3Blue1Brown

3blue1brown is a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/3blue1brown" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YouTube channel</a> and website aimed at explaining math visually.&nbsp; These lessons are funded primarily by viewers, through this page. If they add value to your life, the pi creatures and I would all be honored if you considered joining as a contributing member.This funding also helps to support side projects associated with the channel, such as the written and interactive adaptations of many videos on&nbsp;<a href="https://3blue1brown.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">3blue1brown.com</a>, or the Summer of Math Exposition. The open-source project&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/3b1b/manim" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">manim</a> underlying the channel could be considered another such side project, although it's worth noting that the most user-friendly version of it is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.manim.community/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">community edition</a>, which is maintained by a group outside of 3b1b. Sponsor-free For many YouTube channels, the main source of funding comes from video sponsorships and brand deals. In most cases, I think this makes a lot of sense, but&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/going-sponsor-19586800" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">various reasons</a>, this model felt misaligned with the goals of 3b1b. Several years ago I stopped doing them in favor of leaning more fully into the Patreon model. The idea is that when people who get value out of the videos pay for them directly,&nbsp;we can maintain high quality while avoiding mixed incentives. Paywalls would defeat the point of having openly accessible lessons for all, so instead things work based on some people choosing to pay, and getting a few perks in the process, while the vast majority of viewers don't need to pay to get all the lessons. It's hard to overstate how liberating it is when the only factor influencing the choice of what project to pursue is whether people will find the project itself valuable. It makes it much easier to justify making videos that I know will reach fewer people, but which hopefully are very useful to the people it does reach. One-time contributions If you’re uncomfortable with monthly support, there’s also <a href="https://www.paypal.me/3Blue1Brown" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PayPal</a>, some <a href="https://www.3blue1brown.com/crypto" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">crypto addresses</a>, and a <a href="https://www.3blue1brown.com/store" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">store</a>. Just know that the Patreon page is where all supporter benefits, like early releases, are organized and published, and that monthly support is most helpful for planning future projects.

Free

See new videos several days to a week before they go live, and help provide feedback to shape the final edits.

Early access

In addition to early access, supporters at this level have access to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/17090829" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">50% off</a> on anything in the 3b1b store. The thought is that because you're already supporting the channel in one way, we're happy to take lower-to-negative margins on any channel souvenirs you'd fancy as a token of thanks.

Store discount

In addition to previous perks, your name will show up on a wall of thanks on the website page associated with the video, with a link in the video's description.  For example, that description link might point to a page <a href="https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/convolutions#thanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">like this</a>.

Name in description

Your name will appear on the screen at the end of all videos that you support. Note, this used to be a perk for a lower tier, but in the spirit of keeping that end screen from being too crowded in the future, it's been bumped up here.  Any of you who have been supporting at the previous tier since before the change will still be grandfathered in and have your name on that final screen, don't worry.

Name in video

If this is how valuable you find the lessons, I cannot think of any perks which would adequately repay the generosity, other than to say the deepest of sincere thanks.

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