Jake Roper

Prior to working on YouTube, Roper used his film degree for various jobs in television and advertising.^[1] Before working with Michael Stevens under the Vsauce brand, Roper was working at Google, alongside Stevens,^{[‡ 2]} as well as hosting a YouTube show called Space Lab,^[1] which was a space show for kids.^{[‡ 3]} Roper began to host Vsauce3 in 2012.^[1]

Roper's channel focuses on explanations of the science behind fictional worlds, according to The Daily Dot in 2015.^[1] On March 31, 2017, Roper announced he had joined as the new director of production at Casey Neistat's company Beme.^[2] However, on January 31, 2018, CNN closed the Beme News division and offered the 22-person team positions in CNN.^[3]

On September 20, 2018, Roper announced he would host the YouTube Original special Could You Survive the Movies.^[4] On May 21, 2020, the show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Educational or Informational Series", which it won.^[5][6]

Roper was born on January 25, 1987^{[‡ 4]} and grew up in Evergreen, Colorado.^{[‡ 3]} He attended New York's School of Visual Arts where he received a degree in film.^[1] On November 25, 2015, Roper announced on his side channel that he had a rare form of cancer called a sarcoma.^{[‡ 5]} In June 2016, he announced that test readings had come back indicating that the cancer was gone.^{[‡ 6]}