The Grapevine

The Grapevine is a YouTube channel featuring panel style discussion.
==History==
Ashley Akunna (shown in the image) created The Grapevine in 2011. She developed the idea for it while reading conversations on social media, where she "believed the millennial voice was excluded from a lot of news-specific programs." The objective was "about truly showing up for" blackness and intersectionality.
Ayesha K. Faines was a journalist for the channel. A graduate of , she often explored topics related to feminism, race, and gender. On July 2, 2021, she died from an anaphylactic reaction, having suffered from asthma and multiple food allergies.
In March 2022, Ashley announced her departure from the channel.
==Ashley Akunna==
Ashley Akunna was born in Texas, United States, and grew up in a Nigerian household. She grew in New Jersey, and often watched news. She described her father as someone who "stands up for the underdog."
==YouTube==
In December 2021, The Grapevine participated in the YouTube Original series BearWitnessTakeAction.
The channel was part of the U.S. #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Class of 2021.
==Milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*7,000 subscribers: June 7, 2016
*10,000 subscribers: August 29, 2016
*15,000 subscribers: December 18, 2016
*20,000 subscribers: April 21, 2017
*25,000 subscribers: July 7, 2017
*80,000 subscribers: June 7, 2018
*90,000 subscribers: August 11, 2018
*100,000 subscribers: October 20, 2018
*150,000 subscribers: August 13, 2019
===Video view milestones===
*1,000,000 views: January 16, 2017
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014