BrainCraft
{{short description|YouTube educational video series}}{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = BrainCraft
| birth_name = Vanessa Hill
| nationality = Australian
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality |embed=yes
| genre = Education
| channels = [https://www.youtube.com/braincraft BrainCraft]
| subscribers = 617 thousand
| views = 29 million
| stats_update = May 13, 2025
| years active = 2013–present
}}
}}BrainCraft is an educational video series on YouTube created by Australian science communicator Vanessa Hill.{{cite web|title=Try and Be Clever: an Interview with BrainCraft's Vanessa Hill|url=http://www.scilogs.com/communication_breakdown/vanessa-hill/|website=SciLogs|publisher=Nature|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=19 February 2015}} Hill's videos use stop motion and paper craft animation to explain neuroscience, psychology and human behavior.{{cite web|title=BrainCraft|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt_t6FwNsqr3WWoL6dFqG9w?&ab_channel=BrainCraft|website=YouTube|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=25 October 2014}} BrainCraft is part of the PBS Digital Studios network.
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BrainCraft videos are about science, with many episodes discussing phenomena related to sleep, memory, and the science of food. BrainCraft launched on 23 November 2013 with the video, Is Google Killing Your Memory?{{cite web|title=Is Google Killing Your Memory?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoFMGLTjUTM|website=BrainCraft|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=23 November 2013}} In its first few months on YouTube, BrainCraft joined PBS Digital Studios.{{cite web|title=BrainCraft is the craftiest science show on YouTube|date=25 October 2014|url=http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/braincraft-profile-vanessa-hill/|publisher=The Daily Dot|accessdate=18 November 2015}} As of March, 2020, BrainCraft has more than 500,000 subscribers and 30 million views.
Hill has collaborated with many well-known YouTubers such as Vsauce, Mike Rugnetta (PBS Idea Channel, Know Your Meme),{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmkNCj2pmtg|title=The Psychology of Listicles|date=16 December 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}} Jake Roper (Vsauce3),{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xHKxrc0PHg|title=Can You Solve This Dilemma? ft. Vsauce3!|date=14 August 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}} Dianna Cowern (PBS Physics Girl),{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3p2C6oO30|title=Epic Space Rescues ft. BrainCraft|date=29 September 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}} and more.
BrainCraft videos have been featured in Scientific American,{{cite web|title=The Brains Behind BrainCraft : Meet Vanessa Hill|url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psi-vid/the-brains-behind-braincraft-meet-vanessa-hill/|publisher=Scientific American|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=27 January 2014}} Huffington Post,{{cite web|title=Science Describes When You're The Smartest You'll Ever Be|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/mental-peak-age_n_6443934.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=1 September 2014}} Gizmodo{{cite web|title=4 Videos That Explain How Technology Can Affect Your Brain|url=https://gizmodo.com/4-videos-that-explain-how-technology-changes-your-brain-1717447324|publisher=Gizmodo|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=13 July 2015}} and MTV.{{cite web|title=Why Are These YouTubers Saying 'Pizza Rolls Not Gender Roles?'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2097313/pizza-rolls-not-gender-roles/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307033939/http://www.mtv.com/news/2097313/pizza-rolls-not-gender-roles/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2015|publisher=MTV|accessdate=18 November 2015|date=5 March 2015}}