Hank Green

Person · 6 cases · 2007–2026 · American author, vlogger, and science communicator

How Hank Green spread

Green built an audience through video exchanges with his brother, fan gatherings, and educational YouTube channels.

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Entertainment 4 · Gaming 1, Technology 1
Wikipedia views a month, from Jul 20152014201620182020202220242026200720087 yrsMost readMay 2023 · 193K viewsProject Hail Mary · Kept it going · Mar 29, 2026Colossal's Dire Wolf Announcement · Pushed back · Apr 9, 2025Heardle · Carried it · Mar 7, 2022The Sneezing Baby Panda · Kept it going · Dec 19, 2013Bed Intruder (Antoine Dodson) · Carried it · Aug 7, 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book release · Carried it · Jul 18, 2007Start2007New audience2008New audienceJan ’12MilestoneMar ’13PeakMay ’23YouTubeOpen webX

  1. 2007

    StartJan 1 · YouTube

    Hank and John Green began Brotherhood 2.0, communicating through public video blogs on Vlogbrothers. npr.org

  2. 2008

    New audienceAug · Open web

    The brothers brought their online fan community to Chicago, filling a library with about 400 young adults. web.archive.org

  3. 2012

    New audienceJan · YouTube

    Hank and John launched Crash Course, bringing educational videos to students through YouTube's Original Channel Initiative. web.archive.org

  4. 2013

    MilestoneMar 5 · YouTube

    Vlogbrothers passed one million subscribers. en.wikipedia.org

  5. 2023

    PeakMay 19 · YouTube

    Green announced his Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in a Vlogbrothers video, drawing news coverage. cbsnews.com

Colossal's Dire Wolf Announcement

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SOUND ON. You’re hearing the first howl of a dire wolf in over 10,000 years. Meet Romulus and Remus—the world’s first de-extinct animals, born on October 1, 2024. The dire wolf has been extinct for…

120B impressions

The Sneezing Baby Panda

Kept it going

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Viral Sneezing Baby Panda Clip Become Mockumentary

220M views

Project Hail Mary

Kept it going

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Original US hardcover cover of Project Hail Mary, official publisher press image.

3M sold

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book release

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Readers queue at Whitcoulls, Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 21, 2007. CC BY 2.5 or CC BY-SA 3.0.

11.5M sold

Bed Intruder (Antoine Dodson)

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Bed Intruder (Antoine Dodson): cover art

30K sold

Heardle

Carried it

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Heardle

1M players

Picture: Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0, cropped