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CGP Grey is a British–Irish–American educational YouTuber, , and Online streamer based in the United Kingdom who creates explanatory videos on subjects including politics, geography, economics, sociology, history, philosophy, and culture. In addition to video production, he is known for creating and hosting the podcasts Hello Internet with Brady Haran and Cortex with Myke Hurley.
Grey's Irish citizenship allowed him to move to the United Kingdom. He attended a masters program in economics and became a physics teacher while in London.
The videos feature Grey narrating over animations, stock footage, and still photographs. While nearly all of his videos feature his voice, his face has never been shown in his videos, and he almost always has his face obscured when appearing in other people's videos; he generally uses a stick figure with glasses to represent himself. He has stated that the presentation style of his videos is influenced by that of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's Zero Punctuation series.
Grey's video that debunks popular misconceptions has been featured on CBS, as has his video about the history of the British royal family. Two videos differentiate Greater London and the City of London, while explaining the history and government of the latter. Another two videos explaining copyright law and the Electoral College have been featured on Mashable. The channel also explains the economic disadvantages of US one-cent coins in a video titled Death to Pennies. Other videos, including How to Become Pope, have received media attention and have been used in instructional settings. His video on the American debt limit received praise from economists.
Grey's video Humans Need Not Apply was covered by Business Insider and Huffington Post, and his animated video of Nick Bostrom's "The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant" was "unanimously praised" by the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation. In collaboration with fellow YouTuber Kurzgesagt, he produced a video titled "You Are Two" which discusses the right brain versus the left brain. Popular Mechanics featured videos by Grey about airplane boarding and traffic congestion.
The podcast features discussions pertaining to their lives as professional content creators for YouTube, as well as their interests and annoyances. Typical topics include technology etiquette; movie and TV show reviews; plane accidents; vexillology; Futures studies; and the differences between Grey's and Haran's personalities and lifestyles. Their opinions and comments on feedback usually starts the next episode of the podcast. As a result of their conversations, Haran has been noted for reappropriating the term "", among other words, to refer to the unauthorized re-hosting of online media. The podcast has been on hiatus since May 2020.
On 3 June 2015, Grey launched his second podcast, Cortex, with co-host Myke Hurley of Relay FM. Following 10 years of Cortex, CGP Grey announced a break from Cortex, with the podcast temporarily switching to an interview format.
Robert Krulwich of NPR wrote that Grey has "a curious talent for truth telling; he can take a charming lie and, with even more charm, rip it apart. It is very, very hard, as any teacher will tell you, to unlearn something that makes you comfortable and makes you feel smart, but Mr. Grey has the knack."
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