Numberblocks is a British animated preschool series broadcast on CBeebies, first shown in 2017, that teaches early maths through characters made from counting blocks. Nine is one of those characters, a cheerful figure built from nine blocks who often appears in counting songs and number games. Short voice clips of the characters have become popular beyond the show because parents, teachers and young fans reuse them in classroom activities, birthday videos and fan-made edits, keeping the characters familiar long after an episode ends.