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Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results!

2014-05-30 · announcement · Hank, LeVar Burton · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Projects, Books & writing) · mode: Announcements · tags: recurring series, self promotion, guest or collab

Hank reports results of the 2014 Nerdfighteria Census (over 100,000 responses), plugs the brothers' lesser-known shows and Subbable, tells viewers not to spend money they can't afford, and promotes The Night Before Our Stars.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank's planned premiere outfit with a TFiOS-colors tie

00:00:15 — Census 2014 response numbers: over 100,000 responses, half of last year's 140,000 missing, 75% watching since before 2013

  • ★★★ Hank reports the 2014 Nerdfighteria Census got over 100,000 responses, although over half of last year's (2013) 140,000 respondents did not respond this year (2014). — 00:00:15
  • ★★ Hank says 75% of census respondents have been watching since before 2013, so the drop is not because people weren't around last year (2013). — 00:00:35 · Nerdfighteria

00:00:43 — What respondents don't know about: Incongruent, Mental Floss, SciShow Space, Sexplanations, How to Adult, Animal Wonders, The Warehouse

  • ★★ Hank jokes that 100% of respondents called his new album Incongruent a masterful work of genius (the only option), then plugs it because many didn't know it exists. (playful) — 00:00:43 · Incongruent
  • ★★ Hank lists census shares unaware of their shows: 14% Mental Floss, 30% SciShow Space, 33% Sexplanations with Dr. Lindsey Doe, 50% How to Adult, 64% Animal Wonders. — 00:01:00 · SciShow Space, Sexplanations, How to Adult, Animal Wonders, SciShow
  • ★★ Hank calls The Warehouse, a show made in the DFTBA Records warehouse by customer-service head Matthew Gaydos, their least-known project; he saw Gaydos play Sean Kelly's in Missoula. — 00:01:24 · DFTBA Records, Missoula, Montana

00:01:48 — 40% do not know Subbable; how the voluntary subscription platform works

  • ★★★ Hank says 40% of respondents don't know Subbable, which has been so successful that SciShow, Crash Course and Sexplanations would not exist without it. — 00:01:48 · Subbable, SciShow, Crash Course, Sexplanations
  • ★★ Hank explains Subbable as a voluntary subscription platform where subscribers choose any monthly amount, even zero, which keeps the shows available to everyone, including people who can't pay. — 00:02:02 · Subbable

00:02:21 — Don't spend money on our things if it makes you less financially secure

  • ★★★ Answering census comments from viewers who feel bad about not having money, Hank says never to feel bad and not to buy their things if it makes them less financially secure. — 00:02:21 · Subbable, DFTBA Records

00:02:46 — Reading results (Rowling vs John Green, 92% read TFiOS) and The Night Before Our Stars screening and livestream

  • ★★ Hank reports that slightly more respondents have read J. K. Rowling's books than John Green's, and something like 92% have read The Fault in Our Stars. (hedged) — 00:02:46 · John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★★ Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (hedged) — 00:02:58 · The Fault in Our Stars (film), United States, John Green, Missoula, Montana
  • ★★ Hank urges viewers to attend The Night Before Our Stars if they can and apologises to those who can't. — 00:03:32

00:03:39 — Congratulations to John, Hank flying to the premiere; LeVar Burton's closing jab

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description says viewers who haven't taken the 2014 census still can. — video description

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Mentioned

Central: Nerdfighteria Census · Subbable · The Night Before Our Stars

Also: People: Ansel Elgort · J. K. Rowling · Josh Boone · LeVar Burton · Nat Wolff · Shailene Woodley

Projects: Animal Wonders · Crash Course · DFTBA Records · How to Adult · SciShow · SciShow Space · Sexplanations

Works: Incongruent · The Fault in Our Stars · The Fault in Our Stars (film) · The Warehouse

Organizations: Mental Floss · Sean Kelly's

Places: Missoula, Montana · Montana · New York City · United States

Only in the description or credits: Lindsey Doe · Matthew

Also centred on Nerdfighteria Census: New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News · My Freakish Talent · Corndog Ghost Attack, Book Towers, and Census · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census · The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!)

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