Draft:Simplicissimus (YouTube Channel)



Simplicissimus is a German YouTube channel which publishes video essays on politics, global affairs and society..[1][2]

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Simplicissimus was created on 12 April 2015 under the name Simplicissimus 2.0, after the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus which ran from 1896 to 1967[1]. It was created by university students Jonas and David who were studying at the time in Amsterdam.[3] The channel deals with issues in politics, society, science and media.

In 2019, the channel was a part of Funk media. They left in 2022[4] for more "flexibility" and in order to "experiment more".[3] The videos themselves are made by a team of 24 people who work internationally but have an office based in Amsterdam.[5] Simplicissimus worked once more with Funk on a documentary, "Putin's Bears", in 2024[6][7]

Jonas and David created a second channel 2 Bored Guys in 2016, with more subjective and casual videos.

The English language version of the channel is fern, which is co-managed by Dutch YouTuber Hoog.[8]

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  1. ^ a b "Simplicissimus". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  2. ^ Keck, Matthias (2021-04-16). "Gründliche Recherche, simple Erklärungen und klare Kante auf dem Kanal". idowa.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. ^ a b Schwarzer, Matthias (2023-04-24). "Funk: Dem Jugendsender von ARD und ZDF laufen die Youtuber davon". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  4. ^ meedia.de. "Simplicissimus trennt sich von Funk". MEEDIA (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  5. ^ "Über uns". Simplicissimus (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  6. ^ ""Putins Bären" - Erneute Zusammenarbeit von funk und Simplicissimus | funk Presse" (in German). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  7. ^ "«Simplicissimus» kehrt einmalig zu funk zurück". Quotenmeter (in German). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  8. ^ "«fern»: «Simplicissimus» und «Hoog» starten gemeinsames YouTube-Projekt". Quotenmeter (in German). 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2024-08-15.