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.
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
- 2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — 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. (launched · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters) (00:00:43)
- 2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — Besides the agreed punishments, John proposes the brothers periodically set each other challenges and suggests Thursdays and Fridays as challenge days. (proposed · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters) (00:01:19)
- 2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — John reads commenter Query's suggestion that, since the brothers seem (the commenter allows he could be wrong) a bit down about their bi-daily videos, they take every eighth week off to recharge. (project community) (00:00:33)
- 2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank will see John Monday or Tuesday: Monday is Labor Day, but Brotherhood 2.0 hardly counts as labor, so John may take it off only if he thinks it does. (announcement) (00:02:51)
- 2007-09-07 · September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks — Hank credits John with getting him into Brotherhood 2.0 and challenging him to write and perform an original song every Wednesday; he now has a repertoire in several styles. (project community) (00:02:40)
- 2007-09-10 · September 10th: Airports and Whitman — With little time for Brotherhood 2.0, John takes up Nerdfighters' suggestion that he read Paper Towns excerpts on Wednesday and Friday, which would also give him feedback. (announcement) (00:00:49)
- 2007-11-09 · Nov. 9th: Sick Day — John notes that the Brotherhood 2.0 rules require a video every other weekday for all of 2007 but never require a long one. (project community) (00:00:00)
- 2007-11-20 · November 20th: A White Thanksgiving — Hank sets the Thanksgiving week schedule: John posts Wednesday, Hank Friday, nobody Thursday. (rule change · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters) (00:03:29)
- 2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — Hank lays out the holiday schedule: his next video is Thursday, when he posts his punishment, so he makes no regular vlog until Monday (24 December 2007). (announcement) (00:02:48)
- 2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — John tells Nerdfighters the brothers will see them weekly in January, after the daily Brotherhood 2.0 year ends. (proposed · Vlogbrothers in 2008: the channel after Brotherhood 2.0 (2007)) (00:03:31)
2008
- 2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — John sets the schedule: one of the brothers posts at least one video a week; other days, content from Nerdfighteria on the Ning. (rule change · Vlogbrothers in 2008: the channel after Brotherhood 2.0 (2007)) (00:01:06)
- 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — To make up for last week (week of 5 May 2008), John will do a punishment: a video every day this week (week of 12 May 2008), Sunday to Thursday, taking Friday off (jokingly as a Sabbath, though he isn't Jewish). (announcement) (00:02:34)
- 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the label has a YouTube channel with planned song tutorials, music videos and a weekly podcast about DFTBA Records and its artists. (announcement) (00:02:34)
2009
- 2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — 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. (launched · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: the vlogbrothers' 2009 schedule and rules (2009)) (00:01:19)
- 2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Hank announces Song Wednesdays are back: he will perform an original song every other Wednesday as part of the 2009 schedule. (restarted · Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2007)) (00:01:48)
- 2009-02-10 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — The description says several more questions will be answered in a video on Friday or Saturday. (announcement) (video description)
- 2009-02-18 · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — AmberTheAmberyOne will organise the forum and head Nerdfighter projects, featuring the best Nerdfighter videos on the Ning every Monday. (project community) (00:02:04)
2010
- 2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — 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. (launched · Vlogbrothers in 2010: the channel's end-of-year reinvention (2009)) (00:01:45)
- 2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — With John banished from watching, Hank says John's birthday is August 24 and he plans a video made as no video ever has been, featuring thousands of Nerdfighters. (announcement) (00:02:17)
2011
- 2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — John says the vlogbrothers will continue Monday-Wednesday-Friday videos in 2011 and, having heard viewers, add more question videos, Thoughts from Places and info-tational videos. (launched · Vlogbrothers in 2011: schedule and plans (2010)) (00:02:24)
- 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — In an outtake, John announces a punishment for Hank for failing to make a video, breaking their promise of a video every Monday, Wednesday and Friday into perpetuity. (announcement) (00:00:00)
- 2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — Anticipating angry comments that Nerdfighteria will die, John says Vlogbrothers videos aren't changing: same Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule and basement shooting. (announcement) (00:02:42)
2012
- 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John announces the 2012 schedule: two Vlogbrothers videos a week (John on Tuesday, Hank on Friday), to ease his illness and free time for community projects, with Crash Course and SciShow adding content. (launched · Vlogbrothers in 2012: two videos a week and plans (2012)) (00:01:08)
- 2012-04-12 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank announces 'vlog extra days in April', adding videos beyond the usual 2012 schedule, and tells John he will post again the next day. (rule change · Vlogbrothers in 2012: two videos a week and plans (2012)) (00:00:01)
- 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — The description says this is the first of six consecutive daily videos the brothers will make to fulfil the first of their two outstanding punishments. (announcement) (video description)
- 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John says the brothers are doing a week of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily vlogs as a punishment. (announcement) (00:00:00)
2013
- 2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says he misses vlogging more, will vlog every day in April, and encourages viewers to do the same. (announcement) (00:02:26)
- 2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank thanks everyone who has been watching him vlog every day on Hank's channel. (project community) (00:02:21)
- 2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — Every Tuesday there will still be a 'John video' on vlogbrothers, with John played by others: Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Craig (WheezyWaiter), Maureen Johnson and two Nerd Factor winners. (announcement) (00:01:25)
- 2013-06-18 · 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter — Grace Helbig (DailyGrace, daily videos five days a week) fills in for John Green while he is away with his new baby. (project community) (00:00:36)
- 2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Signing off, John muddles Tuesday and Friday and blames the government shutdown for swapping the usual John-Tuesday, Hank-Friday schedule. (announcement) (00:03:41)
2014
- 2014-03-25 · I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration — John notes that for the first time in several years Hank ended a video without 'John, I'll see you on Tuesday'; 'several nerdfighters' noticed - two people and John. (project community) (00:00:05)
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — 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. (project community) (00:00:21)
- 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — 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. (project community) (00:01:32)
- 2014-09-09 · Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Global Health — John launches Tuesday bonus videos of his Ethiopia conversations with Bill Gates, posted every Tuesday for about a month before his regular video. (launched · John's Tuesday bonus videos: conversations with Bill Gates filmed in Ethiopia (2014)) (00:00:08)
- 2014-11-07 · New Crash Course and Pizzamas! — Hank announces that from Monday he and John will do the Twelve Days of Pizzamas, making a video every day except weekends, like Brotherhood 2.0. (announcement) (00:03:13)
- 2014-11-10 · The Woman Without a Face - Pizzamas Day 1 — Hank says the promised two weeks of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily videos mean he will be late with every video, since he makes each video the day it is uploaded, uploading at night. (project community) (00:00:14)
- 2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — In a final Pizzamas end screen Hank says daily videos for a couple of weeks were great; he can't keep it up but is glad they did it, and thanks John, who had it harder on set, and viewers. (project community) (00:03:41)
2015
- 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — Hank explains Pizzamas: as last year (2014), two weeks of Brotherhood 2.0-style videos, one every weekday from Hank or John, starting Monday. (announcement) (00:03:22)
- 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank opens Pizzamas: two weeks of daily videos and Pizza Johns in various styles for pre-order only during Pizzamas. (launched · Pizzamas 2015 edition) (00:00:06)
2016
- 2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says making only one Vlogbrothers video a week each makes him feel bad whenever a video isn't totally epic; a 'here's what's up with me' video feels like a wasted opportunity. (project community) (00:00:01)
- 2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says they must make only one video a week mainly because the community has given them opportunities to do important things they believe in. (project community) (00:01:08)
- 2016-08-30 · My Body Is a Broken Temple — John has decided to clear his schedule for several months to finish a draft of his new story, so over about ten months he will make only three public appearances. (announcement) (00:02:34)
- 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John announces that from September 1 all Crash Course Patreon money raised for the rest of 2016 will fund a 2017 expansion to five videos a week by spring 2017. (announcement) (00:01:35)
- 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John hopes Crash Course will reach six videos a week by the end of 2017, including its first higher-education topics such as advanced physics and anthropology. (announcement) (00:01:47)
- 2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — The description says the brothers make a video every weekday for two weeks of Pizzamas; since this year (2016) falls in Hank's leave, guests will fill his days so there will still be 10 Pizzamas videos. (launched · Pizzamas 2016 edition) (video description)
- 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — John says it is Pizzamas, when every year they make vlogbrothers videos every weekday for two weeks. (announcement) (00:00:07)
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
- 2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank recalls the brothers saying a while back that they don't have to make a video every day and can take some days off. (project community) (00:00:00)
- 2020-10-02 · I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and — Hank says they finished the video before Pizzamas: for the next two weeks from Monday he and John will trade videos every weekday, as in 2007. (announcement) (00:03:13)
- 2020-10-05 · Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! — John announces Pizzamas: for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007 and sell stuff with John's mustachioed face, a reference to something from 2008 he doesn't remember. (launched · Pizzamas 2020 edition) (00:00:00)
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.
"See you tomorrow"
Videos that mention the daily sign-off (the sign-off itself is not extracted).
- 2007-03-05 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment — John says Hank broke the no-textual-communication rule by writing 'see you tomorrow' in text to him, so he will be punished. (00:00:00)
- 2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — It is Good Friday for John ('regular heathen Friday' for Hank); John meant to take the day off but made a video because Hank ended his puppet show with 'John, I'll see you tomorrow'. (00:00:10)
- 2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos (00:00:41)
- 2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — With Hank visiting, John wakes him and says good morning in person at 11:40 on Tuesday morning. (00:00:03)
- 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John says that this time he literally means it when he tells Hank he'll see him tomorrow. (00:03:47)
- 2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John admits a weakness: in his drafts every day is Friday, and Julie's notes tease him for not tracking which day it should be. (00:01:28)
- 2012-01-24 · Nicest Hotel Room in the World (00:01:44)
- 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — Signing off with 'I'll see you tomorrow', John notes it has been a while since he said that. (00:03:24)
- 2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Asked for his favorite scene so far, Ansel names a car scene with Gus filmed Friday night (John stops spoilers) and calls it his favorite scene as an actor. (00:01:06)
- 2014-03-25 · I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration — John notes that for the first time in several years Hank ended a video without 'John, I'll see you on Tuesday'; 'several nerdfighters' noticed - two people and John. (00:00:05)
- 2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — Hank, who loves personal book recommendations, proposes Reviewsday Tuesday: every Tuesday people photograph a book and review it on Instagram, Tumblr or Twitter. (00:03:10)
- 2017-01-27 · Screaming for Four Minutes Straight (with WheezyWaiter) (00:02:49)
- 2017-06-22 · My New Book — John says next Tuesday's (27 June 2017) video will be an unboxing video, because he hears those are popular on YouTube. (00:01:06)
- 2022-09-26 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US — Signing off, John calls 'I will see you tomorrow' his all-time favorite sentence. (00:03:19)
- 2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank notes that his Pizzamas video ended with 'I'll see you tomorrow' and this time it was literally true, since the brothers are together. (00:00:00)
- 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John notes that Pizzamas lets him say words he used to say a lot but now rarely does: he will see Hank tomorrow. (00:05:00)
- 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John savours saying he will see Hank tomorrow, which he only gets to say a couple of times a year. (00:03:48)