Why did Unus Annus end?
The YouTube channel Unus Annus was maintained jointly by Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor-Darling. The two engaged in a range of activities on the channel while avoiding the typical gaming videos for which they are known, uploading one episode per day. Mark represented the “Annus” persona, while Ethan stood in for the “Unus.” With the…
The YouTube channel Unus Annus was maintained jointly by Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor-Darling. The two engaged in a range of activities on the channel while avoiding the typical gaming videos for which they are known, uploading one episode per day. Mark represented the “Annus” persona, while Ethan stood in for the “Unus.”
With the end-goal of removing all of its content from YouTube after a one-year run without any intention of preserving it, as well as discontinuing Unus Annus’ merchandise, the channel was founded on November 13, 2019, as a way to give their viewers a once in a lifetime experience, free of, what they considered to be, restrictive guidelines. Hence, the name of the channel, which translates to “one year” in Latin. This strategy tied into Unus Annus’ symbolic imagery of frailty and death, and their often used word “memento mori,” supporting Mark’s ideas that not everything is recorded on the internet and that the most prized experiences reside within those unique, transitory moments (Latin expression for “remember that you have to die”).
Why did Unus Annus end?
Unus Annus doesn’t compete at all since it places strict restrictions on content viewing and submissions.
