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| “ | Except for, wait for it, the Mongols. | ” |
―Mongoltage, John Green | ||
CrashCourse is an educational YouTube channel started by John and Hank Green (collectively the Green brothers), who first achieved notability on the YouTube platform through their Vlogbrothers channel.
Crash Course was one of the hundred initial channels funded by YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. The channel launched a preview of it on December 2, 2011, and as of April 2022, it has accumulated over 12 million subscribers. John presented humanities in World History and Hank presented science courses in Science. In November 2014, Hank partnered with PBS, which would allow the channel to produce more courses and gain more hosts. In May 2021, they won a Webby Award.[1]
List of Courses[]
| Series | Episodes | Series premiere | Series finale | Host(s) | Writer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launched in 2012 | ||||||
| World History World History 2 |
42 30 |
January 26, 2012 July 11, 2014 |
November 9, 2012 April 4, 2015 |
John Green | Raoul Meyer | |
| Biology | 40 | January 30, 2012 | October 29, 2012 | Hank Green | various | |
| Ecology | 12 | November 5, 2012 | January 21, 2013 | Hank Green | Jesslyn Shields | |
| English Literature Literature 2 Literature 3 Literature 4 |
8 16 9 12 |
November 15, 2012 February 27, 2014 July 7, 2016 November 7, 2017 |
January 24, 2013 June 12, 2014 September 8, 2016 February 13, 2018 |
John Green | Alexis Soloski | |
| Launched in 2013 | ||||||
| U.S. History | 48 | January 31, 2013 | February 6, 2014 | John Green | Raoul Meyer | |
| Chemistry | 46 | February 11, 2013 | January 13, 2014 | Hank Green | Kim Krieger | |
| Launched in 2014 | ||||||
| Psychology | 40 | February 3, 2014 | November 24, 2014 | Hank Green | Kathleen Yale | |
| Big History Big History 2 |
10 6 |
September 17, 2014 May 24, 2017 |
January 9, 2015 July 12, 2017 |
Hank Green John Green Emily Graslie |
David Baker | |
| Launched in 2015 | ||||||
| Anatomy & Physiology | 47 | January 6, 2015 | December 21, 2015 | Hank Green | Kathleen Yale | |
| Astronomy | 46 | January 15, 2015 | January 21, 2016 | Phil Plait | Phil Plait | |
| U.S. Government and Politics | 50 | January 23, 2015 | March 4, 2016 | Craig Benzine | Raoul Meyer | |
| Intellectual Property | 7 | April 23, 2015 | June 25, 2015 | Stan Muller | Raoul Meyer | |
| Economics | 35 | July 8, 2015 | June 9, 2016 | Adriene Hill Jacob Clifford[2] |
Patrick Walsh Jacob Clifford Scott Baumann | |
| Launched in 2016 | ||||||
| Philosophy | 46 | February 8, 2016 | February 13, 2017 | Hank Green | Ruth Tallman | |
| Physics | 46 | March 31, 2016 | March 24, 2017 | Shini Somara | Alyssa Lerner | |
| Games | 29 | April 1, 2016 | December 16, 2016 | Andre Meadows | Mathew Powers | |
| Launched in 2017 | ||||||
| Computer Science | 40 | February 22, 2017 | December 21, 2017 | Carrie Anne Philbin | Amy Ogan Chris Harrison | |
| World Mythology | 41 | February 24, 2017 | January 28, 2018 | Mike Rugnetta | Raoul Meyer | |
| Sociology | 44 | March 13, 2017 | February 12, 2018 | Nicole Sweeney | Steven Lauterwasser | |
| Film History Film Production Film Criticism |
16 15 15 |
April 13, 2017 August 24, 2017 January 11, 2018 |
August 3, 2017 December 14, 2017 April 26, 2018 |
Craig Benzine Lily Gladstone Michael Aranda |
Tobin Addington | |
| Study Skills | 10 | August 8, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | Thomas Frank | Thomas Frank | |
| Launched in 2018 | ||||||
| Statistics | 44 | January 24, 2018 | January 9, 2019 | Adriene Hill | Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti | |
| Theater | 50 | February 9, 2018 | March 1, 2019 | Mike Rugnetta | Alexis Soloski | |
| Media Literacy | 12 | February 27, 2018 | May 15, 2018 | Jay Smooth | Aubrey Nagle | |
| History of Science | 46 | March 26, 2018 | April 29, 2019 | Hank Green | Wythe Marschall | |
| Engineering | 46 | May 17, 2018 | May 2, 2019 | Shini Somara | Michael Sago Ricky Nathvani | |
| Launched in 2019 | ||||||
| Navigating Digital Information | 10 | January 8, 2019 | March 12, 2019 | John Green | Aubrey Nagle | |
| Business: Soft Skills Business: Entrepreneurship |
17 17 |
March 13, 2019 August 14, 2019 |
July 3, 2019 December 11, 2019 |
Evelyn Ngugi Anna Akana |
Rebecca Upton | |
| European History | 50 | April 12, 2019 | — | John Green | Bonnie Smith | |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20 | August 9, 2019 | December 27, 2019 | Jabril Ashe | Lana Yarosh Yonatan Bisk Tim Weninger | |
| Launched in 2020 | ||||||
| Organic Chemistry | — | April 29, 2020 | — | Devaki Chakravarti | Kelley Donaghy | |
| Geography | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Linguistics | 16 | September 4, 2020 | January 22, 2021 | Taylor Behnke | Gretchen McCulloch Lauren Gawne | |
Kids series[]
| Series | Episodes | Series premiere | Series finale | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science | 95 | March 3, 2015 | March 16, 2016 | Sabrina Cruz |
Milestones[]
Video view milestones[]
- 1 billion views: February 14, 2019[3]
References[]
- ↑ https://watch.webbyawards.com/winner/387-crash-course
- ↑ Clifford departed after the 29th episode, with Hill presenting the remainder solo.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheCrashCourse/status/1096153640706998274