 H2 63 2.4 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Why I Love Makeup (00:00:37) Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2015 H1 55 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things (00:00:00) Some News (00:00:00)
2015 H2 60 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Thoughts from Yachts (00:00:45) How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars (00:00:00)
2016 H1 52 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained (00:00:00) New Iceland (00:00:00)
2016 H2 62 2.4 Tue, Fri Tue Fri So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) (00:00:00) The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (00:00:27)
2017 H1 54 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) (00:00:00) Eyes Made of Crystal? - Trilobites are Bizarre (00:00:38)
2017 H2 59 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Civil Twilight (00:00:29) Can You Ever Really Change? (00:01:17)
2018 H1 52 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri BRING IT IN 2018 (00:00:00) Why is the Disney "D" So Weird? (00:00:00)
2018 H2 57 2.2 Tue, Fri Tue Fri How Does This End? (00:00:19) The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) (00:00:00)
2019 H1 51 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions (00:00:29) My New Obsession (00:02:02)
2019 H2 59 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri On Sunlight (00:00:29) Project for Awesome 2019 Recap (BUTT IS LEGS) (00:00:00)
2020 H1 52 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel (00:00:26) i like it (00:00:00)
2020 H2 56 2.2 Tue, Fri Tue Fri My World's on Fire (00:00:00) Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:09:20)
2021 H1 51 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are (00:00:00) Sneezing is not normal. (00:01:41)
2021 H2 55 2.2 Tue, Fri Tue Fri So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… (00:00:00) 29 Days of Astronomical Terror (00:00:29)
2022 H1 49 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING (00:00:00) On Disease (00:00:29)
2022 H2 59 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (00:00:00) This Boba Lid Lied to Me and I Don't Understand Why (00:00:00)
2023 H1 49 1.9 Tue, Fri Tue Fri TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH (00:01:27) Bon Your Vivant (00:00:00)
2023 H2 58 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri What to Get for a Cancer Patient (00:03:38) John's Review of Auld Lang Syne (00:09:20)
2024 H1 53 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Being Old on YouTube (00:00:58) taking a break (00:00:00)
2024 H2 61 2.4 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Should I Run for President?? (00:00:58) I Just Can't Do It Anymore (00:02:25)
2025 H1 50 2.0 Tue, Fri Tue Fri My 2025 Bingo Card (00:00:00) You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information (00:01:27)
2025 H2 57 2.3 Tue, Fri Tue Fri What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (00:00:29) My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun (00:01:57)
2026 H1 53 2.1 Tue, Fri Tue Fri I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. (00:03:16) No Video Today!! (00:00:00)
2026 H2 42 2.4 Tue, Fri Tue Fri Why I Didn't Buy TED (00:01:56) The Last Normal Year (00:01:59)

Schedule announcements

What the brothers announced about when videos come out (selected by schedule wording from stage-thread events and announcement statements; Question Tuesday logistics are on the series page).

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

  • 2017-10-30 · I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! — The description explains Pizzamas: two weeks a year of daily videos as in 2007, and limited-edition merch with John's mustachioed face, made by Hank, DFTBA and designers. (project community) (video description)

2018

  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank plans to schedule his vacation days far in advance so he can't skip a week for lack of good ideas: he needs the pressure. (announcement) (00:00:55)
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John opens Pizzamas: once a year for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007; it is Nerdfighteria's third most important holiday, celebrating love, pizza and e-commerce. (announcement) (00:00:00)

2019

  • 2019-09-24 · I, Too, Dislike It — With Paige Lewis, they have started Ours Poetica, a YouTube channel with the Poetry Foundation featuring a poem read every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. (announcement) (00:01:47)
  • 2019-10-11 · Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths — Hank announces Pizzamas from October 28, when the brothers make videos every weekday as in 2007 and sell Pizza John products. (announcement) (00:02:54)
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — Hank says Pizzamas starts next week (week of 28 October 2019), when he and John go back to 2007 vlogbrothers and make videos every day, so he will see John on Monday. (announcement) (00:03:33)

2020

2021

  • 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — Despite the challenges of the last 15 months, the Maternal Center of Excellence is on schedule thanks to the Ministry of Health, colleagues at PIH and thousands of donors. (announcement) (00:00:00)
  • 2021-10-01 · A Lie I Heard this Week — Hank commits to texting subscribers one pizza-themed dad joke every day of Pizzamas; he has a fair number but not all of them yet. (announcement) (00:03:37)

2022

  • 2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — John says Pizzamas is coming, which is why he has a mustache: two weeks each year of daily videos selling things with his mustache on them for charity. (announcement) (00:01:16)
  • 2022-09-26 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US — John announces Pizzamas: two weeks when he and Hank make videos every weekday like in 2007 and sell items with John's mustache at pizzamas.com for charity. (launched · Pizzamas 2022 edition) (00:00:00)

2023

  • 2023-06-02 · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank says the schedule suits Vlogbrothers: a full week of recovery before his first video (maybe next week (week of 5 June 2023)), then two weeks before the next. (announcement) (00:00:58)
  • 2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — John says during Pizzamas the brothers make videos back and forth every day as in 2007, celebrating the seven minutes in 2008 when he had a mustache. (project community) (00:00:13)
  • 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John says the greatest ever Pizzamas, at least in shirt sales, is about to end, and tomorrow (6 October 2023) marks the end of the weekday daily videos. (announcement) (00:00:01)

2024

  • 2024-09-23 · IT'S HERE! — John says he will try to livestream for at least an hour or two every day on his new channel, John's Channel. (announcement) (00:03:19)
  • 2024-09-24 · The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today — Hank says he sends a bad dad joke through the app every day of Pizzamas; viewers have already missed some, and earlier years' jokes are there too. (announcement) (00:06:48)

2025

  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says the next few weeks will be weird, stressful and overwhelming, and he might not make a video every Tuesday, though he will do his best. (announcement) (00:03:37)
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says that if viewers download the Pizzamas app, he will send them a pizza-related dad joke every day during Pizzamas. (announcement) (00:08:08)

2026

  • 2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) — Hank says special guests will have limited-time items during their livestream appearances, with a schedule out the week before so viewers can plan. (announcement) (00:02:26)
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank reads the schedule: Animal Wonders with Jessi Knudsen Castañeda next, John from seven o'clock, then John and Charlotte McDonnell, Hank and Destin, Taylor and Miriam, and Hank again for the late-night shift from 12 o'clock Eastern. (announcement) (06:59:50)
  • 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — The final stops are Tucson, Boise, Salt Lake City, San Diego and Los Angeles; John jokingly calls the schedule light work. (announcement) (00:03:07)
  • 2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank recalls they decided to upload a video every weekday of 2007 and relive that for two weeks every year in Pizzamas, not near Christmas and loosely based on pizza. (project community) (00:01:30)

Longest gaps

The longest stretches without a vlogbrothers upload, per year.

year days last video before next video
2007 4 March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards (00:00:42) March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! (00:00:00)
2007 4 May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour (00:00:00) Brotherhood 2.0: May 29: The Goth Scene and Evil Ladies (00:01:46)
2007 4 August 31: Copyright and Airports (00:00:00) September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (00:00:39)
2008 10 Vlogging from Gadsden (00:01:20) Life on Tour (00:00:00)
2008 8 Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing (00:01:26) Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club (00:01:30)
2008 8 Monkeys!!! (with pants) (00:01:58) Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts (00:00:40)
2009 5 Open Letters (00:02:01) DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants (00:00:00)
2009 5 LOLCat with a Ball Bat (00:00:00) GAY is NOT an INSULT (00:01:48)
2009 5 Victoria Beckham In Your Pants (00:00:00) Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism (00:00:40)
2010 6 Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon (00:00:00) Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS (00:00:00)
2010 5 The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) (00:00:27) It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules (00:01:45)
2010 5 An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials (00:00:00) Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! (00:00:29)
2011 7 150,000 Autographs (00:00:17) I Love My Brother (00:01:27)
2011 5 Tales of Nerd Love! (00:00:00) Is My Boyfriend Gay? Is He Cheating? (00:00:48)
2011 5 Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies (00:00:00) The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes (00:04:56)
2012 7 Religion and Gay Marriage (00:01:41) You ARE The Product (00:00:44)
2012 7 Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) (00:03:01) Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! (00:00:00)
2012 4 Changes to Vlogbrothers (00:01:08) Kill your TV (00:01:52)
2013 7 Best Moments of the Project for Awesome (00:00:00) The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things (00:00:00)
2013 5 Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes (00:00:00) Ads Work...but for Whom? (00:00:39)
2013 4 Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! (00:00:00) Why Does Congress Suck? (00:01:28)
2014 5 Happy Esther Day! (00:00:29) Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! (00:00:00)
2014 4 The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!! (00:01:11) Warm Things for Cold Times (00:00:00)
2014 4 Global Warming and the Polar Vortex (00:00:57) Giving Away Over $700,000 (00:00:00)
2015 4 14 Fart Facts for my Flatulent Friends (00:00:00) On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome (00:00:00)
2015 4 Is School Broken? (Also...ANNOUNCEMENTS OF IMPORT) (00:00:38) REUNION MINIGOLF (00:00:00)
2015 4 Interviewing the President (00:00:00) Will Life Get Better for the Poor? (00:00:00)
2016 4 Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained (00:00:00) Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands (00:03:26)
2016 4 Who Am I?! - Some thoughts on Personal Identity (00:00:00) Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things (00:02:02)
2016 4 Eating Weird Food from the 50s (with Katherine) (00:00:00) The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:00)
2017 7 The Weirdest Living Animals - (With Dr. Lawrence Turtleman) (00:00:00) Why Are Taxes So Complicated? (The Musical?) (00:05:23)
2017 4 The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (00:00:27) 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) (00:00:00)
2017 4 Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) (00:00:00) What Is the Real Unemployment Rate? (00:00:00)
2018 7 The Psychology of Package Thieves (00:00:29) The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) (00:00:00)
2018 4 Can You Ever Really Change? (00:01:17) BRING IT IN 2018 (00:00:00)
2018 4 Making a Better YouTube (00:00:00) Your Attention (00:01:47)
2019 7 The Largest Theft of All Time (00:02:16) TOO MANY MILKS (00:00:00)
2019 7 Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (00:00:00) Why I'm Worried about 2020 (00:02:17)
2019 4 The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) (00:00:00) How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions (00:00:29)
2020 11 How to Change What you Want (00:00:29) Looking Back at My 2020 Goals (00:00:00)
2020 7 Could I Spare some Change for Gas? (00:00:00) Your Brain Gets Smart, but Your Head Gets Dumb (00:00:00)
2020 4 Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel (00:00:26) Endings · Beginnings (00:00:00)
2021 7 How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? (00:00:00) Why I'm Worried about 2021 (00:00:00)
2021 7 So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… (00:00:00) Wrong on the Internet (00:01:14)
2021 7 how we spend our days (00:00:00) 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:00)
2022 11 29 Days of Astronomical Terror (00:00:29) After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING (00:00:00)
2022 10 On Disease (00:00:29) 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (00:00:00)
2022 7 The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (00:00:00) Is it All Hopeless? (00:01:19)
2023 11 Chemo is Weird, Y'all (00:00:00) touched by a king (00:03:08)
2023 7 This is a Video!! (00:00:00) The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs (00:01:27)
2023 7 On TikTok Bans (00:00:47) I Discovered a Soap Secret (00:00:00)
2024 10 taking a break (00:00:00) Should I Run for President?? (00:00:58)
2024 7 How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (00:00:29) The Juiciest Hank in the World (00:00:00)
2024 7 Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg (00:00:00) John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! (00:00:00)
2025 7 Thanks, Shmed (00:00:00) What Trump's Doing (00:00:00)
2025 7 White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! (00:00:00) Morality (00:00:58)
2025 7 How We Form Opinions (00:03:24) I Found the Dumbest Time Zone (00:00:00)
2026 14 My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun (00:01:57) I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. (00:03:16)
2026 7 Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust (00:01:16) Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) (00:00:00)
2026 7 Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting (00:01:27) The AI Question that No AI Person Asks (00:00:00)

"See you tomorrow"

Videos that mention the daily sign-off (the sign-off itself is not extracted).