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==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,Grey itannounced wasthe notepisode publiclyand acknowledgedthe debut of ''Hello Internet'' itself in stages on different platforms. He began by eitherpublishing hosta untilblog Februarypost 5,on whenhis Greypersonal announcedwebsite on the episodeday inof arelease.<ref>{{cite tweetweb|title=Google Search: ''site:cgpgrey&#46;com Hello Internet: The Podcast''|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acgpgrey.com+Hello+Internet%3A+The+Podcast|publisher=Google|accessdate=28 July 2019|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728073219/https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acgpgrey.com+Hello+Internet%3A+The+Podcast|archivedate=28 July 2019}}</ref> This was followed by an announcement on his Twitter account on February 5.<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> ThisTwo wasdays followedlater, Grey informed his YouTube audience of the episode and podcast by releasing a video onabout histhe YouTubeproject channelon seven[[CGP daysGrey later(YouTube announcingchannel)|his themain podcastchannel]]; 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 episode's corresponding video was released on the [[Hello Internet (YouTube channel)|''Hello Internet'' YouTube channel]] on April 30, 2014, marking 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 set to 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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