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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
2026-01-06 Hope Is Not a Feeling 04:49 3,319
2025-12-16 John Green's Brother 05:06 2,314
2025-10-09 I Like Being Alive 04:43 175,061
2025-10-03 Is It Time to Retire? 04:26 183,039
2025-10-01 Real Reasons for Hope 05:36 141,719
2025-09-29 PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! 05:18 98,647
2025-07-01 What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means 04:53 583,724
2025-06-24 Am I Cigarettes? 05:07 415,330
2025-06-10 90,000,000 Lives for $20 06:57 233,351
2025-05-20 The Double 04:47 133,543
2025-04-08 DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending 04:24 596,009
2025-03-11 Hank Green's Brother 04:06 405,371
2025-03-04 The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE 04:04 357,702
2025-02-18 Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara 04:02 126,774
2025-01-07 The Format but it hurts to stand up 03:56 167,467
2024-12-31 I Just Can't Do It Anymore 05:07 547,339
2024-12-10 On Writing 04:19 156,007
2024-11-26 Good News 04:36 195,488
2024-11-19 Religions of the African Diaspora: Crash Course Religions #11 11:08 177,518
2024-10-11 October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 04:46 140,996
2024-10-03 Broadly in Favor of Humans 05:14 142,288
2024-10-01 On Fame and Chappell Roan 05:21 371,622
2024-09-23 IT'S HERE! 04:01 122,662
2024-09-10 The world will change. 05:59 293,540
2024-09-03 Crash Course Religions Preview 03:26 299,246
2024-09-03 Which is Correct? — or – ? 04:00 222,404
2024-08-27 How The Internet Is Rigged 07:16 300,449
2024-08-26 Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon 02:06 63,462
2024-08-20 Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! 03:40 131,836
2024-08-13 The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. 04:26 830,229
2024-08-06 What Helped Through Depression 04:14 305,810
2024-08-03 I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) 03:53 244,255
2023-12-24 John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 2:45:54 379,130
2023-11-07 NaFaDoYBIMSCoM 04:28 214,951
2023-09-27 John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? 05:00 360,952
2023-09-26 Pizzamas Day 1 Live 23:42 13,772
2023-07-11 Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson 07:25 1,428,325
2023-06-30 Bon Your Vivant 05:35 352,092
2023-06-27 Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion 10:48 700,172
2023-02-21 Maybe Art Only Needs to Be 04:01 184,333
2023-02-14 Worst Reunion Video Ever ... or Best? 03:59 233,747
2022-11-23 A Little Pre-Thanksgiving Stream! 00:00 6,039
2022-11-22 John's 2022 Gift Guide 03:51 206,304
2022-11-15 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 07:22 219,798
2022-11-08 Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders 06:21 1,966,098
2022-11-01 Is This Painting Upside Down? 03:42 313,598
2022-09-13 A Million Things at Once 03:56 169,335
2022-09-06 Some Advice 03:34 292,220
2022-05-24 Hello! Meet Daisy! 03:59 259,501
2022-01-25 My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist 03:59 188,995
2022-01-18 The Miracle of the Leone Stars 03:58 118,227
2022-01-11 The Fault in Our Stars - Ten Years Later 03:58 226,428
2022-01-04 After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 09:32 299,554
2021-12-10 What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) 03:59 267,369
2021-11-30 Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST 04:00 295,515
2021-08-03 I L*** Hank 03:53 171,654
2021-07-27 Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns 03:55 105,244
2021-07-20 Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews 04:01 198,758
2021-07-13 The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make 04:01 178,776
2021-07-06 Circle enthusiast John Green (fails to) draw circles while answering your questions 1:20:24 55,684
2021-06-29 Sneezing is not normal. 04:01 507,790
2021-06-22 Mindblowers with Hank and John 04:01 429,731
2021-06-18 QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! 03:59 214,140
2021-06-12 The Stono Rebellion: Crash Course Black American History #6 12:01 496,312
2021-06-08 Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford 04:00 121,629
2021-06-01 My Two Favorite Books of the Year 04:00 155,990
2021-05-25 The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated 15:47 393,665
2021-05-18 Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While 03:57 304,447
2021-05-11 I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. 03:50 198,860
2021-05-04 What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) 03:59 265,415
2021-04-29 Penguins Of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine 26:50 1
2021-04-27 What is my new book about? 03:34 230,423
2021-04-20 Breaking Ground!!! 03:51 154,150
2021-04-13 My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk 03:41 309,963
2021-03-30 I did it! 03:52 214,324
2021-03-29 THIS IS IT 1:03:42 40,302
2021-03-16 How a Book Cover Gets Designed 03:44 228,573
2020-10-27 The time I met Joe Biden 03:23 376,770
2020-10-20 How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times 04:01 559,660
2020-10-15 Civilization and the Lies We Love 03:59 184,553
2020-10-13 Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle 04:00 125,777
2020-10-09 The Rax Guy 03:38 192,953
2020-10-07 The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers 04:00 229,834
2020-09-24 Plague 26:01 2
2020-08-28 What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50 15:07 302,761
2020-08-27 The Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed 24:42 1
2020-08-18 what's wrong with taking the back streets? 03:55 186,132
2020-08-05 Mortification and Civilization 27:35 453
2020-07-16 The Fall of Communism: Crash Course European History #47 13:25 458,979
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 14:25 549,332
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? 08:18 589,122
2019-09-24 I, Too, Dislike It 04:01 300,797
2019-09-17 "end the stigma" 04:01 256,187
2019-09-10 Another Contender in the Room 03:39 231,992
2019-09-03 Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday 03:47 310,904
2019-09-02 Hot Dog Eating Contest and Chemotherapy 25:21 3,571
2019-08-27 Are Viruses Necessary? 03:36 199,283
2019-08-20 Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion 03:55 375,479
2019-08-13 How I (barely) Passed 11th Grade English 03:35 286,317
2019-08-06 Uncertain and Afraid 03:53 255,507
2019-07-30 The Mexican Repatriation 04:00 218,122
2019-07-23 What to Love and How 03:58 255,205
2019-07-16 star struck 03:35 223,235
2019-07-14 Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12 15:08 1,848,604
2019-07-12 Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! 04:00 351,350
2019-07-09 Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me 03:25 576,052
2019-07-02 On Sunlight 03:55 160,625
2019-06-25 Seemed Like a Good Idea: Eugene Schieffelin and the European Starlings 04:00 152,983
2019-06-18 Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! 03:57 264,196
2019-06-11 Why I Haven't Written a New Book 03:40 336,871
2019-06-07 Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9 13:44 1,158,419
2019-06-04 On Sharing the Walk 03:40 199,723
2019-05-28 3 Minutes and 58 Seconds of Darkness 03:59 226,685
2019-05-21 Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter 03:50 418,454
2019-05-14 An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers 03:49 427,819
2019-05-07 How I Read and Why 03:43 392,389
2019-04-23 untitled 03:46 238,611
2019-04-16 Doing Somethings 03:32 207,260
2019-04-09 The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone 06:22 230,398
2019-03-29 Crash Course European History Preview 06:36 1,741,715
2019-03-26 Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set 02:47 150,458
2019-03-19 Writing and Marriage Advice from Michelle Obama 03:51 311,419
2019-03-12 Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10 16:51 336,797
2019-03-12 Going Home with Alaska and Miles 03:48 482,843
2019-03-05 Click Restraint: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #9 12:47 222,709
2019-03-05 Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole 03:54 223,193
2019-02-28 Episode 13: Velociraptors and Harvey 20:37 7,061
2019-02-26 Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8 13:02 231,714
2019-02-19 Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 13:19 254,941
2019-02-19 Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday 04:00 249,457
2019-02-12 Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 13:21 436,060
2019-02-12 Are Textbooks Obsolete? 04:01 239,044
2019-02-05 Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5 14:16 468,332
2019-02-05 Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images 04:00 337,482
2019-01-29 Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 14:46 699,117
2019-01-29 Do You Believe in Miracles? 04:01 91,249
2019-01-23 Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3 13:52 1,005,223
2019-01-22 Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow 03:39 133,627
2019-01-15 The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2 13:55 723,359
2019-01-15 On Burning Resentment 03:43 248,531
2019-01-08 Introduction to Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #1 13:34 825,393
2019-01-08 I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going 03:48 388,332
2019-01-04 Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! 03:57 88,392
2019-01-01 How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions 03:57 211,110
2018-12-18 Crash Course Navigating Digital Information Preview 05:12 399,722
2018-12-07 BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here.... 04:01 60,428
2018-06-12 Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup 03:59 519,978
2018-04-11 Coffee Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained | Mental Floss 13:22 137,168
2018-03-06 The Broccoli Tree: A Parable 03:55 625,099
2018-02-17 Still Some Glitches to Work Out: P4A 2017 Recap 04:00 24,969
2018-02-13 Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 412 11:12 498,873
2018-02-07 Pride and Prejudice, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 411 11:44 982,376
2018-01-30 Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410 12:07 570,331
2018-01-24 Introducing: Scatterbrained! 01:40 62,051
2018-01-24 Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409 12:56 997,510
2018-01-16 To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408 12:22 429,551
2018-01-10 The Yellow Wallpaper: Crash Course Literature 407 13:35 1,020,857
2018-01-09 Your Attention 03:25 285,412
2017-12-26 LEAVE IT IN 2017 03:13 292,606
2017-12-19 History Is Happening 03:14 285,960
2017-12-12 2017 is the Best? 03:53 278,837
2017-12-05 On the Movies 03:40 279,734
2017-11-28 Let's Talk about Money 03:19 392,559
2017-11-21 George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 402 12:42 1,068,553
2017-11-21 Two Love Stories 03:08 322,604
2017-11-09 The New Zealand Five Cent Coin 02:59 319,622
2017-11-07 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401 14:28 2,653,678
2017-11-07 Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday 03:59 375,390
2017-11-01 Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! 03:59 286,350
2017-10-31 Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition 04:00 299,045
2017-10-31 Crash Course Literature Season Four Preview! 02:17 174,800
2017-10-30 I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! 04:00 322,943
2017-10-10 Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video 03:42 501,097
2017-10-03 Let's Talk about Books 03:34 447,056
2017-09-12 How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. 03:39 306,118
2017-09-07 I Love and Apologize to [Insert Location Here]: Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! 02:57 190,156
2017-09-05 John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down 10:31 511,408
2017-08-29 40 03:14 342,701
2017-08-22 The Causes of Cholera 03:58 216,967
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 07:42 155,303
2017-08-15 Very Hard to Desclibe 03:10 577,362
2017-08-08 What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy 03:20 310,190
2017-08-07 102 - The Friend Bucket 46:36 136,495
2017-08-03 HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! 02:12 203,254
2017-08-02 31 Facts about National Parks - mental_floss List Show Ep. 515 | Mental Floss 08:35 133,847
2017-08-01 Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) 03:50 286,559
2017-07-31 101 - Knit like a Mofo 44:14 138,366
2017-07-25 What OCD Is Like (for Me) 03:51 1,180,406
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 08:09 166,467
2017-07-18 Accio Decade Hallows 03:57 322,265
2017-07-11 Signing 200,000 Autographs 03:35 355,389
2017-07-05 34 Historical Fashion Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 513 | Mental Floss 09:30 209,081
2017-07-04 Civil Twilight 03:02 251,332
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 12,144
2017-06-28 Consciousness: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #43 17:13 8,034
2017-06-27 UNBOXING 03:44 396,950
2017-06-26 Cowards!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #42 16:03 7,353
2017-06-22 My New Book 01:16 436,196
2017-06-21 29 States with Weird Nicknames for their Residents - mental_floss List Show Ep. 512 | Mental Floss 08:36 179,653
2017-06-21 The Most Amazing News!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #41 07:46 6,664
2017-06-20 FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 03:45 606,205
2017-06-20 Running My First Half Marathon | 100 Days 05:14 65,622
2017-06-19 097 - Lemon Salty Whales 49:54 145,600
2017-06-19 Compromise: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #40 14:18 6,464
2017-06-14 Huddersfield Town: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #39 14:09 6,219
2017-06-13 Cheyenne, Wyoming 03:23 276,387
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 7,231
2017-06-07 39 Facts about Poets - mental_floss List Show Ep. 511 | Mental Floss 08:12 97,555
2017-06-06 My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms 04:00 405,470
2017-06-05 095 - Lawn Care Vigilantism 56:41 145,801
2017-05-30 What Should We Keep? 03:40 367,534
2017-05-24 41 Facts about Unique Architecture - mental_floss List Show Ep. 510 | Mental Floss 08:34 158,039
2017-05-23 Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday 03:38 282,992
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 7,088
2017-05-16 The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job 03:58 388,872
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 06:39 176,913
2017-05-10 Hankgames Highlights: FIFA 16 Wimbly Womblys ##65-82 03:08 2,318
2017-05-09 Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy 03:37 292,200
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 7,103
2017-05-02 090 - Glitter Soul 50:35 147,321
2017-05-02 The Life Changing Magic of Thumbs Up 02:47 302,172
2017-05-02 Fitness For Nerds - NerdCon: Nerdfighteria | 100 Days 05:38 43,350
2017-05-01 Good News and Great News: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #35 12:41 7,198
2017-04-26 31 Explosive Facts about Volcanoes - mental_floss List Show Ep. 508 | Mental Floss 08:28 144,296
2017-04-26 The Come to Jesus Moment: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #34 13:09 7,281
2017-04-25 Pokemon, Reviewed by a Dad Who Knows Nothing about Pokemon 03:08 659,909
2017-04-25 More Outtakes! | 100 Days 05:27 50,575
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 7,100
2017-04-19 Reading Non-Fiction: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #32 12:54 7,334
2017-04-18 Framing 02:41 358,028
2017-04-18 The Results | 100 Days 11:27 163,933
2017-04-17 Walt Disney: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #31 12:48 7,696
2017-04-12 27 Facts about Clowns - mental_floss List Show Ep. 507 | Mental Floss 08:36 129,235
2017-04-12 AFC Wimbledon vs. Franchise MK: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #30 14:30 8,219
2017-04-11 Making the World's Largest Ball of Paint 03:05 278,561
2017-04-11 The Finish Line: Days 99-100 | 100 Days 08:04 95,153
2017-04-11 #ILovePBS 03:35 102,703
2017-04-10 088 - Hank's Profound Graduation Speech 48:32 152,535
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