What If There Were Only 1,000 People Left on Earth?

With so many amazing things happening in the world today, what could possibly go wrong? Well…A giant asteroid is barrelling on a collision course with Earth, and life as we know it is on the brink. After the smoke clears…
How do we start over? Where would we live? What might we do differently?

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50 Comments

  1. @Waltyworld on April 10, 2024 at 7:45 am

    Life is an infinite box of poop you have to eat a lot of poop to get to the one chocolate and after you eat it you still have to ear the rest of the poop for infinity – walty world / Kamari riley



  2. @meteoritessound1673 on April 10, 2024 at 7:46 am

    I really wonder how men would treat the women in this scenario



  3. @ankitthakur4576 on April 10, 2024 at 7:46 am

    Russia finally gets a warm port.



  4. @karlyeki7732 on April 10, 2024 at 7:49 am

    But this is true fact if everyone is imbreeded and come from the same family why we still focused on making more isn’t that kinda sick. Now that Covid is about to end soon watch how everyone is gonna go wild like pornstars and wonder who to breed with it is for sure gonna be a hilarious thing to watch.



  5. @chetisanhart3457 on April 10, 2024 at 7:49 am

    If it were the right 1000 people it could be a beautiful reboot.



  6. @stefantherainbowphoenix on April 10, 2024 at 7:49 am

    What if those people were infertile or the women already had their menopause?



  7. @steveturansky9031 on April 10, 2024 at 7:50 am

    Best to have several different communities to diversify risk. Maybe 5 with 200 each so in case an illness or natural disaster hits, not everybody is affected.



  8. @thatundeadlegacy2985 on April 10, 2024 at 7:52 am

    What if everyone but Europe, Asia, n America or Africa was wiped out?



  9. @ChibasalNapakMarak on April 10, 2024 at 7:53 am

    That girl shouting scene was damn 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 why you used this clip



  10. @hssondhi on April 10, 2024 at 7:57 am

    This is only about Europe, what about the rest of the world??



  11. @ridinwithjake on April 10, 2024 at 7:57 am

    How about we put something in the water that every other (random) woman becomes infertile. This would eventually half our population and then half it again, and maybe when we shrink to like 500,000 we could start over. Not a bad idea, huh?



  12. @Ilovekenma on April 10, 2024 at 7:57 am

    Like everything is nicely planed out but who’s going to take care of
    The nuclear stuff and the toxic countainers 🤨🤨🤨🤨 but out of that
    Humans can actually probobly survive 🥳🥳🥳🥳🤯🤯✨️✨️✨️✨️ maybe
    😲😲😲



  13. @yashistampedes5849 on April 10, 2024 at 7:58 am

    with so many amazing bullshit things happening today



  14. @thinkpizza4144 on April 10, 2024 at 7:59 am

    1:55 can confirm im from metederainan



  15. @jezelgentiles on April 10, 2024 at 8:00 am

    The first problem is putting these 1000 people together. They are probably scattered to different places around the planet.



  16. @Splashstar216 on April 10, 2024 at 8:03 am

    I still won’t have kids lol.



  17. @leoisstellar on April 10, 2024 at 8:04 am

    This is stupid



  18. @jamesruscheinski8602 on April 10, 2024 at 8:04 am

    human choice decentralization, God’s kingdom central authority.



  19. @brettjames1992 on April 10, 2024 at 8:05 am

    It will get that way if the corona virus doesn’t go away soon!!!!!!!!!!!



  20. @HiX88 on April 10, 2024 at 8:05 am

    oh sh!t… gender equality… here we go again… gtfo with that bs



  21. @mushroomcloud2956 on April 10, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Persian best location



  22. @serrece on April 10, 2024 at 8:06 am

    What if the Canadian Government was overtaken by Russia?



  23. @ailenelequigan3310 on April 10, 2024 at 8:06 am

    I wish animal have a billion billion population not people



  24. @astralfilms6814 on April 10, 2024 at 8:06 am

    First things first…. I’ll play the soundtrack of Frostpunk – "the city must survive". then god have mercy on the 999 souls 🙂



  25. @Splashstar216 on April 10, 2024 at 8:10 am

    All natural wild predators would come back lmao 😂



  26. @SpaceWafflerYT on April 10, 2024 at 8:11 am

    nah ima be the one that disappeared



  27. @edwardwilliams6787 on April 10, 2024 at 8:12 am

    Me and 999 girl’s ,I would be The man .



  28. @hesamrazavi5755 on April 10, 2024 at 8:14 am

    What if this 1000 person scattered along the world?



  29. @normaluser84 on April 10, 2024 at 8:15 am

    ahhhhhhhhh 2020 agen



  30. @ThunderCats1985 on April 10, 2024 at 8:16 am

    This video was completely negated when it said "First of all, we’d need to work together". Clearly you’re not familiar with how humanity works…or rather doesn’t.



  31. @AtheisticAtheist on April 10, 2024 at 8:17 am

    What would happen if all the humans disappeared and sentient A.I were left behind. Would they make a better job of running the planet than us?



  32. @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush on April 10, 2024 at 8:17 am

    TBH….I wouldn’t mind a mass depop



  33. @jonsigreindur9692 on April 10, 2024 at 8:18 am

    Your channel wont make money if that happens..



  34. @AudreyC379 on April 10, 2024 at 8:19 am

    As an introvert, this would be a dream come true. (:



  35. @mihaip1179 on April 10, 2024 at 8:24 am

    More animal = more green gas. A cow can increase this effect as much as a car if it eats poorly.



  36. @lindabennett9068 on April 10, 2024 at 8:26 am

    Tom Hardy 😍🥰.
    Stopped listening to whatever the guy was talking about as the video clips were brilliant!



  37. @helenlonergan331 on April 10, 2024 at 8:27 am

    First we need to see if we can survive with only 500 million people



  38. @pattrell5257 on April 10, 2024 at 8:27 am

    That camel scene was too close…



  39. @connorgahan5197 on April 10, 2024 at 8:28 am

    I LIKE SWEET TOOTH AND DOGS IN SPACE



  40. @hssondhi on April 10, 2024 at 8:29 am

    Bloody Bullshit!!!



  41. @Rauleula-so3pl on April 10, 2024 at 8:31 am

    I’d be fine being just one person per country 😂 I’d go to a exotic car dealership and start traveling the world take some boats only problem is you won’t see the culture or people just the land so maybe not😂😂



  42. @arminlbbtt on April 10, 2024 at 8:31 am

    What about nuclear power plants?



  43. @Deeer69420 on April 10, 2024 at 8:35 am

    That’s a story for another what if



  44. @iwatchtoomuchtruecrime on April 10, 2024 at 8:37 am

    Everyone better start fvking! Lol



  45. @Hazenrdpk2612 on April 10, 2024 at 8:38 am

    Lol you putted a dude perfect video clip didn’t you? 😂



  46. @Joisbjdieiej on April 10, 2024 at 8:39 am

    a woman in that situation would be f*ucked literally



  47. @BOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBYAAAAAY on April 10, 2024 at 8:39 am

    AAAAAH



  48. @BOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBYAAAAAY on April 10, 2024 at 8:41 am

    2:26 this IS FUNNY CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK 🤣



  49. @monja7339 on April 10, 2024 at 8:41 am

    Wildlife threats:camel CHOMP!
    Natural disaster:GOOSE ATTACK!!!



  50. @miconis123 on April 10, 2024 at 8:43 am

    This starts with the assumption that everyone is in the same place and agrees to stay together.