We know it’s not just about numbers, but nevertheless we’ve watched our subscriber numbers steadily ticking upwards and realize that we’ve just crossed the 8 million mark, which feels like a milestone. We wanted to signal this chiefly by saying a deep and humble thank you. 8 million is the population of London or Kuala Lumpur, which is pretty encouraging for a channel that talks predominantly of psychotherapy, philosophy, art and culture.

Another milestone is that we’ve recently released our 60th book at our publishing house, The School of Life Press, which puts out a series of books based on our films. You can see the full range at the School of Life website or get all our content in one place on our app, which you can find on iOS or Android.

We also run a global online psychotherapy service which can very quickly connect you up to a team of kind and insightful therapists. Istanbul or Karachi have both got 16 million inhabitants and we look forward to a similar size channel in a few years.