CGP Grey: Difference between revisions
clarity around Youtube channel content Tag: Reverted |
Mx. Granger (talk | contribs) Undid revision 1007414538 by 125.168.239.184 (talk) - unsourced |
||
Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
<!--Grey has asked "I would like to prevent the use of my full name on the page to bring the article in alignment with the Wikipedia guideline on biographies of living persons." Please do not add it per [[WP:BLPPRIVACY]] --> |
<!--Grey has asked "I would like to prevent the use of my full name on the page to bring the article in alignment with the Wikipedia guideline on biographies of living persons." Please do not add it per [[WP:BLPPRIVACY]] --> |
||
'''CGP Grey''' is an [[Irish-American]] [[educational entertainment|educational]] [[YouTuber]] and [[podcast]]er whose |
'''CGP Grey''' is an [[Irish-American]] [[educational entertainment|educational]] [[YouTuber]] and [[podcast]]er whose channel features short explanatory videos on varying subjects, including politics, geography, economics, history, and culture.<ref name="100,000 subscribers">{{cite web|last=Grey|first=C.G.P.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CQ3qWgH4B0|title=One Year & 100,000 Subscribers Later (Thank You!)|via=YouTube|work=CGP Grey|date=30 January 2012|access-date=20 January 2013|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101155552/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CQ3qWgH4B0|url-status=live}}</ref> His channel surpassed one million subscribers in 2013,<ref name="q&a2">{{cite web|last=Grey|first=C.G.P.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlsU_YT9n_g|title=Q&A with Grey #2 (One Million Subscribers)|via=YouTube|date=20 November 2013|access-date=15 September 2019|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410190721/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlsU_YT9n_g|url-status=live}}</ref> and his videos have been reviewed in publications such as ''[[Business Insider]]'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref name="BusinessInsider" /><ref name="Pope" /> Grey created his YouTube account on 12 August 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey/about|title=CGP Grey/about|via=YouTube|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430211209/https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey/about|url-status=live}}</ref> and also posts videos on his second channel ''CGPGrey2'' and gaming channel ''CGP Play''.<ref name="CGPGrey2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey2|title=CGPGrey2|website=YouTube|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430211546/https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSBv-iml0SCoAE-6v2ReWQ|title=CGPPlay|website=YouTube|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408091241/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSBv-iml0SCoAE-6v2ReWQ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CGP Grey Trucking Madness|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytSGOTKeCGc|author1=CGP Play|date=25 April 2017|website=YouTube|access-date=2020-03-11|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128165412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytSGOTKeCGc|url-status=live}}</ref> |
||
In addition to video production, Grey is known for creating the audio podcast ''[[Hello Internet]]'' in 2014 with fellow educational YouTuber [[Brady Haran]]. Since 2015, he has also hosted the audio podcast ''Cortex'' with [[Myke Hurley]], the co-founder of the [[Relay FM]] podcast network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hackett |first=Stephen |date=2 June 2015 |title=Introducing Relay FM's 2015 Summer Pilots |url=http://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2015/6/2/relay-fm-2015-summer-pilots |publisher=Relay FM |access-date=13 August 2015 |archive-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724203651/http://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2015/6/2/relay-fm-2015-summer-pilots |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with [[Kurzgesagt]] founder Philipp Dettmer and Dave Wiskus, Grey started the company Standard Broadcast LLC, which provides production and administrative support to digital creators, as well as managing educational streaming service Nebula.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Standard|url=https://standard.tv/pages/about|website=Standard.tv|publisher=Standard Broadcast LLC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135029/https://standard.tv/pages/about|archive-date=5 May 2018}} (Cited information missing in latest version.)</ref> However, CGP Grey left Standard; Wiskus stated that this was due to "philosophical and creative differences at the business level".<ref>{{Cite web|title=r/watchnebula – watchnebula is dead on arrival|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/watchnebula/comments/fxha9w/watchnebula_is_dead_on_arrival/|website=reddit|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917185021/https://www.reddit.com/r/watchnebula/comments/fxha9w/watchnebula_is_dead_on_arrival/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
In addition to video production, Grey is known for creating the audio podcast ''[[Hello Internet]]'' in 2014 with fellow educational YouTuber [[Brady Haran]]. Since 2015, he has also hosted the audio podcast ''Cortex'' with [[Myke Hurley]], the co-founder of the [[Relay FM]] podcast network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hackett |first=Stephen |date=2 June 2015 |title=Introducing Relay FM's 2015 Summer Pilots |url=http://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2015/6/2/relay-fm-2015-summer-pilots |publisher=Relay FM |access-date=13 August 2015 |archive-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724203651/http://www.extras.relay.fm/blog/2015/6/2/relay-fm-2015-summer-pilots |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with [[Kurzgesagt]] founder Philipp Dettmer and Dave Wiskus, Grey started the company Standard Broadcast LLC, which provides production and administrative support to digital creators, as well as managing educational streaming service Nebula.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Standard|url=https://standard.tv/pages/about|website=Standard.tv|publisher=Standard Broadcast LLC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135029/https://standard.tv/pages/about|archive-date=5 May 2018}} (Cited information missing in latest version.)</ref> However, CGP Grey left Standard; Wiskus stated that this was due to "philosophical and creative differences at the business level".<ref>{{Cite web|title=r/watchnebula – watchnebula is dead on arrival|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/watchnebula/comments/fxha9w/watchnebula_is_dead_on_arrival/|website=reddit|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917185021/https://www.reddit.com/r/watchnebula/comments/fxha9w/watchnebula_is_dead_on_arrival/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
Revision as of 06:43, 18 February 2021
This article contains promotional content. (February 2021) |
CGP Grey | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | ||||||||||
Born | New York, U.S. | |||||||||
Nationality | American and Irish | |||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Also known as | Grey | |||||||||
Channels | ||||||||||
Years active | 2010–present | |||||||||
Genre(s) | Edutainment and Education | |||||||||
Subscribers | 4.65 million (CGP Grey) 175,000 (CGPGrey2) 40,100 (CGP Play) | |||||||||
Total views | 630 million (CGP Grey) 8.56 million (CGPGrey2) 670,000 (CGP Play) | |||||||||
Associated acts | Hello Internet, Brady Haran, Myke Hurley, Relay FM, Cortex | |||||||||
| ||||||||||
Last updated: 5 February 2021 |
CGP Grey is an Irish-American educational YouTuber and podcaster whose channel features short explanatory videos on varying subjects, including politics, geography, economics, history, and culture.[1] His channel surpassed one million subscribers in 2013,[2] and his videos have been reviewed in publications such as Business Insider and The Washington Post.[3][4] Grey created his YouTube account on 12 August 2010,[5] and also posts videos on his second channel CGPGrey2 and gaming channel CGP Play.[6][7][8]
In addition to video production, Grey is known for creating the audio podcast Hello Internet in 2014 with fellow educational YouTuber Brady Haran. Since 2015, he has also hosted the audio podcast Cortex with Myke Hurley, the co-founder of the Relay FM podcast network.[9] Along with Kurzgesagt founder Philipp Dettmer and Dave Wiskus, Grey started the company Standard Broadcast LLC, which provides production and administrative support to digital creators, as well as managing educational streaming service Nebula.[10] However, CGP Grey left Standard; Wiskus stated that this was due to "philosophical and creative differences at the business level".[11]
Early life and career
Grey grew up in the Long Island suburbs of New York City. He went to college in upstate New York, earning two degrees – one in physics and another in sociology.[12]
His grandmother was born in Ireland, and when he was a child, his father applied for Irish citizenship on his behalf; Grey thus has dual American–Irish citizenship.[13] This enabled him to look into opportunities in the European Union, and its then-largest city, London. He later said that if he had not lived abroad while 'still free of life's anchors', he never would later in life, which made it all the more reason for him to go. He attended a masters in economics program in London, and stayed in the city for more than a decade.[14][15]
Grey decided to become a physics teacher in the UK; he went through a one-year course to earn a physics PGCE and graduated being qualified to teach physics in England and Wales. After spending several years teaching in the UK, Grey wanted to 'escape the system' and become self-employed. During the time he lived with his family in Hawaii to save money. His attempt 'failed miserably,' and he later returned to the UK hoping to find a teaching job and found one. He continued teaching until his career as a YouTube creator became sustainable. Since January 2014 he has co-hosted a general discussion podcast, Hello Internet, and began a second podcast, Cortex with Myke Hurley of Relay FM.[16]
Videos
The YouTube channel CGP Grey features, among other things, Grey Explains, a series of explanatory videos[17] on a range of subjects, including politics, geography, economics, history, productivity, the internet, and British culture. The videos feature Grey narrating over animations, stock footage, and still photographs. While nearly all of Grey's videos feature his voice, his face has never been shown in his videos, and Grey almost always has his face obscured when appearing in other people's videos;[18] he generally uses a stick figure with glasses to represent himself.[19] Grey has stated that the presentation style of his videos is influenced by that of Yahtzee Croshaw's Zero Punctuation series.[20][21]
Grey records his voice over the music playing in the background on Logic Pro X.[22] The backing music of his early videos is usually credited to Kevin MacLeod. Since 2016, most videos contain music written by David Rees. He used to use Inkscape to make the drawings for his videos and Final Cut Pro X to edit them together from 2010 to early 2016, but now he uses Adobe After Effects to do both. The switch is primarily because he now works with other animators on most of his videos, and they use After Effects.[23] Videos are released on the channel and via RSS.[24] Grey uploads significantly less frequently than other YouTube channels; Grey has said that this is due to thorough research and scriptwriting, with the majority of videos never being finished.[2]
Grey's video that debunks popular misconceptions has been featured on CBS,[25] as has his video about the history of the British royal family.[26] Two videos differentiate London, England and the City of London, while explaining the history and government of the latter.[27][28][29][30] Another two videos explaining copyright law and the Electoral College have been featured on Mashable.[17] The channel also explains the economic disadvantages of US one-cent coins in a video titled Death to Pennies.[31][32] Other videos, including How to Become Pope, have received media attention and used in instructional settings.[4][33]
Grey's video Humans Need Not Apply was covered by Business Insider[3] and Huffington Post,[34] and his animated video of Nick Bostrom's "The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant" was "unanimously praise[d]" by the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation.[35] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Grey released a video titled "Lockdown Productivity: Spaceship You" in which he provided advice on how to remain productive and sane during quarantine.[36]
Podcasts
Hello Internet
In January 2014, Grey launched the podcast Hello Internet along with co-host Brady Haran, another educational YouTuber and online content creator. The podcast peaked as the No. 1 iTunes podcast in United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada, and Australia.[37] It was selected as one of Apple's best new podcasts of 2014.[38] The Guardian included the podcast among its 50 best of 2016, naming episode 66 ("A Classic Episode") its episode of the year. The paper described the podcast as having "in-depth debates and banter that is actually amusing."[39] Grey reported a podcast listenership of approximately "a quarter million" downloads per episode as of September 2015.[40]
The podcast features discussions pertaining to their lives as professional content creators for YouTube, as well as their interests and annoyances. Typical topics include technology etiquette; movie and TV show reviews; plane accidents; vexillology; futurology; and the differences between Grey's and Haran's personalities and lifestyles.[41] Grey's and Haran's opinions and comments on feedback usually starts the next episode of the podcast. As a result of their conversations, Haran has been noted for reappropriating the term "freebooting," among other words, to refer to the unauthorized rehosting of online media.[42]
The podcast has an official flag called the "Nail & Gear" which was chosen from five candidates by a postal vote by the podcast's audience using an instant-runoff voting system.[43][44][45]
Since its last episode published in February 2020, the podcast has been on hiatus with no immediate plans to return.[46]
Cortex
On 3 June 2015, Grey launched his second podcast, Cortex, with co-host Myke Hurley of Relay FM. Each episode, they discuss the methods and tools they employ to be productive and creative, and how they improve their self-employed lifestyles.[47]
Other channels
CGPGrey2
On July 19, 2011, Grey created a channel, CGPGrey2, where he posts miscellaneous videos, such as highlights from his video game streams and assorted videos related to his podcasts.[48]
CGP Play
On September 17, 2015, Grey created a channel, CGP Play, where he posts videos of himself playing games with a Discord server composed of crowdfunders.[49]
References
- ^ a b Grey, C.G.P. (30 January 2012). "One Year & 100,000 Subscribers Later (Thank You!)". CGP Grey. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2013 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c Grey, C.G.P. (20 November 2013). "Q&A with Grey #2 (One Million Subscribers)". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b Love, Dylan (13 August 2014). "Not Even Doctors And Lawyers Are Safe From Machines Taking Their Jobs". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ a b Aaron Blake (25 February 2013). "Why is the pope always so old? (Video)". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "CGP Grey/about". Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "CGPGrey2". YouTube. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "CGPPlay". YouTube. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ CGP Play (25 April 2017). "CGP Grey Trucking Madness". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Hackett, Stephen (2 June 2015). "Introducing Relay FM's 2015 Summer Pilots". Relay FM. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "About Standard". Standard.tv. Standard Broadcast LLC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. (Cited information missing in latest version.)
- ^ "r/watchnebula – watchnebula is dead on arrival". reddit. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Q&A With Grey for 500,000 Subscribers". Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "#26: Pick your Poison". Relay.FM. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Q&A With Grey #3: Millenia of Human Attention". Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "British Numbers confuse Americans – Numberphile". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ "H.I. #10: Two Dudes Talking". Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ a b Allegra Tepper (24 July 2012). "These 10 Videos Turn Tough Topics into Child's Play, 7. C.G.P. Grey: Copyright: Forever Less One Day". Mashable. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Veritasium (28 June 2012). "Science YouTubers Unite! feat. ... CGP Grey". Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2013 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Numbers confuse Americans – Numberphile". Numberphile (YouTube). 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Haran, Brady; Grey, CGP (28 May 2014). "Nobody Owns the Facts". Hello Internet (Podcast). No. 13. Hellointernet.fm. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ Grey, C. G. P.; Hurley, Myke (14 August 2015). "Cortex #10: Zero Artistic Skills". Cortex (Podcast). Relay FM. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Grey, CGP (6 April 2014). "Twitter / cgpgrey: Finally getting the hang of..." Twitter. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Grey, CGP; Hurley, Myke. "Cortex Episode #41: Spiralling". Relay FM. Relay FM. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "CGP Grey Videos". CGP Grey. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Bailey Johnson (24 January 2012). "Eskimos do not have 100's of words for snow, and other myths debunked". CBS. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Savage, Lesley (17 July 2013). "How to become a British monarch and why it won't be you". CBS. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Keith Shaw (23 July 2012). "Learn about the London inside London". IT World. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Sam Gibbs (20 September 2012). "How to Become the Lord Mayor of the (Secret) City of London". Gizmodo UK. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ The (Secret) City of London, Part 1: History, archived from the original on 17 September 2020, retrieved 22 April 2020
- ^ The (Secret) City of London, Part 2: Government, archived from the original on 17 September 2020, retrieved 22 April 2020
- ^ Mary Beth Quirk (13 January 2012). "The Case Against Pennies Might Make You Want To Send Yours Back To Uncle Sam For Something Useful". Consumerist. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Bailey Johnson (30 November 2011). "Death to Pennies". The Feed Blog. CBS. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Lindsay Jolivet (21 February 2013). "How to become pope instructional video goes viral". Yahoo! Canada. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "Why Robots Will Steal Your Job, In One Brutal 15 Minute Video". HuffPost. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "CGP Grey: The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant | Lifespan.io". www.lifespan.io. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "How to Survive Staying at Home". Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "CGP Grey & Brady Haran – 'Hello Internet' American iTunes Chart Performance". iTunesCharts.net. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Haran, Brady; Grey, CGP (25 December 2014). "Bumper Christmas Special". Hello Internet (Podcast). No. 27. Hellointernet.fm. 46:30 minutes in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "The 50 best podcasts of 2016". The Guardian. 21 December 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ Haran, Brady; Grey, CGP (29 September 2015). "Grumpy About Art". Hello Internet (Podcast). No. 48, 58:05. Hellointernet.fm. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Top 3 Podcasts You Must Listen To in 2016". Intention Deficit. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Oremus, Will (17 July 2015). "Facebook's Piracy Problem". Slate. The Slate Group LLC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ Haran, Brady; Grey, C.G.P. (16 December 2015). "Two Dudes Counting". Hello Internet (Podcast). No. 53. Hellointernet.fm. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Hello, Hello Internet!". PortlandFlag.org. 22 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Flag Vote". Hello Internet. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "A short blog post about HI-atus". Brady Haran. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Cortex". Relay.FM. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "CGPGrey2 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "CGP Play - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
External links
- American editors
- American expatriates in England
- American men podcasters
- American podcasters
- American transhumanists
- American YouTubers
- Artists from New York (state)
- British transhumanists
- Citizens of Ireland through descent
- DFTBA Records creators
- Education-related YouTube channels
- Educational and science YouTubers
- English-language YouTube channels
- Irish editors
- Irish expatriates in England
- Irish podcasters
- Irish transhumanists
- Life extensionists
- Living people
- Online edutainment
- People from Long Island
- Physics educators
- Schoolteachers from London
- YouTube channels launched in 2010
- YouTube podcasters
- Male YouTubers
- Patreon creators
- American people of Irish descent