In short - In a Nutshell
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| Logo (2017) | |
| YouTube channel ( education , knowledge , animation ) | |
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English (main channel) German (things explained - in short) Spanish (En Pocas Palabras - in short) |
| founding | July 9, 2013 (main channel) January 16, 2014 (then "KurzgesagtDE", today: "Things explained - in short") August 7, 2019 (En Pocas Palabras - in short) |
| channels |
In short - Things explained in a Nutshell - In short In short - En Pocas Palabras |
| Subscribers | over 12,400,000 (main channel) over 1,000,000 (things explained - in short) over 25,000 (En Pocas Palabras - in short) |
| Calls | over 1,000,000,000 (main channel) over 65,000,000 (things explained - in short) over 305,000 (En Pocas Palabras - in short) |
| Videos | over 120 (main channel) over 60 (things explained - in short) 20 (En Pocas Palabras - in short) |
| network | funk (only German channel) |
| (updated July 16, 2020) | |
In short - In a Nutshell (formerly only in short ) is a video series on scientific and socio-political topics that is mainly distributed via its own YouTube channel. With over 12 million subscribers (as of May 2020), it is one of the most popular German YouTube channels . The videos are produced by the design studio Kurzgesagt, founded by Philipp Dettmer and based in Munich .
Content
In short, the educational videos that appear on a regular basis mainly deal with scientific topics in the areas of (astro) physics and biology as well as philosophy , history and politics . For example, the four most-clicked videos deal with the Fermi paradox , the immune system , addiction and the refugee crisis (the last two have since been deleted for quality reasons). The German speaker for the series is Christoph Jablonka , the English videos are spoken by Steve Taylor. The background music is produced by Epic Mountain.
history
The channel was created in July 2013 under the name Kurzgesagt on YouTube . The first video appeared on the channel that same month. Until January 2014, animated educational videos on various topics were published on the channel in English and German. Since the founding of the second channel KurzgesagtDE, or since 2017 everything explained - Kurzgesagt, videos only appear in English on the main channel, while German videos are uploaded on the second channel. At the same time the main channel was renamed and the English translation of the channel name, In a Nutshell , was added. On August 7, 2019, the Spanish-language channel En Pocas Palabras - Kurzgesagt in German: "In a nutshell - Kurzgesagt" was founded.
The channel “Things explained - in short” has been part of the funk network of ARD and ZDF since September 28, 2017 . A first video appeared on the channel on December 27th, and further videos appear every two weeks. The addition of “things explained” is a backronym to “DE” in the previous name.
At the beginning of November 2019, the English-language channel became the first German channel to surpass the 10 million subscriber mark on YouTube, which was also mentioned in YouTube Rewind 2019.
| year | Award | category | object | result |
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| 2015 | German web video award | Journalism | Video: Time - The Past and Future of Everything | Nominated |
| 2016 | Channel: KurzgesagtDE (today: things explained - in short) | Nominated | ||
| 1 live crown | Video crown | Video: Time - What Happened Before History? Human Origins | Nominated | |
| 2017 | German web video award | animation | Channel: In short - In a Nutshell | Won |
| 2019 | Educational media award | - | Channel: things explained - in short | Won |
| 2019 | Fast Forward Science | Community Award | Video: loneliness | Won |
Web links
- Website
- Main channel: In short - In a Nutshell on YouTube
- German Channel: Things Explained - In Brief on YouTube
- Spanish channel: En Pocas Palabras - In short on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ In short - In a Nutshell About. In: kurzgesagt.org. Retrieved March 2, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Most Subscribed YouTube Channels in Germany - Socialblade. In: socialblade.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Kurzgesagt - In a nutshell: Can you trust Kurzgesagt videos? on YouTube , March 3, 2019, accessed March 3, 2019.
- ↑ Sabine Winkler: Youtube: A meeting with “Kurzgesagt” founder Philipp Dettmer . In: THE WORLD . November 12, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed April 10, 2020]).
- ↑ English Voice - Voice Pool English Voice-Over. In: Voice Pool. Retrieved April 10, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ In short, FAQ. In: kurzgesagt.org. Accessed April 10, 2020 (English).
- ↑ In short - In a Nutshell: How Evolution works. July 11, 2013, accessed July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ En Pocas Palabras - In short. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
- ↑ In short: NUEVO VÍDEO: La paradoja de Fermi. ¿Dónde están todos los aliens? (1/2) Finally we can share our first (Latin) Spanish video with you! You'll find it on our new channel "En Pocas Palabras - Kurzgesagt". In: @Short_Gesagt. Twitter, February 12, 2020, accessed February 12, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Things Explained - In Brief. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Kurzgesagt: Kurzgesagt in German is back! In: @Short_Gesagt. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ What is life? Is death real? In: YouTube. January 24, 2018, accessed on December 24, 2018 : "Kurzgesagt DE = Kurzgesagt D-inge E-rklärt."
- ↑ Jens Minor: YouTube: 'Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell' is the first German YouTube channel to reach 10 million subscribers - GWB. In: GoogleWatchBlog. November 1, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record | #YouTubeRewind. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=mOJSuBTNkY8
- ↑ Time - The Past and Future of Everything. (No longer available online.) In: Webvideopreis Deutschland. April 9, 2015, archived from the original on April 20, 2016 ; Retrieved April 29, 2016 .
- ↑ YouTube Channel: In short DE. (No longer available online.) In: Webvideopreis Deutschland. March 17, 2016, archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiQaabX3_o
- ↑ 1LIVE Krone 2016 voting "VIDEO-KRONE". In: wdr.de. January 18, 2016, accessed November 1, 2016 .
- ↑ In short - In a Nutshell | Web video price Germany. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Web Video Prize Germany - Prize Winners 2017 ( Memento from September 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Things explained - in short - funk. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ loneliness. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Here they are - the 2019 winning videos. In: Fast Forward Science. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .