SciShow

The channel was launched as an "original channel", which meant that YouTube funded the channel.{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/vlogbrother-hank-green-launches-science-channel-as-one-youtubes-much-publicized-original-1602880.htm|title=Vlogbrother Hank Green Launches Science Channel as One of YouTube's Much-Publicized Original Programming Channels|publisher=West Corporation|website=Marketwired|date=January 3, 2012|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Hale|first=Mike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/arts/television/youtubes-original-channels-take-on-tv.html|title=Genres Stretch, for Better and Worse, as YouTube Takes On TV|website=The New York Times|date=April 25, 2012|accessdate=October 25, 2014}} The show's initial grant was projected to expire in 2014, and in response, on September 12, 2013, SciShow joined the viewer-funding site Subbable, created in part by Green.{{cite web|last=Green|first=Hank|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GE10lpp8O0|title=SciShow Needs You!|publisher=YouTube|work=SciShow|date=September 12, 2013|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Eifler|first=Emily|url=http://www.kqed.org/arts/multimedia/article.jsp?essid=124879|title=Crowdfunding Matures with a Lesson from Public Broadcasting|publisher=KQED Inc.|website=KQED.org|date=August 20, 2013|accessdate=December 6, 2013}}

In 2014, the channel landed a national advertisement deal with YouTube. The educational program was featured on platforms such as billboards and television commercials as a result.{{cite web|last=DeSimone|first=Evan|url=http://newmediarockstars.com/2014/10/hank-green-will-soon-be-stalking-you-with-science/|title=Hank Green Will Soon Be Stalking You With Science|publisher=New Media Rockstars|website=NewMediaRockstars.com|date=October 16, 2014|accessdate=October 25, 2014}} Green details that the advertisements had a positive effect on SciShow, stating, "My Twitter exploded, our followers and subscribers exploded."

After Patreon acquired Subbable, the channel switched over to Patreon where it continues to receive support in exchange for various perks. SciShow currently has over four thousand patrons.{{Cite news|url=https://www.patreon.com/scishow|title=SciShow is creating YouTube Videos about Science {{!}} Patreon|work=Patreon|access-date=March 11, 2017|language=en}}

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Though Green hosts the majority of episodes, the show has alternate hosts; Michael Aranda has been with the show since its inception, and Olivia Gordon of the Missoula Insectarium joined in June 2016.{{cite web|title=New Ancient Human Fossils!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqeu49ENGYw|website=SciShow| date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 11, 2016}} Gordon left SciShow in August 2020,{{cite web|title=Why Are Pandas Black and White?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMgKEzr_Gt8|website=SciShow| date=August 25, 2020 |publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 25, 2020}} and was replaced by ethnobotanist Rose Bear Don't Walk.{{cite web |last1=Bear Don't Walk |first1=Rose |title=...as a new host of #scishow |url=https://twitter.com/rosedontwalk/status/1330753411487129600 |website=@rosedontwalk |publisher=Twitter |access-date=December 24, 2020}} Prior to her move to Chicago, Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop also occasionally hosted on the channel. There have also been guest appearances by Lindsey Doe, who hosts Sexplanations, another channel launched by Green; and by longtime SciShow staffer Stefan Chin, who since 2017 has been a regular host. SciShow has grown since its 2012 launch; it now employs a full editorial, production, and operations staff.{{cite web|last=Stone|first=Madeline|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-scishow-and-hank-green-landed-a-national-ad-campaign-from-youtube-2014-10|title=Meet The Science Nerd Whose Face Is About To Be Plastered On YouTube Ads Everywhere|publisher=Insider Inc.|website=Business Insider|date=October 15, 2014|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}

SciShow Space had three rotating hosts: Hank Green, Reid Reimers, and Caitlin Hofmeister. Similarly, SciShow Psych rotated hosting between Hank Green, Brit Garner, and Anthony Brown. SciShow Kids is primarily hosted by Jessi Knudsen Castañeda, host of Animal Wonders Montana.{{cite web|title=SciShow Kids|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids|website=Youtube|publisher=SciShow|accessdate=July 30, 2015}}

Several different scientific fields are covered by SciShow, including chemistry, physics, biology, zoology, geology, geography, entomology, botany, meteorology, astronomy, medicine, psychology, anthropology, math and computer science.{{cite web|url=http://www.watchdocumentaryfilms.com/scishow-chemistry/|title=SciShow: Chemistry|publisher=Watch Documentary Films|accessdate=March 6, 2013}} The videos on SciShow have a vast variety of different topics, such as nutrition,{{cite web|last=Proefrock|first=Philip|url=http://www.ecogeek.org/agriculture/3739-scishow-the-dark-lord-of-nutrition|title=SciShow: The Dark Lord of Nutrition|publisher=EcoGeek|date=April 11, 2012|accessdate=March 6, 2013|archive-date=January 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117024734/http://ecogeek.org/agriculture/3739-scishow-the-dark-lord-of-nutrition|url-status=dead}} and "science superlatives".{{cite web|last=Leroux-Lindsey|first=Angela|url=http://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=23633|title=YouTube's SciShow Hails Hot Quark-Gluon Plasma as "Superlative Science"|publisher=Brookhaven National Laboratory|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=March 6, 2013}} As of April 2020, SciShow has released over 2250 videos.{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83V5aa5E8Kw|title = How Upside-Down Jellies Sting You Without Touching You|date = April 11, 2020|accessdate = April 11, 2020|website = YouTube|publisher = SciShow|last = Gordon|first = Olivia}}

A spin-off channel, SciShow Space, launched in April 2014 to specialize in space topics.{{cite AV media|last=Green|first=Hank|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1kvG-wfIz0

|title=SciShow Space Launch|publisher=YouTube|work=SciShow|date=March 26, 2014|accessdate=January 19, 2015}} Space stopped posting new content in January 2023, directing new space content to the main SciShow channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrMePiHCWG4Vwqv3t7W9EFg/community?lb=UgkxyoSpuSxUg1Anu_3R6BPHmVt8nYA0Q-E6 |title=Post from SciShow Space |date=January 2023 |publisher=YouTube Community}} A second spin-off, SciShow Kids, launched in March 2015 to specialize in delivering science topics to children.{{cite AV media|last=Knudsen Castañeda|first=Jessi|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAOzlZRGeyY|title=SciShow Kids|publisher=YouTube|work=SciShow|date=February 23, 2015|accessdate=February 23, 2015}} Kids went on hiatus in late 2018, returning in April 2020.{{cite web |title=Our Favorites, Compilation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctC1B7szJNA |website=SciShow Kids | date=December 27, 2018 |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=February 20, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Explore the Fort! {{!}} SciShow Kids Compilation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0zSHiLKNM|last=|first=|date=April 8, 2020|website=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510031351/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0zSHiLKNM|archive-date=May 10, 2020|access-date=May 9, 2020}} A third spinoff channel was announced in February 2017, SciShow Psych, which debuted in March 2017, specializing in psychology and neuroscience.{{cite AV media|last=Green|first=Hank|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmH9IANu_no

|title=SciShow Psych Trailer |publisher=YouTube|work=SciShow|date=February 27, 2017|accessdate=February 27, 2017}} Psych went on permanent hiatus in 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdettijNYvLAm4AixZv4RA/community?lb=UgkxY-cv_xrJvwJU5Bh_WFi3sGQ9gPJFDlDk |title=Post from SciShow Psych |publisher=YouTube Community}} A podcast, SciShow Tangents, was launched in November 2018; it features entertaining exchanges of scientific facts among many of the shows' staffers, and is directed at a mature audience.{{cite web |title=SciShow Tangents |url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/scishow-tangents |publisher=WNYC Studios |accessdate=November 30, 2018}}

In November 2018, a co-branded podcast titled SciShow Tangents was launched as a co-production with WNYC Studios.{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=Geoff|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/11/09/hank-green-scishow-tangents-podcast/|title=Hank Green Bows 'SciShow Tangents' Podcast Inspired By Hit YouTube Channel|work=Tubefilter|date=November 9, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2023}} It consists of a panel format where Hank Green, Ceri Riley, Stefan Chin, and Sam Schultz share facts about science on a weekly theme; each episode has multiple segments, several of which are competitive. In late 2020, the podcast ceased its association with WNYC Studios, and continues as an independently produced entity.{{Cite web|title=SciShow Tangents : About {{!}} WNYC Studios {{!}} Podcasts|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/scishow-tangents|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=WNYC Studios|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=SciShow Tangents - Complexly|url=https://complexly.com/shows/scishow-tangents|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=complexly.com}} The podcast is a restructured and reimagined continuation of their previous podcast, Holy Fucking Science, which ran from January 2017 to March 2018.{{Cite web|title=HFS Podcast {{!}} Podcast on Podbay|url=https://podbay.fm/p/hfs-podcast|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=Podbay|language=en}}

As SciShow has amassed a large following, the channel has been featured on several media outlets.{{cite web|last=Goodman|first=Will|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-double-dose-of-internet-education-for-you-on-the-history-of-cute-and-spam/|title=A double-dose of Internet education for you (on the history of "cute" and "spam")|publisher=CBS|work=The Feed|date=September 6, 2012|access-date=March 9, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Chant|first=Ian|url=http://www.geekosystem.com/starfish-eyes/|title=Recover From The Long Weekend With Weird Science From SciShow [Video]|publisher=Geekosystem|date=July 8, 2013|accessdate=December 6, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Condliffe|first=Jamie|url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/07/a-crash-course-in-transistors-processors-and-moores-law/|title=A Crash Course In Transistors, Processors And Moore's Law|publisher=Gizmodo Australia|date=July 15, 2014|accessdate=August 1, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Jessica|url=http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_26198244/ryan-boulders-story-group-explores-stories-behind-climate|title=RYAN: Boulder's The Story Group explores stories behind climate change|newspaper=Colorado Daily|date=July 22, 2014|accessdate=August 1, 2014}}

In October 2014 the channel surpassed two million subscribers, and over 210 million video views.

As of September 2021, the channel has over 6.7 million subscribers and over 1.4 billion total views.{{Cite web|title=SciShow - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/scishow|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=www.youtube.com}}

In 2017, SciShow won a Webby Award in the People's Voice category.{{Cite web|title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index|url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/2017/video/video-series-channels/science-education-video-channels-series/10529/scishow|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=NEW Webby Gallery + Index|language=en}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/@SciShowPsych SciShow Psych channel] on YouTube

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