Vsauce
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| Hosted by |
Vsauce1 – Michael Stevens Vsauce2 – Kevin Lieber Vsauce3 – Jake Roper WeSauce – Various, either Stevens, Lieber, or Roper. D.O.N.G – Various, either Stevens, Lieber, or Roper. |
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| Genre | Education, information, science, gaming, technology |
| Language | English |
| Length | Varies (usually ~10–24 minutes) |
| Original release |
Vsauce 1 July 30, 2007 Vsauce 2 December 7, 2010 Vsauce 3 December 24, 2010 WeSauce July 25, 2012 D.O.N.G September 2, 2015 – present |
| Ratings | Average of 4-10 million viewers per episode |
| Provider | YouTube |
| Website | vsauce |
Vsauce is a YouTube channel brand created by internet personality Michael Stevens. The channels feature videos relating to various scientific, psychological, mathematical, and philosophical topics, as well as gaming, technology, culture, and other topics of general interest.
On June 24, 2010, Michael Stevens launched the main Vsauce channel. Initially, the channel's programming focused on video games and featured a number of different hosts. However, certain segments such as "IMG!" slowly took over and Michael Stevens became the sole host. The channel then graduated to a mix of information and online activities, and solely educational segments popped up. The educational segments became more popular, and since September 9, 2012, only the educational segment (known as DOT) has been presented. According to episode #18 of "LÜT" on the original Vsauce channel, the name "Vsauce" was generated using the fake website generator portion of a site called Fake Name Generator. After Stevens generated the fake website "Vsauce.com" he registered it and began uploading videos.
In December 2010, the Vsauce2 (on December 7), and Vsauce3 (on December 24) channels were opened. On July 25, 2012, the WeSauce channel was opened.
Vsauce was one of the fastest growing channels during September 2012. During that month, the main Vsauce channel reached 1 million subscribers. In the same month, Bill Nye appeared in one of the main channel's videos, which focused on the joke, "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
Stevens details in the video A Defense of Comic Sans that the text font Alsina was used by the Vsauce channels because of the close resemblance it has to the handwriting of Nik Guinta, the creator of the original Vsauce logo. A new branding scheme designed by Natasha Jen was adopted in December 2014 in order to bring a new, 'grown-up' feel to the channels. It utilizes the Din Next Rounded font as well as fluid designs in order to convey the idea of sauce that the name "Vsauce" implies.
Channel statistics as of 14 February 2017.
Videos by Vsauce have been featured on several online news publications, such as The Huffington Post,CBS, and Gizmodo.
Vsauce2 is a channel that has eight recurring segments which cover unusual knowledge and technology:MindBlow, FAK, BiDiPi, Thought Glass, WAC, 54321, BOAT, and Weirdos of the Month. Vsauce2 also includes The Vsauce2 Leanback. ( A Vsauce leanback is a playlist created by the host of the respective channel which includes a number of Youtube videos of various channels all revolving around the same topic. There are small clips introducing the viewer to the next video by the host himself which are only accessible through the playlist since they are "unlisted" on the main channel page.). Kevin Lieber is the main host of the Vsauce2 channel.
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