Kurzgesagt
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| Origin | Munich, Germany | |||||||||
| Website | Kurzgesagt.org | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013—Present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Education Animation Science | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 7.1+ M[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 496+ M[1] | |||||||||
| Associated acts | CGP Grey, Vsauce3 | |||||||||
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Last updated: 17 June 2018 | ||||||||||
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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (/ˈkʊərtsɡəzɑːɡt/; previously Kurzgesagt) is a Munich-based YouTube channel and design studio. The YouTube channel focuses on producing animated educational content. Founded by Philipp Dettmer in 2013, the channel has now gained over 7 million subscribers. YouTube videos from Kurzgesagt typically discuss scientific subjects, such as the Big Bang, but also feature various political and philosophical subjects, such as the European migrant crisis and optimistic nihilism. Each video is typically 5–10 minutes in length. Kurzgesagt YouTube videos are also available in German through the channel Dinge Erklärt – Kurzgesagt.
History
The Kurzgesagt YouTube channel was created on July 9, 2013. The first video, which explained evolution, was published two days later. The videos were more popular than expected, and the channel went from a project worked on during the free time of a few friends to a design studio with over a dozen employees.[2]
In 2015, Kurzgesagt was commissioned to do a video on the end of disease for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and has worked with the foundation on a number of other commissions since.[3]
Name
The name derives from the German kurz gesagt (IPA: [ˈkʊɐ̯ts gəˈzaːkt]), which directly translates to "said in short";[4][5] it has been translated as 'in brief' or 'in a nutshell'.[6]
In 2015, the name displayed in the title video was changed from "Kurzgesagt" to "In a Nutshell - by Kurzgesagt". The name was changed again in 2016 to "Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell"
References
- ^ a b "About Kurzgesagt". YouTube.
- ^ "About". Kurzgesagt. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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- ^ "In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2017-07-27.