Science
in 8bit
Science for everyone. We turn the hidden science inside everyday things into forty-second pixel films anyone can follow, one exact number at a time.
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13M
views in the channel’s first eighteen days, counted on Instagram on 30 October 2026
2.3M
views on How far away is the storm?, the biggest film so far
89%
of views came from people who don’t follow us yet
37,135
followers, from zero on 13 October 2026, the first 10,000 in five days
406K
likes, comments, shares and saves on the films
This car drove upside down1.2M views
Holding your breath998K views
Your salt grain is a million atoms wide592K views
How the Sun shines403K views
Why bees build hexagons233K views
Why the middle stays cold217K views
Your nose works in shifts301K views
2.4 million blood cells a second277K views
Your eye has a hole in it165K views
You’ve never seen a green star106K views
The glow stick100K views
How a star is born74.8K views
Why brain freeze hurts89K views
How noise-cancelling works69.4K views
2,339,123
accounts reached by the films in the channel’s first sixteen days
Science that travels
Counted on Instagram on 28 October 2026, the channel’s sixteenth day. Nine in ten views came from people who didn’t follow us.
11.9K
shares of This car drove upside down, passed from one person to the next
125
films and posts in sixteen days
Why we make them
Science shouldn’t need a degree, a lab or an hour. It belongs to everyone, so we make it small enough to fit in a scroll and true enough to repeat at dinner.
- For everyone
- No jargon and nothing to know first. If you can watch forty seconds, you can follow it, whatever your age or school.
- Inside everyday things
- The salt on your fries, the soup in your microwave, the blind spot in your own eye. The science is already around you; we make it visible.
- One exact number at a time
- Every film is built around one real, sourced number: 2.4 million blood cells a second, a salt grain a million atoms wide.
- Bedtime stories about the universe
- Pixel art keeps it warm and calm. Stars, cells and atoms become characters you remember long after the film ends.
Behind the films
A small team that loves science and knows what makes forty seconds stick. We sweat every number and every pixel so you only see the wonder.
One small team, from the first question to the last pixel. If it’s on screen, it’s true.
Make your own
The Animated Shorts Studio is a 119-page guide to setting up your own studio and turning any idea into an original animated short, from crisp pixel art to a style that’s only yours. Your first video in about a day.
$79, one payment. Free 1.x updates.
See the guide- SetupMac, Windows or Linux, from zeroSet up
- StudioOne folder per video, reopen any of themSet up
- IdentityYour look, colours, characters, music moodMake
- IdeaTwo sources per claim, a hook, a planMake
- BuildCamera, depth, characters, text, loopsMake
- SoundOriginal music, landing on every beatMake
- CheckEvery video measured before you see itShip
- PostSpecs, captions, safe zones, first numbersShip
- CostsCosts, licences and platform rulesExtra
- Fix-itWhat to do when a step goes wrongExtra
- One dayA plan for your first video in a dayExtra
- ChecklistsPrintable, for every video you postExtra
- GlossaryEvery word the book uses, explainedExtra
See the next film first
New films every day, about forty seconds each, every fact sourced. Follow @science_in_8bit and the next one lands in your feed.
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