Author John Green, co-creator of Crash Course, hosted the channel's initial World History series. The Crash Course YouTube channel was conceived by the Green Brothers, after YouTube approached them with an opportunity to launch one of the initial YouTube-funded channels.
YouTube-funded and Subbable periods (2011–2014) Author John Green, co-creator of Crash Course, hosted the channel's initial World History series. The Crash Course YouTube channel was conceived by the Green Brothers, after YouTube approached them with an opportunity to launch one of the initial YouTube-funded channels.
The episode covered the Agricultural Revolution, and a new episode aired on YouTube every Thursday through November 9, 2012. Hank Green's first series, Crash Course Biology, then launched on January 30, 2012, with its first episode covering carbon. A new episode aired on YouTube every Monday until October 22 of that year.
Early on in the history of the show, the Green Brothers began to employ an edutainment style for episodes of Crash Course, using humor to blend entertainment together with the educational content.
Crash Course was the first channel to be offered on Subbable, and for a time the website crowdfunded the channel. In March 2015, Subbable was acquired by Patreon, and Crash Course's crowdfunding moved over as part of the acquisition.
Most of the Crash Course videos are very accurate. However, in an effort to simplify content, some of the Crash Course Kids videos miss the mark.
Hank and John GreenAbout Hank and John Green Hank Green is executive producer of SciShow (youtube.com/scishow), CRASH COURSE (youtube.com/crashcourse) and several other YouTube channels.
John Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, and the essay collection The Anthropocene Reviewed. He is one half of the vlogbrothers on YouTube and co-creator of educational series Crash Course.