OverSimplified
OverSimplified turns wars, revolutions and historical figures into animated stories, mixing history with character comedy on YouTube.
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- Creator
- Stuart Webster, working with his brother Ian Webster.
- Format
- Animated history videos on YouTube.
- First upload
- WW1 (Part 1), October 21, 2016.
- Breakout
- The brothers made the channel their full-time work after WW2 in 2018.
Mini bio
How it started.
Stuart and Ian Webster grew up in Lisburn. In their 2025 Belfast Live interview, Ian recalled Stuart teaching himself animation and making a World War I video in 2016. Ian shared it with friends and on Reddit, helping it find its first audience.
The breakthrough.
The brothers said they moved into OverSimplified full time after the World War II video in 2018. Stuart’s interest in history included childhood visits to Normandy’s battlefields and studying history at A-level.
History with a sense of humour.
The channel builds animated stories around wars, revolutions and historical figures. Its first WW1 video credits Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History as an inspiration and Bill Wurtz as a reason to make it. Later work includes The Napoleonic Wars and the three-part Second Punic War series.
A fan-voted award.
In 2025, OverSimplified won the Webby People’s Voice Award for Science & Education in Series & Channels. The channel had also received a Best Writing honoree recognition in 2023.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025The Second Punic War (Part 3)OverSimplified animated history series
- 2021The Napoleonic Wars (Part 1)OverSimplified animated history series
- 2018WW2 (Part 1)OverSimplified animated history series
- 2016WW1 (Part 1)OverSimplified animated history series
Awards
Quotes
Wanna See A Magic Trick?OverSimplified, The Webby Awards
The channel’s five-word acceptance speech for its 2025 Webby People’s Voice Award.
Trivia
- The original WW1 video names Dan Carlin and Bill Wurtz as inspirations.
- The WW2 video description says the animations use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
- Both brothers were nicknamed “Webby” at school, according to their Belfast Live interview.
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