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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Kurzgesagt (/ˌkʊərtsɡəˈzɑːkt/) is a Munich-based animation studio founded by Philipp Dettmer in 2013. The studio's YouTube channel focuses on producing minimalist animated educational content discussing scientific, technological, political, philosophical and psychological subjects. Narrated by Steve Taylor, each video on the channel is typically 4–16 minutes in length, and are available in German through the channel Dinge Erklärt – Kurzgesagt. They are animated in the Flat Design style. With over 9 million subscribers, the studio's channel is ranked as the 511th largest in the world.[1][2]

Kurzgesagt
Formation2013
FounderPhilipp Dettmer
TypePrivately held company
PurposeAnimation studio
Location
  • Munich, Germany
OwnerPhilipp Dettmer
Staff(2019)
25
Websitekurzgesagt.org [12]
YouTube information
Channel
  • Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell [13]
Years active2013–present
Genre
  • Animation
  • Education
  • Science
  • Philosophy
Subscribers9.4 million
Total views694+ million
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YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2014
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2015
Updated August 6, 2019
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History

Patrizia Mosca from Kurzgesagt speaks at the Internet Days in Stockholm, 2018.

Patrizia Mosca from Kurzgesagt speaks at the Internet Days in Stockholm, 2018.

The Kurzgesagt YouTube channel was created on July 9, 2013, shortly after the founder, Philipp Dettmer, finished university. 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.[3]

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, including the Pan Pan 1010 research for the rehabilitation of Pandas in Chengdu.[4]

Name

The name derives from the German kurz gesagt (IPA: [ˈkʊɐ̯ts gəˈzaːkt]),[5] which directly translates to "said in short";[6][7] it has been translated as 'in brief' or 'in a nutshell'.[8]

Controversy

On March 3, 2019, Kurzgesagt released a video "Can You Trust Kurzgesagt Videos?", in which the channel confirmed that its content had not always been based on reliable, fact-checked, or peer-reviewed research. The channel also admitted that its video regarding addiction supported a controversial study that few if any current psychologists agree with, using only one source that had amassed criticism over the years. They subsequently took the video down (despite it still being up on their German channel), alongside another video that depicted the European migrant crisis in 2015. The studio is currently working on another video regarding addiction.[5]

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