Will YouTube Ever Run Out Of Video IDs?

In the URL of each KZbin video is the 11-character video ID, unique for each video. Can they ever run out? Just how many videos can KZbin handle? To work it out, we need to talk about counting systems, and about something called Base 64.
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[@Sypaka]

POV: You are on your way home and some dude following you lectures you about number systems.

[@iida9093]

Underrated comment lmao

[@FudgieRocks]

LMAOOO

[@ManaSamaLover.]

AHHAHAHAHAHWHAHAHAHAHQHAH

[@moelester7527]

With a cameraman next to him.

[@bangchanIover]

AHAHAHA

[@pug7514]

0:04 that's the ID of "Rick Astley: Never gonna give you up" I could recognize it everywhere.

[@vybz987]

Corallu saw that too xD

[@wilhemtehlynx]

Same here. I was looking for anyone who also noticed.

[@onii-chan687]

Doubt it

[@ashutoshkumar9830]

Same got rickrolld

[@remative6073]

Same lmao

[@LabradorIndependent]

I love how Tom's just standing there stoically at the end, but then keeps the bit of him jumping around in circles in the video

[@AaronAlias]

"I paused and gave myself time for my reaction so that we would have a clean cut later." "Nah, we'll leave it in!"

[@elaineb7065]

I literally came here to like the vid for Tom's victory dance!!!

[@kthomy5858]

0:05 bench 0:11 flag 0:56 castle 1:46 glove 2:11 cone 2:26 lantern 2:52 staircase 3:10 bush 3:18 bin

[@Solitude89]

I just replied to be a part of history

[@lmaoQQ]

Ok

[@ankitkhadka4312]

What the point of it ?

[@NAWNAW-ge8rd]

Glove hehehehe

[@nobody5839]

bush

[@wills.5762]

4:24 this dude memorized 64^11 and I can't even remember my buddy's cellphone number

[@Eagrogg]

I can't even remember my own.

[@Fralther39]

Yes im with you

[@paperdrum39]

I can't remember my own 😔

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

#1. Probably someone behind the cameraman is holding giant cue cards. #2. In this day of age, nobody remembers phone numbers. All important numbers are saved on our phones. Many people barely even call. I don't even remember my girlfriend's phone number yet we talk on the phone often.

[@mitsuvolts03]

Haha self deprecating idiots

[@valerio1257]

"If they did, they can just add one more character."

[@DiscordMistake]

Why is the top comment for me one with 3 likes, no replys, and one that was posted 20 hours ago (get ready for a lot of notifications of "👍 someone liked your comment)

[@DiscordMistake]

The youtube algorithm truly is a mystery

[@valerio1257]

@@DiscordMistake This video is 4 years old and I think I'm one of the few that watched it and commented this late, so I guess that's why it's the top one😂

[@talling]

ONE TAKE!!!

[@vunga8195]

1 TAKE!!!

[@Sacrid_Author]

All the number stuff is cool and all, but seeing Tom get so thrilled over doing this in one take is just adorable.

[@backhdlp]

Adding just 1 more character brings this up to about 4,722,366,482,869,640,000,000. This is enough for everyone to upload a video every minute and still last ~1,152,000 years.

[@jfsmarcelino1124]

we still need one more

[@turtlepaladin4750]

Just in case

[@scipion34]

Four sextillion, seven-hundred and twenty-two quintillion, three hundred and sixty-six quadrillion, four hundred and eighty-two trillion, eight hundred and sixty-nine billion and six hundred and forty million videos are now possible.

[@Blurro]

1:46 moment of silence for the person who lost their glove tho

[@LovelyYT]

*and this to the the limit*

[@EllDavis]

Agree 🤣

[@G.P.M_7]

At 2:11 there's a weird plastix thing on the ground, like why are there random objets ond the ground of this video?

[@kherii.]

Xeno Seven it was taken in one shot

[@joerym.9750]

Xeno Seven those things are to guide people along a track, it are basically smaller traffic cones.

[@linkthepeargod2664]

So this is how Elon musk named his child

[@pattrickhurcombedennell1072]

elon planned ahead

[@Tazarul]

I’m dying of laughter

[@vladimirputin5277]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Olly.]

Mm yes that’s a nice url

[@chad7009]

Æ-011

[@dcltdw]

I'm not sure if I'm more impressed by the one take, or the memorizing of 64^11. Well, no, I'm deeply impressed by both.

[@AdhiNarayananYR]

He would have used cue cards

[@Eddie-yv1ix]

4:13 Technical after beating limbo

[@stepswitcher08]

"no word will appear up there, particularly anything rude" the 1 in 992M chance that a certain word would appear in the link, all caps, not separated by anything:

[@soundbreaker8174]

When you recognize the url you can never be rick rolled again

[@pomurain]

Sound Breaker Unless they use a different video

[@chrisrelyea8535]

Ever heard of reuploads

[@Kingmaxthe2]

wish i read this before typing it in...

[@_catzee]

dQ N o p e

[@Cjnator38]

yep, knew it once it showed up

[@raniedelfajardo742]

Tom: yes one take! Camera guy: Wait what is this black cap on the lense again?

[@rubensantana7063]

😂

[@ethanreed2672]

XD

[@penuelodiaka6359]

Imagine how pissed Tom would be

[@mau9338]

😂

[@FilipinoFurry]

XD haha sand

[@Nyxcat_1]

I love the last part. He just stands there awkwardly then all of a sudden starts yelling, "One take! One take!" while jumping vigorously. 😂

[@repeekyraidcero]

Tom's "one take" dance is literally the cutest thing youtube has to offer 🤗

[@Fr4nk4000]

When i saw the "XcQ" at the end of the url i immediately thought, "this is a rickroll, this is a rickroll" and i still decided to put the url in knowing damn well i was gonna get rickrolled.

[@p_rry]

dQw4 is memorized in my head

[@YE4rt]

@@p_rry Same haha

[@COArSe_D1RTxxx]

@@p_rry for me it's dQw4w

[@Tostermz]

When two Q = rickroll

[@aussiemadlad]

I memorised dQw4w9W

[@peachyman8211]

0:06 I know that id from a mile away

[@cliffclof]

cQ. cQ.

[@herrbonk2211]

Ya.

[@azxx9472]

@RevolutionaryGhost Never gonna run around and desert you

[@nadirabaig]

Rickroll flashbangs

[@missmarreynolds]

Eat your cereal kid

[@Zadem]

4:13 yter geometry dash video had the n word today as the url 😅

[@Glatier]

Man I KNEW there were going to be people coming from Tech, I was instantly reminded of this video the moment I saw the URL

[@the_red_gamer]

It came in my mind instantly that thing that happened after hearing that

[@qballin1523]

Coming in from the future to inform you that Yout|Tube does not run urls through a dictionary and are in fact not filtered

[@runefaustblack]

Examples?

[@hexagon8899]

@@runefaustblack google "technical limbo url".

[@stepswitcher08]

​@runefaustblack look up "technical limbo link" and go to images. second result.

[@LionSnob]

FOCUS

[@bartek1887]

@@runefaustblack On Technical's completion of the geometry dash level "LIMBO" he got the N word in all caps at the end of the video url. He reuploaded it later, and made the original upload unlisted

[@Nightmster]

"It is ridiculous and unnecessary but... when has that ever stopped programmers?" Very true.

[@gibbonbasher8171]

oOMoepOo I always find myself compressing a few lines of code into a function/method even though I use it once, just to make it look cleaner.

[@stiky5972]

Programmers: UNLIMITED POWEEEEER!!

[@dontcallmethat7240]

@@gibbonbasher8171 it's called readability. And it's never unnecessary

[@gibbonbasher8171]

Igniter Fuse I can understand readability but when it wouldn’t make a difference in terms of readability it really isn’t necessary.

[@heree1]

666

[@swimen2768]

Will this guy ever run out of video ideas?

[@Nildtz]

technically yes, practically no

[@adversemiller]

@Nildtz fax

[@yxGODxy]

Technically yes Practically no

[@hrhodes2768]

well yes but actually no

[@prodrt1]

@@Nildtz wh.. what

[@chrisonmagic0312]

Tom Scott: Makes video almost perfectly Sock: Let us introduce ourselves

[@kylevanzandbergen3285]

Tom’s excitement at one take is the wholesome ending I needed.

[@c0met12]

0:06 Omg what ! That was the smartest rickroll ever.

[@Fahimlol]

Not really

[@c0met12]

@@Fahimlol Well it kinda was. But not for the people who memorized the link XD

[@poudink5791]

@@c0met12 still not really. you are heavily underestimating how clever rickollers get.

[@elirogers1237]

@@Fahimlol @V1nner smh

[@Fahimlol]

@@elirogers1237 ??

[@peeelan]

“Every human on earth to upload a video every minute” Content farms: “is this a challenge?”

[@Airondot]

*5 Minute crafts has entered the chat*

[@horse7379]

*T-series has entered the chat*

[@ThomasTheThermonuclearBomb]

*That one channel Tom covered that uploaded a bunch of videos and then left has entered the chat*

[@spocite]

4:17 typing the url in shows “this video is not available *anymore.”* i wonder what it was

[@AaronOfMpls]

I think KZbin says that for invalid video URLs regardless of if it's been used before or not.

[@__________________4241]

This was a West Wing worthy one take walk and talk scene

[@jimvanover]

This.

[@bolognivm]

Aaron Sorkin would be very impressed.

[@michaellynch4073]

One take Bartlett that’s what Jack Warner used to call me!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@michaellynch4073 Two takes Bartlett, thats what Jack Warner used to call me... One of my favourite scenes of the entire show.

[@annabackman3028]

All those numbers 😳😳😳.... I couldn't do them in ten takes 😂😂😂!

[@n4r032]

4:57 I can understand how proud you are when you said all that in 1 take, even that huuuge number you memorized.

[@oxybrightdark8765]

N4r0 I believe it’s a teleprompter

[@random_person_i_guess]

me: _laughs in 3.141592653589793238462643383279508841972639397520582097494459230782640628630898628034825342117067_

[@hobogrifter]

@@oxybrightdark8765 the drone shot at the beginning. It might have been ab libbed

[@KEVBOYMUSIC]

@@hobogrifter drone shot? that's just the camera person walking.

[@nicryan7621]

@@oxybrightdark8765 I don't think it is. An Osmo was mentioned at the end, and there would be no way to mount a teleprompter to an Osmo.

[@dotachycharly2965]

What a way of closing the video, blowing out your mind!! Even more, love it

[@prime_edgecc]

KZbin running out of storage in their servers will be a bigger issue than running out of video IDs

[@kirbgaming8192]

“It’s up there in the url” Me: **cries in moblie**

[@aflaxnews5264]

Me : Loughs in my latest apple [i.11]

[@kirbgaming8192]

Fredd Colour Green Imma do it R/wooosh

[@Sir_Diarrhoea]

Metallisika Android fanboy both are fine

[@Sir_Diarrhoea]

Metallisika do you hate anyone who has an apple

[@Sir_Diarrhoea]

Metallisika well once they get iOS they cant save there data to android

[@spectrumyt_9387]

4:24 top 10 rappers eminem would be afraid to diss

[@iqbaltrojan]

yes

[@chris07674]

SpectrumYT__ - sounds like a person doing an auction

[@FilipinoFurry]

@@chris07674 haha sand

[@x_x_x_x7367]

666 likes i cant press the like button im sorry

[@EdT0DoP3]

It has passed 666 by 2 likes

[@DWestheim]

I haven't felt that amount of genuine joy since about ... 2003 or so...

[@hanSen-V]

I just saw the link at the beginning and recognized it, but I wasn't sure where from. Then I looked it up. Well played Tom, well played.

[@AGoesIn]

This camera man is really good, walking backwards down stairs... moving the camera out the way of people walking nearby etc. Tom, you're also good at not losing concentration and acknowledging the camera mans intent :P

[@Jack-vo7yf]

It was a drone filming. I'm pretty sure, however it depends on his favourite methods.

[@vpshniper6655]

agreed

[@Jack-vo7yf]

Wow, what sorcery got you to respond in

[@HotCupOfEarlGray]

errr would you not hear if it was a drone ?

[@boxed119]

+Jack Miller (dayday246) Not a drone

[@K16711]

1:45 Crossing my fingers this lost glove found a new apartment, had four kids and lived a happy marriage

[@Zuzentasun]

I'm hopeful.

[@suicideistheanswer369]

made me chuckle :)

[@dibs6462]

O

[@sigmasquadleader]

Yo, it's a GLOVE not a baby.

[@iamdrown9292]

@@sigmasquadleader glove lives matter too 😔✊

[@dianna2171]

Wow. I've wondered this for years and I'm so glad it came up on my recommended . Great video. 👍🏾

[@forestg10]

Bro one of them for a video of a game I play had to be reuploaded because it had the n**** in caps at the end 😂

[@SethColby69]

0:04 *sees the youtube link id* me : i understood that reference

[@ThundererGamer]

Press f for the dude that typed it into their browser to experiment. F

[@ljsrailwayvideos2370]

@@ThundererGamer is that guy you? I typed it in my browser and as I was typing it I thought, i feel liek this is a rick roll, I called it

[@sawyer8297]

I saw dQ and i was like oh..

[@DownhillMC]

dQw4w9WgXcQ if you just want to copy paste ;-)

[@Mohammad927]

@@DownhillMC i have that engraved into my brain ,i know the rolls of the rick

[@BambinaSaldana]

0:06 Haha, very funny joke there, Tom.

[@ddodd69]

rickroll

[@tdg2592]

Imagine not memorizing every possible rick roll in existence

[@supersaiyanmario4265]

Rickroll obviously

[@acooks4968]

I memorized the link when I saw it

[@JoBot__]

I knew it was a rick roll!

[@invertexyz]

It should be noted, you can do an incremental counter system, as long as you require a key to access it, which can be something as simple as the original title of the video. Many websites do this, where the url path will start with the ID number but have a slash after it that requires the title. So unlisted videos are safe, but you don't have to worry about ID collisions.

[@CaioAletroca]

But is extremelly easy to just use UUID, which uses time to garantee uniqueness. Most DB's already has the algorithm or if not, you can just add into the DB or generate by code. Usually is an one line of code change.

[@katsuruno]

i just love the bloopers at the end of these cuz hes like completely serious and then bursts out laughing or something

[@KonStafylides]

It's impressive that this was taken in one take.

[@RevenantEverest]

- Floppy - I think that's an understatement

[@you7uber5]

whats impressive about it?

[@kingjames4886]

except for all the junk laying around in the shots...

[@philipauken5391]

Lemme guess, you got rick rolled?

[@you7uber5]

@darklordster 2 years later...

[@hackum1]

That abandoned glove on the ground...

[@joeyjoestar3095]

+hackum1 Wake me up inside...save mee

[@senyaiv]

1:42

[@ARealCupcake]

+hackum1 I'm guessing it wasn't actually abandoned and was actually placed there by the people making the video and was being used as a marker.

[@3Kmartin]

+hackum1 I was hoping he'd pick it up without a comment and put it in his pocket, then notice a banana and do likewise, gathering more and more odd things without ever mentioning them.

[@paz5655]

+Tom Scott I've actually found a word in the url many times... including rude ones. But it is rare.

[@saitamaro6969]

This was honestly extremely satisfying to watch

[@Conner._.Anderson]

I have never thought about them running put of urls but this video was extremely interesting.

[@RaymarFootball]

4:25 was damn impressive, amazes me how Tom manages to remember all this in one take

[@webkeylocknope9691]

Never expected you here, even after 4 years.

[@mizajuu]

Yo wassup

[@yousufiqbal8694]

WebKeyLock Nope yh damnnn

[@Andreas-sz6ks]

Prob a letter at the camera ofc

[@kezmek6476]

Hi

[@nickybasalone1381]

0:04 You can’t fool me, I know that link anywhere.

[@justanothergunguy7146]

"302 Redirect would like to chat..."

[@nicolawatson8372]

Rick Astley would like to know your location

[@artlu6182]

Is Never Gonna Give you up

[@lutfahelal9140]

That link is never gonna give you up.

[@SJ-pt1wy]

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP! NEVER GONNA LET DOWN!

[@Origin_59]

My mind is already blown that this was one take, but then ever more blown that he didn't do 'uhh, umm, aa' and break the continuity of the script.

[@kurotama_doublebread]

I didn't even noticed it was filmed in one take, great job

[@carneeki]

Tom Scott: Excited over the entire 5 minutes in one take. Me: Excited if I could even remember that number.

[@dotXyore]

It's easy. Just say 'five' over and over in your head. Then just hold up all your fingers on one hand. Easy.

[@kormannn1]

"hAHa, OnE tAkE!"

[@alisongilchrist6180]

kormannn1 wait, it’s not one take?

[@user-qd7zb4wm9b]

@@dotXyore They mean the number of KZbin IDs possible

[@damiengates7581]

@@user-qd7zb4wm9b he's joking

[@uselessSam]

Let's just appreciate the fact that this was filmed in one take.

[@backfisch_op6297]

He's just too lazy to cut anything

[@lok4890]

@@backfisch_op6297 Are you serious?

[@dixon-yarmouth899]

One walk at that.

[@rouge5140]

@@lok4890 Of course not you moron.

[@lok4890]

@@rouge5140 To be honest, the stupidity levels of people in the internet is off the scales right now. I just cant tell

[@Threedog1963]

well, in the intro, you gave the limit of 11 characters and at that point, I knew the number possible IS finite. After watching the video, I didn't realize how large that finite number was. Thanks for the video.

[@nickcollins1052]

I love coming back to this video just to watch the "Tom Scott One Take Dance" It's so hilarious

[@QwertySpaceOfficial]

Good thing I've memorised the URL for Never Gonna Give You Up

[@JJRicks]

+TheJman0205 I memorized it: dQw4w9WgXcQ

[@javierRC82857]

the ID of this video is gocwRvLhDf8 , I will try increment by one and gocwRvLhDf9 worked, but with not comments. why? in other videos worked too.

[@THarshavardhanReddy]

Probably video player app finds the closest url, but the comments app works only for exact urls!

[@OfficialgoatHD]

same and the deez nuts one (im never getting pranked)

[@OfficialgoatHD]

make the 8 in he URL a 9

[@thetruezmatt_]

youtube does not, in fact, run links through a dictionary

[@KezzaFozza]

After 5 years ive only just noticed that the URL at the start is a rickroll ..... Well played Tom!

[@slavetislamic1957]

hah it took 5 years but we got it

[@alirezafaraji]

Lmao

[@Novristxch]

great spoil

[@thanos1838]

i immediately recognised it but couldnt figure out why

[@Narfu1]

I watch xQc on Twitch a lot, and I know the end of 'Never Gonna Give You Up' video URL is XcQ which is similar to xQc - so I never get caught out.

[@ytkerfuffles6429]

a famous geometry dash player got the n word in all caps in their url by chance

[@Ceereeal]

the fact that it happened to TECH of all people makes it even more insane

[@TheAechBomb]

yup, and that's why youtube's algorithm is pushing this vid right now lmao

[@KrookedOne]

Great job on only doing one take, I know how hard that is. Especially the big number at the end :)

[@alexdemoya2119]

Tom: "Don't use incremental counters" Me, with no programming knowledge: "Best note that"

[@ridwanulislam2511]

haha...me too

[@ferhatbeztout1447]

But Facebook is USING incremental counters in profil id

[@nope1959]

@@ferhatbeztout1447 which is bad.

[@farleydrexelmz4212]

haha, same bro

[@ferhatbeztout1447]

@@nope1959 yes i mean , they shouldn't , why do they do that ?

[@GamerboyAli]

2:11 *someone left their cone for PE.*

[@vunga8195]

LMAO

[@Shums5205]

I would like, but its at 69 likes so I won't change it.

[@GamerboyAli]

@@Shums5205 There is no point, someone will do it anyway.

[@Shums5205]

@@GamerboyAli I know, but let's make it last as long as we can :)

[@lb4965]

1:47 and they lost a sock

[@tomsmurf4225]

That one take celebration at the end was great.

[@valeckseimu3132]

1:47 HEY THAT'S MY GLOVE!

[@vxzls2836]

I've always wondered if KZbin will ever run out of channel ID's, now my life is complete

[@cycrothelargeplanet]

@@jfizz6140 no

[@frozenturbo8623]

@@jfizz6140 it could in 1000 years

[@AllToastersToastToast]

@@woKaa And even then, every human has to upload every minute for that to happen. I doubt there’s _that_ many videos uploaded.

[@felixlin2265]

dont die, if you need to figure out how, just ask!

[@naughtyninja9494]

4:25 Can we appreciate how they took this entire video in a continuous take, and have him do this?

[@swiftarrow1174]

top 10 rappers eminem is too scared to dis

[@ms.yawhaw8831]

Funfun

[@nickxenix]

@@swiftarrow1174 diss*

[@moonlord9294]

@@nickxenix diss nuts

[@wslkrsbrg9328]

💀

[@Bobbin210]

i love how i just know the rickroll url at the top of the screen out of my head

[@gnalkhere]

It'll run out of IDs when we shuffle a deck of cards to every single order twice

[@Shadow_Symphony]

That last part really hit me. The fact that even if we do run out of URLs all they have to do is add one more character and that would be enough to do 64 times the amount of time it would take to fill the last amount of videos

[@skoniramont]

same with passwords. If a technology comes around, that can bruteforce my 12+ alphadecimal character password, well, I'll just add a character. Or, just for the fun, add two. My master PW has 17 btw, so overkill, but I remember it.

[@the_undead]

@@skoniramont if you're using anything less than a 200 character password then you're not doing it right. I don't even think quantum computers would be capable of brute forcing a 200 character password in any reasonable amount of time. Not for a while anyway

[@DaxterKing]

@@the_undead how would i remember such a password?

[@the_undead]

@@DaxterKing get a better memory. It's not that hard

[@the_egg_]

@@the_undead no

[@AlexaChicaTrans]

Always come back to see this whole video just to hear Tom scream "ONE TAKE! ONE TAKE!"

[@win_ini]

xgffhc ffxgxfgxxgdxxgddxdfxdfxdxfxd

[@JadetheGoober]

Its super precious 😝

[@pequenoperezoso3743]

This is so sad Alexa, play despacito

[@azzyrou9726]

The fact that the link at the beggining is a rickroll and that I recognized it is awesome Im so proud of myself

[@sunshiney_Sonnenschein]

Today, Tom Scott would match the video ID in the animation with the ID of the real video

[@theguyperson5779]

*Puts in ID shown at **0:07* well played sir... well played...

[@mb98765]

never gonna let you downn never gonna give you upp xD

[@jacksch0ey]

ive been waiting, for so long.

[@Soraking007]

minute that url went up i recognised the vid id immediately. mainly because i love that song. also its the only song with that XcQ ending.

[@ourboyroy9398]

CardriderDraw - Level2 you don't need to learn the video id. there was literally ONLY one possibility from the moment I noticed that it was a youtube link

[@cesarambrocio3712]

Tom is the BEST

[@JacktheG4m3r]

That video URL at the beginning seemed.. *familiar*

[@Immadeus]

It's never gonna give you up.

[@mad8967]

@@Immadeus You know the rules, and so do I

[@KoryLunaa]

@@mad8967 A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

[@mad8967]

@@KoryLunaa Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you

[@insertedgynamehere8704]

@@mad8967 Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[@YourBoyDonald]

After 6 years i've only just noticed that the URL at the start is a rickroll... Well played, Tom!

[@LiveSpline]

That "One take' was everything I was thinking about while watching the video. xD

[@butter_donnut2132]

Everyone is talking about the one take but what about how smooth the camera guy was?

[@gagassurya19]

there is a technology called gimbal

[@ashcadiang]

@@gagassurya19 Yes. The stabilizer...great piece of technology

[@mrstaemin7958]

Backwards and in high heels

[@yahooboi261]

@@mrstaemin7958 😂

[@bitonic589]

sadly not in 60fps

[@alexhugobossshirt8293]

1:45 The handthing on the ground be like: *Very fcking interesting*

[@Xarion]

You mean... A glove?

[@alexhugobossshirt8293]

@@Xarion hell yea

[@-irene-29]

*handthing*

[@alexhugobossshirt8293]

@@-irene-29 yee

[@Liggliluff]

- I found a lost handthing; is someone missing their handthing?

[@anzaklaynimation]

Whole video in one take. Its astonishing.

[@SonySteals]

Tom Scott saves the day with another essential piece of information.

[@clurgee4923]

some dude: *discussing math n other stuff* cameraman: hey uh i’m kinda scared of walking backwards i don’t wanna trip on anything

[@xPeopleKindx]

its a drone my dude

[@gloreaf1850]

@@xPeopleKindx It's a guy. His name's Matt Gray

[@__Qt]

@@xPeopleKindx drone would make a lot of noise

[@realbland]

@@xPeopleKindx No his name is Matt

[@someweebinthecommentsectio7719]

@@xPeopleKindx That's Matt we all love matt

[@shaunthefoody]

4:25 Most impressive thing I witnessed in my entire life.

[@TheAlphaTeamPlays]

And all in one take, no jump cuts

[@sorestedhebytheTumtumtree]

Reminds me when I was a child when we scribble an endless number of zeros on the wall and randomly make up a name for that value.

[@axelfoley5265]

You should look up people that can memorize thousands of digits of Pi

[@t.teo_]

@@axelfoley5265 π

[@bait5257]

@@t.teo_ oof Iq 9000

[@Han-nari_]

0:05 damn, after so many times I've been blessed by that url

[@bluemym1nd]

"Don't use incremental counters!" Roblox: *nervously sweating*

[@BingeNews]

1:45 so we’re just gonna ignore the lonely glove in the corner?

[@XY2Moroccoball]

Inserts forever alone meme here

[@p.atrick.]

All around me are familiar faces

[@doit425]

burned bread s t o l e n

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

If it fits you must acquit

[@danijelandroid]

@M H I also thought it is a sock. :-)

[@user_dudeman3]

Legend has it Tom walked across the country in this video

[@halloweenlover1031]

that pfp is cursed oh my god

[@CanteenNightmares]

@@fighterash1294 bruh..

[@asparagusperson]

alexandra palace

[@reallyhertv4566]

@@halloweenlover1031 yours is blessed. Nb rights ❤️

[@charliebenson5380]

@@asparagusperson in Hastings ?

[@neoncopycat589]

The one take dance he did at the end is why I love watching him.

[@blitzshieldgaming7125]

Not bad Love that u memorized that and did it in one take

[@ZarkWiffle]

That was probably the most creative way I've ever been Rick Rolled xD

[@flidrl]

+Zack Weinstein I wish Rick made the video public to any country in the world again, I loved the song and now RickRolling does not work for me :(

[@marshallperkins8937]

Thanks your coment was at the top you saved my soul

[@troyDM9330]

4:16 "ducks cloaca" omg stop 😂

[@jvgreendarmok]

I wonder if that was a reference to the less famous "duck roll" prank which spawned rickroll.

[@tysont3323]

@@jvgreendarmok no it definitely isnt I dont want to have to say what it is but it's not that

[@LionSnob]

Technical beating the funny memory level

[@deadringer-cultofdeathratt8813]

4:24 Me:That's a big numbet. props for not messing it up. There wasn't even a cut. I wonder how many takes it took to get that right. 4:56 DEAR MOTHER OF GOD...

[@realcartoongirl]

WONE TAKE!!

[@MakotoIchinose]

It does help that you really knows how Base64, Hexadecimals, and other things important to this subject, so you can talk about it in normal way, in one take. It also helps you remembering the numbers of, or even making up the calculation of the KZbin URL probability correctly as you speak. It's also how live speakers in conferences presenting their materials. Knowing the material well can help you ramble about it in informative way with little breaks and mistakes in one go.

[@phillwainewright4221]

Probably had it written on an 'idiot board' under the camera ...

[@ethanreed2672]

XD

[@bijoychandraroy]

Tom Scott Wins the best one take video ever.

[@Travanatoar]

Tom: tries to rickroll us: No no no... People who memorized the rickroll link: ... *It- IT FINALLY PAID OFF!*

[@andiworld]

Is this a jojo reference??

[@tonitackerx9790]

I was so proud to recognize this.

[@modageddon2742]

@@tonitackerx9790 i felt like the world revolved around me for a second lmao

[@justnoah7120]

LMAO I also remembered the link

[@VEYISLIGHTNINGPROOF]

@@justnoah7120 want a medal?

[@cersos]

The one take celebration is still glorious 6 years later

[@0vids193]

That glove just laying on the ground tho at 1:49 😂

[@Bongs237]

3:43 "That's already a quarter of a million" *So guys, we did it*

[@samuel_piper23]

250,000 subscribers

[@vedvod]

The fact that we reached this number in such a short amount of time is just phenomenal

[@axelfoley5265]

We just reached 2.610.000 subscribers

[@kimikimonnn]

Damn, that Pyrocynical reference. Also, _petscop 2_

[@FernLake]

Wow you're here

[@CodeZeeZ]

DAMN! A round of applause for you good sir for that ONE TAKE!

[@herpderpmonkey]

+CodeZeeZ always imagine the cameraman or someone screwing up at the end and having to start all over.

[@ToastiLP]

+herpderpmonkey "Ah shit, sorry Mr. Tom, I think I tripped"

[@CharTheDude]

+CodeZeeZ I was really impressed by that 20-digit number he rattled off, saved for the end. Maybe he already knew it cause it's base 2 and he's a nerd.

[@jw_lkr]

the fact that this was one take is insane, especially with that huge number

[@abdullahnooreldinalkhawari704]

4:17 Him: obviously youtube wont let any rude words KZbin: *dUcks cl0Aca*