About Hank
Hank Green has been making things on the internet since the early 90s.
Since starting a video blog with his brother in 2007, Hank has launched, built, and sustained a number of projects. He’s a science communicator, video creator, and entrepreneur. In 2007, he and his brother started a video blog called Vlogbrothers that continues to this day. That year, they also created The Project for Awesome, a charity project that has raised over $10M for charities to date. In 2008, Hank launched DFTBA.com with his friend Alan Lastufka, that company now helps dozens of creators create and sell products including Nathan Zed, Kurzgesagt, and The McElroy Brothers. In 2010, Hank created VidCon, which has become the world’s largest gathering that celebrates the community, craft, and industry of online video.
VidCon was acquired by Viacom in 2018. In 2012 Hank and John launched SciShow and Crash Course and created their educational media company, Complexly, which produces content that is used in nearly every high school in America and has produced videos that have been viewed more than two billion times.
In 2013, Hank launched Subbable, a subscription-based crowdfunding platform that was acquired by Patreon in 2015. Hank and his brother also entered the world of podcasting in 2015 with “Dear Hank and John” a dubious advice podcast. He has since added “Delete This” a podcast where his wife critiques his twitter feed, and “SciShow: Tangents” a science-focused, humorous game show to his list of podcasts. Complexly continues to launch and grow YouTube channels including “Journey to the Microcosmos,” “Eons,” “Healthcare Triage,” “Origin of Everything,” “SciShow Kids,” and more. Hank lives in Montana with his wife and son.
Press
Vox
How YouTube icon Hank Green found hope in a story of viral fame, politics, and giant robots
Hank Green’s debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, shows what he’s learned about internet fame. If you’ve spent any time on YouTube in the last decade or so, chances are good that you’ve experienced the influence of Hank Green.
Boston Globe
Hank Green explores Internet, fame, isolation in debut novel
Hank Green is no stranger to the Internet. He and his brother, YA novelist John Green, co-created the popular YouTube channels Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, and SciShow. The newly-minted author cites the “insular Internet culture” as the initial inspiration for “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,” which follows a young woman’s rise to fame after she creates a viral video.
Washington Post
Meet Hank Green, one of America’s most popular science teachers
The science of lying. The terrifying truth about bananas. The teenage brain explained.These are just a few of the subjects that musician and entrepreneur Hank Green has tackled in YouTube videos that have helped him win a huge online following and made him one of the country’s better-known science teachers.
U.S. News
Hank Green Loves Science, and Wants Others to Love it, Too
HANK GREEN, INTERNET Guy. Even if you don’t know who he is, there’s a good chance he has helped teach your kids or the kids of someone you know how photosynthesis, mitosis and biological molecules work, among a great many things.
