Cody Reeder
Cody Reeder makes Cody’sLab, a YouTube home for hands-on chemistry, physics, metalworking and the ongoing Chicken Hole Base experiment.
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YouTubeOverview
- Also known as
- CodyDon Reeder; Cody’sLab
- From
- A family ranch near Grantsville, Utah
- Started
- Joined YouTube in 2011
- Studies
- Studied geology at Utah State University
- Milestone
- Celebrated one million subscribers with a cesium play button in 2017
Mini bio
How it started.
Cody grew up on his family’s ranch near Grantsville, Utah, and later studied geology at Utah State University. He joined YouTube in 2011. In a 2017 Concord Monitor interview, he explained that he started uploading experiments to share a video with his grandmother, then other viewers began watching.
Finding an audience.
The Concord Monitor traced his early breakout to a video about making gunpowder from urine. Chemistry, bees and recovering metals became recurring subjects. When he reached 250,000 subscribers, he made his own silver play button; for one million, he made a cesium version.
Long experiments.
His projects often keep developing across videos. Chicken Hole Base includes a greenhouse he finished and pressurized in 2025, followed by another attempt at carbon dioxide fumigation in 2026. Other experiments include a terrarium recreating conditions from more than 300 million years ago and voice tests with noble gases.
Supported by viewers.
On Patreon, Cody says fan support helps fund chemicals, equipment and land so he can keep making videos full time. His 2026 work includes desert ice making, fermentation and a simulated Mars habitat repair using pressurized suits.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Niter IceCreator and host
- 2026Simulated Mission To Patch a Leak in Mars Habitat Featuring Real Pressure SuitsVideo creator and pressure-suit test pilot
- 2025Chicken Hole Base Ep 26: Pressurized!Creator and host
- 2018Cody’s Carboniferous TerrariumCreator and host
- 2018Breathing all the Noble GasesCreator and host
- 2017Cesium Play Button For 1,000,000 Subscribers!Creator and host
Awards
Quotes
I can’t remember when I wasn’t interested in space.Cody Reeder, Utah State Today
In a February 2015 interview about becoming a Mars One finalist, Cody recalled his grandmother showing him Comet Hale-Bopp as a child.
Trivia
- He was one of 100 finalists for the proposed Mars One settlement mission in 2015.
- He is a beekeeper and discussed greenhouse pollination in his Mars One application.
- His homemade 250,000-subscriber play button used real silver and some gold.
- His current YouTube bio says he still sometimes edits clips on an old computer using Windows Movie Maker.
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