You Tube’s Alternate History Hub Has Attracted 2+ Million Fans
Since 2013, Cody Franklin has produced hundreds of 'What If' videos
The Alternate History Hub on Youtube.com, as of 2022, has, remarkably, more than 2.1 million subscribers. Some videos have more than 9 million views, while nearly all reach at least half a million views.
Started in 2013 with posts about once a week, the hub was headed for the 10-year mark, with more than 230 videos, generally between two minutes and 11 minutes in length. The founder is Cody Franklin when he was a university journalism student in Ohio. Turning 27 in 2022, Franklin on a fandom page described his Youtube channel as educational. He asks “what if” questions about major historical events, considers geography, population, and other factors, then dives into the possibilities of changes in comparison to actual history.
He describes himself as a socially conservative but economically liberal Catholic but otherwise tries to keep his personal views — both political and cultural — out of his videos.
In an online interview,
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