Hank Green is known for producing the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers with his older brother, author John Green, as well as for creating and hosting the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow.
32 Facts About Hank Green
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Hank Green has advocated for and organized social activism, created and hosted a number of other YouTube channels and podcasts, released music albums, and amassed a large following on TikTok.
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Hank Green is the co-creator of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in the style of video blogs that was the first web series to win an Emmy.
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Hank Green is the co-founder of merchandise company DFTBA Records, crowdfunding platform Subbable, game company DFTBA Games, and online video production company Pemberley Digital, which produces video blog adaptations of classic novels in the public domain.
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Hank Green is the founder of the environmental technology blog EcoGeek, which evolved into Complexly, an online video and audio production company of which he is the CEO.
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William Henry Hank Green II was born on May 5,1980, to Mike and Sydney Hank Green in Birmingham, Alabama, but his family soon moved to Orlando, Florida, where he was raised.
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Hank Green graduated from Winter Park High School in 1998.
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Hank Green continued as a web developer after moving to Montana for graduate school, focusing on developing websites for educational institutions and environmental non-profit organizations.
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In 2008, John and Hank Green met up with their fans, known as "Nerdfighters".
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The Hank Green brothers have been interviewed on PotterCast, and have been recurring keynote speakers at the Harry Potter fan convention LeakyCon.
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The channel was initially hosted by the two brothers, with Hank Green focusing on the science courses and John teaching the humanities courses.
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Hank Green created the science YouTube channel SciShow in January 2012, which, like Crash Course, was initially funded by YouTube.
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Hank Green has stated his aim for SciShow's content was for it to be approachable and to dispel the idea that science is an inherently difficult subject.
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At VidCon in June 2017, Hank Green announced a new PBS Digital Studios partner channel, to be hosted by himself, SciShow writer Blake de Pastino, and paleontologist Kallie Moore, titled Eons.
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The series was executive produced by Su and Hank Green, and follows PhD student Victoria Frankenstein, portrayed by as Anna Lore, and Iggy DeLacey, portrayed by Steve Zaragoza, as they make videos for their science YouTube channel.
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Only one episode of the Quiz Show was released, though Hank Green has stayed on as producer on the other series, as well as occasionally guest hosting The List Show.
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Hank and John Green produced How to Adult, an educational web series hosted by vloggers and young adult novelists T Michael Martin and Emma Mills.
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In 2014, Hank Green partnered with Animal Wonders Inc, a non-profit organization focused on animal rescue and animal-based education, to launch a new YouTube channel focused on animals.
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In June 2015, Hank Green teamed up with Charlie McDonnell and Jimmy Hill to produce a new daily morning show titled Cereal Time.
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The idea came from Hank Green, who serves as an executive producer on the series after McDonnell asked him for advice on his next projects.
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Hank Green has said that he enjoys the more conversational tone of the podcast, as it more closely resembles what the Vlogbrothers videos used to be like.
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In 2007, brothers John and Hank Green introduced the annual charity project titled the Project for Awesome, a project in which YouTube users take two days, originally in mid-December, to create videos promoting charities or nonprofit organizations of their choosing.
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Hank Green now focuses on selling merchandise for prominent YouTube stars, such as Green and his brother John, Charlie McDonnell, Rhett and Link, CGP Grey, and Hannah Hart, among several others.
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In January 2015, Hank Green announced plans for a game company called DFTBA Games on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
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Hank Green launched the first DFTBA Games project Wizard School in September 2015.
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In September 2022, during the lead-up to the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana, Hank Green interviewed Democrat Monica Tranel, who ran for Montana's 1st congressional district, in Missoula.
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When signing novels, Green often includes a symbol known as the "Hanklerfish," meant to resemble an anglerfish.
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In 2011, Hank Green created "2-D" glasses, which allow one to watch 3-D movies in 2-D.
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Hank Green has seen growing success and has been called a "top creator" on TikTok by The New York Times.
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In January 2022, Hank Green released a YouTube video criticizing TikTok for the method in which creators are paid, pointing out that due to the set value of the Creator Fund, as TikTok becomes more popular, creators earn less.
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Hank Green was diagnosed with a learning disorder as a child and speculates this to likely be ADHD.
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On May 19,2023, Hank Green announced that he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.