Eric Pfeiffer

Eric Pfeiffer is the editor-in-chief of Upworthy and GOOD. He is based in Los Angeles, CA.

A line of trucks gather under a freeway bridge

Culture, Pop Culture

13 truckers parked side by side in the middle of the night to save a life

Eric Pfeiffer

5/25/2026
John Harkes at the Summer of '94 Community Event.

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Culture, Skills

The best coaches don’t give you the answers. They make you find them yourself. Just ask the 1994 U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team.

Kylee Van Dillen

5/22/2026
Photo credit: Image via YouTube – Former teacher of the year Lee Allen

Education, Skills

Teacher of the year explains why he’s leaving his district in landmark 3-minute speech

Eric Pfeiffer

4/26/2026
Photo credit: aCredit: Wikicommons and Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery – The Pasterze Glacier in a 1900 postcard and in March 2025

Climate Change, Science

This glacier was featured on a postcard in 1900. A satellite captured where it is today.

Eric Pfeiffer

12/6/2025
Joy, Love Stories, Popular

Man offers to shave his girlfriend with alopecia. 42 seconds in, he turns the razor on himself.

Annie Reneau

12/6/2025
Photo credit: Image by Tax Foundation. – Map represents the value of 100 dollars across America.

Education, Education & Information, Popular

This surprising map reveals the real value of $100 in each state

Eric Pfeiffer

12/1/2025
Photo credit: Santacruzsurf/Wikimedia Commons & Greg2600/Wikimedia Commons – Brendan Fraser opens up about the assault that caused him to leave Hollywood for almost 20 years.

Celebrity, Pop Culture

Brendan Fraser describes sexual assault that made him disappear from Hollywood for 10 years

Eric Pfeiffer

11/4/2025
Photo credit: Credit: Wikicommons and Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery – The Pasterze Glacier in a 1900 postcard and in March 2025

Climate Change, Popular, Science

This glacier was featured on a postcard in 1900. A satellite captured where it is today.

Upworthy Staff

8/31/2025
Photo credit: Image by Tax Foundation. – Map represents the value of 100 dollars.

Business, Education, Popular

This surprising map reveals the real value of $100 in each state

Eric Pfeiffer

8/4/2025
Photo credit: Photo by Dave Husselbee / Imgur – How an obnoxious Hawaiian shirt became the running joke in a high school yearbook

Culture, Humor, Joy, Pop Culture, Popular

Students brilliantly pranked the school yearbook with the most obnoxious Hawaiian shirt

Eric Pfeiffer

4/3/2025
Photo credit: @mikemoratinos/X – Veronica Duque wearing her famous anatomy suit

Culture, Heroes, Joy, Pop Culture, Popular

Teacher goes above and beyond for a biology lesson by wearing an anatomically correct suit

Eric Pfeiffer

4/1/2025
Photo credit: Rex Chapman/Twitter – A woman with alopecia was filming her boyfriend shaving her head when suddenly he surprised her.

Joy, Love Stories, Popular

Man shaving head of girlfriend with alopecia turns the razor on himself in amazing display of love

Annie Reneau

3/7/2025
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Community, Joy

Why following Upworthy on Facebook is so important

Eric Pfeiffer

3/3/2025
Photo credit: Array – Lee Allen

Education, Popular, Teachers

Teacher of the year explains why he’s leaving district in unforgettable 3-minute speech

Eric Pfeiffer

1/16/2025
Photo credit: Photo by Jessica Christian on Unsplash – The Pacific Palisades Los Angeles fire

Health, Public Health

Upworthy’s community resource guide for the California wildfire emergency

Kathryn Ross

1/9/2025
Photo credit: YouTube – It's beautiful when humanity comes together.

Heroes, Joy, More, Popular

13 truck drivers parked side by side in the middle of the night to save a life

Eric Pfeiffer

1/7/2025

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