| Institute of Human Anatomy | ||||||||||
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| Origin | Salt Lake City, UT, U.S. | |||||||||
| Website | instituteofhumananatomy | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 8.06 million (main channel) [1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.24 billion [1] | |||||||||
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Institute of Human Anatomy (IOHA) is an American privately owned human cadaver lab. The institution is located in Salt Lake City, UT, and has both a physical classroom and an education production studio. [2] [3] It was founded by Jeremy Jones and Jonathan Bennion. [4] [3]
The Institute gained a substantial online following starting in November 2019, when they uploaded their first video to TikTok. [3] A 2019 video, with 1.6 million likes, clarified the location of the human stomach, while a 2021 video illustrating the bodily changes caused by pregnancy accumulated over 8 million views. [4] By November 2020, the account had 6 million followers. [5]
The founder, Jeremy Jones, has stressed the importance of respectful content presentation due to the wide viewership and use of real human cadavers. [4] [5] [6]
IOHA has 20 million subscribers and garnered over 900 million content views across various social media platforms. [7] [8] [9]
The institute is run by Jonathan Bennion, Jeremy Jones, and Justin Cottle. Jonathan holds certification as a physician assistant and serves as the owner and director. [10] [11]
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