Crash Course (web series)

Crash Course
Crash Course YouTube channel icon
GenreEducational[1]
Created byJohn Green
Hank Green
Developed by
Written byVarious
Directed by
  • Stan Muller
  • Nicholas Jenkins
  • Brandon Brungard
  • Nicole Sweeney
  • Hannah Bodenhausen
Creative directorThought Café (Formerly Thought Bubble)
Presented by
List of presenters
Theme music composerJason Weidner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons55
No. of episodes1548[n 1]
Production
Executive producersJohn Green
Hank Green
Heather Di Diego
ProducersStan Muller
Nicholas Jenkins
Nicole Sweeney
Brandon Brungard
Hannah Bodenhausen
Production locations
Editors
  • Stan Muller
  • Brandon Brungard
  • Nicholas Jenkins
  • Nicole Sweeney
  • Hannah Bodenhausen
  • Brigid Kennison
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time6–15 minutes
2–4 minutes (Kids; Recess)
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseJanuary 26, 2012 (2012-01-26) –
present
Related
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Crash Course (sometimes stylized as CrashCourse) is an educational YouTube channel started by John Green and Hank Green (collectively the Green brothers), who became known on YouTube through their Vlogbrothers channel.[2][3][4]

Crash Course was one of the hundred initial channels funded by YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. The channel launched a preview on December 2, 2011, and as of March 2022, it has accumulated over 15 million subscribers and 1.8 billion video views.[5] The channel launched with John and Hank presenting their respective World History and Biology series; the early history of the channel continued the trend of John and Hank presenting humanities and science courses, respectively.[6] In November 2014, Hank announced a partnership with PBS Digital Studios, which would allow the channel to produce more courses. As a result, multiple additional hosts joined the show to increase the number of concurrent series.

To date, there are 44 main series of Crash Course, of which John has hosted nine and Hank has hosted seven. Together with Emily Graslie, they also co-hosted Big History. A second channel, Crash Course Kids, was hosted by Sabrina Cruz and completed a series on Science. The first foreign-language course, an Arabic reworking of the original World History series, is hosted by Yasser Abumuailek. The main channel has also begun a series of shorter animated episodes, called Recess, that focus on topics from the previous Crash Course series. A collaboration with Arizona State University titled Study Hall began in 2020, which includes less structured learning in its topics.

  1. ^ Michallon, Clémence (July 23, 2020). "Hank Green: 'It's vital that we be critical of the things we love'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  2. ^ Pot, Justin (April 7, 2012). "Crash Course: Entertaining YouTube Courses On History & Biology". MakeUseOf. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Roettgers, Janko (February 16, 2012). "A first look at YouTube's new TV stars". GigaOM. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  4. ^ Leib, Bart (March 23, 2012). "Scishow & Crash Course: Why Isn't School This Cool?". Wired. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  5. ^ "crashcourse YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics". Social Blade. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Talbot, Margaret (June 9, 2014). "The Teen Whisperer". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.


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