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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

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2026-07-14 On the Road Again 04:14 80,278
2026-07-07 On the Death of the Author 07:35 248,043
2026-06-02 The Instagramification of Human Experience 05:37 390,407
2026-02-10 I Was a Teenage Dirtbag 05:18 148,909
2026-01-06 Hope Is Not a Feeling 04:49 195,953
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2025-10-09 I Like Being Alive 04:43 182,587
2025-10-03 Is It Time to Retire? 04:26 185,871
2025-10-01 Real Reasons for Hope 05:36 146,805
2025-09-29 PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! 05:18 100,085
2025-07-01 What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means 04:53 766,886
2025-06-24 Am I Cigarettes? 05:07 426,106
2025-06-10 90,000,000 Lives for $20 06:57 235,450
2025-05-20 The Double 04:47 134,842
2025-04-08 DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending 04:24 597,543
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2025-03-04 The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE 04:04 358,876
2025-02-18 Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara 04:02 127,282
2025-02-04 What Do Sex and Gender Have to Do with Religion?: Crash Course Religions #20 12:43 170,849
2025-01-07 The Format but it hurts to stand up 03:56 168,744
2024-12-31 I Just Can't Do It Anymore 05:07 551,538
2024-12-10 On Writing 04:19 162,707
2024-11-26 Good News 04:36 196,003
2024-11-19 Religions of the African Diaspora: Crash Course Religions #11 11:08 193,204
2024-10-11 October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 04:46 143,398
2024-10-03 Broadly in Favor of Humans 05:14 143,926
2024-10-01 On Fame and Chappell Roan 05:21 374,276
2024-09-23 IT'S HERE! 04:01 123,158
2024-09-10 The world will change. 05:59 294,330
2024-09-03 Crash Course Religions Preview 03:26 338,559
2024-09-03 Which is Correct? — or – ? 04:00 224,332
2024-08-27 How The Internet Is Rigged 07:16 301,048
2024-08-26 Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon 02:06 63,605
2024-08-20 Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! 03:40 133,921
2024-08-13 The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. 04:26 848,448
2024-08-06 What Helped Through Depression 04:14 329,104
2024-08-03 I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) 03:53 245,955
2024-04-24 The First Fraction of a Second | Crash Course Pods: The Universe #1 48:38 264,469
2023-12-24 John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 2:45:54 400,207
2023-11-07 NaFaDoYBIMSCoM 04:28 216,003
2023-09-27 John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? 05:00 362,564
2023-09-26 Pizzamas Day 1 Live 23:42 13,797
2023-07-11 Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson 07:25 1,431,700
2023-06-30 Bon Your Vivant 05:35 354,045
2023-06-27 Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion 10:48 706,524
2023-02-21 Maybe Art Only Needs to Be 04:01 185,303
2023-02-14 Worst Reunion Video Ever ... or Best? 03:59 234,843
2022-11-23 A Little Pre-Thanksgiving Stream! 00:00 6,039
2022-11-22 John's 2022 Gift Guide 03:51 206,772
2022-11-15 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 07:22 220,111
2022-11-08 Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders 06:21 1,992,156
2022-11-01 Is This Painting Upside Down? 03:42 313,884
2022-09-13 A Million Things at Once 03:56 169,559
2022-09-06 Some Advice 03:34 297,771
2022-05-24 Hello! Meet Daisy! 03:59 260,460
2022-01-25 My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist 03:59 189,807
2022-01-18 The Miracle of the Leone Stars 03:58 118,340
2022-01-11 The Fault in Our Stars - Ten Years Later 03:58 230,799
2022-01-04 After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 09:32 302,357
2021-12-10 What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) 03:59 268,545
2021-11-30 Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST 04:00 297,122
2021-08-03 I L*** Hank 03:53 172,017
2021-07-27 Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns 03:55 105,864
2021-07-20 Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews 04:01 202,930
2021-07-13 The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make 04:01 179,505
2021-07-06 Circle enthusiast John Green (fails to) draw circles while answering your questions 1:20:24 55,697
2021-06-29 Sneezing is not normal. 04:01 516,643
2021-06-22 Mindblowers with Hank and John 04:01 431,896
2021-06-18 QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! 03:59 216,047
2021-06-12 The Stono Rebellion: Crash Course Black American History #6 12:01 532,313
2021-06-08 Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford 04:00 121,860
2021-06-01 My Two Favorite Books of the Year 04:00 157,086
2021-05-25 The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated 15:47 408,360
2021-05-18 Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While 03:57 305,712
2021-05-11 I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. 03:50 199,437
2021-05-04 What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) 03:59 266,755
2021-04-27 What is my new book about? 03:34 234,547
2021-04-20 Breaking Ground!!! 03:51 154,292
2021-04-13 My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk 03:41 312,494
2021-03-30 I did it! 03:52 214,690
2021-03-29 THIS IS IT 1:03:42 40,317
2021-03-16 How a Book Cover Gets Designed 03:44 232,292
2020-10-27 The time I met Joe Biden 03:23 377,229
2020-10-20 How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times 04:01 560,621
2020-10-15 Civilization and the Lies We Love 03:59 185,421
2020-10-13 Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle 04:00 126,090
2020-10-09 The Rax Guy 03:38 194,159
2020-10-07 The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers 04:00 230,456
2020-08-28 What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50 15:07 316,254
2020-08-18 what's wrong with taking the back streets? 03:55 186,848
2020-07-16 The Fall of Communism: Crash Course European History #47 13:25 477,309
2020-03-31 World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39 14:25 578,515
2019-10-02 Why Are Poor Countries Poor? 08:18 593,215
2019-09-24 I, Too, Dislike It 04:01 301,452
2019-09-17 "end the stigma" 04:01 256,755
2019-09-10 Another Contender in the Room 03:39 232,669
2019-09-03 Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday 03:47 311,938
2019-08-27 Are Viruses Necessary? 03:36 199,442
2019-08-20 Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion 03:55 377,635
2019-08-13 How I (barely) Passed 11th Grade English 03:35 287,807
2019-08-06 Uncertain and Afraid 03:53 255,975
2019-07-30 The Mexican Repatriation 04:00 223,340
2019-07-23 What to Love and How 03:58 256,785
2019-07-16 star struck 03:35 223,718
2019-07-14 Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12 15:08 1,942,228
2019-07-12 Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! 04:00 352,636
2019-07-09 Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me 03:25 578,398
2019-07-02 On Sunlight 03:55 161,493
2019-06-25 Seemed Like a Good Idea: Eugene Schieffelin and the European Starlings 04:00 153,399
2019-06-18 Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! 03:57 265,850
2019-06-11 Why I Haven't Written a New Book 03:40 337,765
2019-06-07 Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9 13:44 1,200,315
2019-06-04 On Sharing the Walk 03:40 200,173
2019-05-28 3 Minutes and 58 Seconds of Darkness 03:59 226,993
2019-05-21 Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter 03:50 419,204
2019-05-14 An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers 03:49 428,085
2019-05-07 How I Read and Why 03:43 397,144
2019-04-23 untitled 03:46 238,899
2019-04-16 Doing Somethings 03:32 207,814
2019-04-09 The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone 06:22 231,417
2019-03-29 Crash Course European History Preview 06:36 1,805,144
2019-03-26 Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set 02:47 150,593
2019-03-19 Writing and Marriage Advice from Michelle Obama 03:51 311,780
2019-03-12 Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10 16:51 358,229
2019-03-12 Going Home with Alaska and Miles 03:48 489,123
2019-03-05 Click Restraint: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #9 12:47 233,733
2019-03-05 Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole 03:54 223,936
2019-02-26 Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8 13:02 244,250
2019-02-19 Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 13:19 267,055
2019-02-19 Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday 04:00 250,197
2019-02-12 Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 13:21 465,007
2019-02-12 Are Textbooks Obsolete? 04:01 239,334
2019-02-05 Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5 14:16 493,079
2019-02-05 Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images 04:00 338,088
2019-01-29 Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 14:46 747,546
2019-01-29 Do You Believe in Miracles? 04:01 91,476
2019-01-23 Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3 13:52 1,073,696
2019-01-22 Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow 03:39 133,771
2019-01-15 The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2 13:55 763,902
2019-01-15 On Burning Resentment 03:43 249,565
2019-01-08 Introduction to Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #1 13:34 873,296
2019-01-08 I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going 03:48 388,667
2019-01-04 Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! 03:57 88,492
2019-01-01 How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions 03:57 211,512
2018-12-18 Crash Course Navigating Digital Information Preview 05:12 415,735
2018-12-07 BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here.... 04:01 60,487
2018-06-12 Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup 03:59 520,743
2018-04-11 Coffee Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained | Mental Floss 13:22 137,296
2018-03-06 The Broccoli Tree: A Parable 03:55 629,036
2018-02-17 Still Some Glitches to Work Out: P4A 2017 Recap 04:00 25,066
2018-02-13 Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 412 11:12 511,700
2018-02-07 Pride and Prejudice, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 411 11:44 1,010,639
2018-01-30 Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410 12:07 589,322
2018-01-24 Introducing: Scatterbrained! 01:40 62,061
2018-01-24 Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409 12:56 1,037,210
2018-01-16 To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408 12:22 446,571
2018-01-10 The Yellow Wallpaper: Crash Course Literature 407 13:35 1,064,055
2018-01-09 Your Attention 03:25 285,814
2017-12-26 LEAVE IT IN 2017 03:13 292,734
2017-12-19 History Is Happening 03:14 286,080
2017-12-12 2017 is the Best? 03:53 278,959
2017-12-05 On the Movies 03:40 279,878
2017-11-28 Let's Talk about Money 03:19 392,728
2017-11-21 George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 402 12:42 1,094,633
2017-11-21 Two Love Stories 03:08 323,615
2017-11-09 The New Zealand Five Cent Coin 02:59 320,006
2017-11-07 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401 14:28 2,730,608
2017-11-07 Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday 03:59 376,948
2017-11-01 Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! 03:59 287,542
2017-10-31 Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition 04:00 299,815
2017-10-31 Crash Course Literature Season Four Preview! 02:17 182,484
2017-10-30 I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! 04:00 323,897
2017-10-10 Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video 03:42 501,862
2017-10-03 Let's Talk about Books 03:34 448,964
2017-09-12 How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. 03:39 306,349
2017-09-07 I Love and Apologize to [Insert Location Here]: Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! 02:57 190,236
2017-09-05 John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down 10:31 513,698
2017-08-29 40 03:14 342,886
2017-08-22 The Causes of Cholera 03:58 218,558
2017-08-16 26 Wild West Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 516 | Mental Floss 07:42 155,800
2017-08-15 Very Hard to Desclibe 03:10 577,817
2017-08-08 What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy 03:20 310,790
2017-08-03 HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! 02:12 203,693
2017-08-02 31 Facts about National Parks - mental_floss List Show Ep. 515 | Mental Floss 08:35 134,364
2017-08-01 Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) 03:50 286,739
2017-07-25 What OCD Is Like (for Me) 03:51 1,217,068
2017-07-19 33 Facts about Famous Landmarks - mental_floss List Show Ep. 514 | Mental Floss 08:09 166,999
2017-07-18 Accio Decade Hallows 03:57 322,801
2017-07-11 Signing 200,000 Autographs 03:35 355,816
2017-07-05 34 Historical Fashion Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 513 | Mental Floss 09:30 209,773
2017-07-04 Civil Twilight 03:02 251,996
2017-07-03 Cousin Marriage: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #44 17:03 12,172
2017-06-28 Consciousness: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #43 17:13 8,045
2017-06-27 UNBOXING 03:44 397,144
2017-06-26 Cowards!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #42 16:03 7,367
2017-06-22 My New Book 01:16 436,379
2017-06-21 29 States with Weird Nicknames for their Residents - mental_floss List Show Ep. 512 | Mental Floss 08:36 180,127
2017-06-21 The Most Amazing News!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #41 07:46 6,674
2017-06-20 FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 03:45 607,673
2017-06-20 Running My First Half Marathon | 100 Days 05:14 65,984
2017-06-19 Compromise: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #40 14:18 6,472
2017-06-14 Huddersfield Town: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #39 14:09 6,230
2017-06-13 Cheyenne, Wyoming 03:23 277,259
2017-06-12 How to Find Books: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #38 13:31 7,242
2017-06-07 39 Facts about Poets - mental_floss List Show Ep. 511 | Mental Floss 08:12 97,963
2017-06-06 My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms 04:00 405,772
2017-05-30 What Should We Keep? 03:40 367,843
2017-05-24 41 Facts about Unique Architecture - mental_floss List Show Ep. 510 | Mental Floss 08:34 158,414
2017-05-23 Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday 03:38 285,747
2017-05-17 We’re Back!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #37 10:59 7,099
2017-05-16 The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job 03:58 389,041
2017-05-10 30 Interesting Facts about the Ocean - mental_floss List Show Ep. 509 | Mental Floss 06:39 177,327
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2017-05-09 Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy 03:37 292,411
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2017-05-03 Desperate Times: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #36 14:43 7,111
2017-05-02 The Life Changing Magic of Thumbs Up 02:47 302,374
2017-05-02 Fitness For Nerds - NerdCon: Nerdfighteria | 100 Days 05:38 43,485
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2017-04-26 The Come to Jesus Moment: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #34 13:09 7,298
2017-04-25 Pokemon, Reviewed by a Dad Who Knows Nothing about Pokemon 03:08 660,116
2017-04-25 More Outtakes! | 100 Days 05:27 50,725
2017-04-24 Anxiety at Work: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #33 12:50 7,120
2017-04-19 Reading Non-Fiction: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #32 12:54 7,352
2017-04-18 Framing 02:41 363,326
2017-04-18 The Results | 100 Days 11:27 164,409
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2017-04-12 27 Facts about Clowns - mental_floss List Show Ep. 507 | Mental Floss 08:36 129,574
2017-04-12 AFC Wimbledon vs. Franchise MK: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #30 14:30 8,228
2017-04-11 Making the World's Largest Ball of Paint 03:05 279,493
2017-04-11 The Finish Line: Days 99-100 | 100 Days 08:04 95,703
2017-04-11 #ILovePBS 03:35 102,759
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2017-04-07 Sometimes You Need a Rest Day: Days 95-98 | 100 Days 07:22 82,198
2017-04-05 How to Get a Book Published: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #28 11:52 7,927
2017-04-04 Why I Won't Run for Office 03:47 486,911
2017-04-04 J.K. Rowling's 5 Minute Plank: Days 91-94 | 100 Days 06:03 68,489
2017-04-03 Not Giving Up: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #27 12:08 7,521
2017-03-31 Chris Takes Over: Days 87-90 | 100 Days 06:34 65,963
2017-03-29 29 Interesting Archaeological Discoveries - mental_floss List Show Ep. 506 | Mental Floss 10:44 328,305
2017-03-29 Sharing Economy: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #26 13:44 6,980
2017-03-28 Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? 07:06 670,189
2017-03-28 Come On and Slam: Days 84-86 | 100 Days 05:42 78,308
2017-03-27 A United Human Society: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #25 11:05 7,027
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2017-03-21 My Information Diet 03:25 444,290
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