How I Convinced YouTube to Give me $450,000

Top tier luckiest moments of my life. Changed things for me...and hopefully for a lot of other people as well.

[amypedersen]

I run a homeless shelter for children in the Ozarks and I deeply feel the statement

"Helps a lot of people, but there's no way to monetize it effectively.. We just do what we do and we spend all the money that we make"

[hsmoscout]

hank i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the reason you didn't list which "science videos" regularly went viral was because they mostly involved giraffes and the thumbnails mostly involved them reproducing

[jaminpeterson]

You brushed over it but I like that grant/loan setup. It mitigates YouTube's risk by letting them collect 100% of the ad revenue the first year but they're willing to "forgive" the shortfall knowing they'll continue to get their share of ad revenue going forward. And for the creator they get the initial influx of cash to get things started and a year of ad analytics to know how/what they should be budgeting for going forward. It's just a win all around!

[flugelblarghen]

4:43 This was basically Hank referring to himself as John Greens brother. Suddenly not such a big issue when applying for $450, 000

[itsvondell]

9:30 "vidcon - 2500 attendees" in the proven youtube success track record slide really captures the moment

[secondbanana]

Sci-show kids is absolutely one of my favorite things you all do. I so so so appreciate that you are willing to lose money on something so important. My kids (and many other kids I know) have learned so much from that effort. It truly is a gift.

[marskristin]

I wouldn't be embarassed of this! The pitch was objectively successful! Wildly so!!

[happysami]

"2011! People still made powerpoint presentations in 4 by 3!"
As someone who goes to academic conferences, I can tell you that people still make 4:3 powerpoint presentations in 2024

[phill]

SciShow was the reason I decided to go back into education after 8 years, and got my degree. It was an objectively good force in my life.

[realscapegoat]

Hank, I am sure you have heard this a million times. but sci show really did change my life and my entire direction as a person when I was young. I watched tons of scishow as a kid, and it fostered such a deep love of learning and knowledge in me that schooling would never have been able to do. It has deeply shaped my outlook on the world, and I know I am not alone in this. I hope you are very proud of all the good you have been able to do for my generation especially. I hope some day I can create something as inspiring as scishow.

[franklammerspukje]

I just want you to know that I just got a notification from YouTube that cut off the title to "How I Convinced YouTube to Give me $4..." Which I found hilarious.

Convinced me to watch the video right away 😂

[Your-dad-with-milk]

Haha "all of those are John." I've been a little sister my whole life, and "all of those are "Jessica" has been my thought pattern for a long time. I love my sister. ❤

[yaypumpkin]

Hank you have no idea how much this can inspire people to just DO THE THING

[Ciansaunders]

Would you still love me if I was a worm, Hank?

[TheTrueRandomness]

4:3 powerpoints make me so nostalgic....

[VictorianWaistcoat]

Not me just realizing I watched a _ton_ of SciShow Kids when I was younger. That mouse brought back so many memories . . . .

[stolenzephyr]

In 2012 I was 24 years old and subscribed to the print version of Scientific American. We existed Hank!!

[jojo]

Thank you for still making SciShow kids even though it isn't a money maker for the company. My kids absolutely love it and learn so much. It also makes my husband very happy to see our next generation of SciShow fans. He's been watching SciShow since the very beginning. I still remember him excitedly showing it to me for the first time in college. =)

[samuelhamblin]

Hank Green's resume is so impressive that he cant even keep it all straight

[Lowekinder]

Me and Mark Zuckerberg have over 150 billion dollars of net worth