H3 Podcast

The H3 Podcast is a comedy podcast hosted by Ethan Klein. The show airs live most weekdays on YouTube and was first launched on Twitch by Ethan and his wife, Hila Klein. In addition to Ethan and Hila, the podcast is supported by a team of technical and creative crew members who also appear on the show.

H3 Podcast
Presentation
Hosted byEthan Klein
GenreComedy
Format
  • Audio
  • video
Created byEthan Klein
Hila Klein
LanguageEnglish
Production
ProductionDan Swerdlove
Video formatYouTube
Publication
Original release2017
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers2.87 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: May 7, 2023

The H3 Podcast is one of the highest ranking podcasts in the United States. Media Monitors ranked the podcast 17th for the second quarter of 2022.[2] In the third quarter of 2021, the podcast was ranked 21st by audience size[3] and 27th by reach in the United States by Edison Research.[4]

History

The H3 Podcast was originally streamed on Twitch before being moved to YouTube.[5] Its first episode was uploaded to the H3 Podcast YouTube channel on April 7, 2017, featuring Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty.[6] The podcast began with conversational interviews with notable internet personalities such as PewDiePie, Post Malone and Jake Paul.[7][8] Also in 2017, the Kleins created the channel H3 Podcast Highlights, which posts highlights of podcast episodes.[9]

As the podcast continued to develop, crew members gradually became more integrated into the show, particularly in non-guest episodes. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted further changes to the podcast, with a decreased emphasis on guests and increased crew involvement. During this period, "H3 After Dark" was added to the schedule as a second weekly episode.

The launch of the "Frenemies" podcast, co-hosted by Ethan Klein and internet personality Trisha Paytas, significantly boosted the H3 Podcast's popularity. After the end of "Frenemies" in 2021, the weekly lineup expanded to include the "H3TV" and "Off The Rails" episodes, while the politically-themed "Leftovers" podcast, co-hosted by Klein and Hasan Piker, was also added. Since 2021, Hila has primarily appeared in the "After Dark" episodes.

As of 2023, the H3 Podcast has 5 scheduled live episodes per week, including "H3TV" on Mondays, the members-only "See You Next Tuesday" on Tuesdays, "Off The Rails" on Wednesdays, "Leftovers" on Thursdays, and "After Dark" on Fridays.

Controversies and lawsuits

Triller Fight Club II LLC v. The H3 Podcast

In May 2021, Triller's event company filed an updated lawsuit to the US District Court for the Central District of California against the H3 Podcast and the Kleins, seeking $50 million in damages. The lawsuit alleged copyright infringement in the now deleted podcast episode titled Jake Paul Fight Was a Disaster, which aired five days after the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight and featured knockout footage along with Ethan's commentary on the event.[10]

Triller has now filed four separate lawsuits against Klein for the Paul vs. Askren fight, as well as alleged defamation through the Kleins' podcast. The first to be thrown out was the suit over a joke Klein made, stating that Triller advertised Kevin Hart, when he was nowhere to be found on the app. The court deemed that this was not defamation.[11]

YouTube suspensions

In May 2022, the H3 Podcast channel was suspended when Ethan joked on air that someone should bomb the NRA convention.[12][13] In October 2022, the same channel received a strike and one week suspension following comments directed at Jewish conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, in which Ethan stated he hoped "Ben gets gassed first. Or last" in the event of a second Holocaust. In a statement, a YouTube spokesperson said that the channel was given a strike for "violating the platform's harassment policy". Ethan responded later that "[a] few white supremacists successfully lobbied YouTube to suspend me, a Jewish dual citizen of Israel & USA, for antisemitism."[12][13][14]

In response to repeated suspensions, the podcast incorporated an AirCleaner-2 live event protection delay system.

Nominations
Year Ceremony Category Work Result Refs
2018 Streamy Awards Best Podcast H3 Podcast Nominated [15]
2019 Nominated [16]
2020 Nominated [17]
2022 Nominated [18][19]

See also

References
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  2. "Influencer Podcasts on the Rise". Media Monitors. Media Monitors. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. "the top 50 most listened to podcasts in the u.s. q3 2021". Edison Research. November 16, 2021. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021.
  4. "the top 30 u.s. podcasts according to the podcast consumer tracker". Edison Research. August 11, 2020. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020.
  5. "H3H3 Calls Twitch Out for Unfair Practices in an Interview With VTuber Codemiko". USTechReport. March 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  6. Harris, Hunter (September 7, 2017). "Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland Prank Called Joel Osteen's Prayer Line As Rick, and It Devolved Into Everyone Speaking in Tongues". Vulture. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  7. Langrish, Josh (February 22, 2017). "On PewDiePie and the Importance of Context". VultureHound. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  8. Polhamus, Blaine (September 27, 2021). "Hasan, Ethan Klein debut political podcast The Leftovers". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  9. "H3 Podcast Highlights". Youtube. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  10. Asarch, Steven (May 13, 2021). "Triller is suing YouTuber Ethan Klein's podcast for $50 million, claiming he illegally distributed Jake Paul's fight". Insider. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  11. "Ethan Klein announces another victory in legal battle with Triller".
  12. "After 'Ben Shapiro gets gassed first' joke, YouTuber's account suspended". The Jerusalem Post.
  13. "If another Holocaust, 'I hope Ben Shapiro gets gassed first' – YouTuber". The Jerusalem Post.
  14. Thalen, Mikael (October 21, 2022). "'They are the ones platforming dangerous anti-semites': Ethan Klein blames Ben Shapiro and 'white supremacists' for YouTube suspension". The Daily Dot.
  15. Spangler, Todd (September 25, 2018). "2018 Streamy Awards Nominations Unveiled, YouTube Signs as Sponsor". Variety. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  16. Drysdale, Jennifer (December 5, 2019). "2019 YouTube Streamy Awards: The Complete List of Nominations". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  17. Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 21, 2020). "YouTube Streamy Awards Nominations Unveiled With David Dobrik, Emma Chamberlain And James Charles Leading The Pack". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  18. Chan, J. (October 27, 2022). "2022 YouTube Streamy Awards: MrBeast Leads Nominations for Second Year". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  19. "12TH ANNUAL NOMINEES". streamys.org. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.


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