Most people spend too much time scrolling. Post content instead, and get prizes for it.
Post a shortform video every day for a month, about anything at all. Get feedback from others to improve your content every day, and earn bonus stickers for giving feedback on theirs.
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By Hack Club, for teens 13–18. Run by @Darsh, @Celestial, and @Zach Latta.
Need a reel idea?
Day one of learning piano from scratch
You could get:
Stickers 2-day prize
T-shirt 7-day prize
Socks + pin 15-day prize
Plushie 25-day prizeSo far…
How it works
- Sign in with your email
- Post a short-form video (15 seconds or longer) every day and mention Hack Club
- Drop the link in #dayoneof-submissions
- Keep your streak alive to unlock prizes
- Chat in #dayoneof and ask questions in #dayoneof-help
How prizes work
Prizes go by your streak. The first time it reaches each number below, we ship you that prize, and they stack, so reaching 25 days gets you all four.
- 2 days 5 random Hack Club stickers
- 7 days a Hack Club t-shirt
- 15 days a pair of Hack Club socks and a Hack Club enamel pin
- 25 days one of the very rare Orpheus plushies
Grand prize: whoever has the most views across all of their videos combined when the challenge ends on December 7 gets $500 USD for their setup, like a camera, a mic, or funds for their projects.
Sticker bonus: give helpful feedback on other people's videos and you can earn extra stickers on top of your streak prizes.
Note: All of the prizes will ship from Hack Club HQ. If you are outside of the USA, you are responsible for any customs fees your country charges you to receive packages from the USA.
Got questions?
What is Day One Of?
A Hack Club YSWS (you-ship-we-ship) where you post a short-form video every day on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, or Instagram and earn prizes for keeping your streak alive. Hack Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a worldwide community of 100k+ teen hackers that's been running programs like this for years, including Arcade, High Seas, and Summer of Making.
Who can join, and does it cost anything?
Any teen aged 13–18 with a verified Hack Club account, which signing in checks for you. It's 100% free: every prize is paid for by Hack Club and ships from Hack Club HQ. If you live outside the USA, you're responsible for any customs fees your country charges.
What are the rules?
Learn or make anything you want, in any language, and switch topics as often as you like. Post to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, or Instagram Reels only, from the same account every day. Videos must be at least 15 seconds long and published within a day of when you submit them, so no videos from before the challenge started, no uploading now to submit later, and no scheduled posts. Somewhere in the video, say something like "this video was made doing the Day One Of challenge from Hack Club". A link to dayoneof.hackclub.com in your description helps but isn't required. Videos can't just be timelapses: every video has to explain what you're learning or working on. No Lapse or Hackatime is required. AI text-to-speech voiceovers and auto-generated captions are fine, but please don't use generative AI for anything else in your videos.
How do streaks and freezes work?
Your streak is how many days in a row you've posted. Your day ends at 3am your local time, so a video posted at 2am still counts for the day before, and posting twice in one day doesn't add an extra day. For every 2 days you post, you earn a streak freeze, and you can hold up to 3. If a day ends without a post, a freeze is used automatically so your streak survives, but frozen days don't add to it. Miss a day with no freezes left and your streak goes back to 0.
When does it end?
Day One Of runs until December 7, 2026. Streak prizes are yours as soon as you hit each milestone, and the $500 grand prize goes to whoever has the most total views across all their videos when the challenge ends. You don't need a 25-day streak to win it.
I have more questions!
Reach out at darshg321@gmail.com, message @darsh, or drop a note in #dayoneof-help on the Hack Club Slack.