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| foundation = {{start date and age|2019|5|23}}
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| country = United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| founder = Dave Wiskus
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| owner = Standard
| url = {{URL|https://watchnebula.com}}
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'''Nebula''' is a global, independent [[video-on-demand]] streaming service started by creators in the Standard creator community. Nebula is meant to complement creators’ other distribution channels, (primarily [[YouTube]]).<ref name=TubeFilter>{{cite web|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/06/10/standard-nebula-youtube-streaming-service/|title=Creators Can’t Always Take Risks With Their Content. That’s Why YouTuber Community Standard Built Nebula — A Platform For Its Creators To Experiment.|last1=Hale|first1=James |date=June 10, 2019|website=TubeFilter|publisher=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>  Nebula is operated as a joint venture between Standard and its creators, with profit divided 50/50 between the creators and Standard. The creator pool is paid out based on watch time.<ref name=TubeFilter /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://watchnebula.com/faq|title=FAQ|last1=|first1=|date=|website=WatchNebula|publisher=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=June 21, 2020}}</ref>

Nebula currently has over 90 creators and channels. Much of its content is also on YouTube, but creators also make Nebula Originals which are exclusive to the platform. All of the content is ad-free, and much of the content on the platform is free of sponsor reads (unlike the same videos on YouTube).

== History ==
The Standard creator community was started by Dave Wiskus, [[CGP Grey]], and [[Kurzgesagt|Philipp Dettmer]] to empower independent creators by helping with production resources, design guidance, mentorship, sponsorship, and analytics<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-01|title=About Standard – Standard|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101030429/https://standard.tv/pages/about|access-date=2020-07-26|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>. The idea for Nebula came from Standard creator community discussions. Nebula launched on May 23, 2019 with about 75 creators<ref name=TubeFilter />. [[CGP Grey]], and [[Kurzgesagt|Philipp Dettmer]] left Standard and disappeared as co-founders on all Standard pages in late 2019<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About Standard - Wayback Machine Crawls|url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://standard.tv/pages/about|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-26|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>.

== Programming ==
Nebula's content library is categorized in these categories: Animation, Explainers, Film & TV, Gaming, History, Music, Originals, Science & Engineering, Technology, and Writing. Content creators on Nebula include [[boyinaband]], [[BrainCraft]], [[The Great War (YouTube channel)|The Great War]], [[hbomberguy]], [[Isaac Arthur]], [[Kat Blaque]], [[Lindsay Ellis]], [[Medlife Crisis]], [[MinutePhysics]], [[PhilosophyTube]], [[Rene Ritchie]], [[Tom Scott (entertainer)|Tom Scott]], [[Todd in the Shadows]], and [[Wendover Productions]]/[[Half as Interesting]].

Nebula has produced a number of original documentaries and series, such as:
* ''Better Elevation''
* ''Planning Ancient Rome'' by ''City Beautiful''
* ''E.D.I.T.H. — The Framing of Tony Stark'' by ''Dave Wiskus''
* ''Grant Test Auto'', featuring JT ''Second Thought'' and Joseph ''Real Life Lore''
* ''The Shocking Chinese Pork Bun Murders'', by ''Kento Bento''
* ''Tom Hooper's Les Miserables'', by [[Lindsay Ellis]]
* ''MinuteBody'' and ''The Illegal Alien'' by [[MinuteEarth]]
* ''Mustard — Underwater Aircraft Carriers: Imperial Japan’s Secret Weapon'' by ''Mustard''
* ''Macau: The Story of China’s Golden Child'' by ''PolyMatter''
* ''Dark Side of the Moon'' and ''Led Zeppelin's Epics'' by ''Polyphonic''
* ''Debater Theater'' by ''Sarah Z''
* ''The Logistics of D-Day''
* ''The Paperclip Maximizer''
* ''Let's Play Outside'' by ''TierZoo''
* ''Tom Scott Presents: Money''
* ''An Argument Against Reality'' by ''Up and Atom''
* ''A Brief History of Music'' by Volksgeist
* ''The Final Years of Majuro'' and ''The World's Most Useful Airport'' by [[Wendover Productions]]
* ''Working Titles'', with each episode by a different creator.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://watchnebula.com/}}
*[https://www.standard.tv/ Standard]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/watchnebula/ Reddit community]
*[https://twitter.com/watchnebula Twitter Feed]

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