The Amoeba Sisters YouTube Channel Milestones




This has been an unexpected adventure fueled by a passion for what we do and resilience when things don't go how we planned. We like to keep track of our milestones to remind ourselves to keep moving forward. Click on a milestone date below to see the event!
July 12, 2013
​Channel Creation Date
July 21, 2013
​First Video Upload
November 16, 2013
​Subscriber Milestone
February 17, 2014
Subscriber Milestone
July 2014
Started attending conferences
September 8, 2014
Subscriber Milestone
January 29, 2015
Subscriber Milestone
May 2015
View Count Milestone
May 26, 2015
​Subscriber Milestone
February 20, 2016
​Subscriber Milestone
November 2016
​View Count Milestone
February 1, 2017
SILVER PLAY BUTTON
November 2017
Launched Unlectured Series
June 2018
View Count Milestone
July 12, 2018
​FIVE YEAR BIRTHDAY
August 24, 2018
Subscriber Milestone
December 2018
Invited to YouTube Headquarters
April 14, 2019
Published Mega Review Video
April 18, 2019
​Launched our Webtoons
May 2019
View Count Milestone
July 11, 2019
Learning Playlist Launch
November 3, 2019
Subscriber Milestone
July 12, 2013
​Channel Creation Date
​We decide to make a YouTube channel where we could place a single video that we created on enzymes. [To learn more about why we made that first video, you can read more here.] Due to our fascination with amoebas, the fact that they're easy to draw, and the fact that  we are actually sisters- we decide to use amoeba characters and the username "Amoeba Sisters."
July 21, 2013
​First Video Upload
We upload our first video on the Amoeba Sisters channel. It is created using a cell phone to record the audio (by Pinky) and Microsoft Paint to illustrate pictures (by Petunia). Looking back...it's a bit rough...there is so much we did not know back then. But this is how we started our adventure! We end this first video saying, "Please always stay curious." It will evolve to, "We remind you to stay curious" in a soon to follow video. 
November 16, 2013
​Subscriber Milestone
February 17, 2014
Subscriber Milestone
July 2014
Started attending conferences
We go to our first conference together to present to other educators on creating in the classroom.

(P.S. Today, we continue to be passionate about this as well as providing opportunities for students to create.)
September 8, 2014
Subscriber Milestone
January 29, 2015
Subscriber Milestone
May 2015
View Count Milestone

May 2015
View Count Milestone

Cumulative View Count (on "About" tab on YouTube Channel) Hits 2 Million
May 26, 2015
​Subscriber Milestone
February 20, 2016
​Subscriber Milestone
November 2016
​View Count Milestone

November 2016
View Count Milestone

Cumulative View Count (on "About" tab on YouTube Channel) hits 10 Million
February 1, 2017
SILVER PLAY BUTTON
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Amoeba Sisters Silver Play Button for 100,000 subscribers. Click above image to see our celebration video! P.S. You can see one of Petunia's cats in the reflection.
November 2017
Launched Unlectured Series



​Finding traditional lecture and notes to be a challenge for Pinky in the classroom, we wanted to create something that could be an alternative. Our Unlectured Series is just that---it's an alternative to traditional lecture and notes. It promotes student discussion, student creation, and emphasizes why the content matters in our world. It also utilizes our short videos. 

You can continue to learn more here. 
June 2018
View Count Milestone

June 2018
View Count Milestone
Cumulative View Count (on "About" tab on YouTube Channel) hits 30 Million
July 12, 2018
​FIVE YEAR BIRTHDAY
A few things that have changed in our adventure so far:
  • Our art has improved! Petunia has no artistic background, but she has always had a desire to practice, grow, and get better. Check out our old video on homeostasis and compare it to a more recent one on homeostasis to see how we've changed.
  • Our audio is improving. Pinky took some constructive criticism about our audio to improve how we record (and where)!
  • Thanks to our amazing community, our video subtitles have been translated in over 22 languages!
  • We use different tools now. We're always experimenting.
  • We have been inspired by some very passionate educators at a variety of exciting conferences including SXSWedu, CAST, ASM Microbe, and Rice University ComSciCon.
  • We have met fascinating science communicators and science educators online! We can't say enough about master science teacher John Mead's incredible post regarding the transformative power of social media for educators.
  • We now both work full-time on the channel. Pinky will likely return to public edu in some capacity in the future as public education is where her amoeba heart remains. 
August 24, 2018
Subscriber Milestone
December 2018
Invited to YouTube Headquarters

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We were invited, along with several other educational YouTube creators, to the YouTube Headquarters in California to discuss edu content on YouTube.
April 14, 2019
Published Mega Review Video
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Our longest video (41 minutes!) we will likely ever make- this "strolls" through our biology playlist! This project spanned over a year, and we used YouTube's premiere feature to launch it.
April 18, 2019
​Launched our Webtoons
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Click above to check out our webtoons.
May 2019
View Count Milestone
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You can find a YouTube channel's cumulative view count in the "about" tab of the YouTube channel.
July 11, 2019
Learning Playlist Launch
Launch of our Learning Playlist! YouTube announced the new Learning Playlist feature at VidCon today, and we're excited to be a part of the beta launch. The learning playlist organizes our videos by chapters, includes learning objectives, and remains a designated place for our biology course playlist.
November 3, 2019
Subscriber Milestone
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And...we remain a work in progress!