[8] In June 2024, the studio announced they had partnered with Toukana Interactive, the creators of Dorfromantik, to create a video game called Star Birds that will be centred around asteroid mining.

[11] In ten years the channel evolved from a passion project worked on during Dettmer's free time to a design studio with about seventy on the team.

[14] A study published in Visual Resources said that the video "is an example of an aesthetically compelling explanation of the biological processes of a Covid infection," and it "includes fantastical depictions that convey the message in a more comprehensible straightforward manner.

[17] In November 2021, Kurzgesagt announced the release of their first book, Immune: A Journey Into The Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive, written by Philipp Dettmer, the channel's founder.

[24][25][26][27] In March 2022, Kurzgesagt received €2.97 million in a grant via Open Philanthropy,[28] which the channel said was being used for translating their videos into various languages, and for funding the creation of content for TikTok.

In 2016, the Art Libraries Society of North America criticized the studio's occasional lack of credible sources and professional consultation, and use of emotive language.

[33] In July 2024, Kurzgesagt released a video titled "We Need to Rethink Exercise - The Workout Paradox", which was criticized by viewers who considered it too simplified.

Kurzgesagt subsequently consulted with more experts in the field and released an updated version of the video that September to address these concerns.

[35] Star Birds is a sci-fi basing building video game being produced by Kurzgesagt in collaboration with and developed by Toukana Interactive.