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This article is about the American vlogger and entrepreneur. For other people, see Henry Green (disambiguation).

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Hank Green
Green in 2023
Born	William Henry Green II (1980-05-05) May 5, 1980 (age 44) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater	\n Eckerd College (BS) \n University of Montana (MS) \n
Occupations	\n YouTube vlogger \n entrepreneur \n podcaster \n producer \n TikToker \n author \n musician \n comedian \n
Years active	2007\u2013present
Notable work	\n Vlogbrothers \n Crash Course \n SciShow \n An Absolutely Remarkable Thing \n A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor \n Dear Hank & John \n
Spouse	\n Katherine Green (m. 2006)
Children	1
Relatives	John Green (brother) Sarah Urist Green (sister-in-law)
Website	hankgreen.com hankandjohn.com

William Henry Green II (born May 5, 1980) is an American YouTuber, science communicator, novelist, stand-up comedian, and entrepreneur. He produces the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers with his older brother, author John Green, and hosts the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow. He 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.\n

With his brother John, Hank co-created VidCon, the world's largest conference about online videos, and the Project for Awesome, an annual online charity event, as well as the now-defunct conference NerdCon: Stories, focused on storytelling. He is the co-creator of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012\u20132013), an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in the style of video blogs that was the first web series to win an Emmy. He is also the co-founder of merchandise company DFTBA Records, crowdfunding platform Subbable (acquired by Patreon), game company DFTBA Games, and online video production company Pemberley Digital, which produces video blog adaptations of classic novels in the public domain. 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. Green also hosts the podcasts Dear Hank & John and Delete This with his brother and wife respectively, along with the podcast SciShow Tangents.\n

Green's debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, was published on September 25, 2018; its sequel A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor was published on July 7, 2020. Both novels debuted as New York Times Best Sellers. In response to being diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin lymphoma in 2023, Green stepped down as CEO of his companies. While recovering, Green began performing stand-up about his experience. His comedy special titled Pissing Out Cancer was released on the streaming service Dropout on June 21, 2024.\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Credited as\n	Notes\n
Host\n	Writer\n	Producer\n	Executive producer\n
2012\u2013present\n	SciShow\n	Yes\n	Yes\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Green, Michael Aranda^[37] and others\n
2012\n	Crash Course: World History\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by John Green\n
Crash Course: Biology\n	Yes\n	Yes\n	\n	Yes\n	Host (40 episodes)\n
2012\u20132013\n	The Lizzie Bennet Diaries\n	\n	Yes\n	\n	Yes\n	Co-creator; writer (2 episodes); editor; based on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen^[154]\n
Crash Course: Ecology\n	Yes\n	Yes\n	\n	Yes\n	Host (12 episodes)\n
Crash Course: English Literature\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by John Green\n
2013\u20132014\n	The Brain Scoop\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Emily Graslie; later produced by The Field Museum^[155]\n
Crash Course: U.S. History\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by John Green\n
Crash Course: Chemistry\n	Yes\n	Yes\n	\n	Yes\n	Host (46 episodes)\n
2013\u2013present\n	mental_floss: List Show\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	\n	Hosted by John Green^[156]\n
2013\n	Welcome to Sanditon\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Based on Sanditon by Jane Austen\n
2013\u20132021\n	Sexplanations\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Lindsey Doe^[157]\n
2013\u20132014\n	Emma Approved\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Based on Emma by Jane Austen^[158]\n
2014\n	Crash Course: Psychology\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Host (40 episodes)\n
Crash Course: Literature 2\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by John Green\n
2014\u20132018\n	How to Adult\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by T. Michael Martin and Emma Mills\n
2014\u20132023\n	SciShow Space\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Green, Reid Reimers, and Caitlin Hofmeister^[39]\n
Animal Wonders\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Jessi Knudsen Casta\u00f1eda^[159]\n
2014\u20132015\n	Crash Course: World History 2\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by John Green\n
2015\n	Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	Actual play as Aankia (11 Episodes + BTS)^[160]\n
2014\n	Frankenstein, MD\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley^[161]\n
2014\u20132015\n	Crash Course: Big History\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Green, John Green, and Emily Graslie\n
2014\u2013present\n	mental_floss: Big Questions\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	\n	Hosted by Craig Benzine^[51]\n
2014\u20132016\n	mental_floss: Misconceptions\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	\n	Hosted by Elliott Morgan^[52]\n
2015\n	Crash Course: Anatomy & Physiology\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Host (47 episodes)\n
2015\u20132016\n	Crash Course: Astronomy\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Phil Plait^[30]\n
Crash Course: U.S. Government & Politics\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Craig Benzine^[30]\n
Crash Course Kids: Science\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Sabrina Cruz^[33]\n
2015\u20132018\n	SciShow Kids\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Jessi Knudsen Casta\u00f1eda^[33]\n
2015\n	Crash Course: Intellectual Property\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Stan Muller\n
2015\u20132016\n	Cereal Time\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Charlotte McDonnell (formerly Charlie McDonnell) and Jimmy Hill^[65]\n
2015\u20132016\n	Crash Course: Economics\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford\n
2015\u2013present\n	The Financial Diet\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Chelsea Fagan and Lauren Ver Hage\n
2016\u20132017\n	Crash Course: Philosophy\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Host\n
Crash Course: Physics\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Shini Somara^[32]\n
2016\n	Crash Course: Games\n	\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Andre Meadows\n
2017\u2013present\n	Scishow Psych\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Green and Brit Garner^[40]\n
2017\u20132022\n	PBS Eons\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Hosted by Green, Blake de Pastino, and Kallie Moore\n
2018\u20132019\n	Crash Course: History of Science\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Host\n
2019\u2013present\n	Journey to the Microcosmos\n	Yes\n	Yes\n	\n	Yes\n	Music by Andrew Huang, cinematography and microbiology specimens by James Weiss, narrated by Hank Green.\n
2020\u2013present\n	Bizarre Beasts\n	Yes\n	\n	\n	Yes\n	Host and executive producer\n
2023\n	Dimension 20: Mentopolis\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	Actual play as The Fix (6 episodes)^[162]^[163]\n
2024\n	Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	Recording of Green's stand-up show at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles; it is the first special of the \"Dropout Presents\" series^[94]\n
2025\n	Hamster & Gretel\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	Voice of Dr. Aster (season 2, episode 15: \"Gentlemen Prefer Fronds\")^[164]\n
Smartypants\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	Completed filming in 2025.\n

Title\n	Album details\n	Peak chart positions\n
US Heat^[165]\n	US Comedy\n
So Jokes\n	\n Released: January 20, 2008 \n Label: DFTBA Records \n Formats: Digital download \n	\u2014\n	\u2014\n
This Machine Pwns N00bs\n	\n Released: November 16, 2009 \n Label: DFTBA Records \n Formats: CD, Digital download \n	\u2014\n	\u2014\n
Ellen Hardcastle\n	\n Released: July 13, 2011 \n Label: DFTBA Records \n Formats: CD, Digital download \n	\u2014\n	8\n
Incongruent (as Hank Green & the Perfect Strangers)\n	\n Released: 2014 \n Label: DFTBA Records \n Formats: CD, Digital download \n	29\n	3\n

Title\n	Album details\n
The Harry Potter Songs!\n	\n Released: 2014 \n Label: DFTBA Records \n Formats: CD \n
The Drive^[166]\n	\n Released: 2014 \n Label: DFTBA Records \n Formats: USB flash drive \n

Title\n	Year\n	Peak chart positions\n	Album\n
US Comedy Dig.^[167]\n
\"Farmville\"\n	2011\n	\u2014\n	Ellen Hardcastle\n
\"My Favorite Pony\"\n	2012\n	\u2014\n	non-album singles\n
\"My Favorite Pony (Acoustic)\"\n	\u2014\n
\"The Universe is Weird\"\n	2014\n	\u2014\n	Incongruent\n
\"We Are All Batpeople\" (with John Green featuring The Gregory Brothers)\n	2015\n	11\n	non-album single\n

Title\n	Year\n	Other artist(s)\n	Album\n
\"A Song about an Anglerfish\"\n	2009\n	\u2014\n	DFTBA Records, Volume One\n
\"Porphyrophobia\"\n	2010\n	Taking Back the Covers, Vol. 1\n
\"Bangs\"\n	2011\n	Mink Car Cover\n
\"The Kidney That Lived in Four People\"\n	2014\n	Danny Weinkauf\n	No School Today\n
\"Hobbit Drinking Medley\"\n	2016\n	Peter Hollens\n	Misty Mountains: Songs Inspired by The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings\n
\"William Rowan Hamilton\"\n	A Capella Science, Coma Niddy, Helen Arney, Baba Brinkman, Tom McFadden, Simon Clark, Veritasium\n	non-album single\n
\"Dear Mr. Potter (Live)\"\n	\u2014\n	LeakyCon 2011: Live at the Leaky Cauldron II\n
\"This Is Not Harry Potter (Live)\"\n
\"Accio Deathly Hallows (Live)\"\n

v t e The Green brothers
\n John Green \n Hank Green \n
Web series/channels	\n The Art Assignment \n Crash Course \n The Lizzie Bennet Diaries \n SciShow \n Vlogbrothers \n
Podcasts	\n The Anthropocene Reviewed \n
Business ventures	\n Complexly \n DFTBA Records \n VidCon \n
Nonprofit ventures	\n AFC Wimbledon \n Partners In Health Sierra Leone \n Project for Awesome \n
Associated people	\n Craig Benzine \n Daniel Biss \n Aaron Carroll \n Emily Graslie \n Esther Earl \n Lindsey Doe \n T. Michael Martin \n Maureen Johnson \n Phil Plait \n Rosianna Halse Rojas \n Sabrina Cruz \n Sarah Urist Green \n
Related articles	\n Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers \n Mental Floss \n Nerdfighteria \n

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Hank Green discography
Hank Green
Studio albums	4
EPs	1
Live albums	1

Early life and career

YouTube channels

As a host

Vlogbrothers

Crash Course

SciShow

Others

As producer

Other media

Music

Novels

Podcasts

TikTok

Comedy

Companies, events, and philanthropy

Good Store

Political events

Personal life

Works

Books

Other

Filmography

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Other appearances

See also

References

External links

Hank Green - American author, vlogger, and science communicator

Hank Green - American author, vlogger, and science communicator