Youtube: The 5 best Easter eggs
There are always new Easter Eggs on YouTube, but they also disappear after a while. We present the five best surprises of the video platform in this practical tip.
Update: YouTube currently free of Easter Eggs
- There are no Easter Eggs on YouTube right now. The old Easter Eggs have been removed and no supplies have been made.
- The last Easter Egg was launched on YouTube in 2013. With the search command "do the harlem shake" the search results danced wildly.
- You can read about the other Easter Eggs that were once on YouTube in the following paragraphs.
1980 - Protect the YouTube video
- Start any video - for example in the CHIP YouTube channel and enter the numbers "1980" on the keyboard.
- The video goes down. A well-known Google Doodle starts at the top. Bombs are shot from the air and you have to use your mouse and ground forces to try to destroy them.
- If you are hit, the YouTube video slowly shatters. You won't win until it's over. If too many bombs fell on the video before it ended, you lost.
YouTube Easter Egg: Beam me up, Scotty!
- All fans of the "Star Trek" series already know what it's about: Whenever Captain Kirk had to go back to the Enterprise, he would say "Beam me up, Scotty!". YouTube turns one of the most famous TV quotes into an Easter egg.
- If you enter "Beam me up, Scotty" in the YouTube search line and click on the search button, the individual search results will be beamed up.
YouTube explains the Fibonacci episode
- But YouTube also does not forget its responsibility as one of the most popular websites and tries to fulfill a certain educational mission.
- If you enter "Fibonacci" in the search above, the search results are built up in the Fibonacci sequence.
- Those who have never known them can expand their knowledge with the help of YouTube and the linked article.
YouTube Easter Egg: May the Force Be With You!
- If Star Trek is represented, Star Wars should of course not be missing. An Easter Egg was also dedicated to this popular film series.
- If you search for "use the force, Luke", you have power over YouTube. For example, if you move the mouse to the left, the entire page will follow.
- In addition, all lettering, images and links go crazy - also an interesting form of the Harlem Shake.
Leetspeak on YouTube
- Another Easter egg for nerds is converting comments into "Leetspeak". Individual letters in words are replaced by characters and numbers that look similar.
- In Leetspeak, for example, CHIP could be written as © # 1 | °. To do this, enter "1337" on the keyboard while a video is playing.
- If you scroll down to the comments, many letters will be replaced by similar looking numbers or special characters.
The best mini games in the Google Doodles are presented in this practical tip.