Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | |||||||||||||
 Kurzgesagt's logo, a minimalist representation of Earth | |||||||||||||
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| Formation | July 10, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Founder | Philipp Dettmer | ||||||||||||
| Type | Private | ||||||||||||
| Purpose | Edutainment | ||||||||||||
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||
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Managing Director | Peter Berger[2] | ||||||||||||
| Website | kurzgesagt.org | ||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Science Space Technology Biology History Philosophy Physic | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 23.1 million[3] | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 2.98 billion[3] | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: October 20, 2024 | |||||||||||||
Kurzgesagt (/ˌkʊərtsɡəˈzɑːkt/; German for "In a nutshell", "in short", or literally "shortly said"; German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]) is a German animation and design studio founded by Philipp Dettmer. The studio is best known for its YouTube channel, which focuses on minimalistic animated educational content using flat and 3D design style. It discusses scientific, technological, political, philosophical, and psychological subjects.[4][5]
Narrated by Steve Taylor, videos on the channel are normally four to sixteen minutes. Many videos are also available through other language-specific channels, such as in German through the channel Dinge Erklärt – Kurzgesagt, and in Spanish through En Pocas Palabras – Kurzgesagt. Some of their videos are also available in French, Hindi, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Korean.[6][7]
As of April 2024, with over 22 million subscribers and over 223 videos (including shorts), the studio's original English language channel was the world's 224th most subscribed channel.[8]
In June 2024, the studio announced they had partnered with Toukana Interactive, the creators of Dorfromantik, to create a video game called Star Birds that will be centred around asteroid mining. It will be released in 2025.[9]
- ^ Jackson, Ryan (April 28, 2021). "The 'ultimate guide to black holes' will spaghettify your brain". CNET. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Imprint". Kurzgesagt. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "About Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell". YouTube.
- ^ Dubovi, Ilana; Tabak, Iris (October 1, 2020). "An empirical analysis of knowledge co-construction in YouTube comments". Computers & Education. 156. Elsevier: 7. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103939. ISSN 0360-1315. S2CID 219914081.
- ^ Lucas, Terry; Abd Rahim, Ruslan (March 15, 2017). "The Similarities and Nuances of Explicit Design Characteristics of Well-Received Online Instructional Animations". Animation. 12 (1). SAGE Publishing: 80–99. doi:10.1177/1746847717690671. ISSN 1746-8477. S2CID 64818185. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ "Dinge Erklärt – Kurzgesagt". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
- ^ "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell". YouTube. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell". Social Blade. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ "Star Birds - Official Reveal Trailer - PC Gaming Show 2024". IGN. June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.