 While their English channel mostly finances itself with donations from their viewers and individual sponsorships, the German channel is financially supported by funk, the online presence of German public broadcasting, and the Spanish channel is sponsored by Wix.With over 12 million subscribers, the studio's channel was ranked as the world's 454th (noxinfluencer.com) or 463rd (socialblade.com) most subscribed as of June 29, 2020.The Kurzgesagt YouTube channel was created on July 9, 2013, shortly after the founder, Philipp Dettmer, graduated from Munich University of Applied Sciences.