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{{As of|2023|March|26|df=US|post=,}} Denby's YouTube channel Wendover Productions has over 4.01 million subscribers and more than 594 million total video views.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wendover Productions - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/c/Wendoverproductions/about |access-date=November 7, 2022 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> His videos most commonly feature the topics of [[logistics]], most notably those of [[aviation]], as well as [[geography]] and [[economics]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dudley |first=David |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Bad Trains, Explained |url=https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2016/08/bad-trains-explained/496742/ |access-date=June 18, 2020 |newspaper=Bloomberg.com}}</ref> The Wendover Productions video about [[tourism in Iceland]] received significant attention from [[Iceland Monitor|Iceland's national newspapers]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hafstað|first=Vala|date=June 7, 2019|title=Iceland's Tourism Explosion Explained|url=https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2019/06/07/iceland_s_tourism_explosion_explained_video|access-date=August 3, 2022|website=Iceland Monitor}}</ref> Wendover Productions is based in [[Aspen, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Jacqueline |title=Film takes a deep dive into river issues |url=https://www.aspendailynews.com/arts_and_entertainment/film-takes-a-deep-dive-into-river-issues/article_ca030f76-a4ce-11ec-ab12-2349265a9b40.html |access-date=September 21, 2022 |work=Aspen Daily News |language=en}}</ref> |
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Sam Denby (born March 17, 1998) is an American YouTuber, best known for creating the edutainment YouTube channels Wendover Productions, Half as Interesting, Extremities, and Jet Lag: The Game. Across all of Denby's channels, he has accumulated more than a billion views.
Career
Wendover Productions
As of March 26, 2023,[update] Denby's YouTube channel Wendover Productions has over 4.01 million subscribers and more than 594 million total video views.[3] His videos most commonly feature the topics of logistics, most notably those of aviation, as well as geography and economics.[4] The Wendover Productions video about tourism in Iceland received significant attention from Iceland's national newspapers.[5] Wendover Productions is based in Aspen, Colorado.[6]
Half as Interesting
In 2017, Denby created Half as Interesting, which as of January 20, 2022 has over 500 million total views. It's meant as a lighter, satirical continuation of a Wendover Productions playlist series entitled That Wikipedia List (TWL) which drew inspiration from unusual articles.[7]
Extremities
In June 2019, Denby created a scripted podcast called Extremities about the logistics of living in the world's most isolated populated locations.[8] The show's format has since been modified into short documentaries exclusive to the streaming service Nebula with the same concept.
Jet Lag: The Game
"It is a brutally exhausting show to film. Imagine a bad travel day where you end up waiting between flights on connections and going in and out of airports all day."[9]
Denby's YouTube channel Jet Lag: The Game hosts game shows created by Denby and Half as Interesting's writers, Ben Doyle and Adam Chase.[9] Inspired by The Amazing Race, the first game show hosted on the channel was a variant of Connect Four—described by Wired as "what might be the world’s largest Connect Four game ever constructed" — where the aim is to create a vertical or horizontal line of four American states.[9] Jet Lag's second season, Circumnavigation, was a race to circumnavigate the world in 100 hours,[9] while the third, Tag EUR It, is a game of tag played across Western Europe.[‡ 1] The fourth season, Battle 4 America, premiered on December 7, 2022 and ended on January 4, 2023, with the goal to claim the most American states in four days. The fifth season, Race to the End of the World, is set in New Zealand and premiered on March 1, 2023. All travel on the show is offset by a factor of 10 via Gold Standard carbon credits.[10] As of January 11, 2023, the channel has over 405,000 subscribers and more than 18.69 million total video views.[11]
Personal life
Denby was "born and raised" in Washington, D.C.[‡ 2] In 2018, Denby stated he had been living in Edinburgh, Scotland for the past two years for university studies [‡ 3]: 1:32 As of April 2018,[update] he was studying international business.[‡ 4] Denby stated he has lived in Colorado as of 2020,[update] somewhere near Aspen.[‡ 5][‡ 6]
References
Citations
- ^ "We have no idea why he's using the ruler - 1. The chase begins". Nebula TV. February 16, 2022.
for DOB, see timestamp 1:00
- ^ "Crime Spree: The World's Most Illegal Game Show". Nebula TV. Half as Interesting.
- ^ "Wendover Productions - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ Dudley, David (August 19, 2020). "Bad Trains, Explained". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Hafstað, Vala (June 7, 2019). "Iceland's Tourism Explosion Explained". Iceland Monitor. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ Reynolds, Jacqueline. "Film takes a deep dive into river issues". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "Wendover Productions". YouTube. That Wikipedia List. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ Scott, Richard (July 5, 2019). "'Extremities': taking you to the world's most isolated places" (Audio). Radio New Zealand. The Podcast Hour. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Pearse. "This Travel Game Takes Connect Four to the Extreme". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ Griffiths, James (September 16, 2022). "Are travel-centric reality shows like The Amazing Race worth their carbon footprint?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ "Jet Lag: The Game - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
Primary sources
In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):
- ^ "We Played a 72 Hour Game of Tag Across Europe". Jet Lag: The Game. YouTube. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "We Raced To Visit The Most US States In 100 Hours". YouTube. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ Denby, Sam (March 27, 2018). A Moderately Successful Face Reveal (Video). Sam from Wendover. Event occurs at 1:25. Retrieved April 6, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ Denby, Sam (March 27, 2018). "Economics has too much math. I study International Business". Reddit. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Life update: I've moved to Colorado Pictured: Skiing, a week ago". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "In case you didn't know, I'm a #influencer". TikTok. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
Further reading
- Bowler, Jacinta (May 11, 2018). "There's a Road in The US That Illustrates America's Weird Relationship With The Metric System". ScienceAlert. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- Denby, Sam (June 22, 2017). "Five myths about air travel". Washington Post. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- Dudley, David (August 19, 2016). "Here Are All the Reasons Trains in the U.S. Are So Terrible". CityLab. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- Morrison, Geoffrey (April 30, 2017). "Why Airlines Charge Crazy Fees". Forbes. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- Plush, Hazel (May 23, 2016). "Revealed: What airlines really spend your money on". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- "Exploring the Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drones". Interesting Engineering. February 3, 2019.