Username:666

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Produced bynana825763
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Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
4 minutes

"Username:666" is a Japanese creepypasta screenlife YouTube video released in 2008 created by PiroPito (better known as nana825763). It shows a fictional scenario where an internet user types "www.youtube.com/666" into their browser and keeps refreshing the page until they are taken to a heavily distorted, hellish version of the website. In 2022, there was a bug where if one changed the YouTube URL, it would redirect to this video.

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Video

An unseen computer user attempts to visit a 2008 style YouTube channel URL "www.youtube.com/666". The account is shown as suspended, but the user continues to refresh the page, and slowly the layout of the site starts to take on a more sinister tone, until they are taken to a heavily distorted, hellish and bloody version of the website. [1] [2] [3] At the end, a hand comes out of the screen and the video ends. [4] [5]

History

"Username 666" was made by PiroPito, better know by their online handle nana825763 [6] who is a Japanese surrealist filmmaker, game developer and Let's Player. He is best known for other horror videos, such as "Another YouTube" [7] and "my house walk-through". [8] [9] [10] In Japan, the video went viral in the months following the original video upload. [11]

In an interview with PiroPito, he stated that he was inspired by "various films and novels, cult films, avant-garde films, surrealist films and paintings, dreams and the unconscious", and artists like "Shuji Terayama, Brothers Quay, Schwann Kmeier, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kobo Abe, Yumeno Kyusaku, Greenaway, Suzan Pitt, Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Shigeru Mizuki". [12] Since 2019, PiroPito started making the game Metaphysical Region, with a trailer releasing in 2023. The game is still in development. [5] [12] YouTube banned an account named "666" as a reference to the original short, which it lifted in early 2025. [7]

In 2022, there was a bug where if somebody changed the YouTube URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[string]" by removing the letter h from "watch", it would redirect to the "Username 666" video. [13]

Reception

Bloody Disgusting called the soundtrack "[A] simple bit of digital trickery was so creepy that some internet users still insist that it’s based on real paranormal phenomena." [7] Screen Rant said "Username 666 is an excellent example of early viral internet horror, and those nostalgic for YouTube's early days may want to give this one a watch." [1] Blumhouse Productions called it "truly terrifying." [11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fox, Tanner (2022-04-16). "10 Scariest Videos That Went Viral On The Internet". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  2. ↑ Arzadon, Loren. "YouTube Review: Do Not Look This Up". The Tower. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  3. ↑ "13 creepy YouTube videos that are pure nightmare fuel". Yahoo News. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  4. ↑ Lucia (2017-11-22). "Creepypasta Of The Week: "Username:666"". The Ghost In My Machine. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  5. 1 2 Lucia (2024-12-16). "Nana825763, "Username 666," & Beyond: PiroPito's Bizarro-Land YouTube Universe". The Ghost In My Machine. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  6. ↑ Krishna, Rachael (April 10, 2018). "This Japanese Guy Is Playing Through "Minecraft" With No Instructions And It Is A Joy To Watch". Buzzfeed News .
  7. 1 2 3 C, Luiz H. (2025-08-15). "Six More Terrifying Short Films to Give You Nightmares!". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  8. ↑ Breslin, Richard (2021-08-06). "Is This The Scariest House Tour Video On The Internet?". GameByte. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  9. ↑ Lucia (2019-12-09). "Decoding The Ghost Story Of "My House Walk-Through"". The Ghost In My Machine. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  10. ↑ "Mesmerizing time-lapse video shows enormous, intricate maze being drawn over six months【Video】". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  11. 1 2 "CREEPYPASTA: Is "Username:666" the Most Dangerous Video on the Web?". Blumhouse.com. 2016-08-18. Archived from the original on 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  12. 1 2 Holstrom, Jans (2021-10-05). "YouTube Horror Maestro PiroPito Talks His New, Upcoming Game and the Difficulty of C++". Dread Central . Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  13. ↑ "El perturbador video que aparece en YouTube si le quitas la h a watch dentro de la URL | Código Espagueti". codigoespagueti.com (in Spanish). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
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