H.I. No. 1: Being Wrong on The Internet: Difference between revisions

"'''H.I. #1: Being Wrong on The Internet'''" is the first episode of ''[[Hello Internet]]'', released on January 31, 2014 but not publicly announced until February 5. At 38 minutes and 45 seconds in length, it is the shortest numbered episode of the podcast, and unlike most episodes to succeed it, it has no sponsor.

"Grey & Brady talk about what it's like to be wrong in front of thousands of people."<ref>{{cite web|title=H.I. #1: Being Wrong on the Internet|url=https://www.hellointernet.fm/podcast/1|website=Hello Internet|publisher=Hello Internet|accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref>

==Release and commercial performance==

"Being Wrong on The Internet" was released to podcast clients on January 31, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Hello Internet'' – #1: Being Wrong on The Internet |url=https://overcast.fm/+B1qyRaXSg |website=Overcast |publisher=''Hello Internet'' |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref> However, it was not publicly acknowledged by either host until February 5, when Grey announced the episode in a tweet.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grey|first1=CGP|title=Been working on a secret podcast with @BradyHaran: “Hello Internet”. The first episode is up now:|url=https://twitter.com/cgpgrey/status/431113703703207936|website=Twitter|publisher=CGP Grey|accessdate=25 September 2017}}</ref> This was followed by a video on his YouTube channel seven days later announcing the podcast; at that point, episodes [[H.I. No. 2: Copyright Not Intended|two]] and [[H.I. No. 3: Four Light Bulbs|three]] had also been released.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANNOUNCEMENT: CGP Grey Podcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEX16lWliQc |website=YouTube |publisher=CGP Grey |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref>

In the week of the announcement video's release, ''Hello Internet'' became an international success: it topped the iTunes podcast charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States; peaked at number four in Italy; and charted within the top twenty in France and Spain.<ref>{{cite web |title=CGP Grey & Brady Haran – ''Hello Internet'' International iTunes Chart Performance |url=http://www.itunescharts.net/artists/podcast/cgp-grey-brady-haran/podcasts/hello-internet/ |website=iTunesCharts.net |accessdate=8 May 2019 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160809102432/http://www.itunescharts.net/artists/podcast/cgp-grey-brady-haran/podcasts/hello-internet/ |archivedate=9 August 2016}}</ref>

The corresponding video was released on the [[Hello Internet (YouTube channel)|''Hello Internet'' YouTube channel]] on April 30, 2014, becoming the channel's first upload.<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web |title=H.I. #1: Being Wrong on The Internet |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGa3ah03uBI |website=YouTube |publisher=''Hello Internet'' |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Hello Internet'' – Videos |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/HelloInternetPodcast/videos?sort=da |website=YouTube |publisher=Hello Internet |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref> The audio is coupled with footage of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_bird drinking bird] toy, purchased by Haran,<ref>{{cite web |title=''Hello Internet'' – #13: Nobody Owns the Facts (6:16) |url=https://overcast.fm/+B1qxw5gek/06:16 |website=Overcast |publisher=Hello Internet |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref> repeatedly tilting its beak into and out of a glass of water. The video received 70 thousand views within its first five days of release and has accumulated more than 570 thousand views as of May 2019.<ref name="YouTube"/><ref>{{cite web |title=H.I. #1: Being Wrong on The Internet – Archived via the Wayback Machine on May 5, 2014, 18:46:41 UTC|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGa3ah03uBI |website=YouTube |publisher=''Hello Internet'' |accessdate=8 May 2019 |archiveurl=}}</ref>

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