Hank: donate all revenue from his Torc Waterfall white-noise video to Partners In Health every six months (2025)
promise · status: standing commitment (last affirmed 2025) · last event: progress update (2025-12-12) · owner: Hank
In March 2025 Hank promised to donate all the money his Torc Waterfall white-noise video makes to Partners In Health, tallying it every six months. By December 2025 the video had raised over $10,000 for Partners In Health.
Told alongside: Hank: upload a 12-hour Torc Waterfall white-noise video to the Vlogbrothers channel (2025)
About: Partners In Health, YouTube Red, Torc Waterfall, white noise
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-28 | promised | Hank says he will donate all the money the waterfall video makes to Partners In Health, grabbing the ad and YouTube Premium stats every six months. | Is This a Million Dollar Idea? 00:00:29 |
| 2025-03-28 | progress update | The description says all of the money from this video goes to support Partners In Health. | White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! video description |
| 2025-12-12 | progress update | Hank says the analytics show the video has raised over $10,000 for Partners In Health since upload. → refers to White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! | The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video 00:01:27 |
What is said about it
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank says the waterfall made him think its sound is the perfect noise to fall asleep to. — 00:00:05
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank often uses YouTube videos as a white noise machine when he travels without one. — 00:00:09
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank says many of these YouTube white-noise videos have around 39 million views. (hedged) — 00:00:18
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — announcement: Hank has made a long recording of the waterfall, will upload it to the Vlogbrothers channel and will donate all the money the video makes to Partners In Health. — 00:00:29
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — announcement: Hank: The video will carry one ad plus YouTube Premium revenue, easy to calculate; Hank will grab its stats every six months and make the donation to Partners In Health. — 00:00:47
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — ask: Hank asks viewers to search YouTube for white noise videos, listen, and select his Torc Waterfall video so YouTube recommends it to far more people than Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:10
- 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank muses they might take the top spot in YouTube searches for white noise, and says he likes the plan. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:25
- 2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — announcement: Hank recalls his idea: donate any money the white-noise video made, from its first ad or YouTube Premium watch time, to Partners In Health, which he knows does a lot of good work. — 00:00:29
- 2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank says the White Noise for Charity video has 547,000 views, good especially since it started below average. — 00:00:29