Countdown

countdown is a German YouTube channel known for their videos, mostly showing a number of sorts. The channel got popularized after Timeworks made a video on them. After 22 minutes of 0’s release, the channel got 100k subscribers and was verified by YouTube. The channel is owned by Peternity.
==Content==
countdown's content is simple. Everyday, countdown would upload a video with the title of the new number. In the videos, it shows the previous number, then goes to the title's number. As it does so, the bell chime from The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask chimes.
On April 1, 2022, it reached zero and showed the number (0) transforming into a Rickroll and showing the previous numbers counting down before blacking out and showing the text "happy april fool's day".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NLnGJnGBcc
After a 2 year hiatus, it finally uploaded a new video on April 18, 2024 with the title simply titled "soon",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5J9g8M7JOw with the contents in it being a 3D model of an hourglass. The next day, it uploaded "100", continuing the cycle once again.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35E2RqaR7I4 The new countdown ended on July 27, at 11:30 AM PST. (about 18:30 UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4MD0oDY-I0 It includes an animation of the "0" spinning and zooming in towards the center, before the video revealed a TTS voice claiming it's the "end". However, if the viewer does not click away, it will ask if the viewer is still there, and then proceeds to explain what happened on July 27. It includes:
*Creation of famous cartoon character from Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny, (1940) whom has appeared in numerous episodes of Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, also appearing in Space Jam, and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
*The armistice of the Korean War (1953)
* Mission: Impossible – Fallout was released in 2018.
*Highway to Hell by Australian rock band AC/DC was released in 1979.
*Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley in 1987 was released. Prior to the video ending, it briefly displays the iconic rickroll.
This is thus far the longest video of the channel, clocking in at 1:26.
==The end of countdown==
There is very limited information about countdown. However, it first ended on April 1 (or April 2, depending on timezones), with a rickroll. Many Youtubers like Timeworks made a video about the end of countdown. The recent one ended on July 27.
==Trivia ==
* The only videos that are different are , 15, 21, 69, 87, 90, 97, 100 and soon.
*In soon, it was like an intro to the channel, with the numbers 100 to 0 counting down very fast with a rising note, then a hourglass (the logo of the channel) with a clock ticking, fading away.
*In 100, there is a blank screen (because the countdown began) before the 100 appears.
*In 97, when the number counts from 98 to 97, sleigh bells ring at the time of the bell chime, because it is Christmas.
* In 90, when the number counts from 91 to 90, a firework exploding can be heard, along with the bell chime, because it was the beginning of 2022 (New Years Day)
*In 87, when the number counts from 88 to 87, an 8-bit "crunch" can be heard at the same time as the bell chime. As the 87 fades out, Markiplier can be saying "Was that the bite o-(f 87?)"
*In 69, when the number counts from 70 to 69, a second after the bell chime, a laughter sound effect can be heard. (the 69 sex position)
*In 21, when the number counts from 22 to 21, two seconds after the bell chime, a man saying "You stup-(id.)" can be heard. (the 9+10=21 meme)
*In 15, when the number counts from 16 to 15, a voice saying "Number 15" is heard as the bell chime plays. (This might be similar to the Stanley Parable secret “8”)
*In 0, when the number counts from 1 to 0, the bell chime is lower. After the bell is heard, it rings again, then gets faster and faster as we zoom into the 0, which is getting more and more distorted. When the screen is fully white, it fades into a Rickroll, with the drum intro being combined with the bell chime ringing at the same beat as the drums. During the Rickroll, the numbers once again count down from 100 to 0 like in Soon, but slower, while zooming out. At the end of the Rickroll, the screen fades out with the logo zooming out to create a black screen, followed by text saying "happy april fools day."
*Many of the channel's commenters treated the numbers as if they're characters from a show and frequently gave ratings of the videos featuring the number.
*There are channels that copy countdown's video content, though with a twist (e.g. a channel named "countup", with the numbers going up).
*The channel is ran by German YouTuber and memer Peternity.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxnlGR7KqHPwnXmxdPwNXmUQ132T9_UBEx (community post from December 2021)
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:German YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021