North Korean YouTube channel uploads 140-year-long cryptic video, What's in it?

Since the advent of social media platforms in the late 2000s, we have seen a lot of weird videos going viral. Some of them include the children's favourite Baby Shark video by Pinkfong, PSY's Gangnam Style and Baby by Justin Bieber, which made the latter a worldwide sensation overnight and a multi-millionaire.

Now, an intriguing video posted by @ShinyWR on YouTube is gaining attention globally. The video description says the length of the clip is 1,234,567.30 hours, approximately 140 years.

What's in it? Nothing!

The bizarre thing is that the video runtime is a little over 12 hours and 34 minutes. It has nothing but a white blank screen with no audio. This has garnered more than 39 lakh views since it was uploaded 11 days ago (January 6, 2026).

It has more than 36,000 comments from viewers why this video was uploaded on YouTube. There are a lot of conspiracy theories running wild. As the video's origin is from North Korea, some believe that the video may have a cryptic message to be deciphered. But there is no evidence yet.

The channel also mentions there is a massive 1,796,238,888 HOURS of content on one video, which roughly translates to 2,04,909 years. It has a link to an archive. Here too, it is a dead end.

Many can't wrap their mind why Google's YouTube is allowing such videos on its platform, which adds no value to the end user.

Cryptic video posted on YouTube:

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