YouTube makes the Vlogbrothers YouTube partners (2007)
story · status: told 2×, last update 2026 · last event: retold (2026-03-03)
Told alongside: The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007)
About: YouTube Partner Program, YouTube, MelissaJenna
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-15 | told | Hank announces that YouTube has made the brothers partners and that he and John will sit in on an orientation session. | August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube 00:02:59 |
| 2007-08-16 | update | Hank says Melissa is also becoming a YouTube partner and will be on the partners' conference call that is coming up. | Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! 00:00:03 |
| 2007-08-31 (happened 2007-08-30) | update | Hank reports the brothers' phone call with the YouTube partnership people yesterday (30 August 2007) was a 45-minute lecture on copyright law. (playful) | August 31: Copyright and Airports 00:01:20 |
| 2026-03-03 (happened 2007) | retold | In 2007 YouTube told the brothers it would share ad revenue with creators; John wrote down the math on an envelope as they explained it. | The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received 00:01:34 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — announcement: Hank thanks YouTube and announces big news: YouTube has made the brothers partners; he isn't sure what that means, but he and John will sit in on an orientation session. — 00:02:59
- 2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank notes that the famous YouTubers are partners and muses that the brothers might become famous YouTubers too, 'probably not'. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:23
- 2007-08-16 · Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! — Hank is excited that Melissa is also becoming a YouTube partner, so he will know someone from YouTube on the upcoming partner conference call. — 00:00:03
- 2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank and John had their phone call with the YouTube partnership people yesterday; Hank says it was a 45-minute lecture on copyright law. (playful) — 00:01:20
- 2026-03-03 · The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received — John's envelope concluded it was not enough money to matter without daily videos; that was wrong, as it has mattered for many, the brothers included. — 00:01:49