What happened to Jenna Marbles?

Endless Thread

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In 2020, Jenna Marbles — one of the most popular YouTube creators of all time —posted her last video. Five years later, her devoted fanbase still wonders: where is she, and is she okay? We investigate the mystery behind one of YouTube's biggest disappearances, and why people still care so much.

Show notes:

r/JennaMarbles (Reddit)
The Best, Fakest, and Most Teary Influencer Apologies of 2020 (Vulture)
How to trick people into thinking you're good looking (YouTube)
An Authentic Guide to Meaningful Work

This episode was written and produced by Grace Tatter, edited by Meg Cramer, and hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski.

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0:00.0	Is this what the inside of your head looks like?
0:02.0	Oh, buddy. Not even close.
0:03.0	High Potential, season two. Now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. I'm Morgan. I have three kids. I have an IQ of 160. The hit crime drama is back. You're a cop? No. We solve crimes together. New cases. You hired me because I noticed things that you miss. New suspects. This is where he attacked her. New season. You're waiting on me to leave so you can poke around without a warrant, aren't you?
0:22.6	Yeah.
0:23.1	High Potentials Season 2, now stream. that you miss. New suspects. This is where he attacked her. New season. You're waiting on me to leave so you can poke around without a warrant, aren't you?
0:22.6	Yeah.
0:23.0	High Potential Season 2, now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.1	18 plus subscription required, Tise and CES Apply.
0:30.7	Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken?
0:33.8	A podcast from the Mayrotra Institute at BU Questrum School of Business.
0:39.1	A recent episode explores the high
0:41.1	stakes of the AI economy.
0:43.6	Stick around until the end of this podcast
0:45.4	for a preview.
0:48.3	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:57.1	Your episode's Boston. Your episodes come out on like Friday, Saturday, and so Saturday morning, I queue up the
1:02.4	episode and I drive to work and drink my coffee and listen to Endless Grudge.
1:06.6	And when you're not doing that, you're watching Jenna Marbles videos.
1:10.4	You know, just not as much anymore, unfortunately.
1:15.2	This is our listener, Melanie Salis.
1:18.5	We were talking to Melanie because she wrote us a long email with an idea for an episode.
1:24.6	And we were into it.
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