With their channel, the guys Jan and Tim from the channel "Gewitter im Kopf" managed to do what only a few can do. Within a short time they built up a very large fan base and that with a very sensitive and important topic. They deal mainly with the disease Tourette and living with it.
Tourette's is a very important and especially common issue!
Tourette's is a very important and especially common issue!
In today’s German YouTube scene they are already more than well known. Together they managed to do with their channel what only a few can do in a very short time. The special thing about it, her channel deals with a very difficult and at the same time very important topic. We’re talking, of course, about the channel “Thunderstorm in the Head- Living with Tourette’s.” Although they managed to gain a considerable number of viewers in a very short time, only very few know who exactly is behind the channel “Thunderstorm in the Head – Life with Tourette” and how it started.
Behind the channel “Gewitter im Kopf” are the two young adults Jan Zimmermann and Tim Lehmann. Jan Zimmermann is 21 years old and Tim Lehmann is 20 years old. Zimmermann himself is affected by Tourette’s disease. Tim Lehmann, on the other hand, is not affected himself but has been a very good friend and companion of Jan’s for many years. So they Serviceh decided to start a channel on the web video platform YouTube. Together they want to bring the population and their viewers closer to life with Tourette’s disease. In their videos, they focus on everyday situations, which, however, often become a great challenge for Jan due to her illness.
The channel “Thunderstorm in the head” was founded on 25 August 2015. However, as of today, the first video was not released until February 21, 2019. It is titled: “Living with Tourette | #1 FAQ with Jan from Galileo” and is a kind of interview with Jan as an affected person. This video also represents the beginning of the career of the channel “Thunderstorm in the head”. Primarily on this channel in the form of real life videos the clinical picture Tourette is thematized.
The channel and Jan as a person became known for the first time through a reportage of the show “Gallileo” produced by the TV station Prosieben. In addition to Jan Zimmermann, other affected people were also shown, but Jan was able to inspire the most, which was to the benefit of the channel. When the channel “Gewitter im Kopf” gained popularity quite fast, channels like “MontanaBlack” and “Unge” also reigned on the two guys. This led to a further increase in awareness of the “Thunderstorm in the Head” channel. Due to their very high popularity, the two young people already managed to reach the one million subscribers on May 10, 2019, just four months after the first video.
The main goal of the channel is to take away the fear of contact with the disease from outsiders and unaffected people. It also aims to raise awareness of Tourette’s disease so that more people know about it and its effects. They do this primarily by documenting daily life with the disease, showing the small hurdles of living with Tourette’s. However, it is important to note that not everyone affected by the disease shares this humorous approach.
These days, videos often appear with YouTube greats already in the know. Once again, Serviceh video partners can benefit from this and increase their awareness. Regularly appear on the channel “thunderstorm in the head” new content which are always varied and often funny. The channel “Thunderstorm in the head” today already has well over 1.4 million subscribers, and their trend is rather upward.