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John Michael Green was born on the August 24th, 1977 to Mike and Sydney Green in Indianapolis. He attended Indian Springs School for boarding school and he attended Kenyon College. He is married to Sarah Urist Green, with whom he has two children, Henry and Alice Green. John is one half of the Vlogbrothers. He and his younger brother, Hank Green, are responsible for the creation of the Nerdfighter community with their Vlogbrothers channel. He host(ed) Crash Course World History, Crash Course Literature, Crash Course US History, Mental Floss.

He is the author of several young adult fiction novels.

List of published works:
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Fault in Our Stars
Turtles All The Way Down
The Anthropocene Reviewed (upcoming)

Short stories appearing in:
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork
21 Proms
Let It Snow
Geektastic
What You Wish For

Significant quotations:

  • "It hurt because it mattered."
  • "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."
  • "Context is everything"
  • "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you."
  • "You can't not like the Great Gatsby. It's got the best sentences in like, ever."
  • "Books belong to their readers"
  • "Good morning Hank, it's _______"
  • "Life is full of hardships and disappointment"
  • "You must suffer"
  • "And then I took off my bra"

Green is also a self-described "semi-professional FIFA player". He was manager of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers up until late 2013, when he was fired and instead became the manager of the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys. Since then John has not been a semi-professional FIFA player as all of the proceeds of Wimbly Wombly videos goes to the real life AFC Wimbledon. As a result of the big support of Nerdfighteria as a sponsor of the club, AFC Wimbledon players now have the Nerdfighteria emblem emblazoned on their shorts.

External Links: DFTBA Records | John's Channel Sparksflyup | Tumblr | Twitter | Wikipedia

Date Title Duration Views Transcribed
2026-02-10 I Was a Teenage Dirtbag 05:18 6,094
2026-01-06 Hope Is Not a Feeling 04:49 187,482
2025-12-16 John Green's Brother 05:06 191,445
2025-10-09 I Like Being Alive 04:43 177,307
2025-10-03 Is It Time to Retire? 04:26 184,571
2025-10-01 Real Reasons for Hope 05:36 144,222
2025-09-29 PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! 05:18 99,370
2025-07-01 What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means 04:53 590,130
2025-06-24 Am I Cigarettes? 05:07 418,061
2025-06-10 90,000,000 Lives for $20 06:57 233,898
2025-05-20 The Double 04:47 134,048
2025-04-08 DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending 04:24 596,418
2025-03-11 Hank Green's Brother 04:06 406,352
2025-03-04 The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE 04:04 358,251
2025-02-18 Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara 04:02 126,876
2025-01-07 The Format but it hurts to stand up 03:56 167,630
2024-12-31 I Just Can't Do It Anymore 05:07 547,745
2024-12-10 On Writing 04:19 156,723
2024-11-26 Good News 04:36 195,594
2024-11-19 Religions of the African Diaspora: Crash Course Religions #11 11:08 183,876
2024-10-11 October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 04:46 141,984
2024-10-03 Broadly in Favor of Humans 05:14 142,843
2024-10-01 On Fame and Chappell Roan 05:21 372,633
2024-09-23 IT'S HERE! 04:01 122,749
2024-09-10 The world will change. 05:59 293,688
2024-09-03 Crash Course Religions Preview 03:26 313,395
2024-09-03 Which is Correct? — or – ? 04:00 223,105
2024-08-27 How The Internet Is Rigged 07:16 300,734
2024-08-26 Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon 02:06 63,520
2024-08-20 Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! 03:40 132,552
2024-08-13 The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. 04:26 834,027
2024-08-06 What Helped Through Depression 04:14 309,296
2024-08-03 I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) 03:53 244,526
2024-04-24 The First Fraction of a Second | Crash Course Pods: The Universe #1 48:38 253,251
2023-12-24 John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 2:45:54 381,353
2023-11-07 NaFaDoYBIMSCoM 04:28 215,257
2023-09-27 John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? 05:00 361,504
2023-09-26 Pizzamas Day 1 Live 23:42 13,777
2023-07-11 Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson 07:25 1,429,366
2023-06-30 Bon Your Vivant 05:35 352,515
2023-06-27 Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion 10:48 701,085
2023-02-21 Maybe Art Only Needs to Be 04:01 184,731
2023-02-14 Worst Reunion Video Ever ... or Best? 03:59 234,124
2022-11-23 A Little Pre-Thanksgiving Stream! 00:00 6,039
2022-11-22 John's 2022 Gift Guide 03:51 206,435
2022-11-15 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 07:22 219,893
2022-11-08 Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders 06:21 1,979,733
2022-11-01 Is This Painting Upside Down? 03:42 313,661
2022-09-13 A Million Things at Once 03:56 169,369
2022-09-06 Some Advice 03:34 293,644
2022-05-24 Hello! Meet Daisy! 03:59 259,723
2022-01-25 My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist 03:59 189,162
2022-01-18 The Miracle of the Leone Stars 03:58 118,243
2022-01-11 The Fault in Our Stars - Ten Years Later 03:58 227,369
2022-01-04 After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 09:32 300,072
2021-12-10 What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) 03:59 267,646
2021-11-30 Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST 04:00 295,856
2021-08-03 I L*** Hank 03:53 171,712
2021-07-27 Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns 03:55 105,394
2021-07-20 Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews 04:01 199,067
2021-07-13 The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make 04:01 178,971
2021-07-06 Circle enthusiast John Green (fails to) draw circles while answering your questions 1:20:24 55,685
2021-06-29 Sneezing is not normal. 04:01 510,604
2021-06-22 Mindblowers with Hank and John 04:01 430,127
2021-06-18 QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! 03:59 214,586
2021-06-12 The Stono Rebellion: Crash Course Black American History #6 12:01 504,988
2021-06-08 Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford 04:00 121,687
2021-06-01 My Two Favorite Books of the Year 04:00 156,139
2021-05-25 The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated 15:47 396,179
2021-05-18 Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While 03:57 304,630
2021-05-11 I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. 03:50 198,963
2021-05-04 What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) 03:59 265,643
2021-04-29 Penguins Of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine 26:50 1
2021-04-27 What is my new book about? 03:34 231,390
2021-04-20 Breaking Ground!!! 03:51 154,163
2021-04-13 My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk 03:41 310,507
2021-03-30 I did it! 03:52 214,386
2021-03-29 THIS IS IT 1:03:42 40,308
2021-03-16 How a Book Cover Gets Designed 03:44 229,331
2020-10-27 The time I met Joe Biden 03:23 376,837
2020-10-20 How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times 04:01 559,770
2020-10-15 Civilization and the Lies We Love 03:59 184,695
2020-10-13 Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle 04:00 125,808
2020-10-09 The Rax Guy 03:38 193,095
2020-10-07 The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers 04:00 229,918
2020-09-24 Plague 26:01 2
2020-08-28 What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50 15:07 305,161
2020-08-27 The Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed 24:42 1
2020-08-18 what's wrong with taking the back streets? 03:55 186,302
2020-08-05 Mortification and Civilization 27:35 453
2020-07-16 The Fall of Communism: Crash Course European History #47 13:25 461,309
2020-06-25 Seventeen Listener Suggestions, Reviewed 22:43 952
2020-05-28 You'll Never Walk Alone and Jerzy Dudek 27:33 1,263
2020-03-31 World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39 14:25 553,043
2020-03-26 Humanity's Temporal Range 23:01 2,271
2020-02-27 Staphylococcus Aureus and the Non-Denial Denial 23:52 1,966
2019-10-02 Why Are Poor Countries Poor? 08:18 589,850
2019-09-24 I, Too, Dislike It 04:01 300,938
2019-09-17 "end the stigma" 04:01 256,242
2019-09-10 Another Contender in the Room 03:39 232,102
2019-09-03 Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday 03:47 311,085
2019-09-02 Hot Dog Eating Contest and Chemotherapy 25:21 3,571
2019-08-27 Are Viruses Necessary? 03:36 199,301
2019-08-20 Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion 03:55 375,887
2019-08-13 How I (barely) Passed 11th Grade English 03:35 286,623
2019-08-06 Uncertain and Afraid 03:53 255,577
2019-07-30 The Mexican Repatriation 04:00 219,223
2019-07-23 What to Love and How 03:58 255,461
2019-07-16 star struck 03:35 223,379
2019-07-14 Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12 15:08 1,882,194
2019-07-12 Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! 04:00 351,830
2019-07-09 Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me 03:25 576,873
2019-07-02 On Sunlight 03:55 160,795
2019-06-25 Seemed Like a Good Idea: Eugene Schieffelin and the European Starlings 04:00 153,047
2019-06-18 Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! 03:57 264,793
2019-06-11 Why I Haven't Written a New Book 03:40 337,092
2019-06-07 Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9 13:44 1,170,515
2019-06-04 On Sharing the Walk 03:40 199,871
2019-05-28 3 Minutes and 58 Seconds of Darkness 03:59 226,795
2019-05-21 Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter 03:50 418,689
2019-05-14 An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers 03:49 427,914
2019-05-07 How I Read and Why 03:43 393,766
2019-04-23 untitled 03:46 238,710
2019-04-16 Doing Somethings 03:32 207,491
2019-04-09 The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone 06:22 230,736
2019-03-29 Crash Course European History Preview 06:36 1,764,201
2019-03-26 Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set 02:47 150,494
2019-03-19 Writing and Marriage Advice from Michelle Obama 03:51 311,544
2019-03-12 Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10 16:51 346,289
2019-03-12 Going Home with Alaska and Miles 03:48 485,138
2019-03-05 Click Restraint: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #9 12:47 227,571
2019-03-05 Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole 03:54 223,509
2019-02-28 Episode 13: Velociraptors and Harvey 20:37 7,061
2019-02-26 Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8 13:02 237,707
2019-02-19 Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 13:19 260,326
2019-02-19 Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday 04:00 249,802
2019-02-12 Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 13:21 443,156
2019-02-12 Are Textbooks Obsolete? 04:01 239,143
2019-02-05 Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5 14:16 479,631
2019-02-05 Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images 04:00 337,686
2019-01-29 Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 14:46 723,500
2019-01-29 Do You Believe in Miracles? 04:01 91,347
2019-01-23 Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3 13:52 1,038,835
2019-01-22 Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow 03:39 133,683
2019-01-15 The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2 13:55 742,947
2019-01-15 On Burning Resentment 03:43 248,836
2019-01-08 Introduction to Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #1 13:34 848,340
2019-01-08 I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going 03:48 388,452
2019-01-04 Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! 03:57 88,440
2019-01-01 How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions 03:57 211,301
2018-12-18 Crash Course Navigating Digital Information Preview 05:12 406,433
2018-12-07 BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here.... 04:01 60,457
2018-06-12 Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup 03:59 520,057
2018-04-11 Coffee Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained | Mental Floss 13:22 137,193
2018-03-06 The Broccoli Tree: A Parable 03:55 625,643
2018-02-17 Still Some Glitches to Work Out: P4A 2017 Recap 04:00 24,992
2018-02-13 Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 412 11:12 501,232
2018-02-07 Pride and Prejudice, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 411 11:44 987,653
2018-01-30 Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410 12:07 573,888
2018-01-24 Introducing: Scatterbrained! 01:40 62,052
2018-01-24 Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409 12:56 1,005,335
2018-01-16 To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408 12:22 432,488
2018-01-10 The Yellow Wallpaper: Crash Course Literature 407 13:35 1,030,090
2018-01-09 Your Attention 03:25 285,503
2017-12-26 LEAVE IT IN 2017 03:13 292,634
2017-12-19 History Is Happening 03:14 285,973
2017-12-12 2017 is the Best? 03:53 278,857
2017-12-05 On the Movies 03:40 279,756
2017-11-28 Let's Talk about Money 03:19 392,595
2017-11-21 George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 402 12:42 1,073,347
2017-11-21 Two Love Stories 03:08 322,722
2017-11-09 The New Zealand Five Cent Coin 02:59 319,698
2017-11-07 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401 14:28 2,669,833
2017-11-07 Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday 03:59 375,643
2017-11-01 Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! 03:59 286,569
2017-10-31 Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition 04:00 299,186
2017-10-31 Crash Course Literature Season Four Preview! 02:17 175,939
2017-10-30 I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! 04:00 323,106
2017-10-10 Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video 03:42 501,192
2017-10-03 Let's Talk about Books 03:34 447,618
2017-09-12 How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. 03:39 306,179
2017-09-07 I Love and Apologize to [Insert Location Here]: Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! 02:57 190,180
2017-09-05 John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down 10:31 512,191
2017-08-29 40 03:14 342,765
2017-08-22 The Causes of Cholera 03:58 217,678
2017-08-21 104 - Dove Quivering 45:56 134,691
2017-08-16 26 Wild West Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 516 | Mental Floss 07:42 155,467
2017-08-15 Very Hard to Desclibe 03:10 577,470
2017-08-08 What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy 03:20 310,383
2017-08-07 102 - The Friend Bucket 46:36 136,495
2017-08-03 HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! 02:12 203,363
2017-08-02 31 Facts about National Parks - mental_floss List Show Ep. 515 | Mental Floss 08:35 134,001
2017-08-01 Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) 03:50 286,622
2017-07-31 101 - Knit like a Mofo 44:14 138,366
2017-07-25 What OCD Is Like (for Me) 03:51 1,196,510
2017-07-24 100 - 100th Episode Extravaganza Spectacular!!! 1:03:00 146,908
2017-07-19 33 Facts about Famous Landmarks - mental_floss List Show Ep. 514 | Mental Floss 08:09 166,628
2017-07-18 Accio Decade Hallows 03:57 322,460
2017-07-11 Signing 200,000 Autographs 03:35 355,464
2017-07-05 34 Historical Fashion Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 513 | Mental Floss 09:30 209,322
2017-07-04 Civil Twilight 03:02 251,580
2017-07-03 099 - A Fusing of the Hair 49:31 156,084
2017-07-03 Cousin Marriage: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #44 17:03 12,150
2017-06-28 Consciousness: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #43 17:13 8,035
2017-06-27 UNBOXING 03:44 396,978
2017-06-26 Cowards!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #42 16:03 7,358
2017-06-22 My New Book 01:16 436,218
2017-06-21 29 States with Weird Nicknames for their Residents - mental_floss List Show Ep. 512 | Mental Floss 08:36 179,799
2017-06-21 The Most Amazing News!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #41 07:46 6,668
2017-06-20 FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 03:45 606,703
2017-06-20 Running My First Half Marathon | 100 Days 05:14 65,736
2017-06-19 097 - Lemon Salty Whales 49:54 145,600
2017-06-19 Compromise: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #40 14:18 6,467
2017-06-14 Huddersfield Town: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #39 14:09 6,220
2017-06-13 Cheyenne, Wyoming 03:23 276,687
2017-06-12 096 - Next Level Laziness 49:08 144,871
2017-06-12 How to Find Books: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #38 13:31 7,232
2017-06-07 39 Facts about Poets - mental_floss List Show Ep. 511 | Mental Floss 08:12 97,678
2017-06-06 My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms 04:00 405,592
2017-06-05 095 - Lawn Care Vigilantism 56:41 145,801
2017-05-30 What Should We Keep? 03:40 367,604
2017-05-24 41 Facts about Unique Architecture - mental_floss List Show Ep. 510 | Mental Floss 08:34 158,123
2017-05-23 Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday 03:38 283,457
2017-05-22 093 - Nothing Fits on a Bumper Sticker 42:08 142,968
2017-05-17 We’re Back!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #37 10:59 7,089
2017-05-16 The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job 03:58 388,924
2017-05-15 092 - Cewebrity 49:03 144,512
2017-05-10 30 Interesting Facts about the Ocean - mental_floss List Show Ep. 509 | Mental Floss 06:39 177,027
2017-05-10 Hankgames Highlights: FIFA 16 Wimbly Womblys ##65-82 03:08 2,318
2017-05-09 Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy 03:37 292,258
2017-05-08 Hankgames Highlights: FIFA 16 Wimbly Womblys #46-64 03:28 3,044
2017-05-03 Desperate Times: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #36 14:43 7,106
2017-05-02 090 - Glitter Soul 50:35 147,321
2017-05-02 The Life Changing Magic of Thumbs Up 02:47 302,231
2017-05-02 Fitness For Nerds - NerdCon: Nerdfighteria | 100 Days 05:38 43,395
2017-05-01 Good News and Great News: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #35 12:41 7,199
2017-04-26 31 Explosive Facts about Volcanoes - mental_floss List Show Ep. 508 | Mental Floss 08:28 144,353
2017-04-26 The Come to Jesus Moment: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #34 13:09 7,284
2017-04-25 Pokemon, Reviewed by a Dad Who Knows Nothing about Pokemon 03:08 659,957
2017-04-25 More Outtakes! | 100 Days 05:27 50,608
2017-04-24 089 - A Rich Guy with an Affinity for Bats 1:02:54 156,124
2017-04-24 Anxiety at Work: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #33 12:50 7,101
2017-04-19 Reading Non-Fiction: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #32 12:54 7,335
2017-04-18 Framing 02:41 359,597
2017-04-18 The Results | 100 Days 11:27 164,102
2017-04-17 Walt Disney: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #31 12:48 7,697
2017-04-12 27 Facts about Clowns - mental_floss List Show Ep. 507 | Mental Floss 08:36 129,291
2017-04-12 AFC Wimbledon vs. Franchise MK: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #30 14:30 8,223
2017-04-11 Making the World's Largest Ball of Paint 03:05 278,666
2017-04-11 The Finish Line: Days 99-100 | 100 Days 08:04 95,252
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