1. Hank Green produces the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers with his older brother, author John Green, and hosts the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow.
34 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 was the CEO until late 2023.
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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 nonprofit organizations.
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In 2008, John and Hank Green first 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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John and Hank Green continued to post vlogs every Tuesday and Friday on their channel.
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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 said that SciShow's content aims to be approachable and to dispel the idea that science is an inherently difficult subject.
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Hank Green executively produced a number of other Pemberley Digital series, including Welcome to Sanditon, Emma, and Frankenstein, MD.
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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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In 2014, Hank Green partnered with Animal Wonders Inc, a nonprofit organization focused on animal rescue and animal-based education, to launch a new YouTube channel focused on animals.
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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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Hank Green has seen growing success and 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 how it pays its creators, pointing out that due to the set value of the Creator Fund, as TikTok becomes more popular, creators earn less.
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In 2023, after his May cancer diagnosis, Hank Green began to develop a stand-up comedy routine about the disease.
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Hank Green recorded a comedy special titled Pissing Out Cancer that was released on the streaming service Dropout on June 21,2024.
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Hank Green now focuses on selling merchandise for prominent YouTubers.
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The Hank Green brothers founded VidCon in response to the growing online video community.
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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 was the CEO of the company from its founding until late 2023.
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In June 2016, Hank Green founded the Internet Creators Guild, the first nonprofit organization to represent online creators.
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Hank Green established the guild as online creators had become common but were not represented by a professional organization as other industries were.
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Hank Green served on the advisory board alongside Burnie Burns, Akilah Hughes, Casey Neistat, and Louise Pentland.
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In November 2020, the Hank Green brothers started the "Awesome Socks Club", a monthly subscription service where members receive a pair of socks designed by independent artists.
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In January 2015, Hank Green interviewed President Obama at The White House as part of a group of YouTube creators Google organized to talk to Obama.
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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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Hank Green was diagnosed with a learning disorder as a child and speculates this is likely ADHD.
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In May 2023, Hank Green announced that he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
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Hank Green received letters of encouragement from President Joe Biden and NASA administrator and former Florida Senator Bill Nelson.