# Count-up number

Edit / Edit effect / Overlays and inserts. Checked 2026-11-13.

A number that climbs feels earned, and the viewer waits to see where it stops.

- Use when: Stats, results, a hook built on one figure.
- Phrase: the number counts up from 0 to 87 inside a ring that fills, a soft tick on each step
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/effect/count-up-number
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/effect/count-up-number.json

## Watch out

- A counter that sets its text on load shows the final number on frame 0. Review frame 0 and the frames either side of every cut. (practitioner; Director Chair notes on Video from code at Anfloy (Dima Bilous))
- An exact figure reads as real and a rounded one as made up: 87, not about 100. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is count-up number: a number that climbs feels earned, and the viewer waits to see where it stops. How it works: the number counts up from 0 to 87 inside a ring that fills, a soft tick on each step. It is right for: stats, results, a hook built on one figure. A counter that sets its text on load shows the final number on frame 0. An exact figure reads as real and a rounded one as made up: 87, not about 100. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.
```

## Goes well with

- Data reveal: https://directorchair.ai/hook/data-reveal
- A number already moving: https://directorchair.ai/hook/ticking-number-hook
- Live tokens inside the headline: https://directorchair.ai/effect/inline-tokens

## Source

Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics and Director Chair notes on Video from code at Anfloy (Dima Bilous)

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.