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# Object Pooling Design Pattern

Discover the object pooling design pattern and how it reuses objects to reduce runtime instantiation costs.

In this tutorial, you will learn about the object pooling design pattern.

## 1. Object Pooling Design Pattern

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20190828/videos/e821d4bb-5cd7-4d4e-aab6-73be2b5d1f1f_160_Object_Pooling_Design_Pattern.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200707/a2d42905-37b1-47d6-b174-1173bed3c3b2_00_Object_Pooling_Design_Pattern.vtt))